Born c1734, he was the son of Thomas Ward II (TPR).
1734 | 18 Jun. He was baptised, the son of Thomas and Frances Ward (TPR). |
1756 | 24 Feb. He became a free potter as he was the son of Thomas Ward I (F, G). |
1757-72 | He stood sureties of £5 each for Boon Powell, potter, William Richards and George Smith to keep alehouses in Temple and St Mary Redcliffe parishes (AKL). |
1773 | Thos. Ward, Temple Street (Temple-LS). |
1773-74 | Potter, Temple Street; wife Mary (Wesleyan Membership Lists). |
1774 | Potter, Temple parish (P). |
1775-79 | Mary Ward, schoolmistress, Temple Street (Wesleyan Membership Lists). |
1777 | 10 Jan. ‘Mary Ward (Widow of Thomas Ward, Potter) aged 40 years’ appears in a list of ‘The Names and Ages of Freemen’s Widows of the City of Bristol, as belong to the Parish of Temple, who do receive weekly pay and who are recommended to the Trustees of Mrs Langston’s Charity as people objects for the reception of the same by me A Catcold Vicar of Temple’ (BRO Temple Fa 1(2)). |
1777 | 6 Feb. Mary Ward’s name was marked to indicate that she was a recipient from Mrs Langston’s Charity (BRO Temple Fa 1(2)). |