Researched and written by: Judith Cumbea Ware

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CHILDREN OF

GEORGE WARE                 AND              NANCY FERGUSON

B.  Feb. 9, 1779                                                    B.  June 6, 1790

D.  July 28, 1849                                                 D.  Sept. 14, 1849

 

 

 

1.  Elizabeth Catherine Ware      +                         Robert James Didlake

     B.  July 11, 1813                                               B. Oct. 30, 1811

     D.  July 04, 1868                                               D.  Feb. 20, 1859

 

 

2.  Mary Ann Webb Ware               +                    Thomas Woods Goodloe

     B.  Dec. 18, 1814                                            B.  Feb. 04, 1814

     D.  Jan. 09, 1887                                            D.

 

 

3. James Ware                                  +                                

    B.  Dec. 23, 1816

    D.  1871

 

 

4.  Anne Ware                                 +

     B.  Oct. 13, 1818

     D.  Sept. 17, 1840

 

 

5.  Abraham Thompson Ware

        called Abram                              +

     B.  Nov. 09, 1820

     D.  March 14, 1894

 

 

6.  George Clifton Ware

        called Clifton                                +

     B.  Dec. 29, 1822

     D.  April 05, 1866

 

 

7. Charles William Ware                         +

     B.  April 07, 1825

     D.

 

 

8.  John William Ware                     +

     B.  Sept. 16, 1827

     D.  Aug. 31, 1867

 

 

 

9.  Lucy Arabella Ware                   +          James Hutchison Shropshire

     B.  Sept. 24, 1830                                              B.  May 21, 1822

     D.  Nov.  04, 1876                                              D.  June 1903

 

 

  

10.  Joseph Scott Ware                            +

      B.  Sept. 13, 1833

      D.  Sept. 26, 1863 of flux              

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In the family records of Mary Simpson via L. F. Shropshire (and kept on file in the Hayes Library), it states:

“Children of George Ware and Nancy Ferguson Ware were: Elizabeth Catherine Ware, Mary Webb Ware, James Ware, Anne Ware, Abraham Ware, George Clifton Ware, Charles William Ware, John William Ware, Lucy Arabella Ware, and Joseph Scott Ware.”

 

In the book Virginia Genealogies by: Rev. Hayden, he mentions in the back (under errors) that he mistakenly listed the children of George and Nancy under Catherine Scott. 

 

In a letter from Lucy Webb to Sally Stribling, she wrote:

“Your Uncle George Ware’s family are well.  (As of this date) he has two daughters, nearly grown - Catharine (she is a handsome girl (with a) good figure) and Mary Ann.  His other children are James, Abram, Clifton, and John.”

 

In a letter written in 1812 by James Ware II to his son in Virginia (James Ware III), he wrote:

“George Ware is married at last to Mrs. Ferguson’s daughter; a close neighbor. . . he was married the day I started from Frederick.”      He went on to say: “George has got another fine colt out of his old mare – a horse they call Peacmaker.  She is now with foul by Noxly; pedigree enough.”

The letter was mailed from a place called David’s Fork in Lexington, Kentucky.

In the letter from Cornelia Ware Anker, she writes about George and his family when she says:  “ This branch of the family were members of the Baptist church.”