The D'Arcy Archive
1754–1823

Jean Ward

written in a record this archive has read from the family tree, untested

2 of the 13 relationships shown here are written in a record this archive has read; the other 11 come from the family tree and have not been tested. How claims are labelled →

The record

Born 19 JUL 1754 South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
Died 15 MAR 1823 Chatham, Medway, England, United Kingdom
Buried Chatham, UK

direct line · generation 8 counting back from the present day

Family

Parents

Joseph Ward · Martha Garden

Married

Robert D'Arcy · June 21 1779 at Portsea, Southampton, England

Children

Joseph D'Arcy (1780–1848) · Margaret Maria Isabella D'Arcy (1781–1843) · George Pitt D'Arcy (1783–1849) · Richard d'Arcy (b. 1784) · Constantine D'Arcy (1786–1805) · Jane D'Arcy (1787–1875) · Catherine D'Arcy (1789–1876) · Anna Maria D'Arcy (1791–1791) · Anna Maria d'Arcy (1792–1800) · Charlotte D'Arcy (1794–1869)

Where this comes from

2 of the relationships drawn above are written in a record this archive has read. baptism, Portsea St Mary, 19 Mar 1780; named together as parents, Portsea, 19 Mar 1780.

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Everywhere Jean appears in this archive

Every page of this site that writes about Jean Ward, gathered automatically — 9 in total. This is the same evidence as the rest of the archive, brought together in one place.

What changed

…ial: age 76 — the primary source behind the tree's “1751”, seen for the first time. Found Jean Ward's burial, at sixty-six, and Constantine's, entered with his rank. Found George Pitt D'Arcy in a parish register as “Bt: Major 39t…

The Spine

…710 St. James Palace, London, Middlesex, Englan c. 21 Jul 1776 — disputed 8 Robert D'Arcy Jean Ward — m. 21 Jun 1779 by 1758, and probably earlier unknown 13 May 1827 Army Officer, Major General and Commander of Royal Engineers,…

How Far Back

…on, Shropshire, 3 March 1683. William Ward (1700) and Martha Lewis (1702) — the family of Jean Ward, whom Major-General Robert D'Arcy married at Portsea in 1779, and whose line does not depend on the Hornby graft at all. William…

What Has Been Read

…archive has ever had on the line. Robert D'Arcy buried 19 May 1827, AGE 76. Jane D'Arcy — Jean Ward — buried 21 March 1823, AGE 66. Constantine D'Arcy buried 9 May 1805, entered as “Lt in the Royal Engineers”. Margarett Maria Isa…

Chatham

…s Roll of Officers of the Corps of Royal Engineers , a printed book. It has said his wife Jean Ward died there in 1823, on the authority of a family tree. Neither statement had a parish record behind it. Chatham St Mary the Virgi…

Sources

…Past) — the burial of Robert D'Arcy at St Mary, Chatham, 19 May 1827, and his marriage to Jean Ward at Portsea St Mary, 21 June 1779. Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792–1981 — the christening of George Lindsay Darcy at St James…

The Hornby Claim

…Ken Greenslade · found via FreeREG, 13 September 2026 The tree said Robert D'Arcy married Jean Ward at Portsea on 21 June 1779, and carried a son Joseph born 1780. Here is a child baptised at that church nine months after that da…

Timeline

…eone else. 1776 Robert D'Arcy commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Engineers → 1779 Marries Jean Ward at Portsea, 21 June → 1786 A son christened at St Michael, Barbados — the Corps posted men across the empire → 1805 Constantine D…

The Women

…e number of children the tree records — sixty-seven between them . Who Out of To Children Jean Ward 1754–1823 South Leith, Midlothian — Scotland Chatham, Kent 10 Catherine Margaret Mulcahy 1812–1858 Cork Adelaide Street, North Br…

Written about here

Pages of this archive where Jean is part of the argument, not just a name in a list.

What is written about Jean

Carried across from the family tree, with its markup stripped. Family testimony, not an independent record — valuable, and labelled.

Father had some appointment in the Navy and mother was one of the "Gardens of Troup". They had 9 children - two died in infancy. Birth: https://www.findmypast.com.au/transcript?id=R_686260651
Web content link: https://www.findmypast.com.au/transcript?id=R_686260651

Sources attached in the tree

  • McDougall Web Site — Jean Ward
  • Defranceski Family Site (23andMe) — https://www.myheritage.com/person-5049106_OYYV7KCVJUQJCNI6LSEWGEQ2CHQOXBI_OYYV7KCVJUQJCNI6LSEWGEQ2CHQOXBI/jean-darcy-born-ward
  • Geni World Family Tree — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40000-127261973/jean-darcy-born-ward-in-geni-world-family-tree
  • WikiTree — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10109-45419373/jean-darcy-born-ward-in-wikitree
  • Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-30226-2478853/jean-ward-in-scotland-births-baptisms

These are the citations the family tree carries. Where this archive has checked one against the original, it says so on the relevant page. Method →

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