Abel Ward

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Abel Ward was Archdeacon of Chester from his installation on 20 April 1751 until his death on 1 October 1785. [1]

Ward was born in Staffordshire. He was admitted Sizar at Queens' College, Cambridge on 12 October 1736. [2] He was a Fellow of his college until 1744 when he was incorporated at Oxford. [3] He was Rector of St Ann's Church, Manchester [4] from 1745 until 1758; and then of St Mary's Church, Dodleston until his death on 9 October 1785. [5]

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References

  1. Horn, Joyce M.; Smith, David M.; Mussett, Patrick (2004), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 11, pp. 45–47
  2. "Ward, Abel (WRT736A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Ward, Abel
  4. "History of the city of Chester, from its foundation to the present time : with an account of its antiquities, curiosities, local customs, and peculiar immunities; and a concise political history" Hemingway, J Chester' J. Fletcher; 1831 p326
  5. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Oct 12, 1785; pg. 1; Issue 249
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