Children of James Ware I and Their Families
Researched
and written by © Judith C. Ware
July 2009
A3
Children of:
“Caty”
Dr. James Ware II
and
Virginia Catherine Todd
B. March 13, 1741
1767
B. February 9, 1753
D. May 7, 1820
D. April 23, 1802
1. Thompson Ware
+
Sarah (called Sally) Conn
B. April 05,
1769
B. September 22, 1781
D. September
09, 1852
D. November 26,
1851
2. James
Ware III
+
Elizabeth
Alexander
B. January 13,
1771 November
10, 1796
B. October 26, 1774
D. September 13, 1821
D. August 29, 1803
Also
married Harriet Taylor
B. April 26, 1790
D. November 1, 1822
called
(Polly)
3. Mary Todd Ware +
Charles
Henry Webb
B. September 4, 1772
1788
B. Feb. 06, 1755
D.
D.1806
4. Lucy Ware
+
Dr. Isaac Webb
B. Nov. 12, 1773
Dec. 23, 1790
B. Jan. 19, 1758
D. June 22, 1833
D. June 26, 1833
5. Charles
Ware
+
Frances (Fanny) Whiting
B. August 19, 1775
B.
D.
Nov. 29, 1803
D.
6. Catherine
(“Caty” or Kitty”) Ware
+
Col. John M. Scott
B. May 1, 1777
B.
D. Before July 15, 1863
D.
7. George Ware
+
Nancy Ferguson
B. February 9, 1779
B. June
6, 1790
D.
D.
Dr.
James Ware II (obviously
named after his father) was born on March 13, 1741; also in
Gloucester County, Virginia. Both of his
parents were 28 years old at the time of his birth.
Cornelia
Ware Anker quoted that James was “one of the handsomest men in the state.” It was also recorded that he was “one of the
finest looking men to be found anywhere.” (ref. 2, 6, & 33)
James later studied medicine and moved to Caroline County to practice.”(ref.2)
It was in that county that he met Virginia Catherine Todd, a close neighbor. Her nickname was Caty and she “was the
daughter of Dr. James Todd, an eminent physician and a Scotchman.” (ref. 2) James and Catherine married
young – particularly Catherine. She was
not quite 14 at the time! (ref.2, 3, 35G, 602) They remained in Caroline
County until their first son Thompson was born; then later
moved to Frederick County. In the fall of 1784, Dr. Ware
decided to visit Kentucky and remained there all that winter. “This was at the time when people lived in
stations [forts].” (ref.334 & 35G)
As Cornelia Anker wrote, “this probably meant a stockade as protection
against the Indians.” (ref.2 & 35G)
He later sent his two oldest sons
to prepare the way for a large move for the family. In
addition to Thompson and James III, he also “sent out some Negroes and an overseer to
make a settlement and clear some ground” (ref. #2) Military
records show that James II was “a cavalry soldier in a Virginia Unit” and he is
listed as a Revolutionary War Patriot. (ref. 629,834) He
is also listed in the records of Justices composing the Court in Virginia from 1795 to
1813. (ref 880)
In
1791, the entire family
(with the exception of his son James III who returned to Virginia) relocated to Kentucky. It was a large migration consisting of both the
Ware and Webb families, and since we know James I and Agnes also moved to Kentucky in the
1790’s, it would seem safe to say they were all part of the same move. James II and Caty homesteaded in
Fayette County around Lexington on land “that he subsequently lived and died
on.” (ref. 299)
They had 48 grandchildren, although some obviously did not grow into
adulthood. According to DAR records,
“James Ware died in 1820 in Fayette County.” (ref.834) He
lived to be 78 years old.
(1) Col. Thompson Ware was born on April 05,
1769. When his father traveled to Kentucky in 1789 and decided to relocate the family
there, Thompson and his brother James III went with
him. It was decided that the sons would stay
in the area and establish roots so that the entire family could later make the move. As his nephew Josiah once mentioned, “Thompson
Ware went to Kentucky as an Indian fighter when Cincinnati was just two or three cabins
and some stumps.” (ref. #299) He later wrote of how
he and James “were raised and educated together until our father took us to Kentucky
and there left us. We got separated; he
located at Louisville and I in the neighborhood of Lexington when my age was 20 and his
about 18 months younger.” (ref.
#35E) He settled in the area around Paris, Kentucky,
and it was there that he met his wife, Sally (Sallie) Conn.
They had 12 children:
(1) Catherine (Kitty) Todd Ware – born Dec. 21,
1799 died July 26, 1863
Married Grant
Allen on Oct. 24, 1830; after the death of her sister Polly
(2) Thomas
Ware - born June 17, 1801
died July 17,
1862
Married
Harriet Miller April 29, 1823
(3) Cassandra
Ware – born Jan. 23, 1803
died June 20, 1851
Married Samuel
Woodson on Nov. 8, 1837
(4) Sarah
(Sally) Ware – born March 18, 1806
died 1884
Married Robert
Spotswood Russell on May 29, 1827
(5) Mary
(Polly) Ware – born May 29, 1808
died Nov. 23, 1828
Married Grant
Allen on Dec. 20, 1827
(6)Lucy C.
Ware – born Feb. 27, 1810
Married Henry Clay Bedford on Sept. 13, 1829
(7) Davidella
Ware – born Feb.18, 1812
died June 22, 1877
Married Asa Kentucky
Lewis Bedford on May 8, 1834
(8) James
Thompson Ware – born Dec. 23, 1814 died
Sept. 30, 1871
Married Patsy
Bedford on Nov. 26, 1844
(9) Frances A.
Ware – born Nov. 3, 1816
died Jan. 11, 1892
Married John Hill on Dec. 30, 1847
(10) A son
– not named – born Jan. 3, 1819 (probably stillborn)
(11) Eliza H.
Ware – born Feb. 14, 1822 died
Feb. 23, 1861
Married
William D. Crockett on July 5, 1849
(12) Charles William Ware – born Dec. 23, 1824 died Oct.
30, 1834
very sickly
(2) James Ware III was born on January 13, 1771. He was only five years old when The Declaration of
Independence was penned for the Revolutionary War. Both
his father and grandfather served in that war. When
James got older, he accompanied his brother Thompson on the initial expedition to
Kentucky. Although he helped all his family
members relocate in 1791, James III returned to Virginia because of health reasons. His son Josiah later wrote that “suffering
from chills and fever undermined his health, so my father sold out his business and
returned to Virginia where he farmed but never recovered his health.” (ref. #299) On November 10, 1796,
James married Elizabeth Alexander who was the daughter of Morgan & Elizabeth
(Snickers) Alexander. Morgan had also served
in the Revolutionary War and Elizabeth (his wife) was the daughter of Edmund and Elizabeth
(Taliaferro) Snickers of Clarke County whose son William (brother of Elizabeth) married Frances Washington,
the daughter of Warner and Mary (Whiting) Washington – first cousin of General George
Washington. In an Indenture
record, it states that “On November 5, 1798, James Ware of Louisville, Kentucky (but
now of Frederick County, Virginia) and Elizabeth T. (Alexander) Ware; his wife, to Buckner
Thurston of Fayette County, Kentucky for 500 Pounds, 204 ¾ acres in Jefferson County on
Bear Grass Creek, being a part of a tract and part of the aforesaid survey, thence along a
line of James Sullivan’s land, bounded by land of Elias Neale & Bazil
Prather.” (ref.
830) James built a lovely home called
"Riverside" (which was located directly across from the Shenandoah River) and he
also owned a tavern and a mill in the area. James
and Elizabeth had the following children together: (1) Sarah (Sally) Elizabeth Taliaferro Ware
(born October 01, 1797) who married Sigismund Stribling, (2) Charles Alexander Ware (born July 03, 1800) who died at the age of 23, and (3) Josiah William Ware (born August 19, 1802) who married Frances Toy Glassell
and then Edmonia Jacquelin Smith. When
Elizabeth died suddenly in 1803, James remarried. He and his 2nd wife, Harriot Taylor
married on March 17, 1808. They had 6 more
children together, but only one daughter lived long enough to marry. They had (1) James Ware (born February 01, 1809 ) who died
at age 18 on board the ship "Herald" bound for Charlestown, South Carolina, (2) Bushrod Thomas Ware (born September 10,
1810) who died at age 7, (3) Thomas Marshall
{called Marshall} Ware (born July 3, 1812) who died at age 20, (4) Lucy Catherine Ware (born July 26, 1814) who married Dr. William D.
McGuire, (5) Harriet Mary Todd {called Mary}
Ware (born November 21, 1816) who died at age 12 and (6) Elizabeth Alexander Ware (born November 06,
1818) who died at only 14 months. James Ware
III died on a Thursday night on September 13, 1821.
(3) Mary (Polly) Todd Ware was born on September 04,
1772, and she married Charles Webb in 1788. Both
the Ware and Webb families made the big move to Kentucky together. In a letter in the Hayes Library in Ohio, it was
related how “her oldest child (Fanny) was but three months old when they came to
Kentucky. They descended the Ohio in flat
boats in momentary apprehension of being attacked by the Indians.” (ref.174) Mary Polly
and Charles settled in the Paris area of Kentucky, “within a mile of her brother
Thompson, where they could see each other every week.” (ref. #35E) They had the
following children: (1) Fanny Webb (born
December 20, 1791) who married William Conn. She
died young; probably from childbirth complications, (2)
James Webb (born November 28, 1793) who never survived infancy, (3) Charles Webb (born September 26, 1795) also
never survived infancy, (4) Charles H. Webb
(born July 03, 1797) also did not survive infancy, (5)
Dr. Charles Henry Webb Jr. (born July 02, 1798) who married Cassandra Ford, (6) John Webb (born October 23,
1799) who did not survive infancy, (7) Nancy Webb (born in 1801) who married Dr. Harry E. Innis, and (8) Winny Webb (born February 29, 1804) who
married George W. Williams Mary Polly Webb
lived close by her brother Thompson in Kentucky, for he wrote, “your Aunt
Polly Webb lives within a mile, where we can see each other every week.” (ref.
35E)
(4) Lucy Catherine Ware was born on November 12, 1773. She and her sister Polly married Webb brothers. Polly married Charles Webb and Lucy married Capt.
Isaac Webb on December 23, 1790. “It
was in large part due to his (Isaac’s) persuasion that the move was made.” (ref. #2) Isaac had acquired a
great deal of land in Fayette and Bourbon counties of Kentucky as a ‘grant’
(reward) given by the government for service in the Revolutionary War.”(ref. #174) In a family
letter, it was stated that Isaac Webb “at that time, owned nearly all the land
Cincinnati was built upon and a great part of the land Lexington was built upon.” (ref. #2) Lucy and Isaac had the following children: (1) Catherine (Kitty) Webb was born September 15,
1791 and married James Conn, (2) Winny Webb
(born September 15, 1791) married Matthew Thompson Scott (they had 14 children), (3) Dr. James Webb (born March 17, 1795) married
Maria Cook, (4) Isaac Webb III (born March 02,
1797) married Louisa Harrison Jones, (5) Lucy
Caroline Webb (born February 16, 1799) married Dr. Joseph Thompson Scott, (6) Cuthbert Webb (born January 20, 1801) never
married, (7) Mary Ann Todd Webb (born March 15,
1803) married William
T. Nicholson, (8) John Thompson Webb (born
March 18, 1805), and (9) Elizabeth (Betsy)
Frances Webb (born September 12, 1806) married Rev. Joseph P. Cunningham and also Matthew Thompson Scott
when both had lost their spouses.
In a letter written to Governor Hayes in 1876, Josiah William Ware
wrote of his remembrance of Lucy Webb – his aunt: “Aunt Lucy and my father were
each other’s favorites, as she told me, but she must have been every ones favorite
that knew her. In every respect she was the
most perfect woman I ever knew – she was old and white-headed when I first saw
her.” (ref.
299) He
also wrote, “I knew Lucy Ware intimately and corresponded with her. When she was about sixty or seventy years old, her
hair was cut short and was as white as snow. She
was a perfect specimen of hospitality. She was
very fine-looking; and had as fine a face as you ever saw, full of kindness and
benevolence. She was rather fleshy, not too
much so and about the height of Lucy (Webb) Hayes.” (ref. 299) It was Lucy’s son,
Dr. James Webb and his wife Maria, who were the parents of Lucy Ware who went on to wed
Rutherford B. Hayes; President of the United States. Lucy’s
family was the hardest hit when the cholera epidemic hit Kentucky in 1833. Not only did she and Isaac die within days of each
other, but many of their other family members passed away as well.
(5)
Charles
Ware was born on
August 19, 1775 and he married Frances (Fanny) Whiting on November 29, 1803. When James II
& Caty Ware moved from Virginia to Kentucky with their family in 1791, Charles was
only 16 years old. He stayed with his parents
for about two years and then went back to Virginia to live with his older brother, James
III, for a while. He mentioned in a letter to
his niece that “I did not go to live with him (James) until the fall of 1793. We then continued together almost until I married
in 1803.” (ref.35G) When Charles and Frances married, they decided to settle in
Versailles, Kentucky and put down their roots for good.
They never had any children. Charles
died in Kentucky in July of 1839.
(6) Catherine Ware was born on May 1, 1777. She was often called either Kitty or Caty. She
married Dr. John Mitchell Scott. Cornelia Ware
Anker wrote that “He must have been a splendid man; he is spoken of so many times
with such admiration.” (ref.2) There were five
children. Kitty and John’s daughter (1) Elizabeth
T. (Eliza) Thompson Scott married Col. Soloman Sharp who was a Congressman.
She “lost her husband the 1st Sunday in November last by a midnight
assassin. He was stabbed in the abdomen in his
own house at 1 or 2 o’clock and expired without speaking a word in a few minutes in
the midst of his family.” (ref. 35E) Kitty and John also had
a son named (2) William Henry Harrison Scott,
but they called him Harrison. He married
Elizabeth M. Wilkinson. Their third child was (3) Arabella Scott who married twice; first to
Mr. William Davis & then to Sylvester Welch. (4) Catherine W. (Kate) Scott married William
Johnson, and their last child, (5) John
Mitchell Scott, attended West Point but died at a very young age before ever getting
married. Kitty never remarried after the death
of her husband. As a widow, ‘Aunt
Kitty’ and her two daughters lived with Betsy Sharp.” (ref.2)
(7) George Ware was born on February 9, 1779. He married Nancy Ferguson. 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: (1) Elizabeth Catherine Ware (born
July 11, 1813) who married
Robert James Didlake, (2) Mary Webb Ware
(born December 18, 1814) who married Thomas
Woods Goodloe), (3) James Ware (born December 23,
1816), (4) Anne Ware (born October 13, 1818),
(5) Abraham Ware (called Abram) who was born
on November 09, 1820, (6) George Clifton Ware
(called Clifton) who was born December 29, 1822, (7)
Charles William Ware (born April 07, 1825), (8) John William Ware (born on a Sunday), (9) Lucy Arabella Ware (born September 24, 1830)
who married James Hutchison Shropshire, and (10)
Joseph Scott Ware (born September 15, 1833 Friday).” George Ware died on July 28,
1849.
REFERENCES
1. The Ware
Family Bible – This is kept in my home and has dates and names recorded in it that
date all the way back to the 1700’s.
2. Original long letter of Cornelia Ware Anker (1945)
- This letter is a goldmine of first-hand intimate family facts & remembrances. Cornelia was the daughter of Sigismund Stribling
Ware (son of Josiah William Ware). She had personally transcribed some family letters
(written between 1799 and 1831) that had been passed on to her, and then added to that.
6. VIRGINIA
GENEALOGIES: A Genealogy of the Glassell Family of Scotland and Virginia by
Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden, M. A. Printed in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1891
35A Transcription of letter from Virginia Catherine
Todd Ware (Caty) to her daughter-in-law Elizabeth Alexander Ware (Betsy) dated 1799. Researched and written by © Judy C. Ware April
2008
35B
Letter
from Charles Ware in Kentucky to his brother James Ware III written in 1810. Date has been corrected to be 1811. Transcribed and researched by © Judy C. Ware in
April 2009. Original letter kept in R.B. Hayes
Library
35D Letter from Catharine Conn (sometimes called
Kitty) to her Cousin, Sarah (Sally) E. Taliaferro Ware at Snickers Ferry in 1819. Sally was the sister of Josiah. Letter was researched and transcribed by © Judy C.
Ware April 2009
35E Letter from Thompson Ware to his niece, Sarah
(Sally) E.T. Ware. Thompson was the brother of
her father (James III) and also the uncle to Josiah.
Transcribed by © Judy C. Ware
35G Letter from Charles Ware to his niece Sarah
(Sally) Elizabeth Taliaferro Ware Stribling written
in 1831. Transcribed by © Judy C. Ware April
2009
174. Large
personal and biographical information (with charts) on the WARE lineage - given to me by
the Hayes Presidential Center.
296. Letter from Isaac Webb to RB Hayes (his
cousin) on November 29, 1883
299. Letter
from Josiah to Gov. Hayes – July 16, 1876 Details
of family from James Ware on back.
597. Transcription of
Letter from Lucy Webb to her niece, Sarah (Sally) Elizabeth Taliaferro Stribling & her
nephew, Josiah William Ware dated June 5 (prior to 1830).
Researched & written by © Judy Ware
602. BIOGRAPHY OF
DR. JAMES WARE II written &
researched by © Judy Ware March 17, 2006 Completed bio for James Ware II & all the
family that moved to Kentucky.
629. DAR Patriot Index,
2003, NSDAR gives military info for John Ware, James Ware II, James Ware I, Nicholas Ware,
and William Ware. Gives ranks/dates/wives/ and
service
830. Ware
Family History: Descendants from Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Kings and Queens, and
Presidents of the United States By Wanda
Ware DeGidio Edition: illustrated Published by Xlibris Corp, 2003 ISBN 1401099300,
9781401099305
834. Military records
for James Ware (son of John) James Ware Sr., James Ware Jr., Henry Ware Sr., John Ware,
and William Ware. The American Genealogical
Research Institute, Washington D.C., Heritage Press, 1978
880. Morgan and His Men – excerpt
showing Justices of the Court from 1795 to 1813 |
