Andrew Warde (ca. 1597-1659) was born in England and immigrated to America in 1630. He settld first at Watertown, Massachusetts. He moved to Wethersfield, Connecticut, in 1635; to Stamford, Connecticut, in 1641; then settled Fairfield, Connecticut, in 1651. He and his wife, Hester Sherman, had at least nine children. Record chiefly follows line of descent through his grandson, William Ward (1670-1775), who died at Philipsborough, New York, to William's grandson, Gilbert Ward (ca. 1730-1783). Four of his six children, William Ward (1755/6-1836), Nathan Ward (1756-1839), Elizabeth Ward Tompkins (1768-1750), and Jane Ward Sherwood (1774-1856), settled at Dormansville, Albany County, New York, in 1795 and 1797. Most of their descendants listed lived in New York.