"Joan Carter … m. say 1608 Francis Ward, bur. Claydon 1 Aug. 1634. Francis left an undated will proved 13 May 1636, naming his sons John, Francis, Felix, and Thomas, and his brother Richard Ward, and making his (unnamed) wife his executor.
[footnote] "PCC 44 Pile (PROB 11/171 folio 16): 'Francis Ward of Cledon in the Countie of Oxford being sick in bodie.' While Francis did not name his wife in the will, she was named in the probate clause: 'Joanne Ward Relicte.'"