George Atkinson Ward (1793–1864)
George Atkinson Ward was born on 29 March 1793 in Salem, Massachusetts. After working in the family mercantile business, he transitioned to a career as a historian and author. He is best known for editing The Journal and Letters of Samuel Curwen, an American in England from 1775 to 1883 (1842), a loyalist's travelogue that went through several editions. Ward had four children with Mehitable Cushing (1795–1862, m. 1816). He died in Salem on 22 September 1864.
George Atkinson Ward, ed., Journal and Letters of the Late Samuel Curwen Judge of Admiralty, Etc., a Loyalist-Refugee in England, during the American Revolution ; to Which Are Added, Illustrative Documents and Other Eminent Men (London: Wiley and Putnam, 1844).
George Atkinson Ward Papers, The Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Rowley, Massachusetts.
Salem Gazette (MA), 30 May 1815, page 1, column 1 (America’s Historical Newspapers).
George Atkinson Ward in Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620–1988 (Ancestry.com).
George A. Ward in U.S., Passport Applications, 1795–1925 (Ancestry.com).
Mehitable (Cushing) Ward in Havey/Williams Family Tree (Ancestry.com).
George A. Ward at FamilySearch.