At the time of his birth, Yorkshire did not have a 'Unitary government'..

p.856, in, Eaton, History of Kings County, Nova Scotia...
" William and Elizabeth (Grant) Ward were m. in England, and embarking at Hull, between Feb. 28 and March 7, 1774, came from Yorkshire to Nova Scotia in the ship Two Friends. Their rent had been raised by John Matthews [ who had an estate at Guisborough, Yorkshire], their landlord [the Ward's were Yeoman Farmers] and they came to America "to seek a better livelihood." See N. E. Hist. & Gen. Reg., Vol 63, p. 28. With them came their eldest child, Moses, aged 18 months. They first lived in Windsor, but soon settled at Beech Hill. King's County, there being then no road south of Kentville. The clearing William Ward made was the furthest clearing south, in the county. ..."

William Ward (1750-Nov. 26, 1844)near Guisborough, Yorkshire, Died at Beech Hill, Kings, Nova Scotia

Spouse:
Elizabeth Grant (1752-Nov. 19, 1841)

Children:
-- Moses Ward, b, Aug 1772, near Guisborough, Yorkshire, England d. 1824. Settled in Digby, Nova Scotia

-- Hannah Ward (2 Nov 1774 in Kings Co. Nova Scotia – 9 Dec 1850 in Horton twp., Kings Co., Nova Scotia), m. Nathan Schofield, (1764 in Horton, Kings co., N. S.–1856 in Black River, Kings co., Nova Scotia)

-- John Simeon Ward (1778–1859), m. 1st. in Horton, April 14, 1803, Sarah Hale, (1786–1824), 2nd. Sarah Olive Parmeter (1773–1818)

-- William Wallace Ward, b. Aug 1780, Beach Hill, Kings, Nova Scotia d. 30 Mar 1861, Springfield, Erie, Pennsylvania), m. Louise Marshall (abt 1781 in Rhode Island - abt 1858 in Springfield, Erie, Pennsylvania), m. and had children

-- Joseph Ward, (1783–1862), m. Judith Palmeter, b. 16 June 1786, at Grand Pre, Kings co., Nova Scotia.[parents: Nathan Palmeter & Susanna Sanford] They married April 7, 1814 (probably in Grand Pre) - They settled in Aylesford and had sons Nathan, and Joseph and others.

-- David Ward, b. 14 Feb 1788, in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, d. 1822, Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia, m. Mary Fielding, b.1778/91, d. 1892. They m. 20 Sep 1810, Saint John's Anglican, Cornwallis Twp,Kings, Nova Scotia. [parents: Nicholas Fielding, b. 10 June 1761, d. Sep 1847]

-- William Benjamin Ward, b. 1790, d. Mar. 30, 1864, Kings co., Nova Scotia, married Abigail Fielding, b. 1793, Kings co., Nova Scotia, d. Mar. 20, 1875, North Alton, Kings co., Nova Scotia

-- Sarah Ward, b 1790, Beech Hill, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, d. 1896 at Moscow, Wis., m. John Archibald Dodge b. 1785 in Horton, Kings co., Nova Scotia, d. 6 Oct 1864 in Arena, Iowa Co, Wisconsin

-- Rebecca Ward, b. 1794, Kings Co. Nova Scotia, Canada, d. May 29, 1872, Kentville, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, m. Stephen Dodge, b. 12 Jan 1791, Kentville, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, d. 7 May 1878, Kentville, Kings Co., Nova Scotia

-- Susannah Ward (1795–1819), m. Jacob Dodge, (1793 - 1860)

-- Aaron Ward (b. Jan. 25, 1798 Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, d. 9 Jan 1873 in Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada, m. Jan. 24, 1821),m. Sarah Kilcup, at Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada on 11 Feb 1800, d. 4 Apr 1891 in Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada.

-- Joshua Ward (1814– ) Beech Hill, Kings, NS

-- Ann Ward (1816 – ) Beech Hill, Kings, NS

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Sources:
note- Mill Creek Church was the original name for Hyde Chapel. Hyde Chapel is deeply rooted in the history of Iowa County. The Chapel was built in 1861, instituted on January 14, 1862.

p. 856 - The Ward Family, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, The history of Kings County, Nova Scotia, heart of the Acadian land, 1910, The Salem press company, Salem, Mass .

Note: John Matthews, 'an agent', lived at Guisborough, owned. He was one of the larger land holders in the area. He lived from providing finance and mortgages, to businesses and traders, as well as from the rental incomes he received from his ever increasing land holdings. After the enclosure of the Common lands, most English farmers had to rent their farmland from larger land owners. Sometimes these larger owners were not farmers in their own right, but simply people who owned large estates and who lived off the incomes from the estates. During the 1770s, Guisborough's farmers' rents soared as local landowners decided to create more opulent country homes for themselves. The yeoman farmers, people, who earlier in the century had been 'people of substance' themselves, were being squeezed off their farms by their landlords in order to provide more rental income for large landholders.