When Ann turned 21 she married Dr Isaac Blowers Ward. Both changed their religion and both were disinherited by their families. Soon after Davids death in 1830 the young couple migrated to America and settled at Zanesville Ohio. In 1900 a grandson, Harry Parker Ward wrote a book on the family and privately published it, "The Life of Dr Isaac Blowers Ward (1800-1843), and of his wife Ann Vines (1803-1852)". It contains many letters and records of the family, not only in America but of her siblings in Reading and London. Consequently it is of much interest to all descendants of the family from Vines Farm at Grittenham. The following excerpt written by Anns grandson, describes his visit to Reading in the 1890s and highlights of his grandparents lives.

The visitor who approaches the ancient town of Reading, Berkshire, in July, will be intensely interested in the beautiful views, the neat farms and green fields of the valleys of the Thames and of the Kennet. As he reaches the place, walks through its wide, clean streets, observes the peculiar but substantial and pleasing style of architecture in its public buildings, notes the solid dwelling-houses with their steep tile roofs and chimney-pots, breathes the fragrance of flowers in the typical little English door-yards, enjoys the sight of whitened window-sills and door-steps everywhere, hears the sweet chimes proclaiming the time of day and sees the thrift and life of its jolly, good-natured people, he feels that one might well be proud to own such a birth-place. Or if he were born thousands of miles away, he can at least find satisfaction, deep and lasting, in pointing to this delightful place as the home of his ancestors.

As he passes over the old battle-field and wanders through the ivy covered ruins of the once magnificent Benedictine abbey, the pride of Reading, founded, it is supposed, in the sixth century, burned out by the Saxons, rebuilt by Henry I, whose empty sarcophagus may still be seen, consecrated by Thomas a'Becket, turned into a palace by Henry VIII, used for sittings of Parliament in the sixteenth century, bombarded for three days by Cromwell's forces during the civil war, he can picture the two hundred jolly friars and monks who sometimes dwelt within the great flint walls, he can feel the presence of the kings and queens and pompous ecclesiastical dignitaries who frequented it and can see the fierce battles raging within gunshot of this immense relic of bygone centuries. Strange feelings indeed come over him.

Greyfriars' church, nearly six hundred years old, the church of St. Lawrence, over four hundred years old, and ancient St. Giles', practically rebuilt after the rough treatment it received in Cromwell's wars, these three, as well as St. Mary's, all in turn, hold the casual visitor's attention. But if he chance to be a descendant of Ann Vines Ward, his interest in the ecclesiastical institutions of Reading will soon center in St. Mary's church, which was rebuilt in 1551 upon the ruins of an old nunnery that had been established by Elfrida, to atone for the murder, in 978, of her step-son King Edward the Martyr. Here he can see, in the parish register, under date of July 3, 1824, the record of the marriage of Ann Vines to Isaac Blowers Ward, and under date of September 23, 1784, the record of the marriage of Martha Bushnell to David Vines. He will enjoy, also, a visit to the Baptist chapel, now, however, rebuilt, where the Vines family were accustomed to attend divine services and where Dr. Ward and wife attended for several years. Here Ann Vines joined March 4, 1821.

But when the young American tourist passes on through the town, imagining at every turn that he could see his grand-parents driving or walking along the same streets, and hurries on a mile or two out to " Battle Farm," which was for many years the home of his great-grand-parents and their large family of children, but which is now covered with garden and partially occupied by a district work-house, and looks through the locked gate aud beyond the now unoccupied lodge, down the avenue of large walnut trees to the old house still standing, he wishes for an "open sesame" to bring some kindly disposed spirit of an ancestor to unlock the great gate and escort him over the ancestral lands. He can gain no entrance there, much to his disappointment, Just beyond however, he secures admission to " Groveland Farm," which, when owned by David Vines, consisted of nearly five hundred broad acres, so family tradition runs, but which has since been divided, to a considerable extent, into building plots. Here the wife of the present owner graciously conducts the traveller through the old home, into every nook and corner, explaining the little changes that had been made in the course of a life-time. The sheds with their thatched roofs, and many of the grand old trees, set out by former generations, are still standing. The home site is somewhat elevated, affording a beautiful view in any direction and plenty of good, pure, country air. Another name for Groveland Farm seems to be " Tilehurst," possibly given it by reason of a tile factory having been located on the place.

Here Ann Vines was born, here she spent her early childhood until her parents removed to the afore-mentioned Battle Farm, a short distance nearer the town. She could not have been more than a mere child when the removal to Battle Farm took place, as the story is told of her that when the walnut trees had been planted along the sides of the avenue leading from the gates to the house, she said to her mother " How pleasant it will be for me to walk under them when studying my school lessons," to which her mother replied "You will be far from them when they are large enough to make a shade," which prophecy was literally fulfilled. Another incident of her early childhood has been told, that she once saw a negro, a very black man, which was then a most unusual sight and is even now very uncommon in England, and ran in fright to her mother, telling her she had seen Satan.

When a small child she is said to have had beautiful curls. On the occasion of a call from the family's pastor, the Reverend Day, the minister offered a guinea for one of her curls. Her mother cut one off where it would not be much missed and the guinea was invested in a spoon, which relic is now in the possession of and is very highly prized by one of her descendants.

Ann Vines was the youngest of ten children, and was the pet of the family. Her disposition, as a child, and in fact all through her life, was sunny and jolly, always looking on the bright side of everything. Her life as a girl must have been particularly free from care, as there were so many older children, and, we are told, plenty of servants, about the place at all times. Her mind was clear and good and her education, received to a considerable extent in a boarding school in Reading, excellent. Home-sickness must have been quite an element in her boarding-school experience as it is said she was allowed to see her parents and brothers and sisters on Sundays at church services only. Her mother would wait for her to pass from Sunday-school into the Baptist chapel and would take her into the family pew. As time passed she became so homesick that the visit to the family pew was spent in tears and sobs. So great a breach of discipline could not be tolerated and she was denied even that short pleasure. One of the accomplishments taught in this school was dancing and, judging from remarks made to her children late in life, she must have been very fond of dancing in her early years. This she regretted, as she would say it had occupied too much of time that might have been more profitably spent.

At some time during her life she learned to take short-hand notes, which knowledge she was accustomed to put into use latterly, in taking down parts of the sermon on Sunday for reference and consideration during the week.

It seems a strange coincidence that Ann Vines should have been disinherited by her father for marrying young Dr. Ward, when he, too, was disinherited by his family, for leaving the Church of England and for marrying outside it. Mrs. Hentig states that her mother had told her of an experience that was far from pleasant, before her marriage. She had been out to a social gathering which two of her brothers and Dr. Ward also attended. The four returned to the Vines home together and, as was then and is now the English custom, Dr. Ward had entered the house to remain a moment and to leave his card. Mr. Vines thereupon informed him that it would not be necessary for him to accompany his daughter home thereafter as he preferred that his sons should perform that duty. Mrs. Ward in after life seldom referred to her parents or to the circumstances surrounding her marriage. Just how long the courtship lasted or what were the effects of her marriage in the Vines family and upon herself, is not now known. We may wonder, however, if the immediate effects were not so unpleasant and so lasting, at least as far as her parents were concerned, that they, coupled with the unpleasantness" brought about thereby with the Ward family, may have driven the young couple away from Reading and finally from England. Caleb Vines once wrote to his sister Ann a letter in which he stated that he had done everything possible to bring about a reconciliation from their father but to no avail. Reference to the genealogy of the family will show that Ann Vines' mother died March 4, 1823, and that she was married July 3, 1824; also that her father died March 17, 1830, or but a short time before the emigration to America. Could it not be that this emigration was influenced by finding herself cut off in her father's will (the writer did not, when in Reading, find a copy of his will) while the other children must have had their shares, as all, without exception, seem to have been possessed of means ?

Caleb Vines must have been far from popular with some of his brothers aud sisters, judging from the anecdotes that are told concerning his relations with them. Reference to one of the letters of Ann Vines Ward, written in London, will confirm the above statement. The reunion of the brothers and sisters therein mentioned was most peculiar but quite happy. No brother was allowed by him to bring a wife and none could bring a child, it being a reunion of the " boys and girls " only. He had not spoken to his sister Sophia for many years, as she had been witness to the marriage of his step-daughter to his brother Jabez's son Frederick. His relations with his mother, before her death, seem to have been peculiar, and what were his relations with his father and with the other brothers and sisters after he had made his own way in the world and had become so wealthy and so pompous is not known. His feeling toward his sister Ann, however, is well known. Not long after the death of her husband he began sending her 20 pounds each midsummer day, which he continued to send until her death; he sent her money on which to make her voyage to England, helped her home, and after her death sent her children 30 pounds  annually for some years. He also offered to bring her and her whole family to England and to keep them.

Her children, and her children's children, have every cause to bless the name of Caleb Vines, not so much for his kindness to her and hers as for the generous bequest he made them in her memory in his last will and testament, a copy of which appears 1ater on in this volume. This bequest should have given each of the six children then living about 5,000 pounds but losses and mismanagement by agents, his confidential clerk leaving for Australia with his ready money and even his silver plate, upon his death, reduced his estate to such an extent that they received, clear, only about 2,000 pounds each.

An account of the removal of Dr. and Mrs. Ward to America, what little is known of it, may be found in the earlier portion of this volume. Many other items of interest in Mrs. Ward's life will be seen in the few historical letters which follow this chapter. After her husband's death excellent management was required. The children who were of sufficient age aided in the support of the family and she taught a school for young children and gave lessons in music and French. It was in the year 1845 that she visited England, one of her reasons for going being that her son Samuel was in miserable health, due to over-study at Marietta College. With her son Samuel and her daughter Ann Eliza she sailed from New York on the sailing vessel " New York," making the passage in twenty-seven days. Her visits in London and in Reading were most pleasant for she was everywhere cordially received and very kindly treated. Mrs. Hentig prizes very highly a handsome ring, set with a diamond surrounded with pearls, etc., which one of her mother's sisters had, on one of the visits, taken from her own finger and placed on her mother's, saying that the ring was hers by right and she must take it. Mrs. Hentig, when young, wore for some years, her mother's seal, in which were cut the name Vines and a device which she has now forgotten, but the seal was stolen long ago. Among other things brought home from England was a wax doll which Mrs. Ward brought to her daughter Sophia, and which was said to be the first wax doll brought to Zanesville.

Mrs. Ward was assisted, to a great extent, in keeping up her school for young children and in securing pupils in the higher branches which she taught, by many of her lady friends in both Putnam and Zanesville, the handsome carriages of some of whom were frequently to be seen standing in front of her modest little home on what is now Adams Street in Putnam.

Of her social qualifications, her conversational ability and of her easy, unassuming, English manner, in company, in her school-room and in her own home, it has often been the writer's privilege to hear some of the older ladies of Zanesville speak. Of her sweet, lovable and loving disposition, of her intense interest in the welfare of her family, and of her great energy in fighting the battle of life after misfortune had overtaken her, her children have, at all times during their lives, delighted to tell.