English (chiefly Lancashire): occupational name for a water
bailiff, earlier Waterward, from Middle English water +
ward ‘guard’. All the early examples occur on the banks of
Martin Mere, a large freshwater lake (now drained) in western
Lancashire.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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