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5 William AGER 1764-1849 1m Elizabeth INCH 1783; 2m Martha PARKER 1830
spouse's records

William was baptised at Birdbrook when he was two years old, but spent all his adult life as an agricultural labourer in the nearby parish of Ovington. He married Elizabeth INCH at Clare when he was 19, and they baptised ten children at Ovington. Elizabeth died in 1830 aged 67 and William remarried a widow, Martha PARKER the same year. Martha had previously married an buried three husbands, but this time William outlived her; Martha died in 1836 and William then went to live with his married daughter Harriet MANN in Ovington. William died at Ovington in 1849 aged 86.

EVENTS

C=Christened

age DATE WA EI

EVENT

1Jun1764 6Jul1766 2 17Nov1783 19 20 16Nov1784 20 26Feb1785 21 22 4Mar1787 23 24 13Sep1789 25 26 9Dec1792 28 29 5Apr1793 29 30 1Jun1794 30 31 23Aug1795 31 32 10Sep1797 33 34 28Sep1797 33 34 6Oct1799 35 36 17Apr1803 39 40 8May1803 39 40 11Jul1805 41 42 9Jan1812 48 49 6Feb1830 66 67 11Oct1830 66 1Jun1835 72 6Jun1841 77 15Mar1849 86 20Mar1849 86

William born William C at Birdbrook s William & Jane AGER William AGER & Elizabeth INCH m at Clare William witness to a marriage at Ovington son William C at Ovington dau Mary C at Ovington dau Elizabeth C at Ovington dau Harriet C at Ovington dau Harriet C at Ovington son John Collins C at Ovington son George C at Ovington dau Harriet C at Ovington dau Harriet b at Ovington dau Harriet C at Ovington son Zechariah C at Ovington son Zechariah bur at Ovington eldest son William bur at Ovington son George bur at Ovington Elizabeth bur at Ovington William m Martha PARKER widow at Ovington Martha bur at Ovington William, ag lab, living with married dau Harriet MANN at Ovington William, labourer, died at Ovington William bur at Ovington

PRINCIPAL RECORDS

b=born m=married d=died

C=Christened B=Buried

BIRTH

From burial, census and death certificate age (all agree), William was born about 1762/3 (the 41 census has an age of 78 which is presumably not rounded down). Although he lived and died in Ovington, there is no suitable baptism there. The first AGER entry in the register is in 1784 when William witnessed a marriage.

Most adjacent and near parish registers have been searched but only one suitable AGER baptism found in nearby Birdbrook, some 4 miles from Ovington:

C 6Jul1766 William s William & Jane AGER b 1Jun1764

No evidence has been found to confirm this is the right baptism. However no burial of this William was found at Birdbrook, and the birth is the right name, time, and area; in the absence of other suitable baptisms, it will be assumed correct at present.

MARRIAGE

Parents of Harriet AGER 4 were William & Elizabeth, and the first baptism to these parents at Ovington was in 1785. No suitable William/Elizabeth m in Essex m index or in Boyd, but Boyd has a suitable m at Clare,SFK. The banns book at Clare shows that William was of Ovington, proving that this is the correct marriage

from Clare (SFK) banns (n) and marriage register:

n 19Oct1783 William x AGER of Ovington ESS & Elizabeth x INCH otp; also on 26Oct 2Nov

m 7Nov1783 William AGER bch otp & Elizabeth INCH spr otp; wit: Thos STAMMERS John SPALDING

from Ovington register, William remarried 7 months after Elizabeth died:

B 6Feb1830 Elizabeth AGER of Ovington age 67 [b1763]

m 11Oct1830 William AGER wdr & Martha PARKER wid

DESCENDANTS

from Ovington parish register

C 26Feb1785 William s William & Elizabeth AGER; B 11Jul1805 William AGER

C 4Mar1787 Mary d William & Elizabeth AGER

C 13Sep1789 Elizabeth d William & Elizabeth AGER

C 9Dec1792 Harriet d William & Elizabeth AGER; B 5Apr1793 Harriet d William & Elizabeth AGER

C 1Jun1794 John Collins s William & Elizabeth AGER

C 23Aug1795 George s William & Elizabeth AGER; B 9Jan1812 George AGER

C 10Sep1797 Harriet d William & Elizabeth AGER; B 28Sep1797 Harriet d William & Elizabeth AGER

C 6Oct1799 Harriet d William & Elizabeth AGER

C 17Apr1803 Zechariah s William & Elizabeth AGER; Br 8May1803 Zechariah s William & Elizabeth AGER

DEATH

certificate:

d 15Mar1849 William AGER male 86, labourer, at Ovington of old age

r 17Mar1849 Mary x BARTRAM (present at death) of Ovington at Clare, Risbridge [r = registered]

from Ovington register:

B 6Feb1830 Elizabeth AGER of Ovington age 67 {b1763}

B 1Jun1835 Martha AGER of Ovington age 61 {b1774}

B 20Mar1849 William AGER age 86 {b1763}

CENSUS

1841 Ovington ESS, Compton HO107/333/4 district 1

William AGER 78 1762 ag lab y

Nathaniel MAN 45 1795 ag lab y

Harriet MAN 40 1800 y

William MAN 20 1820 y

Robert MAN 15 1825 y

Sarah MAN 12 1828 y

Henry MAN 9 1831 y

Nathaniel MAN 6 1834 y

John FOX 28 1812 ag lab y

OTHER

from Ovington register:

m 16Nov1784 Thos x BARTRAM bch otp & Penelope x PARMENTER wid otp; witness: Willm x AGER

INCH FAMILY

Elizabeth INCH of Clare was married there in November 1783 and her age at burial gives her a birth year of 1763. There is only one possible baptism at Clare:

C 8Dec1767 Elizabeth d William & Elizabeth INCH

preceded by a suitable marriage:

m 5Nov1766 William INCH & Elizabeth SAINS

However, if this were the right baptism, she would have been married just 15 years and 11 months after her baptism. Her first child was baptised 15 months after marriage, so it was not a marriage forced by pregnancy. If she were actually born in 1763 as indicated by her age at burial she would have a more reasonable marriage age of 20. She may of course have been born at any time after or even before her parent’s marriage and baptised as a child rather than a baby. Failing other evidence, it will be assumed that this is the correct baptism of Elizabeth.

Elizabeth’s father, William, was baptised at Clare in 1742:

C 25Sep1742 William s William & Ann INCH

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