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Soanes Soans Sones genealogy |
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Dr Geoffrey Mann |
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6 William SOANES 1748-1833 |
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m Miriam PENDRY 1780 |
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William was born in Forest Hill in 1748 and spent most of his life there. For a long period he was clerk of the parish. When William married Miriam PENDREY there at the age of 32 however, he was living in the neighbouring parish of Cuddesdon. William & Miriam returned to Forest Hill that same year (1780) and baptised all their seven children in the parish. William still held the post of parish clerk when he was buried in Forest Hill aged 85. Miriam had died eight years previously in 1825. |
C=Christened
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age DATE SS MK |
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26Mar1748 6Sep1780 32 29 24Dec1780 32 29 31Mar1782 34 31 25Jul1784 36 33 8Oct1786 38 35 12Mar1787 39 36 23Mar1788 40 37 23May1790 42 39 9Jun1793 45 42 1813 65 62 19Jul1825 77 74 4Jun?1833 85 |
William C at Forest Hill son of John & Mary SOANES William SOANES bch of Cuddesdon & Miriam x PENDREY mar at Cuddesdon dau Sophy C at Forest Hill son Henry C at Forest Hill son William C at Forest Hill son John C at Forest Hill son John buried at Forest Hill dau Prudence C at Forest Hill son Stephen C at Forest Hill dau Phoebe C at Forest Hill William known to be parish clerk at this time and until his death Miriam buried at Forest Hill William SOANES age 85 of Forest Hill parish clerk buried |
b=born m=married d=died
C=Christened B=Buried
William
was buried in 1833 aged 85, so born around 1748. William was of Cuddesdon when he married in 1780 but there is no
suitable baptism in the Cuddesdon register. William & Miriam spent all their
married lives in Forest Hill, and there are three possible baptisms there:
C
26Mar1748 William s John
& Mary SOANES [aged 85 in
1833]
C 3Feb1742/3 William s William & Mary
SOANES [aged 90 in 1833]
C
10Jan1741 William s Joseph SOANES (& Jane?) [aged 92 in
1833]
The first
baptism seems most likely; this gives the correct age at burial and as William
was a parish clerk, he is likely to have known his correct age. Moreover, ages
at death are usually over estimated rather than under, as in the other
baptisms; William had a son John but not Joseph. These considerations are not conclusive but it will be assumed
for the present that William was the son of John and Mary
Stephen-5
was baptised in 1790 at Forest Hill, son of William & Miriam. There is a series of baptisms to these
parents at Forest Hill beginning in 1780, but no suitable marriage. The marriage is found in the neighbouring
parish of Cuddesdon:
m
6Sep1780 William SOANES bch of Cuddesdon & Miriam x PENDREY wit:Daniel
BLAKE; William BIGGES
Although
William is of Cuddeson rather than Forest Hill, the unusual name Miriam and the
correct date leaves no doubt that this is the correct marriage
C
24Dec1780 Sophy d William & Miriam SOANES; St Giles
Oxford: m 26May1807 Thomas MORRIS & Sophia SOAN
C
31Mar1782 Henry s William &
Miriam SOANES
C
25Jul1784 William s William &
Miriam SOANES m 3Feb1810 Jane KING
C 8Oct1786 John s William & Miriam SOANES B 12Mar1787 John s William
& Miriam SOANES
C
23Mar1788 Prudence d William &
Miriam SOANES m 10Oct1812 William BUDD otp & Prudence SOANS otp
C
23May1790 Stephen s William &
Miriam SOANES m 12Mar1814 Martha KING
C 9Jun1793 Phoebe d William & Miriam SOANES
B
19Jul1825 Miriam SOANES age 74 of Forest Hill [b 1751]
B
4Jun?1833 William SOANES age 85 of Forest Hill parish clerk [b 1748]
The
unusual name Miriam and a suitable age at death giving an age at marriage of 29
confirms the burial of Miriam. There is
no other burial of a William between 1793 when their last daughter was baptised
and 1833. Since this burial also gives
a suitable age at marriage of 32 it is assumed to be correct.
William
was the parish clerk of Forest Hill when he died in 1833 and was a witness at
most marriages in Forest hill from March 1813 (when witnesses were first noted)
to at least November 1820