William Parham of Purton
(Abt 1752-1835)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Mary Horsell

William Parham of Purton

  • Born: Abt 1752
  • Married: 9 Oct 1794, Wootton Bassett St. Bartholomew All Saints, Wiltshire, England 1
  • Died: 23 Jul 1835, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England 2
  • Buried: 1 Aug 1835, Wootton Bassett St. Bartholomew All Saints, Wiltshire, England 3

  Research Notes:

There does not seem to be a birth/baptismal record for William Parham in Wiltshire. Possibly the same as William, born 29 May 1753 in Mark Somerset, son of William Parham and Ann.

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In 1812 William Parham was named in the Will of his father-in-law Bartholomew Horsell Senior of Nore Marsh in the Parish of Wootton Bassett, yeoman, as husband of Bartholomew's daughter Mary.

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William Parham of Purton, husband of Mary, died aged 83 years (MI, burial record).

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Abstract of the Will of William Parham of Purton in the County of Wilts, Yeoman, written 26 May 1830, proved 29 Jun 1836. 4

Acknowledges that he owes £300 to his brother-in-law Bartholomew Horsell.

Gives, devises & bequeaths to his daughter Elizabeth Warman and his son-in-law Jasper Warman all his freehold messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments in the parish of Wootton Bassett in Trust, and all his personal estate whatsoever.

Gives to his daughter Eugenia Rolfe the wife of William Rolfe a legacy of £300, for her own sole and separate use.

Gives to his friends Richard Whatley of Cheltenham in co. Gloucester, Gentleman, William Yorke of Cirencester in co. Gloucester, ironmonger, and William Warman the Younger of Wootton Bassett, grocer, a legacy of £500, in Trust for the benefit of his children and their heirs.

Gives and devises to his sister Mary Harrison an annuity of £20, in lieu of a debt of £200 he owes her. If she refuses this arrangement then he wills that she will not be entitled to the annuity and will be paid the £200 he owes her.

Nominates and appoints his said daughter, Elizabeth Warman, and his son-in-law, Jasper Warman, co-executors of his last will and testament.

Signed

James Bradford, A. P. Burt, Thos. Jefferies

  Marriage Information:

William married Mary Horsell, daughter of Bartholomew Horsell of Wootton Bassett and Anne Rowley, on 9 Oct 1794 in Wootton Bassett St. Bartholomew All Saints, Wiltshire, England. (Mary Horsell was christened on 2 Oct 1767 in Wootton Bassett St. Bartholomew All Saints, Wiltshire, England, died on 3 Dec 1815 in Leigh, Wiltshire, England and was buried on 7 Dec 1815 in Wootton Bassett St. Bartholomew All Saints, Wiltshire, England, aged 49 years.)

  Marriage Notes:

William Parham of the Parish of Ashton Keynes, bachelor, and Mary Horsell of this Parish, spinster

Married by Licence

Witnesses: Bartho:w Horsell, Henry Carter

Sources


1 Wootton Bassett Parish Registers, Marriages, p. 82, no. 302.

2 Wiltshire Memorial Inscription Index, Ref. 88201.

3 Wootton Bassett Parish Registers, Burials, p. 96, no. 767.

4 Probate records of the Archdeaconry of Wiltshire, P3/1836/26.


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