William HARRIS, Mary DEAKIN/DEACON m Ibstock 1794

[Lesley_A]

Hi Chatters,

I am once again trying to trace my 3G-grandfather William HARRIS, who married Mary DEACON/DEAKIN at Ibstock, 30 Jan 1794.

They definitely had three children:

Sarah chr Hugglescote 10 Aug 1794
John chr Hugglescore 17 Jan 1796
Thomas chr Hugglescote 25 Mar 1798

There may have been others - I suspect that this is the William HARRIS who became a member of the Hugglescote General Baptist church in 1799.

Help, anyone? He *may* also have been the William HARRIS buried at Whitwick St John's  25 Sept 1834 (age 77), but have not been able to confirm this.

John HARRIS is listed in the 1851 Census as a Coal Pit Back Lab, and his son Elijah was also a coal miner, before migrating to Australia in 1855.

Cheers,


Lesley

[Victor Harvey]

Hi Lesley,
Although I am unrelated I thought the following may be of interest?
Sarah HARRIS was buried at St John the Baptist, Hugglescote on 25th March 1866, aged 71.
John HARRIS was buried at St John the Baptist, Hugglescote on 13th April 1879, aged 83.
Victor

[Lesley_A]

Hi Victor,

Well, no surprises as far as John HARRIS is concerned ... but is *did* set the cat among the pigeons, for his sister Sarah.

Because that surely means that she died a spinster ... and therefore is *not* the Sarah HARRIS who m. Thomas MOORE at Thornton, Leics, on 24 Nov 1819 (and subsequently had four children with him).

That one had been tracked right down to the 1861 Census, with Sarah visiting Joseph HARRIS and Elizabeth MOORE as Joseph's mother-in-law ... wrong, wrong!

But I had at the back of my mind that Sarah remained a spinster - must check my pre-Internet scribbles for that 

Many thanks, for that act of genie kindness 

Cheers,


Lesley
(In sunny Nundle, NSW)

[willsy]

There is a baptism at Thornton
William Harrison M CHR 17 JUL 1759 parents William Sarah

Am interested in the Moore's in the area

[Lesley_A]

Hi Willsy,

Well, Sarah HARRIS chr. Hugglescote 10 Aug 1794 supposedly married Thomas MOORE at Thornton, 24 Nov 1819 ... but I am puzzled about why, if she was married, she was buried at Hugglescote under her maiden name (on  25 Mar 1866).

The age given (71) tallies exactly, presuming she was born between 26 Mar 1794 and 10 Aug ... which seems likely, as her parents had just married on 30 Jan 1794.

Interested in any comments about this - the chances that a married woman would have been buried under her maiden name, back in her home town ... or, alternatively, whether it could have been a *different* Sarah HARRIS who married Thomas MOORE.

BTW, Sarah MOORE appears in the 1861 Census as the mother-in-law of Joseph HARRIS, and her age checks out with her being the Sarah HARRIS from Hugglescote.

But the burial puzzle remains - unless, of course, the Sarah HARRIS buried in Hugglescote is a Mrs Sarah HARRIS, of the same age as my Sarah 

Cheers,


Lesley
(In Nundle, NSW - still sunny)