Graham of Wetheral

[Kinsy]

I am looking for the parents/siblings/family of John Graham born c.1796 in Wetheral, Cumberland.
He married Francis Maria Gillson and became vicar of Hinxton (CoE) - the family are in the 1851 and 1861 census.
His parents may have been Joseph Graham and Mary Hobson.

The family owned Wetheral Shields Farm and I have 9 letters addressed to him in Hinxton regarding the management of the farm, rents collected, etc. The letters were from William Robinson (1837-1853) and T Mandell (1857-1860), both of whom were his cousins.

Amongst the old family documents there are also three for Thomas Chapman of Gretton, Northamptonshire - his will 1789, land tax exemption 1799 and a conveyancing document 1733 - but have no idea who he is or how he is connected to the Grahams.

Any information would be much appreciated.

[Dazey999]

Hi Kinsy

The Family Search website has the following baptism:

26 June 1796
Wetheral, Cumberland
John Graham, son of
Joseph Graham & Mary Hobson

Dazey

[Dazey999]

Marriage notice in the Bury & Norwich Post & Suffolk Herald (Tues 3 Sep 1867)
On the 28th ult at Barnes, Surrey, Robert Watson, son of R Willis Esq, MD, of Barnes, to Helen, 2nd daughter of the late Rev John Graham, Vicar of Hinxton and Swavesey, Cambs.

[Kinsy]

Thanks again, Dazey.
Hopefully some kind person in Carlisle will find something in the parish records about his parents/siblings - and to which branch of the millions of Grahams they belonged.
And it would be nice to find out how long they owned Wetheral Shields farm and what happened to it.

[Dazey999]

If you google Graham Hinxton, you'll find an entry in the ebook Visitation of England & Wales (vol. 17) which mentions the marriage of Margaret Frederica Graham Ommaney, John's grand-daughter.  John's daughter Emily Sophia Graham married Frederick Gream Ommaney in Richmond, Surrey, in 1871.

[Dazey999]

Could this be Joseph Graham's christening:
28 May 1769, Irthington, Cumberland
son of Thomas Graham

and marriage to Mary Hobson:
16 Jun 1789
Wetheral, Cumberland

possible son (Joseph) christened 6 October 1799 at Denby, York

[Kinsy]

Thanks for the useful information. Got me on the right track. They apparently had 4 children - Ann 1789, Thomas 1790, John 1796 and Mary 1800. So christening in 1799 can't be one of their children - but the 1769 christening is promising.
Thanks

[Deborah Boss]

Have you seen the entry for John Graham in the CCED database?  He appears to have died July 8, 1862, aged 70?   Before Hinxton he was at Swavesey 1833 and before that at Comberton 1830 etc etc etc.  He also appears to have applied for the chaplaincy at Heidelberg a few years before his death.

Also the alumni records at Cambridge suggests he was the son of John r of Bewcastle although this is not definitive.

Probably worth a search on national archives as well.

Hope it helps
regards
Deborah

[Kinsy]

Yes, I have seen his CCED record - thanks, Deborah.
Altho there was some info in it that I found baffling: his sons are listed as William (1856), Charles (1858) and John (1859). However, in the 1851 census his sons are 13, 11 and 9 respectively, which matches info in the 1841 and 1861 census - so they would have been born approx 1838,1840 and 1842.

John's age in the census is also confusing - 45 yrs in 1841, 38 yrs in 1851 and 68 in 1861. Presumably a typo (or "writo" in 1851.

There must have been a large family of Grahams living in Wetheral - on FamilySearch there are 136 John Grahams listed just for starters. If only more of the Graham descendants would get hooked on the genealogy bug