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| Saint Mary the Virgin, Great Shelford |
Henry Wilton (bap. 12 Apr 1702), son of Henry Wilton and Elizabeth Bissell, first married Mary Simper, on 14 Jan 1727 in Sawston, Cambridgeshire, with whom he had a daughter, Mary Wilton bap. 18 Nov 1728. However, it appears that Mary Wilton and the infant were buried in Stapleford on 28 Nov 1728.
Henry Wilton, groom from Stapleford, then married Martha Douse (bap. 8 Jul 1711 in Great Shelford), daughter of Philip Douse and Constance Harvey, at St Mary the Virgin, Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire on 15 Sep 1732.
Henry and Martha Wilton had three children baptised in Stapleford:
- Henry Wilton bap. 2 Sep 1733
- Richard Wilton, bap. 16 Oct 1737
- Martha Wilton bap. 21 Oct 1739
Henry Wilton died on 18 Oct 1739 and was buried on the 21st, at Stapleford.
Martha Wilton was buried on 24 Oct 1766, also at Stapleford.
Henry's parents, Henry Wilton (b. ~1669) and Elizabeth Bissell (b. ~1673), had five children, all baptised in Stapleford:
- Sarah Wilton bap. 14 Jul 1695 (Died in 1695)
- Martha Wilton bap. 27 Dec 1696
- Sarah Wilton bap. 14 Apr 1700
- Henry Wilton bap. 12 Apr 1702
- Richard Wilton bap. 7 Oct 1705 (Buried 18 Dec 1707)
Elizabeth Wilton was buried on 15 Oct 1705. (I think we can guess the cause.) Henry does not appear to remarry and there are no other children listed born to a Henry Wilton in that period with a different mother.
Henry Wilton Snr died on 27 Jun 1726 and was buried, on 30 Jun 1726, in Stapleford, Cambridgeshire.
- Martha Wilton m. Robert Reynolds in Stapleford on 14 Jan 1722.
- Sarah Wilton m. William Archer in Stapleford on 14 Sep 1726.
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| Stapleford church on a winter morning. The remains of President Barack Obama’s ancestor may rest in this cemetery near St. Andrew's church in Stapleford, England. Mine certainly do. cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Sutton - geograph.org.uk/p/2841826 |