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John Byatt married Sarah Pewter (bap. 4 Apr 1754 at St Mary's Church, Ware, Hertfordshire) daughter of George and Grace Pewter, at St Mary's Church, Elsenham, Essex on 17 Nov 1775. Various records of the marriage spell his surname as Biatt and one calls him James, but as time goes by, the spelling Byatt becomes consistent and all other records are for John.
John and Sarah had nine children, baptised at St Mary's Church, Elsenham:
- William Byat (sic) bap. 21 Apr 1776
- John Byatt bap. 3 May 1778
- James Byat (sic) bap. 15 Mar 1780
- Elizabeth Byatt bap. 10 Dec 1782 and again on 6 Mar 1783 (There isn't time for this to have been a different child, so I wonder if the first is a private baptism at home and the second in the church?)
- Mary Byatt bap. 17 Jul 1785
- Susan Byatt bap. 23 Nov 1788 (Died 31 Dec 1788)
- George Byatt bap. 28 Feb 1790
- Thomas Byatt bap. 26 Aug 1792
- Sal Byatt bap. 3 Jul 1796 (Buried 8 May 1797) The baptism record for this child specifies the sex as male. On the burial, the child is described as a daughter. We may have found our first transgender relative.
Sarah Byatt died, at 69, and was buried on 8 Feb 1824, in Elsenham.
There is a death and burial of a John Byatt, aged 83 (b. 1757), in Royston, Hertfordshire, in 1840. If one of the children moved there, it might confirm if this is the correct record, but at first glance it appears possible.