John William Horseman - Page 2 - Genealogists' Forum

kiterunner · #11 01-09-20, 09:17

FMP has John William Horseman bapt 20 Sep 1806 Whipsnade, Beds, son of James and Harriett.

kiterunner · #12 01-09-20, 09:24

I think this is James and Harriett in 1841. James is Rector of Middle (aka Myddle) and they have a son Thomas who is a surgeon:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageview...ce&pId=9630094

kiterunner · #13 01-09-20, 09:26

James Horseman died Jul-Sep 1844 Ellesmere district age 65.

kiterunner · #14 01-09-20, 09:29

Index to Death Duties Register:

https://search.findmypast.com/record...DDUTY%2F692615

So there should be a will.

kiterunner · #15 01-09-20, 09:31

James's will:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageview...03d&pId=394130

Doesn't seem to mention a grandson by his deceased son, but if the grandson had died too, he wouldn't.

Edit - but he does mention Rebecca Horseman widow of his late son John William Horseman. And she had to wait till James died to remarry, or forgo her inheritance.

Written 7 Jun 1844, so it doesn't help with narrowing down the date of either John William's death.

kiterunner · #16 01-09-20, 09:44

This is his entry in the Horsman / Horseman one-name study but no additional info to what we have already found:

https://horsman.one-name.net/getpers...5&tree=Horsman

Phoenix · #17 01-09-20, 10:22

Oh wow, wow and triple wow!!!

I completely disregarded that as George Lanning was a whitesmith,so I didn't think that Rebecca would have moved in those sorts of circles.

Now to wait till I tell Best Mate.

Thank you so much, Kite. That would explain why Rebecca waited six years before she married George and probably the inheritance gave them the money to set up as lodging house keepers.

Merry · #18 01-09-20, 10:38

Oooh, that's a good find!! Better than the visit to mum which lasted about 20 seconds!

Merry · #19 01-09-20, 10:48

When one of the other sons of Rev James passed away, he had a mention in the paper:

21 July 1824 - Bury and Norwich Post - Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Lately, on bis passage home from Bengal, James Edward, second son of the Rev. James Horseman, M. A. Rector of Little Gaddesden, in Hertfordshire, and of Whipsnade, in Bedfordshire. He was a fine promising youth not quite 15 years of age.

Merry · #20 01-09-20, 10:50

I don't know if you need to go back (maybe not?) but James and his father were both Oxford alumni and died just four days apart.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageview...urn&pId=112490