Saturday, 14 July 2007

The Children of Richard who came from Windsor

Whapshares from Windsor in Salisbury.

I have been looking at the Children of Richard and Elizabeth Wapshott. Martin Vincent , of course had it sorted but I think that he may have got the daughters muddled.
Henry b 1669 who married (i) Ann and (ii) Elizabeth. I have lost the ref. but seems OK.
Robert b 1673 married Sarah Sweetman is well documented in the IGI and Wiltshire records.
It is from these two families that the trees begin but I wonder about the daughters of Richard..

Martin Vincent's final version had a daughter Hannah Wapshed married to John Stevens in Sarum in 1698.
The IGI is clear that a Nanamiah Wapshed, born abt. 1677 married John on 6 Feb 1698 in Salisbury.

So what of Hannah? On 11 Apr 1666 a Surhannah Wapshat was christened at St Martins with Father Richard and Mother Elizabeth so she was the first child of the Wapshat/Wapshed's.
On 31 Jan 1696, the IGI records an Elizabeth Wapshat christened at St Martins whose mother was Hannah. So did Hannah remain unmarried but decided to have a daughter when she was 29 years old?

All of the children of Henry and Robert adopted the name of Wapshare.

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