Soans Soans Sones Genealogy

30 Oct 2019

 

 

 

 

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Dr Geoffrey Mann
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5 Stephen Soanes

6 William SOANES 1748-1833

7 John Soanes


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m Miriam PENDRY 1780

 

 

 

William was born in Worminghall in 1748 son of John and Mary but was baptised in the next parish of Forest Hill where he spent most of his life and where for a long period he was clerk of the parish.

He married Miriam Pendrey at the age of 32 in the neighbouring parish of Cuddesdon and they baptised seven children in Forest Hill between 1780 and 1793.

William witnessed many marriages at Forest Hill after 1813 and still held the post of parish clerk when he died in 1833. He was buried in Forest Hill aged 85. His wife Miriam was also buried there eight years previously.

 

 

 

C=Christened

 

           age

   DATE   SS MK

 

EVENT

26Mar1748     

 6Sep1780 32 29

24Dec1780 32 29

31Mar1782 34 31

25Jul1784 36 33

 8Oct1786 38 35

12Mar1787 39 36

23Mar1788 40 37

23May1790 42 39

 9Jun1793 45 42

     1813 65 62

19Jul1825 77 74

4Jun?1833 85  

William C at Forest Hill son of John & Mary SOANES

William SOANES bch of Cuddesdon & Miriam x PENDREY mar at Cuddesdon

dau Sophy C at Forest Hill

son Henry C at Forest Hill

son William C at Forest Hill

son John C at Forest Hill

son John buried at Forest Hill

dau Prudence C at Forest Hill

son Stephen C at Forest Hill

dau Phoebe C at Forest Hill

William known to be parish clerk at this time and until his death

Miriam buried at Forest Hill

William SOANES age 85 of Forest Hill parish clerk buried

 

 

PRINCIPAL RECORDS

b=born  m=married  d=died

C=Christened        B=Buried

BIRTH

 

William was buried in 1833 aged 85, so born around 1748.  William was of Cuddesdon when he married in 1780 but there is no suitable baptism in the Cuddesdon register. William & Miriam spent all their married lives in Forest Hill, and there are three possible baptisms there, and one at Worminghall (3 miles from Forest Hill)

 

C 26Mar1748   William   s John     & Mary SOANES  [aged 85 in 1833]

C  3Feb1742/3 William   s William  & Mary SOANES  [aged 90 in 1833]

C 10Jan1741   William   s Joseph SOANES (& Jane?) [aged 92 in 1833]

b 28Feb1747   William   s John & Mary SOANS at Worminghall

 

The first baptism seems most likely; this gives the correct age at burial and as William was a parish clerk, he is likely to have known his correct age. Moreover, ages at death are usually over estimated rather than under, as in the other baptisms; William had a son John but not Joseph.  These considerations are not conclusive but it will be assumed for the present that William was the son of John and Mary

 

MARRIAGE

 

Stephen-5 was baptised in 1790 at Forest Hill, son of William & Miriam.  There is a series of baptisms to these parents at Forest Hill beginning in 1780, but no suitable marriage.  The marriage is found in the neighbouring parish of Cuddesdon:

 

m 6Sep1780 William SOANES bch of Cuddesdon & Miriam x PENDREY wit:Daniel BLAKE; William BIGGES

 

Although William is of Cuddeson rather than Forest Hill, the unusual name Miriam and the correct date leaves no doubt that this is the correct marriage

 

DESCENDANTS

from the Forest Hill register:

 

C 24Dec1780 Sophy     d William & Miriam SOANES [m 26May1807 Thomas MORRIS & Sophia SOAN at St Giles Oxford]

C 31Mar1782 Henry     s William & Miriam SOANES

C 25Jul1784 William   s William & Miriam SOANES m  3Feb1810 Jane KING

C  8Oct1786 John      s William & Miriam SOANES B 12Mar1787 John s William & Miriam SOANES

C 23Mar1788 Prudence  d William & Miriam SOANES m 10Oct1812 William BUDD otp & Prudence SOANS otp

C 23May1790 Stephen   s William & Miriam SOANES m 12Mar1814 Martha KING

C  9Jun1793 Phoebe    d William & Miriam SOANES

 

DEATH

from the Forest Hill register:

 

B 19Jul1825 Miriam SOANES age 74 of Forest Hill [b 1751]

B 4Jun?1833 William SOANES age 85 of Forest Hill parish clerk [b 1748]

 

The unusual name Miriam and a suitable age at death giving an age at marriage of 29 confirms the burial of Miriam.  There is no other burial of a William between 1793 when their last daughter was baptised and 1833.  Since this burial also gives a suitable age at marriage of 32 it is assumed to be correct.

 

OTHER

 

William was the parish clerk of Forest Hill when he died in 1833 and was a witness at most marriages in Forest hill from March 1813 (when witnesses were first noted) to at least November 1820

 

 

 

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