52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 34: #41 Ann (Marshman) Richman (1784-1856)

Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" in her blog post Challenge: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  Here is my ancestor biography for week #34:

[NOTE:  This profile has been edited to include the parentage of Ann Marshman as John and Anne (Angel) Marshman of Hilperton, Wiltshire.]

Ann (Marshman) Richman (1788-1867) is #41 on my Ahnentafel list, my third great-grandmother.  She married in 1811 to #40 John Richman (1788-1867).  

I am descended through:

*  their son, #20 James Richman (1821-1912), who married #21 Hannah Rich (1824-1911).
*  their son, #10 Thomas Richmond (1848-1917), who married #11 Julia E. White (1848-1913)

*  their daughter, #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962), who married #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942), 

* their son, #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002), in 1942.

*  their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Name:                      Ann Marshman [1]
*  Alternate Name:        Ann Richman [2–4]

*  Sex:                         Female   

*  Father:                     John Marshman (1747-????)

*  Mother:                   Anne Angel (1748-1795)  

2)  INDIVIDUAL FACTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):   

*  Birth:                       about 1784, Devizes, Wiltshire, England [2]
*  Census:                   31 March 1841 (about age 57), Hilperton Marsh, Wiltshire, England [3]
*  Census:                   31 March 1851 (about age 67), Hilperton, Wiltshire, England [2]
*  Death:                     before 31 July 1856 (before about age 72), Hilperton, Wiltshire, England [4]   
*  Burial:                     31 July 1856 (about age 72), Hilperton, Wiltshire, England [4]
       
3)  MARRIAGES AND CHILDREN (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Spouse 1:               John Richman (1788-1867)    
*  Marriage 1:            8 February 1811 (about age 27), Hilperton, Wiltshire, England [1]

*  Child 1:                 Elizabeth Richman (1811-    )   
*  Child 2:                 Sarah Richman (1814-    )   
*  Child 3:                 John Richman (1816-1884)   
*  Child 4:                 Ann Richman (1818-    )   
*  Child 5:                 James Richman (1821-1912)   
*  Child 6:                 Thomas Richman (1823-1844)   
*  Child 7:                 Mary Richman (1823-1825)   
*  Child 8:                 Mary Richman (1825-1825)   
  
4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets) - revised June 2025:

From English census records, Ann Marshman was born between 1781 (age 59 in 1841 census) and 1784 (age 67 in 1851 census), apparently in Devizes in Wiltshire according to census records.

John and Anne (Angel) Marshman had five children (Thomas, Elizabeth, Martha, James and John)  baptized in Hilperton between 1767 and 1783, and were very likely the parents of Ann Marshman, perhaps born in Devizes.  The mother, Anne (Angel) Marshman was buried in Hilperton in 1795.  This John Marshman was a weaver, and probably resided in Hilperton in the 1785 to 1800 time period, and probably died in Trowbridge in 1806.

The Hilperton Parish Register say that Ann Marshman a spinster of Hilperton married John Richman a bachelor of of Hilperton by banns on 8 February 1811 by curate J. Bailes of the St. Michael’s church in Hilperton (Church of England) with the mark of X for John Richman and Ann Marshman, with witness Thomas Richman, in the presence of Richard Hiscock.

The baptisms of the eight children of John and Ann (Marshman) Richman are recorded in the Hilperton Parish Records between 1811 and 1825. They were:

• Elizabeth Richman, born before 6 October 1811, Hilperton, Wiltshire, England; married Thomas Hogan, before 1871, Hilperton, Wiltshire, England; died about August 1897, Hilperton, Wiltshire, England.

• Sarah Richman, born before 3 April 1814, Hilperton, Wiltshire, England; married James Thompson, 22 September 1847, Bath, Somerset, England; died 24 January 1891, Hilperton, Wiltshire, England.

• John Richman, born before 13 February 1816, Hilperton, Wiltshire, England; married Maria Matthews, 11 October 1835, Hilperton, Wiltshire, England; died before 1 June 1884, Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire, England.

• Ann Richman was born before 8 March 1818 in Hilperton, Wiltshire, England. She was baptized on 8 March 1818 at St. Michael's Church in Hilperton, Wiltshire, England.

• James Richman, born 22 April 1821, Hilperton, Wiltshire, England; married Hannah Rich, 7 September 1845, Hilperton, Wiltshire, England; died 20 December 1912, Putnam, Windham, Connecticut, United States.

• Thomas Richman was born before 22 June 1823 in Hilperton, Wiltshire, England. He was baptized on 22 June 1823. He died before 11 September 1844 at the age of 21 in Hilperton, Wiltshire, England. Thomas was buried on 11 September 1844 in Hilperton, Wiltshire, England.

• Mary Richman was born before 22 June 1823 in Hilperton, Wiltshire, England. She was baptized on 22 June 1823 at St. Michael's Church in Hilperton, Wiltshire, England. She died before March 1825 at the age of 1 in Hilperton, Wiltshire, England.

• Mary Richman was born before 23 March 1825 in Hilperton, Wiltshire, England. She was baptized on 23 March 1825. She died before 22 May 1825 at the age of 0 in Hilperton, Wiltshire, England.63 Mary was buried on 22 May 1825 in Hilperton, Wiltshire, England.

In the 1841 Census for Wiltshire, the John Richman family resided on Marsh Lane in Hilperton Marsh.  The household included:

•  John Richman Senior - age 52, male, a coal hauler, born Wiltshire
•  Ann Richman - age 59, female, a weaver, born Wiltshire
• Elizabeth Richman - age 30, female, a weaver, born Wiltshire
• James Richman - age 20, male, Ag Lab, born Wiltshire

In the 1851 Census for Wiltshire, the John Richman family resided in Hilperton Marsh, Wiltshire, England.  The household included:

•  John Richman - husband, age 59, butcher, born Hilperton, Wiltshire
• Ann Richman - wife, age 67, born Devizes
• Elizabeth Richman - daughter, age 38, weaver, born Hilperton
• Mary Richman - granddaughter age 8, born Hilperton
• Rosa Richman - granddaughter, age 3, scholar, born Bath, Somerset

Ann (Marshman) Richman died before 31 July 1856, when her burial was recorded in the Hilperton Parish Registers on 31 July 1856.

5)  SOURCES

1. Church of England, Parish Church of Hilperton (Wiltshire, England), Bishop's Transcripts, 1622-1880, "Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, 1748-1812",  FHL BRITISH microfilm 1,279,404, Item 13, Marriages:  John Richman and Ann Marshman entry.

2. 1851 England and Wales Census,  digital image. FindMyPast.com (http://www.findmypast.com), Wiltshire, Hilperton [parish], District 257, Folio 267 recto, household 196, John Richman household;  digital image, FindMyPast.com (http://www.findmypast.com : accessed July 2012), citing The Natonal Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey, Public Record Office HO 107/1840.

3. 1841 England, Wales and Scotland Census, Wiltshire, Hilperton [parish], Folio 24, Page 9 (printed), Lines 7-10, John Richman household; digital image, FindMyPast.com (www.findmypast.com : accessed 27 July 2012); citing The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey, Public Record Office HO 107/1182/2.

4. Church of England, Parish Church of Hilperton (Wiltshire, England), Bishop's Transcripts, 1622-1880, "Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1837-1880," FHL BRITISH Microfilm 1,279,404, Item 15, Burials, Ann Richman entry.


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