Friday, September 5, 2014

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 36: #43 Rebecca (Hill) Rich (1790-1862)

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 #36:

Rebecca (Hill) Rich (1790-1862) is #43 on my Ahnentafel list, my third great-grandmother.  She married in 1811 to #42 John Rich (1791-1868).  


I am descended through:

*  their daughter, #21 
Hannah Rich (1824-1911). who married James Richman (1821-1912)
*  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:                    Rebecca Hill [1-2]

*  Alternate Name:    Rebecca Rich [3-6]
*  Sex:                       Female   
*  Father:                   John Hill (1765-1825)   
*  Mother:                 Ann Warren (1764-    )   
  
2)  INDIVIDUAL FACTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Birth:                    before 25 April 1790, Hilperton, Wiltshire, England [1]

*  Baptism:               25 April 1790 (after age 0), St. Michael's Church, Hilperton, Wiltshire, England [1]
*  Census:                31 March 1841 (after age 50), Hilperton, Wiltshire, England [3]
*  Census:                31 March 1851 (after age 60), Hilperton, Wiltshire, England [4]
*  Census :               31 March 1861 (after age 70), Hilperton, Wiltshire, England [5]
*  Death:                  before 7 March 1862 (before age 71), Hilperton, Wiltshire, England [6]
*  Burial:                 7 March 1862 (after age 71), Hilperton, Wiltshire, England [6]

3)  MARRIAGES AND CHILDREN (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
  
*  Spouse 1:             John Rich (1791-1868)   
*  Marriage 1:          14 February 1815 (after age 24), Hilperton, Wiltshire, England [2]

*  Child 1:                James Rich (1816-    )   
*  Child 2:                Ann Rich (1818-1882)   
*  Child 3:                John Rich (1818-1822)   
*  Child 4:                William Rich (1821-1822)   
*  Child 5:                John Rich (1822-    )   
*  Child 6:                Jesse Rich (1822-1871)   
*  Child 7:                Hannah Rich (1824-1911)   
*  Child 8:                Emma Rich (1827-    )   
*  Child 9:                Elizabeth Rich (1828-    )   
*  Child 10:              William Rich (1830-1914)   
*  Child 11:              Samuel Rich (1833-1897)   
  
4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):    

The parents of Rebecca Hill are not known with any assurance.  John and Ann (Warren) Hill, married in July, 1788, had a daughter Rebecca Hill baptized 25 Apr 1790 in Hilperton.[1]

She was probably born between 1783 and 1789, based on her age in the 1841 (age 55, perhaps rounded up), 1851 (age 63) and 1861 (age 75) census records, and age 78 at death in Hilperton on 7 March 1862.  

John Rich and Rebecca Hill were married by banns in Hilperton Parish Church by curate J. Bailes on 14 February 1815, and both signed by their mark.[2]  George Hill and Isaac Hiscock were the witnesses. 

The baptisms of the children of John and Rebecca (Hill) Rich are in the Hilperton Parish Church records.  Three of the children, Hannah (born 1824) , William (born 1830) and Samuel (born 1833) were baptized on 19 February 1837. 

In the 1841 Census for Wiltshire,  the John Rich family resided in Hilperton, Wiltshire, England.  The household included:[3]

*  Jno Rich - age 47, male, a weaver, born Wiltshire
*  Rebecka Rich - age 55, female, born Wiltshire
*  James Rich - age 18, male, born Wiltshire
*  Elizabeth Rich - age 16, female, born Wiltshire
*  Hannah Rich - age 15, female, born Wiltshire
*  William Rich - age 10, male, born Wiltshire
*  Samuel Rich - age 7, male, born Wiltshire

In the 1851 Census for Wiltshire, the John Rich family resided in Hilperton, Wiltshire, England.  The household included):[4]

*   John Rich - head, age 58, hand loom weaver, born Hilperton
*  Rebecca Rich - wife, age 63, born Hilperton
*  William Rich - son, age 21, weaver, born Hilperton
*  Samuel Rich (son, age 18, India rubber worker, born Hilperton

In the 1861 England and Wales Census, the John Rich family resided in Hilperton.  The household included:[5]

*  John Rich - age 70, married, a woolen cloth weaver, born in Hilperton, Wiltshire
*  Rebecca Rich - age 75, married, born in Hilperton, Wiltshire

Rebecca Rich of Hilperton was buried in the Hilperton church graveyard on 7 March 1862, age 78, with Rector J.H. Tait presiding.[6]

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, Baptisms, unnumbered page, Rebecca Hill, daughter of John and Ann Hill.

2. Church of England, Parish Church of Hilperton (Wiltshire, England), Bishop's Transcripts, 1622-1880, "Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, 1813-1838", Marriages: Item #16, John Rich and Rebecca Hill entry, 14 February 1815 by banns; accessed on FHL BRITISH Microfilm 1,279,404, Item 14.

3. 1841 England, Wales and Scotland Census, Wiltshire, Hilperton [parish], Folio 20, Page 1 (printed), Lines 22-25, John Rich household; digital image, FindMyPast.com (www.findmypast.com : accessed 28 July 2012); citing The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey, Public Record Office HO 107/1182/2..

4. 1851 England and Wales Census, Wiltshire, Hilperton [parish], District 257, Folio 255 recto, page 22, household 92, John Rich household;  digital image, FindMyPast.com (http://www.findmypast.com : accessed July 2012), citing The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey, Public Record Office HO 107/1840.

5. 1861 England and Wales Census, Wiltshire, Hilperton [parish], District 1, Folio 12, page 17, household 91, John Rich household; digital image, FindMyPast.com (http://www.findmypast.com : accessed 14 December 2012), citing The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey, Public Record Office RG09/1295.

6. 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:  Rebecca Rich entry.


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