Friday, February 1, 2019

52 Ancestors - Week 263: #432 James Vaux (1704-1776) of South Petherton, Somerset

James Vaux (1704-1776) is #432 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandmother, who married #433 Amy Terrell (1708-1780)  in 1729 in Crewkerne, Somerset, England.

I am descended through:

*  their son, #216 John Vaux (1747-1806) married #217 Joanna Lavor (1763-1836), in 1785.
*  their son, #108 James Vaux (1787-1839), married #109 Mary Palmer (1790-1845) in 1808.
*  their son, #54 Samuel Vaux (1816-1880), married  #55, Mary Ann Underhill (1815-1882) in 1839.
*  their daughter, #27 Abigail A. Vaux (1844-1931), married #26 Devier James Lamphear Smith (1839-1894) in 1861.
*  their daughter, #13 Abby Ardell Smith (1862-1944), married #12 Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946), in 1887.
*  their son, #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976), married #7 Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977).
*  their daughter #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) who married #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.
*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
  
*  Name:                         James Vaux[1–4]    
*  Alternate Name:         James Vax[5]

*  Sex:                           Male    

*  Father:                      William Vaux (1653-1706)    
*  Mother:                     Mary Hare (1668-1733)  

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

*  Birth:                          before 30 October 1704, South Petherton, Somerset, England[1,5]    
*  Baptism:                    30 October 1704 (after age 0), South Petherton, Somerset, England[1,5]    

*  Death:                        before 23 January 1776 (age 71), South Petherton, Somerset, England[3–4]    
*  Burial:                       23 January 1776 (age 71), South Petherton, Somerset, England[3–4]    

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Spouse 1:                   Amy Terrell (1708-1780)    
*  Marriage 1:                18 November 1729 (after age 25), Crewkerne, Somerset, England[2]    

*  Child 1:                     Ann Vaux (1732-    )    
*  Child 2:                     Mary Vaux (1734-1810)    
*  Child 3:                     William Vaux (1737-1737)    
*  Child 4:                     Rebecker Vaux (1737-1747)    
*  Child 5:                     James Vaux (1740-1740)    
*  Child 6:                     Jem Vaux (1742-1808)    
*  Child 7:                     William Vaux (1745-1829)    
*  Child 8:                     James Vaux (1747-1747)    
*  Child 9:                     John Vaux (1747-1806)    
*  Child 10:                   Hannah Vaux (1749-    )    
*  Child 11:                   Rebecca Vaux (1750-    )  

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  
Sara Anson Vaux and Hannah Nicholas have researched the Vaux and collateral families of Somerset, and have published their work online in The Vaux Family of England, the United States, and Australia, chapters available from the authors as a PDF manuscript (see http://www.southpethertoninformation.org.uk/vaux_family_of_england_index%20page.htm)[1].  

James Vaux was baptized 30 October 1704 in the South Petherton, Somerset parish church, the 8th child of William and Mary (Hare) Vaux[1,5].

He married Amy Terrell on 18 November 1729 in Crewkerne, Somerset[2].  They had eleven children, all probably born in South Petherton[1]:

*  Ann Vaux, born about 1732.
*  Mary Vaux, born about 1734, died 1 October 1810, married 4 December 1754 to John Hebritch (1730-1807).
*  William Vaux, born about 1736, buried 5 November 1737.
*  Rebecker Vaux, born about 1737, buried 15 January 1747.
*  James Vaux, born about 1740, buried 10 September 1740.
*  Jem Vaux, born about 1742, died in 1808.
*  William Vaux (born about 1745, died 7 April 1829.
*  John Vaux (baptized 27 August 1747, buried 11 July 1806, married Joanna Lavor (1763-1836) on 2 August 1785.
*  Hannah Vaux, baptized 17 April 1749, married Jacob Griffen on 11 July 1781.
*  Rebecca Vaux, baptized 31 October 1750.

James and Amy (Terrell) Vaux were innkeepers of the Bell Inn in South Petherton.  They were also committed non-conformists who participated in church life at the Old Meeting House (Presbyterian) church, where their children were probably baptized.  The deaths of some of their children are in the South Petherton parish church records[1].  

James Vaux, maltster, bought land in 1745.  As early as 1733, he paid the poor rate.  On 1 October 1734, James was presented at court for "not coming to take on him the sd office" [i.e, constable].  In South Petherton, apparently non-conformists held church offices.  In 1758, James was a Churchwarden at the parish church.  A 1772 Vestry meeting of the parish church lists James Vaux in attendance.  He was literate, and signed papers with a strong hand[1].

James Vaux died 23 January 1776 in South Petherton, and his death was recorded in the South Petherton parish registers[3-4].  He may have been buried in the Old Meeting House churchyard.
     
5.  SOURCES

1. Sara Anson Vaux, The Vaux Family of England, the United States, and Australia, digital manuscript (available at http://www.southpethertoninformation.org.uk/vaux_family_of_england_index%20page.htm), Chapter 6, page 1, James Vaux baptism entry.

2. Sara Anson Vaux, The Vaux Family of England, the United States, and Australia, Chapter 6, page 1, James Vaux and Amy Terrell marriage entry.

3. Sara Anson Vaux, The Vaux Family of England, the United States, and Australia, Chapter 6, page 1, James Vaux burial entry.

4. Hanna Nicholas and Liz James, "South Petherton Parish Records," online database, South Petherton Information (http://www.southpethertoninformation.org.uk/index.html), "Burials, 1775-1779," James Vaux, age 71,  entry.

5. Hanna Nicholas and Liz James, "South Petherton Parish Records," online database, South Petherton Information (http://www.southpethertoninformation.org.uk/index.html), "Baptisms, 1700-1704," James, son of William Vax, entry.

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NOTE:  In 2014, Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I have extended this theme in 2019 to 312 Ancestors in 312 Weeks.


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