Thursday, November 6, 2025

Treasure Chest Thursday -- 1755 Burial of Johannes Lavor in South Petherton, Somerset

It's Treasure Chest Thursday - an opportunity to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history research and genealogy musings.

The treasure today is the 1755 burial record of Johannes Lavor in the South Petherton, Somerset Church of England parish records.


The burial entry for Johannes Lavor  is the second record for September 1755 on the left-hand page:


The transcription of this record is:

"[1755] Sep[tember] 26. Johannes Lavor"

The source citation is:

South Petherton, Somerset, Church of England records, John Lavor burial entry, 26 September 1755; imaged, "Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriage and Burials, 1531-1812," Ancestry.com  (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60856/records/2622303 : accessed 5 November 2025), South Petherton > 1737-1812, image 46 of 76; Original records in Anglican Parish Registers. Somerset Archives & Local Studies, South West Heritage Trust, Taunton, England.

John Lavor (1689-1755) was baptized on 19 January 1688/9 in the South Petherton (Somerset) Church of England parish, the son of Samuel Lavor and his unknown wife.  He married Joanna Axe (1682-1748) on 15 June 1709 in the South Petherton, Somerset parish.  He died before 26 September 1755 in South Petherton where he was buried.

John and Joanna (Axe) Lavor are my 7th great-grandparents, through their son John Lavor (1722-1799) who married Elizabeth Wills (1730-1796) in 1750 in Lopen, Somerset, England.

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Disclosure:  I have a paid All-Access subscription to Ancestry.com now.  Ancestry.com has provided a complimentary subscription and material considerations for travel expenses to meetings, and has hosted events and meals that I have attended in Salt Lake City, in past years.

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