Hi all,
Trying to identify the "right" Josiah Vacher from fragments of information. Any suggestions or data _most gratefully_ appreciated! He is the father of Benjamin Vacher who was christened Milton Abbas 11 November 1753, parents Josiah Vacher and Jane. Benjamin appears to be their only child.
What I have from the digitised parish registers of Milton Abbas is-
.Benjamin's christening, citing parent's names
. marriage record for Josiah Vacher and Jane Sanders (also Saunders) 22 Oct 1749
I can also find, from Dorset OPC, the parish records, and other internet sources such as IGI -
. marriage records for Josiah Vacher and Sarah Hox, Dec 24 1733
. birth record Sarah Vacher, parents Josiah Vacher and Sarah, chr 29 May 1736
. burial record for Sarah Vacher, infant, 16 Mar 1737
. burial record for Sarah Vacher Jan 1, 1746/45 (yes, very neat, a previous marriage, could be..)
Also
.christening record for Josiah Vacher, March 1, 1731 parents Andrew and Jane (Legg)
.christening record for Josias Vacher, 26 Dec 1710 parents Jethro and Mary
all Milton Abbas records.
Has anyone followed these families enough to have a piece of defining data - or, any suggestions to determine a pretty accurate confirmation of which Josiah is Benjamin's father? Most genealogies I've seen online go for Josiah-son-of-Jethro and assign two marriages, but I haven't yet found anything that says, for example, "Josiah Vacher, widower, marrying Jane Sanders".
Unfortunately, as I'm doing all this from Australia, a quick trip to Milton Abbas isn't really doable (sniff). Looking at family names didn't give me any pointers, as the names Andrew, Jethro, Josiah and Mary appear again and again in both families - I suspect they're something-cousins ultimately, anyway. Any suggestions would be wonderful! Josiah, BTW, is my 7x g-grandfather.
Many thanks to any Vacher-experts
Cheers maz
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