Pulborough Parish Marriage Please - Completed

[kizmiaz]

That must have caused some confusion, being called Corporal General Washer!

It reminds me of the novel Catch-22 where someone with the name of Major is promoted to Major just because of his name.

Interestingly, there is an Elizabeth Briant baptised in Bexhill, Sussex in 1748, about 15 miles away from Ringmer, who's parents were Thomas Briant and Judith SERJEANT. I wonder if there's any connection?

Glen

[Siamese Girl]

I can't see a burial of a Jane Washer on the Sussex NBI between 1803-1808

Carole

[Eyesee]

The SMI has two entries for General WASHER and Jane WARD. The first is for Banns only on 9 May 1802 at Bury in West Sussex. The other as posted by Jane.

A2A have a couple of refs to WASHERS in Ringmer.

One is a bastardy bond dated 25 Aug 1741, Thomas Washer the younger of Bishopstone, yeoman; boy (Charles) born to Eleanor Bryant.

The other is about relief and settlement for G Washers family, Letter from Joseph Nendick, Old Malton, Yorkshire, 11 Apr 1814, Relief of G Washer's family, returned to Old Malton.

Eleanor BRYANT was bapt 18 Jun 1721, at Ringmer, d/o Henry BRYANT and Martha PECKHAM. Charles BRYANT was bapt at Ringmer 2 Jun 1741, mother Eleanor BRYANT.

Ian C

[Eyesee]

Jane WASHER  was 70 in 1861 and living with son Charles and his family in Ringmer. Her birthplace was given as North Riding of Yorkshire - New Malton.

Ian C

[JosiahS]

Eyesee, you are a star!

General Washer's father was Charles Washer otp (Ringmer) but I couldn't find a birth for him - clearly it is because he was baptised Bryant and then used his acknowedged father's name.

I think the reason there is no death for Jane the first is because if he was in the army she may have died abroad.  Two quotes from the history of the 15th Foot that are relevant are:

" From 1790 to 1810 the Regiment served almost continuously in the West Indies ", and "In 1790 the Regiment returned to the West Indies for another six years; of 102 accompanying wives, only seven returned to England"

I suspect Jane may have gone with him after marriage and stayed there which is why there doesn't appear to be any children for the marriage either.

Ashley

[suey]

"Banns only 9 May 1802 at Bury" - "Marraige 12 Dec 1803" at Pulborough

I wonder if the marriage was postponed for some reason, Bury and Pulborough are only 4 miles apart.

Suey

[JosiahS]

Hi Suey

Yes that struck me as well - maybe his army commitments took him away after the banns had been called.

I wonder if the banns at Bury were at his instigation or hers.  I can't find a birth for her.

Ashley

[suey]

In an ideal world everything would be covered on the IGI unfortunately to have any chance of finding Jane Ward's baptism you'd need to look at PR's starting with Bury and they are in the West Sussex Record Office at Chichester 

[Fairmeadow2]

Have lots of info on General WASHER if people still interested.

He is indeed the son of Charles WASHER who was the illegitimate son of Eleanor BRYANT of Ringmer and Thomas WASHER junior of Bishopstone, yeoman. Charles BRYANT/WASHER served in the militia prior to naming his youngest son General. Eleanor BRYANT was a daughter of a large scale yeoman farmer, Henry BRYANT of the Gote Farm and his wife Martha (nee PECKHAM) - not the usual social background for this sort of thing.

Eliza Hennessy WASHER. The landlord of the Green Man Inn, Ringmer, to 1835 was a George HENNESSY. General WASHER was convicted in thet year of a brutal and cowardly attack on George HENNESSY's wife, Elizabeth, in the inn for which he was fined £5. It gets worse - he was later tried for the murder of a peddler woman found drowned in the Vicarage Pond in 1838 - but he got off, probably correctly.