John Watsford1

M, #5749, b. 24 March 1765
MotherAnn Watsford1 b. 11 Jan 1746/47, d. Aug 1782
Relationship5th great-grandfather of Keith Graham Bassett
ChartsAncestors of Keith Graham Bassett
Last Edited21 Jul 2019
Note* I believe that John Potter and his brother James were the illegitimate children of Ann Watsford who then married Thomas Potter 
Name Variation John Potter2 
Baptism*24 March 1765 St Peter, Henfield, Sussex;
John Son of Ann Watsford base born was Baptiz'd march 24th1 
Removal*27 June 1767 Upper Beeding, Sussex;
To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Beeding ats Seale in the said County and to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Henfield in the County aforesaid and to each and every of them.
UPON the Complaint of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Beeding ats Seale aforesaid in the County of Sussex unto us whose Names are hereunto set and seals affixed, being two of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Sussex and one of us of the Quorum, that Ann Watsford and John her Son of the Age of Two years old and upwards have come to inhabit in the said Parish of Beeding ats Seale not having gained a legal Settlement there, nor produced any Certificate owning themselves to be settled, elsewhere, and that the said Ann Watsford & John her Son are likely to be chargeable to the said Parish of Beeding ats Seale We the said Justices upon due Proof made thereof, as well upon the Examination of the said Ann Watsford upon Oath, as otherwise, and likewise upon due Consideration had of the Premises, do adjudge the same to be true; and we do likewise adjudge, that the lawful Settlement of them the said Ann Watsford and John her Son is in the said Parish of Henfield in the said County of Sussex. We do therefore require you the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Beeding ats Seale, or some, or one of you, to convey the said Ann Watsford & John her Son from and out of your said Parish of Beeding ats Seale to the said Parish of Henfield and them to deliver to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor there, or some, or one of them, together with this our Order, or true Copy thereof; And we do also hereby require you the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Henfield to receive and provide for them as Inhabitants of your said Parish Given under our Hands and Seals the Twenty Seventh Day of June in the Year of our Lord 1767.
;Principal=Ann Watsford3 
Marriage*25 April 1791 St Peter, Upper Beeding, Sussex;
John Potter of this Parish a Bachelor
and Ann Burtenshaw of the same Spinster were
Married in this Church by Banns
this Twenty fifth Day of April in the Year one Thousand Seven Hundred
and Ninety one by me J Hutchinson Vicar
This Marriage was solemnized between Us:
John Potter
The mark of Ann Burtenshaw
In the Presence of:
John Nash
The mark of Ann Fielder
;Bride=Ann Burtenshaw4 

Family

Ann Burtenshaw b. 21 Jul 1771, d. Mar 1817
Children

Citations

  1. [S1817] Henfield Parish Registers, 1595-1901, baptism John Watsford 1765 [page 102].
  2. [S1528] Sussex Family History Group, online http://www.sfhg.org.uk/, baptism Peter Potter 1793.
  3. [S1820] Henfield Parish Removal Orders, Ann Watsord & son John 1767 [page 664].
  4. [S1810] Upper Beeding Parish Registers, 1544-1900, marriage John Potter & Ann Burtenshaw [page 472].
  5. [S1810] Upper Beeding Parish Registers, 1544-1900, baptism James Potter 1791 [page 389].
  6. [S1528] Sussex Family History Group, online http://www.sfhg.org.uk/, baptism Mary Potter 1795.
  7. [S1528] Sussex Family History Group, online http://www.sfhg.org.uk/, baptism David Potter 1800.
  8. [S1528] Sussex Family History Group, online http://www.sfhg.org.uk/, baptism Lucy Potter 1805.
  9. [S1528] Sussex Family History Group, online http://www.sfhg.org.uk/, baptism Nathan Potter 1805.
  10. [S1528] Sussex Family History Group, online http://www.sfhg.org.uk/, baptism Harriet Potter 1810.
  11. [S1528] Sussex Family History Group, online http://www.sfhg.org.uk/, baptism Ann Potter 1815.