Person:Robert Overton (10)

Watchers
Robert Overton
m. 14 Nov 1776
  1. Mary Overton1777 - 1777
  2. Elizabeth Overton1779 - 1850
  3. Sarah Overton1780 -
  4. John Overton1782 - 1834
  5. Thomas Overton1784 - 1784
  6. Thomas Overton1786 - 1860
  7. Mary Overton1788 - 1832
  8. William OvertonAbt 1789 - 1857
  9. Ebb OvertonAbt 1791 - 1804
  10. Robert Overton1793 - 1847
  11. Richard Overton1796 - 1867
m. 14 May 1821
  1. William Overton1822 - 1866
  2. Mary Ann Overton1826 - 1917
  3. Martha Overton1828 -
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] Robert Overton
Gender Male
Christening[1] 1 Dec 1793 Bardney, Lincolnshire, England
Marriage 14 May 1821 Snarford, Lincolnshire, Englandto Elizabeth Page
Census 6 Jun 1841 Branston par., Lincolnshire, Englandin “Branston Fen near Bardney Ferrey”
Robert Overton (occ. “woodkeeper”) was residing with [wife] Elizabeth, [son] William, and [daughter] Martha. (No relationships are recorded in this census.) All were stated to have been born in Lincolnshire.
with Elizabeth Page
Death[3] 24 Apr 1847 Branston, Lincolnshire, England
Burial[2] 28 Apr 1847 Bardney, Lincolnshire, England

Personal History

Robert Overton, son of William Overton by Rebecca[1] (Broof), was baptized on 1 December 1793 in the parish of Bardney, Lincolnshire, England.[1]

Marriage and Family

(see the Family page for references)

On 14 May 1821, Robert Overton, of the extraparochial place of Tupholme, and Elizabeth Page, of the parish of Snarford, were married in the parish church after banns by the curate, Richard Thomas. It was witnessed by Ann Osborn, Mary Ann Allis, William Osborn, and P. I. Fieldsend.

In the baptism records of their children, Robert was said to be a labourer.[4]

Death and Probate

Robert Overton, wood dealer, then of Branston,[2] died on 24 April 1847 at Branston fen, Lincolnshire, of a continued fever with typhus, which he had for four weeks; the death was registered on 11 June by (his daughter) Mary Ann Overton of the same place, who was “present at the death”.[3] He was buried in the parish of Bardney.[2]

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Church of England. Parish Church of Bardney (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1653–1976. (Salt Lake City, Utah, and Lincoln, England: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974; and Lincolnshire Archives Office, 1988–1990)
    Lincolnshire Archives: BARDNEY PAR/1/5 (Baptisms and burials 1758–1795), p 54.

    Digital image (https://www.lincstothepast.com/Untitled/813828.record?ImageId=34649&pt=T : accessed 15 July 2019).

    Baptisms, 1793: “Robt. Son of Wm. & Rebecca Overton bap. Decr. 1st.”

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Church of England. Parish Church of Bardney (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1653–1976. (Salt Lake City, Utah, and Lincoln, England: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974; and Lincolnshire Archives Office, 1988–1990)
    Lincolnshire Archives: BARDNEY PAR 1/12 (Burials 1846–1871), p 5, no 36.

    Digital image (https://www.lincstothepast.com/Untitled/629253.record?ImageId=33651&pt=T : accessed 15 July 2019).

    “Robert Overton, [of] Branston, [buried] April 28 [1847], [age] 53, [Ceremony was performed by] Jno Wray”

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 England. General Register Office. Certified Copy of an Entry of Death Given at the General Register Office
    for Robert Overton, died 24 April and registered 11 June 1847. A copy of an entry in the certified copy of a register of deaths in the district of Lincoln Union, sub-district of Lincoln, co. Lincoln, 2 April 2014.

    “[died] Twenty fourth April 1847 [at] Branston fen; Robert Overton; Male; [age] 53 Years; Wood-Dealer; [cause] Continued fever[,] Typhus, 4 weeks, Certified; [informant] Mary Ann Overton[,] present at the death[, of] The Fen Branston”

  4. For detailed references, see the references listed under each child.