Person:James Edwards (88)

James Edwards was baptised on 24th May 1791 at Pagham in Sussex, son of Susannah Edwards, formerly Bollard, and her husband James Edwards. Young James was the third of their ten children.

In 1816, aged 25, James married Fanny Johnson at Boxgrove. After their marriage they initially lived in Pagham in the hamlet of Lagness, where their first four children were born. Some time between 1823 and 1826 they moved to Runcton in the parish of North Mundham where they had another five children, although one of these died when only one year old.

James's mother died in 1832. It has yet to be established when James's father died.

The 1841 census finds James, Fanny and their children living at Marsh Farm in the Runcton area of North Mundham. Some time between 1841 and 1851 they moved the nearby city of Chichester, living at Kingsham on the southern edge of the city.

James's brother William ran the White Horse at Oving, just east of Chichester. William died in 1853, after which his widow Eliza ran the public house for just over a year, but in 1854 Eliza transferred the license to James. James and Fanny ran the White Horse for several years, appearing there in the 1861 census. They were joined there by a granddaughter, Elizabeth, although it has yet to be established which of their children's daughter she was.

Some time in the 1860s the family moved back into Chichester, where they lived on North Street. James died in 1866, aged 75, and was buried in Chichester at the church of St Peter the Less, on 1st October 1866. Fanny outlived him by nearly seven years.

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of Pagham (Sussex). Parish registers for Pagham, 1707-1901. (Chichester: West Sussex County Council).

   Baptisms / 1791 / May 29 James Son of James & Susanna Edwards

   This baptism has been linked to the James Edwards who married Fanny Johnson on the basis that in the censuses he consistently gave his place of birth as Pagham and age suggesting he was born around 1791. Also James took over his late brother William's public house, and in the 1881 census James's daughter Susannah had James's brother Henry living with her.

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1100; Book 10; Folio 5; Page 8, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Marsh Farm, North Mundham, Sussex
   James Edwards, male, 45 [1791-6], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
   Fanny Edwards, female, 40 [1796-1801], born in county
   Elizabeth Edwards, female, 10 [1830/1], born in county
   Fanny Edwards, female, 8 [1832/3], born in county
   Maria Edwards, female, 5 [1835/6], born in county
   Frederick Edwards, male, 2 [1838/9], born in county

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1653; Folio 395; Page 23, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Kingsham, Chichester (St Pancras), Sussex
   James Edwards, head, married, male, 59 [1791/2], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Fanny Edwards, wife, married, female, 56 [1794/5], b. Boxgrove, Sussex
   Frederick Edwards, son, male, 12 [1838/9], Scholar, b. Mundham, Sussex
   John Hayward, lodger, unmarried, male, 27 [1823/4], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Mundham, Sussex

4. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 620; Folio 71; Page 7, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Public House, Oving, Sussex
   James Edwards, head, married, male, 69 [1791/2], Innkeeper, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Fanny Edwards, wife, married, female, 65 [1795/6], b. Boxgrove, Sussex
   Elizabeth Edwards, granddaughter, female, 8 [1852/3], Scholar, b. Appledram, Sussex

5.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. James EDWARDS, September Quarter 1866, Chichester Registration District, Volume 2b, page 205, aged 75 [1790/1]

   There is a James Edwards death in 1862 in Westhampnett district, but that is not this James, but his nephew, being the son of his brother John.

6. ↑ Burials register, in Chichester, Sussex, England. Parish Registers of St Peter the Less (West Sussex County Council, Chichester).

   BURIALS in the Parish of St Peter the Less Chichester in the County of Sussex in the Year 1866
   No	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   198	James Edwards	North Street	October 1st 1866	76 y[ea]rs [1789/90]	G. Braithwaite, Off[iciating] Min[ister]

7.   Hampshire Telegraph, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Saturday 24 Jun 1854.

   At the County Bench, Chichester, on Satuday last...
   Licenses Transferred - The White Horse, Oving, from Eliza Edwards to James Edwards...