Person:John Welch (59)

John Welch was baptised on 8th July 1757 at Tinwell in Rutland, son of Charles and Isabella Welch.

On 2nd June 1783, aged about 26, he married Mary Newborn at Barnack, about five miles south-east of Tinwell. They went on to have seven children together between 1784 and 1801. The first two children were baptised at Barnack, after which the family moved to the nearby village of Wittering where the other five children were baptised.

Mary died in 1819, aged 63. John survived her by nearly twelve years. He died at the age of 74 and was buried at Wittering on 24th August 1831.

1. ↑ Tinwell, Rutland, England. Parish Registers (Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office, Wigston).

   Baptisms 1757 / John Son of Charles Welsh & Isabella his Wife July the 8th

   Whilst no explicit named connection has been found, this baptism has been linked to the John Welch who married Mary Newborn on the basis that it is around the time implied by the age given when he died, in the same area he lived as an adult, and John and Mary named their first son Charles, which was the name of the father of the John baptised at Tinwell in 1757. No evidence has been found to suggest that the John baptised in Tinwell in 1757 died young or married anyone else.

2. ↑ Bishop's Transcript of Burials Register, in Wittering, Northamptonshire, England. Parish Registers (Northamptonshire Record Office, Northampton).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Whittering in the County of Northampton in the Year 1831
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   74	John Welch	Whittering	Aug[us]t 24	75 [1755/6]	W. Wing Jun[io]r