Person:Thomas Woolgar (1)

Thomas Woolgar's origins have yet to be established. If the age quoted on his burial is correct, he was born around 1755. His first confirmed sighting is in August 1776, when he was married Ann Roy at Pagham in Sussex. They had fourteen children baptised at Pagham between 1776 and 1800, although at least three died as infants.

Thomas was buried at Pagham on 20th March 1836. His burial records that he had lived in the hamlet of Lagness. Ann survived him by three years.

1.   Storrington, Sussex: Parish Registers (West Sussex County Council Chichester).

   Christenings in the Year 1755 / Thomas the son of Thomas & Mary Woolgar was baptiz[e]d Sept[ember] the 30th

   This is the closest baptism found for a Thomas Woolgar at roughly the time, but it is about twenty miles from Pagham. Whilst the Thomas baptised at Storrington does not appear to have died or married there, further evidence is still needed to either confirm or disprove whether this is the right person.

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

   BURIALS in the Parish of Pagham in the County of Sussex in the Year 1836
   No	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   427	Thomas Woollgar	Lagnesh	March 20th	80 y[ea]rs [1755/6]	E. Goddard Vicar