1841 - 1887 (45 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Charles George WILLIAMS was born on 23 Dec 1841 in Upton Lovell, Wiltshire (son of George WILLIAMS and Anna Maria GARRETT); died in 1887 in Alverstoke. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1861, Gosport
- Census: 1871, 2, Albert Street, Forton Road, Gosport
- Census: 1881, 3, Charlie Street, Clayhall, Alverstoke
Notes:
Birth:
Mar Q Warminster Vol. V111 Page ___
1861 Census says born Codford. Codford was the next village to Upton Lovell.
1881 Census says Upton Lovell.
Census:
Description: Seaman? Clarence Yard
Census:
Description: Able Seaman
Living with them was Alice, 9 years old - a niece
Census:
Description: General labourer
Could be Charley Street
Noted as Boarders - Lawrence Jones 14 and Alfred Jones 7, both born in Jamaica
Died:
Jun Q 1887 2b 329 Alverstoke
Charles married Mary Ann HUTCHINS on 31 Jul 1861 in Portsea. Mary was born about 1840 in Fareham, Hampshire; died in 1899 in Alverstoke. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Notes:
Married:
Sep Q 1861 2b 645 Portsea
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Generation: 2
2. | George WILLIAMS was born on 17 Jan 1816 in Lymington, Hampshire; was christened on 18 Feb 1816 in Lymington (son of William WILLIAMS and Caroline); died on 22 Sep 1896 in 112, Clayhall Road, Alverstoke, Gosport. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1871, 3, Charlie Street, Clayhall, Alverstoke; Recorded as a Widow, occupation Gardener and living with daughter Ann and son John
Notes:
Christened:
Recorded as son of William & Anne.
Possibility exists that Anne was the first wife of William Williams. Census records show a 17 year difference in age between William and Caroline which may also suggest that Caroline wasn't George's mother.
Died:
Described as:- Pensioner, Civil Service.
Informant was Mary Ann Williams nee Hutchins (wife of his son Charles George Williams)
George married Anna Maria GARRETT on 15 Sep 1838 in Fovant Parish Church, Wiltshire. Anna (daughter of Charles George MILLS and Elizabeth GARRETT) was born on 29 Dec 1816 in Fovant, Wiltshire; died on 04 Apr 1865 in Alverstoke. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Anna Maria GARRETT was born on 29 Dec 1816 in Fovant, Wiltshire (daughter of Charles George MILLS and Elizabeth GARRETT); died on 04 Apr 1865 in Alverstoke. Other Events and Attributes:
- Baptism: 19 Jan 1817, Fovant, Wiltshire
- Census: 1861, Charley Street, Clayhall, Alverstoke
Notes:
Birth:
Census indicates born 1818
Baptism:
The Parish Register of Baptisms records that she was "Base Born Daughter of Elizabeth;Garrett;Fovant;Single woman"
Died:
Jun Q 1865 2b 284 Alverstoke
Cause: Rheumatic Meningitis.
Source: Pat Deering-Smith research
Notes:
Married:
Sept Q Vol 8 Page 571
Description: George Garratt & Caroline Garratt
Occupation - Gardener
Census:
Description: Gardener
Children:
- William George WILLIAMS was born on 23 Jun 1839 in Upton Lovell, Wiltshire; died on 3 Nov 1896 in 149, Clayhall Road, Alverstoke.
- 1. Charles George WILLIAMS was born on 23 Dec 1841 in Upton Lovell, Wiltshire; died in 1887 in Alverstoke.
- Ellen WILLIAMS was born on 12 Oct 1843 in Forton, Hampshire; died in Mar 1870.
- Caroline WILLIAMS was born on 24 May 1845 in Alverstoke; died on 12 Oct 1925 in 13, Landport Terrace, Southsea.
- Mary Ann WILLIAMS was born on 4 Jun 1848; died on 1922 or 1932 in Portsmouth.
- George Isaac WILLIAMS was born about 1849 in Forton, Hampshire; died in 1887 in Alverstoke, Gosport.
- Anna Maria WILLIAMS was born on 18 May 1853 in Alverstoke; died in 1891 in Portsea.
- John WILLIAMS was born on 9 Mar 1855 in Alverstoke, Gosport; died in 1892 in Alverstoke.
- Emma Sophia WILLIAMS was born on 11 May 1858 in Alverstoke, Gosport; died on 8 Dec 1862 in Alverstoke, Gosport.
- Frederick WILLIAMS was born on 31 Jul 1861 in Alverstoke; died in 1896.
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Generation: 3
4. | William WILLIAMS was born in Wallop, Hampshire; was christened on 18 Aug 1782 in Nether Wallop (son of James WILLIAMS and Jenny HARRIS); died in 1863. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: 1838; Publican
- Census: 1841, Spring Gardens, Gosport
- Census: 1861, The Railway Hotel, Gosport. (Top of Spring Garden Lane)
- Occupation: 1876; Landlord
Notes:
Probably lived at some time in either Milford on Sea or Upton Lovell
Occupation:
At the time of George's first marriage
Census:
Description: Tapkeeper
Census:
Description: Porter
Occupation:
Not known whether he was actually alive at this time (George's second marriage)
Died:
Dec Q 1863 2b 304 Alverstoke
William + Caroline. Caroline was born about 1800 in Middlesex; died in 1870 in Alverstoke. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Caroline was born about 1800 in Middlesex; died in 1870 in Alverstoke. Notes:
Died:
Dec Q 1870 2b 321 Alverstoke
Notes:
Census:
Description: Porter
Children:
- 2. George WILLIAMS was born on 17 Jan 1816 in Lymington, Hampshire; was christened on 18 Feb 1816 in Lymington; died on 22 Sep 1896 in 112, Clayhall Road, Alverstoke, Gosport.
- Elizabeth Jane A WILLIAMS was born about 1826; died in 1876.
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6. | Charles George MILLS was born about 1776 in Wiltshire (son of Richard MILLS and Elizabeth MORRELL); died on 29 Dec 1851 in Fovant, Wiltshire; was buried on 3 Jan 1852 in Fovant Parish Church, Wiltshire. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: 1813, Fovant, Wiltshire; Lime Burner
- Occupation: 1838, Fovant, Wiltshire; Farmer, Innkeeper, Lime Burner
Notes:
It is presumed that the marriage of Charles Mills and Ann Phillips was never annulled, so the children of his association with Elisabeth Garrett kept their mother's surname.
There is no record of a marriage in the Fovant Parish Registers.
Occupation:
Found in
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dutillieul/ZOtherPapers/S&WJNov11813.html
Monday Nov 1st 1813 - Salisbury & Winchester Journal
Fresh Lime.
Two Hundred Quarters of the best Chalk Lime, burnt with coal and furze kept separate, is ready for sale, at C.G.Mills's Kilns, Fovant, the whole burnt within the last month. Will be sold in place, or delivered in the neighbourhood by paying for carriage. To Farmers wanting 40 or 50 quarters for manure an allowance will be made from the regular price. Any quantity burnt.
Died:
Mar Q 1852 5a 163 Wilton
Buried:
Headstone: Sacred to the memory of Charles George Mills who died December 29th, 1851 Aged 75 Years. Also to the Memory of George Son of Charles George Mills who died December 27th, 1857 Aged 41 Years.
From Wiltshire Memorial Transcription Index - RefNum 78000 & 78137
Charles + Elizabeth GARRETT. Elizabeth (daughter of Job GARRET and Anne MOGER) was born in 1781 in West Lavington; was christened on 29 Apr 1781 in Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire; died on 23 Dec 1846 in Fovant, Wiltshire; was buried on 23 Dec 1846 in Fovant Parish Church, Wiltshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Elizabeth GARRETT was born in 1781 in West Lavington; was christened on 29 Apr 1781 in Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire (daughter of Job GARRET and Anne MOGER); died on 23 Dec 1846 in Fovant, Wiltshire; was buried on 23 Dec 1846 in Fovant Parish Church, Wiltshire. Notes:
Christened:
IGI
Birth:
There's a tree on ancestry that states that our Elizabeth Garrett is actually a lady called Elizabeth Davis from West Lavington. She married a William Garrett in Maddington. They had a number of children including a Jane Garrett born 1808. This could be our Jane and could explain why she is not listed in the births for Fovant. I have provisionally put this new data on to my Ancestry tree in the hope that ancestors can see it and comment. Best regards Adney
Died:
Dec Q Vol 8 Page 341 Wilton
Not proven
Notes:
Census:
Recorded as a Publican
Children:
- Charlotte GARRETT was born in Jun 1813 in Fovant, Wiltshire; died in 1860 in Alderbury.
- George GARRETT was born in Sep 1814 in Fovant, Wiltshire; died on 27 Dec 1857 in Fovant, Wiltshire; was buried on 30 Dec 1857 in Fovant Parish Curch, Wiltshire.
- 3. Anna Maria GARRETT was born on 29 Dec 1816 in Fovant, Wiltshire; died on 04 Apr 1865 in Alverstoke.
- Harriet GARRETT was born on 10 Jul 1818 in Fovant, Wiltshire; died in 1894 in Wilton.
- Charles George GARRETT was born in Oct 1820 in Fovant, Wiltshire; died on 13 Apr 1821 in Fovant.
- William GARRETT was born about 1821 in Fovant, Wiltshire; and died.
- Caroline GARRETT was born in Jul 1822 in Fovant, Wiltshire; died in Nov 1876 in Fovant.
- Mathilda GARRETT was born on 20 Apr 1824 in Fovant, Wiltshire; died in 1853 in Ebbesborne Wake.
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Generation: 4
9. | Jenny HARRIS Notes:
All the information about this family is sourced from the Bishops Transcripts of Nether Wallop Church (transcribed by RMBH Hackman)
At present (Mar 2008)there is no other documentary evidence to prove or disprove.
Children:
- 4. William WILLIAMS was born in Wallop, Hampshire; was christened on 18 Aug 1782 in Nether Wallop; died in 1863.
- Samuel WILLIAMS was christened on 30 Mar 1784 in Nether Wallop.
- Jenny WILLIAMS was christened on 22 Mar 1786 in Nether Wallop.
- Ruth WILLIAMS was christened on 30 Mar 1788 in Nether Wallop.
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12. | Richard MILLS was born in 1733 in Swindon, Wiltshire (son of Thomas MILLS and Jane JONES); died on 1 Mar 1820 in Fovant, Wiltshire; was buried on 06 Mar 1820 in All Saints Church, Broad Chalke. Other Events and Attributes:
- Baptism: 22 Mar 1733, Swindon, Wiltshire; Christ Church, Swindon
- Occupation: Before 1765, The Star & Garter Inn, Andover, Hampshire; Publican
- Occupation: 1765, Fovant Hut, Fovant, Wiltshire; Publican - kept the White Hart (Fovant Hut) on Salisbury Plain for 60 years
Notes:
1. In ' An Actual Survey of the Great Post Roads between London and Falmouth' , by Cary in 1784, Fovant Hut or The White Hart is shown. (White Hart, a name familiar all over England for inns, is possibly a scribe's error for 'White's Hut'. White was probably a former occupier of the Hut; for the hedge running south from the turnpike almost opposite the Hut is called 'White's Hedge'. It is the boundary between Fifield Bavant and Ebbesbourne Wake.)
Fovant Hut did a brisk trade in the old days, and was the recognised meeting place where champions from rival villages engaged at fisticuffs. It was also to Fovant Hut that Parson Chaffin was wont to saunter, fiddle in hand. There he met other pretended fiddlers, whose object in coming there was not to scrape their instruments but to watch for deer which, pestered by flies, might stray from the woods of Cranborne Chase and seek sanctuary in the valley.
Occupation:
Fovant Hut has also been known as the White Hart Inn or the Hut on Salisbury Plain. It was one of a series of posting houses along the turnpike road, which ran along the ridge of the downs above the village. Although we do not know when the inn was established, the Salisbury and Winchester Journal referred to it as ‘new built’ in 1757. William Kennell, the first landlord, advertised that he had:
‘a stock of neat Wines, rich Cordials, and all sorts of Spirituous Liquors to be sold Wholesale and Retail.’
According to the National Burial Index William Kennell was buried in Horningsham in Nov 1762 age not given (just 15 miles away from Fovant as the crow flies).
We don't know who kept the Hut after his death until Richard & Elizabeth took it on in 1765.
The inn did a thriving trade until 1787 when the Lower Road (now the A30) was turnpiked. It is not known when the inn ceased to trade, but it has long since been a private house.
In 1785 Parliament sent it's surveyors to establish the Enclosure details. The first meeting took place at Fovant Hut on 19th Sept 1785.
Died:
Source Notes
Richard Mills' will is recorded in The Clay Papers 'Some Notes on the History of Fovant' amassed by the late Doctor Richard Clay. In 1967 he used some of this material to produce a small booklet that gave a short history of the village, but in general the papers remained just a collection of loose pieces of paper.
Although the original papers are held by Mr Robert Snow, Doctor Clay's grandson, copies of the documents were deposited with Salisbury Museum. Over the years interested parties made further copies, until there were several such 'collections'. In 2002, Mike Harden of Fovant History Interest Group collated, edited and indexed these different versions and had, what might be called, the definitive version of Doctor Clay's original papers bound into a single volume. Copies of this volume are now held in museums, libraries and record offices in Salisbury, Devizes and Trowbridge.
Richard married Elizabeth MORRELL on 30th Dec 1764 in St. Edmund, Salisbury. Elizabeth (daughter of Charles MORRELL and Elizabeth ?) was born in 1734; was christened on 19 Jan 1734 in South Wraxall, Wiltshire; died after 1786. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | Elizabeth MORRELL was born in 1734; was christened on 19 Jan 1734 in South Wraxall, Wiltshire (daughter of Charles MORRELL and Elizabeth ?); died after 1786. Notes:
Birth:
Place of birth on IGI: Salisbury, but no date given.
Notes:
Married:
Date from the IGI.
Marriage Licence:
St.Edmund Salisbury 1741-1837, Stratford-sub-Castle Salisbury 1654-1837.
Sarum Marriage Licence Bonds
Adminstration WIL Source MLB Date 1764 Dec 29 Groom Richard MILLS aged 31 occupation lab residing at
Salisbury St Edmund, WIL status bac notes – Bride Elizabeth MORRELL aged 28 residing at Salisbury St
Edmund, WIL status sp notes – Bondsmen CURTIS Robert,innholder,Salisbury St Edmund – to be married
at –
The issuing of a licence does not necessarily mean that a marriage took place; some people may have
had second thoughts and, it is believed, some thought the licence was sufficient and it was not
necessary to get married. If a marriage did take place, it may not have been in a parish named in
the bond of allegation. Note also that the marriage register or bishops transcript may not have
survived, thus making the licence the only evidence of the intended marriage.
Children:
- 6. Charles George MILLS was born about 1776 in Wiltshire; died on 29 Dec 1851 in Fovant, Wiltshire; was buried on 3 Jan 1852 in Fovant Parish Church, Wiltshire.
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14. | Job GARRET was born about 1742 in Corcherton, Wiltshire. Notes:
Name:
or Gerrett
Birth:
Possible birth - Job Garrett - IGI
Where is Corcherton ?
Job married Anne MOGER on 26 May 1776 in Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire. Anne was christened on 27 Sep 1752 in Mere, Wiltshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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15. | Anne MOGER was christened on 27 Sep 1752 in Mere, Wiltshire. Notes:
Christened:
Possible Birth - IGI
Notes:
Married:
IGI
Children:
- 7. Elizabeth GARRETT was born in 1781 in West Lavington; was christened on 29 Apr 1781 in Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire; died on 23 Dec 1846 in Fovant, Wiltshire; was buried on 23 Dec 1846 in Fovant Parish Church, Wiltshire.
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