William Bache
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 19 February 1686/7.
Place of Death: Dudley, St Thomas's.
William's wife was described at her burial in 1672 as the wife of William Bach, indicating that William was still alive then. William is described in his burial record as “Old William Bach yeam’ ”.
Relationships
Father: John Bach.
John Bach of Dudley (St Thomas) names his son William in his will. Since he also has a son Richard, it seems likely that this is the right family.
Mother: uncertain (probably Joan Darby).
John was married two or three times. He married Isabel Sidway in 1616, too late for her to be William's mother. His wife before that was named Joan, and John mentioned a debt to his "father Darby" in his will. It is unclear whether this wife was Joan Darby, or whether there were two marriages previous to his marriage to Isabel Sidway.
Spouse: Mary Engre. Married 16 June 1624 in Dudley, Worcesteshire, England (St Thomas’s).
The parish register records the marriage. Perhaps it should read "Engley"?? Mary was buried in Dudley 3 April 1672 (described as the wife of William Bach).
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. All baptisms were in Dudley St Thomas’s.)
Elizabeth Bach (baptized 25 July 1625).
William Bach (baptized 27 July 1628) married Elinor Colebarne 26 April 1659 in Rowley Regis.
Mary Bach (baptized July 1631 - buried 16 December 1631).
Richard Bach (baptized 10 November 1633 - died 18 September 1693) married Sarah Payton 18 June 1665 in Tipton, Staffordshire.
Evidence
from the 1627 Quartersessions:
Recognizance before Richard Skynner by William Bache of Dudley Nailer Roger Hulley of the same Husbandman and Paul Darby of Halesowen in the County of Salop Yeoman for the appearance of the said William Bache at Sessions and for his keeping the peace towards Frances Thomas wife of William Thomas of Dudley Butcher.
Recognizance before Richard Skynner by John Bache of Dudley Nailer Roger Hulley of the same Yeoman and Paul Darby of Halesowen in the County of Salop Yeoman for the appearance of the said John Bache at Sessions and for his keeping the peace towards Frances Thomas wife of William Thomas of Dudley Butcher.
from the Dudley Archives catalogue:
DHF/3/4/1/1: Copy final concord between William Perry, Robert Parkes and William Bach, and John Parkes and Frances his wife, William Parkes, John Willetts the elder and Elizabeth his wife, and John Willetts the younger, of messuages and lands in Rowley Regis; Michaelmas Term 1666. Latin.
DHF/3/4/1/2: Bargain and sale and feoffment (7 Nov. 1670) by John Willetts the elder of the parish of Rowley, Staffordshire, yeoman and John Willetts the younger (his son and heir apparent), to William Bach the younger of Dudley, Worcestershire, yeoman, of the cottage and nail shop in which they live at Rowley Somery in the parish of Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, adjoining Pensnet [Pensnett] Common. Consideration: £30. Livery of seisin endorsed.
Commentary
There were three Baches having children in Dudley in the 1610s and 1620s: Thomas, John, and William. Also, an “Old Henry Bache” was buried in Dudley in 1629.
References
Dudley, Worcestershire, St Thomas’s, parish registers, FHL 378759-60, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.