The Warwickshire Land Tax records show that William was a miller in Burton Dassett in the 1770s and 1780s.
Events
Date of Baptism: 13 July 1733.
Place of Baptism: Farnborough, Warwickshire.
The parish register records the baptism.
Date of Burial: 8 July 1801.
Place of Burial: Burton-Dassett, Warwickshire.
The parish register records the burial.
Relationships
Father: Richard Bloxham.
See the Commentary section below.
Mother: Anne Padbury.
See the Commentary section below.
Spouse: Sarah Harbord. Married 12 October 1758 in Burton Dassett.
The marriage is recorded in the parish register.
Children:
(All baptisms and burials below were in Burton Dassett.)
Elizabeth Bloxham (baptized 5 October 1759 - buried 7 February 1779).
Sarah Bloxham (baptized 5 April 1761).
William Bloxham (baptized 19 February 1766 - buried 8 May 1801) married Mary Yerrow 24 March 1786 in Burton Dassett.
Thomas Bloxham (baptized 21 August 1768).
John Bloxham (baptized 27 December 1770) probably married Elizabeth Yerrow 30 July 1795 in Burton Dassett.
Thomas Bloxham (baptized 17 March 1771 - buried 7 February 1779).
Samuel Bloxham (baptized 14 March 1773 - buried 13 February 1779).
Mary Bloxham (baptized 30 June 1776 - buried 16 February 1779).
Joseph Bloxham (baptized 7 February 1779 - buried 19 April 1836) probably married Mary Gardner 18 February 1805 in Burton Dassett.
Evidence
William Bloxham’s baptism registration (1733, Farnborough)
William, son of Richard & Anne Bloxham, was baptized July 13. 1733.
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William Bloxham’s marriage registration (1758, Burton Dassett)
Banns of Marriage between William Bloxsom & Sarah Harbord both of this Parish were duly published upon these several Sundays by me Tho. Butler Curate of [blank] parish. William Bloxsom and Sarah Harbord both of this Parish were Married in this Church by Banns this 12th Day of October in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and fifty eight by me Tho. Butler Curate.
This Marriage was solemnized between Us William Bloxsom
Sarah Harbord her X mark.
In the Presence of Thomas Bass
William Warner
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In a 1774 poll book, William Bloxham is listed as living in Burton Dassett and as having voted for Thomas George Skipwith and John Mordaunt (both Whigs).
Land tax redemption, 1798:
William is listed as occupying land in Warmington owned by himself and assessed at 3 shillings, one pence.
William Bloxham’s burial registration (1801, Burton Dassett)
July 8th. William Bloxam Snr of Warmington.
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Commentary
William’s parentage
This are the reasons I give Richard Bloxham as the father of the William of this page:
There are two baptisms recorded of William Bloxhams in the right area and time period: one to a Richard and Anne Bloxham in Farnborough in 1733 and one to a Thomas in Allesley in 1728. Both of these Williams are mentioned in the 1767 PCC will of their uncle, William Bloxham, grazier of Burton Dassett. (The William of the 1767 will was a brother of Richard and Thomas.) The will makes it clear that both the 1728 and the 1733 William are still alive at the time that the will was made.
The 1728 William was the main beneficiary of his uncle’s will. Evidence, some of which is discussed on the page of William Bloxham (1766-1801), shows that the 1728 William married Mary Gibb in 1758 and was still married to her in the 1780s, when he was in gaol for threatening Mary and his brother in law (who had been a witness at their wedding).
The father of the 1733 William, Richard, was a miller, as was the William of this page.
The William who was the husband of Sarah Harbord was also a witness at the weddings of at least two of Richard’s [other] children: Ann in 1758 and Richard in 1769. (That they are the same William is evident from the signatures.)
The mother of the William of this page is recorded as Anne on William’s baptism record. An Anne Padbury married a Richard Bloxham in 1723 in Chesterton, Warwickshire. Their marriage record states that they were both from Fenny Compton. A John Bloxham, son of William and Anne Bloxham, was baptized in Fenny Compton in 1727 and buried there in 1729.
The marriage bond for Richard Bloxham and Anne Padbury shows that one of the people bound was John Padbury of Farnborough. The William Bloxham of this page was baptized in Farnborough in 1733, and a younger brother, Richard, was baptized there in 1735.
There were other marriages between a Richard Bloxham and an Anne in the area in the time period: a Richard Bloxham married Anne Blagrave in Cropredy, Oxfordshire, in 1722 and a Richard Bloxham married Anne Willett in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, in 1727, but no evidence connects those couples to the William Bloxham of this page.
References
Burton Dassett Windmill and Beacon at www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk.
UK, Land Tax Redemption, 1798. Digital images on Ancestry.com, accessed 5 January 2018.
UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893. Digital images at Ancestry.com.
William Bloxham baptism registration (13 July 1733), Farnborough, Warwickshire, parish registers 1725-1812; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 October 2015) citing Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers.
William Bloxham - Sarah Harbord marriage registration (12 October 1758), Burton Dassett, Warwickshire, parish registers 1725-1774; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 March 2014) citing Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl/2/1162; Document Reference: DR 292.
William Bloxham burial registration (8 July 1801), Burton Dassett, Warwickshire, parish registers 1775-1812; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 March 2014) citing Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl/2/1162; Document Reference: DR 292.
Will of William Bloxham, Grazier of Burton Dassett, Warwickshire. 5 January 1767, Prerogative Court of Canterbury. National Archives PROB 11/925/32.