Hester Winterson
John Wintersail baptised 1700
John married Ann Pinock 1723
Son John baptised 1724
John married 1745 to Mary
Daughter Hester born 1756
Hester married John Sharp 1777

This page is part of my Wintersail entry, by Elizabeth Janson
John baptised his son John, 4th April, 1700.
All these scanned images are taken from photocopies made from the fische of
St Mary Magdalen's Church, Tetbury.
Note - the dates are in 'old style'.
grandparent
Jane baptised August 11, 1706
The style of recording baptisms is now one name per line.
The top of the next page
Notice the way this clerk recorded the twins
John later married Ann Pinnock
This page shows two brothers both called the new baby Ann,
one baptised March 27 1699, and the second on April 2nd, 1699
Both brothers buried a child
John Pinnock's child on March 15, 1702, and Robert's child five weeks later, on April 19, 1703.
Marriage records
John Wintersail married Ann Pinock Oct 3, 1723. 20 couples were wed in 1723, and 13 in 1724 (Old calendar).
Marriage records
The bottom of the page is dated 6 Dec 1724.
John baptised July 6, 1724
The first of the next generation.
In 1724 (new style) 62 babies were baptised (one set of twins) and 68 people were buried, including 26 recorded as 'child', 'son' or 'daughter'. The twins were buried 2 days after being baptised on March 26, and their mother was buried on May 13.
Joseph baptised March 9th, 1746
The first of the next generation
John the Third, baptised April 12, 1747. 56 babies were baptised 1 Ap 47 to 1 Ap 48
John is buried April 20, 1747. 38 people were buried, including 19 sons or daughters.
New baby called John, baptised March 17, 1747
we would say the year is 1748.
William, baptised Sept 25, 1749
James baptised May 5th, 1751
Notice the change in handwriting.
Mary baptised Dec 8th, 1752 (sorry, I have not copied that page)
Thomas, baptised Feb 25, 1753 (we say 1754)
Notice the change in handwriting
and the surname 'Wintersail' changes to 'Winterson', with Jun after it!
Grand-dad buried Sept 25, 1755
Hester and Ann baptised May 15, 1758
Grand-mother Ann buried April 28, 1762, aged 63
(which fits my baptism entries, but does not tell us her father's name!
John Winterson is buried June 5th, 1768
Not an informative entry! John Senior is already buried.
Hester Winterson marries John Sharp 30 August 1777
Taken from Gloucester Parish Registers - Tetbury marriages, page 128-9, dated from 5 Nov 1775 to 24 Nov 1777. Of the 38 couples involved, 31 men were local, and also 36 of the wives, 7 men and 22 women signed with a X (81% of men and 42% of women could write their own signatures)
The end of my study period. Back to the Winterson page.

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