Box Family in England

John BOX of Timsbury, Somerset married Mary HODGES of Compton Dando, Somerset on 29 Mar 1752 in Compton Dando. Their children, all born in Timsbury, were William (1753), Elizabeth (1754), John (1757), Richard (1759), Thomas (1761) and Stephen (1763).

William married Rebecca SAGE and their children were Hanno (1776), Phebe (1778), Sarah (1779), William (1782), Mary (1783), Stephen (1784), Martha (1789) and William (1793).

Elizabeth married Richard EVANS.

John married Betty EVANS and they had a daughter Mary (1787).

Richard married Martha SHEARN who was born in 1761 and who died in Jun 1816. Richard died in Nov 1835. Their children were Susannah (1780), Mary (1785), Ann (1790), Jane (1792), John (1795), Elizabeth (1798), William (1799) and Thomas (1802).

Thomas married Betty FLOWER who died in Aug 1799. Thomas died in May 1836. Their children were John (1782), Leah (1784), Hesther (1786), Thomas (1791), Richard (1794), Elizabeth (1798), William (1799), Ann (1800), Phoebe (1804), William (1806), Mary (1808), Kesiah (1811), Joseph (1813) and George (1816).

Stephen was baptised in Timsbury on 2 Jan 1764 and he married Rebecca PAYNE on 4 Jul 1785. Their children, who were all born in Timsbury, were Betty (1785), David (1787), Michal (1790), Elias (1792), Bathsheba (1793), Abigail (1796), Aminadab (1800), Skimma (1802), Nathaniel (1805), Abinoam (1807), Raddai (1809) and Ozem (1814).

David married Ann and they had a son, Stephen, who was born in 1818.

Michal married John GULLOCK and she died in 1820.

Bathsheba married Thomas BOX who was born in 1791. She died in 1865 and he died in 1871. Their children were John (1815), Rebecca (1817), Mary (1820), Betty (1822), Eliza (1823), Elijah (1824), Samuel (1828), Stephen (1831), Ruth (1833), Thomas (1836), Richard (1836) and Mark (1841).

Abigail married Stephen WHIDDICK who was born in 1798.

Skimma (Shammah) was baptised at Timsbury on 22 Nov 1802 and was buried there on 29 Dec 1887. He was a coal miner and, on 26 Jun 1831, he married Sarah CHIVERS at Timsbury. Sarah was born in 1802 and died in May 1878. Their children were John (1831) and George (1834).

John was baptised at Timsbury on 22 Aug 1831 and also worked as a coal miner. He married Mary NORTH of Heckfield, Hampshire and, at the 1881 census, they lived at 1 Carnarvon Road, Reading St. Giles, Berkshire. At this time John was listed as a commission agent. Their children were Ada S. (1861), Eva E. (1862), Frank William (1864), Jura M. (1865), John E. (1867), Walter G. (1870) and Ora A. (1873). All except Ora were born at Reading.

Frank William was listed in the 1881 census as a 17 year old plumber’s labourer living at home with the family in Reading St. Giles. In Dec 1883 he sailed to Australia and settled in Maryborough, Queensland.

George married Sarah EMERY. The 1881 census listed them living at 1 Cambridge Street, Reading St. Mary, Berkshire and George was described as a railway permanent way inspector. Their children were George E. (1862), Ellen (1865), Lucy (1871), Lily (1875) and Arthur (1877).

Nathaniel married Maria WILKINS who was born in 1805. Their children were George (1829), Stephen (1832), Mary (1834), Thomas (1837), Mercy (1839), James (1842), Nathaniel (1845) and John (1848).

Abinoam died in Feb 1808.

Raddai married Charlotte FRICKER who was born in 1813. Their children were William (1833), Elizabeth (1834), Rebecca (1834), Elizabeth (1838), Rebecca (1840), Charlotte (1842), Charles (1843), George (1846), William (1849), Henry (1852) and Eliza (1858).

Ozem married Elizabeth LEWIS who was born in 1818 and died in 1886. Ozem died in 1881. Their children were Stephen (1836), Mary (1837), Jacob (1840), Anne (1842), Louisa (1844), Frederick (1846), George (1848), Selina Anne (1850), Ann (1853), Elizabeth (1855) and Ada (1858).


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