William Marchant ⁸⁵⁶

  General Notes:

Leased land in Preston from 1.10.1537 and land "lying under the Court wall" f r o m 7.10.1549.
Latin probate not yet transcribed (with Ian Nelson June 2002)
MT16.
EARLY

  Noted events in his life were:

• connection. ⁸⁵⁶ The connection between Ian Vaughan & myself is as follows:
Ian Vaughan . . .
Is linked in some way to . . .
William Marchant (1520)
He had Miles Marchant (1545)
He had William Marchant (1592)
He had William Marchant (1633)
He had William Marchant (1668)
He had Elizabeth Marchant (1706) who married Robert Saxby (c1704)
They had Robert Saxby (1732)
He had Richard Saxby (1770)
He had Isabella Saxby (1795) who married George Wilson (c1802)
They had Sarah Wilson (c1825) who married Henry Bird
They had George Wilson Bird (1858) who married Monaro Garrett (1862)
Her father was Thomas Garrett (1830)
His father was John Garrett (1805) & he also had Eleanor Garrett (1836) who married John Stafford (1834)
His father was William Stafford (1811) who married Elizabeth Goodall (1814) & they also had William Stafford (1842)
He had Eva Stafford (1874) who married Arthur Clinton (1868)
They had James Clinton (1895) who married Martha Walker (1901)
Her father was Thomas Walker (1854)
His father was William Walker (1820) & he also had Martha Walker (1865) who married John Sutherland (1861)
His father was John Sutherland (1829) who married Margaret Elliot (1835)
They had Elizabeth Sutherland (1863) who married John Nicol (1844)
They had Margaret Nicol (1889) who married G. A. Davies (1994)
He had Colin Davies (1925)
He had me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

• Baptism, 20 Aug 1520, Preston, Brighton, East Sussex England. ⁸⁵⁷ Ian & Hilary Marchant note: Preston village is now a pretty suburb of Brighton; the A23 runs through it, and many years ago I played the Brighton Urban Free Festival in Preston Park. I have deep Brighton roots, and I am pleased.

William married Letitia in Preston, Brighton, East Sussex England ?. (Letitia was born circa 1520 and died in 1583.)