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Note N918 Index

She is likely the cousin Sarah in the 1851 Cherington census living with William Timms. Her baptism date fits with her age in that census. It does not look as if she married. She died as an inmate of an insane asylum. In 1861, she was living with her sister Emma, who had married Thomas Slatter.. So, since she was never shown as married or widowed, and since she died in 1861, she was almost certainly never married.

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Note N919 Index

Here is the family in 1861:
SLATTER Thomas 49 master Blacksmith Whichford
Emma 43 Stourton
Elizabeth 19 Whichford
John Thomas 17 Blacksmith Whichford
Sarah Ann 12 Scholar Whichford
Edwin 10 Scholar Whichford
Emma 8 Scholar Whichford
George 5 Scholar Whichford
TIMMS Sarah Visitor 47 Stourton

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Note N921 Index

The birth date comes from her MI but fits with the census.

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Note N922 Index

According to the MI, she died as an infant.

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Note N923 Index

According to the MI, he died as an infant.

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Note N924 Index

He is referred to as a clerk in the marriage registration of his son William.

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Note N925 Index

Her name in spelled Merrion in the 1911 census.

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Note N926 Index

Who was she? There is a Mary Timms, of Stourton, buried on 11th January, 1824, at 43 years of age. That would make her born in 1781, which would be the same year as her husband. But there is no baptism for her that year in Whichford. Was it elsewhere?

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Note N928 Index

The dates of death for her and her spouse come from the fact that they are both the "late" in will of Jane Timms of November 9, 1839.

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Note N929 Index

Irene Connelly says that she died before the birth of the twins in 181

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Note N930 Index

I take her death date from the fact that her will was proven on March 4, 1857, and from an entry in the parish records.

Here are some of the important bits from her will:
She says that she is a spinster.
She refers to her uncle George Bailey. of Great Rollright He was presumably her mother's brother.
She names her other two trustees as Samuel Durhalt(?) and William Rakell, both of Chipping Norton.
She refers to lands in Hook Norton occupied by John Taylor and lands in Whichford occupied by Thomas Sturch and ? Taylor.
Her dear mother Hannah Timms.
Her aunt Kezia

The George Bailey mentioned in her will was her uncle. In the 1851 census, he is shown as a widower.

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Note N931 Index

In her will, Jane Timms describes her aunt Kezia Coyton.

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Note N932 Index

In her will of November 9, 1839, Jane Timms describes him as her "late brother William." When he was born and when and where he died is unknown to me. In his wil of January 24, 1837, he leaves everything to his mother Hannah and to his sister Jane. He owned four cottages in Whichford in the occupation of Thomas Sturch and others. His mother gets Berry Fields in Hook Norton.

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Note N933 Index

There is a discrepancy between his noted date of death in the MI and his burial date in the parish records. Based on the date of his will, and the date when it was proven, the MI must be wrong.

It would seem that he never married. But, in his will dated May 25, 1855, he speaks of his two illegitimate sons Anthony Bartlett and John Bartlett, previously called Anthony Timms and John Timms. He names them as the children of his late housekeeper, Elizabeth Bartlett

In the 1851 census, he is listed as the head, age 72, along with his son John Timms, age 26, and his housekeeper, Elizabeth Bartlett, age 55. I am not sure where the son Anthony was. The will says that he was residing in Michigan, in the "Norhtern States of America. So I should be able to find him in the 1850 or 1860 US Census. Anthony is not living with his parents in 1841 either.

I cannot find either son in 1861, yet they both got money and land in 1855.