Batten, William 1

c1785              Birth   England                                                                                              (1839 Census)

                        Marr    *Elizabeth       (perhaps Elizabeth Vennicombe)

from St Tudy Parish, Cornwall                                                                                              (Unverified)

1834 Mar        Hill Petition                                                                                                    (Origins p 35)

1839                Cens    Age: 54, Religion: CofE, m<16: 2, m>16: 1, f<16: 1, f>16: 2

1839                Asses  C3 L21W

1840                Cens    Religion: Meth, m<16: 1, m>16: 2, f<16: 1, f>16: 2

1840                Asmt   C3 L21W

1841                Cens    Religion: Meth, m<16: 2, m>16: 1, f<16: 1, f>16: 2

1841                Asmt   C3 L21W

1850                Fenceviewer                                                                                                   (Origins, p43)

1852                Cens    Age: 66, Religion: WM, Birth: England, Occupation: Farmer, F/L: 1/35

                                                            Also with family: John Fletcher (13) and William Fletcher (9)

1852                Ag       C3 L21W        F/L: 71/4

1854 Mar 17   B&S    C3 L21W        from Canada Co                     (Abstract Index, Copybook GS4976 #8105)

1854 Sep 11    B&S    C3 L21W part             to Wesleyan Methodist Church          (Copybook GS4976 #8071)

                                                                        Four rods square

1861                Cens    Age: 76, Religion: WM, Birth: England, Occupation: Farmer, F/L: 32/17

1861                Ag       C3 L21W        F/L: 55/30

1862 Sep 25    Will    C3 L21W to *Richard Batten (second son)                           (Copybook GS4977 # 17593)

                                    Dau Elizabeth (deceased, with children)

                                    Dau Mary Ann, wife of Francis Crowe

                                    Dau Jane, wife of Joseph Grant

                                    Son William

                                    Dau Hannah, wife of Ernest Grant

                                    Brother Joseph Batten

                                    Exec Richard Batten (son), Joseph Grant (son-in-law)

                                    Wit: John Wesley Fletcher (Bowmanville), Elizabeth Jane Fletcher (Dummer)

                        Children

                                    1819 May 26  *Mary Ann

                                    1821 Sep 9      *Jane

                                    1825 Oct 11    *William

                                    c1827              *Hannah

                                    c1836              *Richard

                                                            Elizabeth         (Died before 1862)