| 👶 Birth | 19 Apr 1763 | Bratton, Wiltshire 📍 ⓘBaptism Records Baptism record states "Born" rather than baptised. Assume he was born in Bratton where the family lived. 🏛️ Seven Years' War |
| ⛪ Baptism | 19 Apr 1763 | Edington Priory Church, Monastery Road, Edington, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4QN 📍 ⓘBaptism Records 📎 View |
| 💼 Occupation | 1795 (32) | Branch Pilot in Marine Department of The East India Company Calcutta, West Bengal, India 📍 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View The Bengal Pilot Service was responsible for guiding sea-going ships up the Hooghly river from the Sandheads to Calcutta, and vice versa. The Hooghly, owing to its numerous shoals and shifting quicksands, presented special difficulties for navigators. 🏛️ French Revolutionary Wars |
| 💼 Occupation | 1808 (45) | Marine Department Calcutta, West Bengal, India 📍 |
| 🏠 Lived | 1835 (72) | Bratton, Wiltshire 📍 |
| 📝 Will | 21 Dec 1835 (72) | ⓘWill 📎 View |
| ✝️ Death | 10 Jul 1836 (73) | Bratton, Wiltshire 📍 Aged 73 ⓘWill |
| 🪦 Burial | 14 Jul 1836 (73) | St James' Church, Church Road, Bratton, Wiltshire, BA13 4SY 📍 ⓘBratton History Association 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View [His tomb is under a tree left off path leading from car park on the south-east side of the Church. Inscription mostly illegible. Inscription and notes taken from the 'The Parish Church of St James Bratton' by Jean Morrison in 1977] There are a number of interesting old gravestones, dating from the 17th century onwards, some of which were once painted in bright colours. A few years ago there were still traces of red and blue, but now [as at 1977] only a little black and yellow can be found on s… Show more |
| ⚖️ Probate | 16 Sep 1836 (73) | London, Middlesex 📍 ⓘWill |