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Short Genealogy |
5 February 2018 |
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Dr Geoffrey Mann |
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8 Thomas SHORT 1691-1724? |
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m Mary ALEXANDER 1714 |
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THOMAS was baptised in 1691 at Stepney St Dunstan, the son of a weaver in Pettycoat Lane. He became a weaver like his father and lived in Mile End New Town.
He married Mary ALEXANDER at St Dunstan in 1714 aged 23. Two children, Thomas and Mary were baptised at St Dunstan in 1715 and 1722, but nothing else is known of the lives of Thomas or Mary
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MENT=Mile End new Town
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6Dec1691 17May1714 23 18Oct1715 24 23Jul1722 31 27Jul1724 33 |
Thomas christened at St Dunstan; parents Thomas, a weaver of Pettycoat Lane, and Jane Thomas m Mary ALEXANDER of Bethnal Green at St Dunstan; Thos a weaver of MENT son Thomas born and christened at St Dunstan 12 days later; Thos a weaver of MENT dau Mary born and christened at St Dunstan 6 days later; Thos a weaver of MENT ?dau Mary buried |
b=born m=married d=died
C=Christened B=Buried
Thomas m Mary ALEXANDER at St Dunstan in 1714 and christened two children there in 1715 and 1722; there are several
possible baptisms of Thomas SHORT in London but only one at St Dunstan's:
C 6Dec1691 Thomas s Thomas SHORT of Pettycoat Lane weaver & Jane uxor
This would give Thomas an age of 23 at marriage and the father was a weaver like the son. Without further proof it seems likely that this is the correct baptism of Thomas
Thomas SHORT-7 was baptised in 1715 at St Dunstan son of Thomas (weaver of MENT) and Mary. This baptism is preceded by the following marriage at St.Dunstan:
m 17May1714 Thomas SHORT of Mile End.N.Town, weaver, & Mary ALEXANDER of Bethnal Green, S (=spinster)
No other suitable marriage has been found and since the groom was a weaver of MENT, at the right time and parish, it seems almost certainly the correct marriage.
C 30Oct1715 Thomas s Thomas & Mary SHORT, MENT, weaver, 12 days old
C 29Jul1722 Mary d Thomas & Mary SHORT, MENT, weaver, 6 days old
no other children are known; Mary the daughter may have died as a child:
B 27Jul1724 Mary dau of Thomas SHORT
[the Thomas Short with wife Mary who baptised Mary at St Dunstan 8Jan1709 was a mariner]
Burials of Thomas Short at St Dunstan in 1724, 1734, 1744
B 15Nov1724 Thomas SHORT of MNT wea [=weaver?]
B 18Feb1734 Thomas SHORT of MNT wea [=weaver?]
B 27Sep1744 Thomas SHORT of BG died at Guy's Hospital 40 consumption
the absence of baptisms after 1722 suggests that Thomas died in 1724; possibly his father died in 1734. no burial or remarriage of Mary has been identified. The Mary SHORTs married in 8Oct1725 and 19Sep1738 at St Dunstan were spinsters
there are two possible baptisms of Mary ALEXANDER at St Dunstan:
C 27May1687 Mary d Peter & Elizabeth ALEXANDER at St Dunstan [Mary aged 27 at m; 35 at C of d Mary]
C 11Nov1684 Mary d Jeremiah & Jane ALEXANDER at St Dunstan [Mary aged 30 at m; 38 at C of d Mary]
there are others at Clerkenwell, Bishopsgate etc, but all are at earlier dates giving even later m ages and ages >40 for baptism of daughter Mary
Peter and Elizabeth had at least 6 other children C at St Dunstan
C 1Apr1680 Thomas; 3 days old; of St John St, brewer
C 14May1681 Peter; of Hare St, brewer
C 17Oct1682 Elizabeth; 8 days; of Brick Lane, weaver
C 19Jul1685 Hannah 3 days; of Brick Lane, weaver
C 27May1687 Mary 16 days; of Hare St, brewer
C 10Jun1688 John 21 days; of Hare St, brewer
C 10Nov1689 Peter, 5 days, of Hare St, brewer
no other children of Jeremiah and Jane were found