C=Christened

 

 

John’s age based on an assumed birth date of 1690

Mary’s age based on an assumed age of 21 at marriage

 

 

PRINCIPAL RECORDS

b=born  m=married  d=died

C=Christened        B=Buried

BIRTH

 

John married Mary ALSOP in 1716; at that time he was of Forest Hill, and he baptised his children there from 1720 to (probably) 1739.  A baptism around 1690 is therefore expected, but unfortunately the Forest Hill register is lacking the years 1680 to 1700.  The only previous baptism of John at Forest Hill or in the Oxford index is in 1663: C 14Jul1663 John s Thomas SOAN. This would give him an age of 53 at marriage, and although possible is unlikely.

 

Following this deficient period, the registers have baptisms to John in 1701-3, to William 1708-11 and to Thomas 1714-1727.  Since there are no baptisms to William between 1700 and 1708, and none to Thomas between 1700 and 1714, it seems likely that William married c1705 and Thomas c1712.  This leaves  John, father of Joseph and William, as the most probable father of John-8. The two baptisms to this John are:

 

C  2Nov1701 Joseph    s John SONES

C 19Sep1703 William   s John SONES

 

and it may be surmised that earlier baptisms of John's children took place in the deficient period between 1680 and 1700, including that of John-8. 

 

 The most likely hypothesis at present is that John was the parent of Joseph 1701, William 1703 and also of John-8 around 1690.

 

MARRIAGE

 

John SOANES-7 was baptised at Stanton St John in 1718, son of John & Mary of Forest Hill.  This baptism is preceded by the following marriage at Stanton St John:

 

m  8Nov1716 John SONES of Forest Hill & Mary ALSOP married after banns Nov 8 certified publication of banns between Wm Poole of this parish and Margaret Cowper of the parish of Charlton Nov 21

 

the register note that John was of Forest Hill leaves little doubt that this is the correct marriage

 

DESCENDANTS

from Stanton parish register:

 

C  3Aug1718 John s John & Mary SOANES of Forest Hill

 

from the Forest Hill register:

 

C 15Jan1720 Benjamin s John SOANS;  m 6Nov1744 Jane STEPHENS at Trinity College Chapel

C 11Aug1723 Thomas   s John SOANS

C  8May1726 Mary     d John SONES

C  5Mar1732 Ann      d John SOANS

C  1Aug1736 William  s John SOANS

C 20Apr1739 Susanne  d John SOANS

 

DEATH

 

John & Mary married in 1716 and baptised their last child at Forest Hill in 1739; after this come the following burials at Forest Hill:

 

B 13Apr1743 John SOANES

B  5Mar1748 John SOANS & M his wife

 

the next John burial is in 1801 which is too late.  It is not clear which John is the father and which is the son.  But making least assumptions, probably John senior died first followed by his son John and his wife M (Mary).  It is strange they were buried on the same day, but there is no comment in the register.

 

 Mary ALSOP is a common name, but no suitable nearby baptism has been found. 

 

 

 

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