MATTHEW   JEPHCOTT   Senior

INTRODUCTION

Matthew JEPHCOTT Snr., our 5x gt grandfather, connects to the SQUIRES family via his great granddaughter , Jane OLIVER, and her marriage to Richard TAYLOR .

Matthew's great great granddaughter, Jane TAYLOR , married Charles Dunlop SQUIRES.

(See Ancestral Tree)



BIRTH & BAPTISM

Matthew's parents were Jonathan JEPHCOTT and Elizabeth Marriot.

Matthew was born in 1754 and, in the same year, baptised in Willoughby, Warwickshire on 24 March.



MARRIAGE & FAMILY

Matthew married Elizabeth ASH on 11 October 1783 in Harlestone, Northamptonshire.

Their son Matthew was born in 1786 and baptised in Willoughby, Warwickshire on 30 June 1786.

They had two other children:
Elizabeth
1789 - 1878
Married Joseph HESOM
3 February 1811
Willoughby		Baptism
13 February 1789
Burial
6 March 1878
Jonathan
1790 - 		Married Sarah Denny
15 April 1828
Barby, Northants		Baptism
18 April 1790
privately




WORKING LIFE


Matthew is described as:
Jury Lists
1784 Grazier
1785 Farmer
1786 Grazier
1787 Farmer
1789 Grazier


DEATH & BURIAL

Matthew died at home in Willoughby, Warwickshire in November 1789, aged 35 years, and was buried on 24 November in Willoughby.



REFERENCES
  • UK Censuses (Ancestry .co.uk)
  • Warwickshire, England Burials 1813-1910 (Ancestry .co.uk)
  • Warwickshire England Baptisms 1813-1910 (Ancestry .co.uk)
  • England, Births & Christenings 1538-1975 (Ancestry .co.uk)
  • IGI www.familyseach.org
  • England Select Marriages 1538-1973 (Ancestry .co.uk)