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James BASTARD
1732 - 1792 (~ 59 years)
Has 449 ancestors and 7 descendants in this family tree.
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Name James BASTARD Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 28 Jun 1732 All Hallows on the Wall Church, Exeter, Devon, England 
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 1 Feb 2016)
"James son of Sampson Bastard Baptizd June 28. 1732." - under heading 'Christnings. Anno. 1732.'
Gender Male Freeman 21 Feb 1761 Exeter, Devon, England - As apprentice of Matthew Wardole.
Bequest 1771 Occupation Exeter, Devon, England Fuller - From Exeter Freemen's book, shows he had been apprenticed to Matthew Wardole and his son William was appenticed to him.
Died - James son of Sampson was living when his brother William wrote his will in 1766 (additional evidence that it was likely to be this James who married Ann Fox etc.)
Buried 16 Jan 1792 Holy Trinity Church, Exeter, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 29 May 2016)
"James Bastard _ _ P _ _ _ [Jany:] 16th"
I'm not sure what the 'P' means. Usually in registers at this time it means Pauper, and exempt from paying the tax on register entries that was required from 1783 to 1794. I would not have expected this James to have been a pauper, though it is not impossible. However, in this Parish the initials F and H were also in use, and all continued after 1794, so P may well have had some other meaning. Sometimes initials like this can refer to burial grounds - H seems to refer to hospial, since it appears as soon as entries cease being shown as 'from the hospital' (the last such and the first H both being in Jan 1782). The first 'P' does not appear until 1786 so it was in the period of the tax, but few entries had it, a far smaller proportion than in most burial registers I have seen for this period.
Being the same parish as that in which his wife had been buried in 1786 it does seem probable that it was the burial of this James, especially as I can find no other in Exeter that could be his.
Siblings2 brothers and 1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch 
John BASTARD, d. Yes, date unknown (7 x Great Grandfather)
Anne BUSSELL, b. Est 1700, bur. 9 Feb 1758, St. Olave’s Church, Exeter, Devon, England (Age ~ 58 years) (Mother) Person ID I20362 All Last Modified 2 Jun 2016
Father Sampson BASTARD, Gent., b. 9 Nov 1696, bur. 1 Jun 1758, St. Olave’s Church, Exeter, Devon, England (Age ~ 61 years) Mother Anne BUSSELL, b. Est 1700, bur. 9 Feb 1758, St. Olave’s Church, Exeter, Devon, England (Age ~ 58 years) Married 24 Aug 1721 St. Edmund King and Martyr’s Church, Kingsbridge, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 29 Jan 2016)
"Sampson Bastard & Anne Bussell were marryed (by Licence) August the 24th" - under heading 'the year 1721'(No marriage licence found in those on FamilySearch, searching the April - June 1721 and July - Dec 1721 bundles (bonds and allegations). Could have been granted in a different court, or at a different time, but most likely it doesn't survive; a number in the July-Dec bundle are in poor condition, it is likely others were worse and no image or totally lost)
The gaps between some of the children suggest that there may well have been more children, possibly recorded in registers or on pages that no longer survive.
Family ID F7899 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Mrs. Ann FOX, bap. 25 May 1729, St. Mary Steps Church, Exeter, Devon, England , bur. 15 Jan 1786, Holy Trinity Church, Exeter, Devon, England (Age ~ 56 years) Married 13 Jan 1754 St. Mary Steps Church, Exeter, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 25 May 2016)
"January 13th. James Bastard of Allhallows & Ann Fox of St. Mary Steps were Marri^ed."
The marriage is listed after those in 1753, and being January I assume it was in 1754. New registers were used from 1754, but perhaps the church didn't have one this early in the year. Alternatively, the entry may have been forgotten and squeezed in at the end of 1753 when it was actually at the start, but I think this is less likely. It is unfortunate that whilst all the entries for 1753 include the year this one does not!
Is the marriage of this James and are the children those of this James and Ann? I think the evidence is strong that they are, given the following:
* Bastard was not the commonest of surnames, and it would seem the most likely James to marry there was the one baptised there, although another could have moved to the Ciy.
* James was a younger son in a gentry family, and the baptism I believe to be that of his wife-to-be shows her family were gentry.
* The names given to the children are probably the most convincing evidence - Rose and Sampson, not the commonest of names, Rose in particular being unusual, but the name of a sister and an aunt of James, as well as being the maiden name of his grandmother, while Sampson was the name of his father and a brother.
* While I am not at the time of writing sure of what became of James, his brother William mentioned him (living) in a will written in 1766 so he was clearly still living at the time of the marriage.
Children7 children Last Modified 29 May 2016 Family ID F8036 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 1 Feb 2016)
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Married - 13 Jan 1754 - St. Mary Steps Church, Exeter, Devon, England 
Freeman - 21 Feb 1761 - Exeter, Devon, England 
Child - James BASTARD - 31 May 1764 - St. Mary Major Church, Exeter, Devon, England 
Child - Sampson BASTARD - 2 Mar 1767 - St. Thomas’s Church, Exeter, Devon, England Child - Mary BASTARD - 9 Apr 1769 - St. Mary Major Church, Exeter, Devon, England Occupation - Fuller - - Exeter, Devon, England 
Buried - 16 Jan 1792 - Holy Trinity Church, Exeter, Devon, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
