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James TAPNER
Abt 1782 - Yes, date unknown
Has 27 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name James TAPNER Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1782 Baptised 9 Jul 1782 St. Mary and St. Blaise Church, Boxgrove, Sussex, England 
Gender Male Died Yes, date unknown Siblings4 brothers and 1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch 
TAPNER, d. Yes, date unknown (4 x Great Grandfather)
Mary INKPEN, b. Abt 1722, d. 1787, Boxgrove, Sussex, England (Age ~ 65 years) (Grandmother) Person ID I2049 All Last Modified 15 Jun 2012
Father Joseph TAPNER, b. Abt 1751, West Stoke, Sussex, England , d. 1805, Boxgrove, Sussex, England (Age ~ 54 years) Mother Mary HACOM, b. Abt 1758, Parham, Sussex, England , d. 25 Apr 1842, The Parish of Boxgrove, Sussex, England (Age ~ 84 years) Marriage License 8 Sep 1778 Archdeaconry of Chichester Married 10 Sep 1778 St. Peter’s Church, Westhampnett, Sussex, England [1] - source: SFHG Marr index
Mary HOLKHAM to Joseph TAPNER
A snag with this being the right marriage is the baptism of Rachel in 1772. That there was a Joseph Tapner who married Mary Hacom in 1778 seems clear. So were there 2 Josephs, did this one marry twice or was there a mistake in the baptism register and Rachel was not the son of Joseph? (see Rachel's entry for more on this last possibility)
Whatever the answer, it seems reasonable to suppose that the children bapt in Boxgrove 1778 - 1789 were the offspring of the Joseph and Mary who married in 1778.
The SFHG Marr Index has separate entries for the marriage licence (see below) and the marriage, 2 days later.
It shows the marriage as taking place in Westhampnett.
Tony Holkham's index, however, which also has entries for both the licence and the marriage shows the marriage as having been at Boxgrove! It has witnesses for the wedding - Richard Smith and William Rapson.
source: SFHG Marriage Index:
Place: Archdeaconry of Chichester Marriage Licence, Date: 8 Sep 1778:
Subject: Mary HACOM, spinster 19 with consent of father, James, of Boxgrove, husbandman
Spouse: Joseph TAPNER, bach 26 husbandman of Westhampnett
Extra Information: Sussex Record Society vol. 35
Family ID F1575 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- source: SFHG Marr index
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Baptised - 9 Jul 1782 - St. Mary and St. Blaise Church, Boxgrove, Sussex, England 
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Sources - [S186] Sussex Marriage Index (up to 1837), Sussex Family History Group, ((2008)), Marriage of Joseph TAPNER to Mary HOLKHAM. (Reliability: 3).