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James BASTARD
1764 - 1764 (~ 0 years)
Has 451 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name James BASTARD Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 31 May 1764 St. Mary Major Church, Exeter, Devon, England 
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 25 May 2016)
"[May] 31 _ James of James and Anne Bastard"
Gender Male Buried 3 Dec 1764 St. Mary Major Church, Exeter, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 29 May 2016)
"Decbr _ 3th a Child of James Bastard_"
* But I am not certain that this is the burial of James *
It seems likely because the first year or so of life was when there was the highest mortality rate, and because the other children of James appear to have already died, but there could have been other's whose baptisms I have not found (I have not found a baptism of Rose, despite searching, e.g. looking at all Roses indexed as baptised in Exeter in the right period)
I don't think the reference is likely to be to an unnamed child of James senior, as unless the baptism of James was very delayed it seems unlikely that his parents would have had another child so soon.
There are marriages of a James that could be this one, but the James(es) were illiterate, and even if his father was coming down the social ladder I would have thought his children would have learnt to read and write.
Siblings2 brothers and 4 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
John BASTARD, d. Yes, date unknown (8 x Great Grandfather)
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) (Mother) Person ID I21611 All Last Modified 29 May 2016
Father James BASTARD, bap. 28 Jun 1732, All Hallows on the Wall Church, Exeter, Devon, England , bur. 16 Jan 1792, Holy Trinity Church, Exeter, Devon, England (Age ~ 59 years) Mother 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.
Family ID F8036 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 25 May 2016)