Henry GARNHAM

1713 - Bef 1781  (~ 68 years)

• Name	Henry GARNHAM
  Birth	possibly 1713	Thorpe le Soken, Essex
  Gender	Male
  _UID	FAC288DCAA4840F99749322526404319447E
  Death	Bef 13 Apr 1781	Thorpe le Soken, Essex
  Burial	13 Apr 1781	St Michael, Thorpe le Soken, Essex   [1]
  Notes	Henry's parents may have been Robert and Martha GARNHAM, who had two children baptised at St Michael, Thorpe-le-Soken: - Henry on 1 March 1713 - Mary on 9 June 1719 Courtesy of Jenny Taufana, we have Henry's Will of 9 December 1780. He left everything to his daughter Elizabeth *; she was to pay £5 to each of Henry's other children when they came of age. The children to benefit from this were named in the Will as: Henry, Charlotte, Homan, Daniel, Zellah, Jonathan and John. Homan Garnham was named as one of the executors. * Elizabeth was actually born before Henry and Martha married - the following note appears in the St Michael, Thorpe-le-Soken parish register at 10 September 1769: "Daughter of Henry & Martha GARNHAM was born on November 1st, 1764 & baptized about a fortnight after, as her father declared to me Samuel Lewis, Curate of this Parish, this tenth day of September 1769. As witness my hand [signed] Samuel Lewis." The inclusion of Jonathan is significant. Jenny Taufana had been trying for years to find who Jonathan's parents were and it turns out that he was the illegitimate son of Sarah PILLING and, we assume, Henry GARNHAM. Henry must at some point have decided to adopt (in effect, if not in law) Jonathan, although there's no evidence to suggest what became of Sarah PILLING. The Will makes no provision for Henry's wife Martha: she isn't even mentioned. Jenny speculates that this was because Martha was a lot younger than Henry and if she had remarried after Henry's death, her new husband would have had control and the children may not have benefitted.
  Person ID	I585	Thorpe le Soken, Essex
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	Unknown GARNHAM   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F274	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Rose CHASEY
  Family ID	F271	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Susannah HOLBROOK
  Children	1. John GARNHAM,   b. Bef 24 Oct 1762, Thorpe le Soken, Essex d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F272	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2017

  
  

  Family 3	Martha WOODS,   b. Abt 1747   d. Bef 7 Jun 1814, Thorpe le Soken, Essex (Age ~ 67 years)
  Marriage	3 May 1765	St Michael, Thorpe le Soken, Essex   [1]
  	Henry GARNHAM otp widower & Martha WOODS otp singlewoman, by licence. He signed *, she marked, Witnesses John Turpin **, Henry Leaver. * Henry's signature at this marriage is identical to his signature at his 1756 and 1761 marriages. ** John TURPIN married Sarah GARNHAM in February 1762. The witnesses at the marriage were Homan GARNHAM and Henry GARNHAM, possibly Sarah's uncle and father respectively. Three years later in 1765, John TURPIN was a witness when Henry GARNHAM married for the third time.
  Children	1. Elizabeth GARNHAM,   b. 1 Nov 1764, Thorpe le Soken, Essex d. Yes, date unknown   2. Henry GARNHAM,   b. Abt 1767, Beaumont-cum-Moze, Essex d. Yes, date unknown   3. Charlotte GARNHAM,   b. Abt 1767, Beaumont-cum-Moze, Essex d. Yes, date unknown   4. Jonathan GARNHAM,   b. 1771, Thorpe le Soken, Essex d. Bef 16 Jan 1843, Thorpe le Soken, Essex (Age 72 years)   5. Homily GARNHAM,   b. Bef 25 Feb 1773, Thorpe le Soken, Essex d. Yes, date unknown   6. Homan GARNHAM,   b. Bef 9 Nov 1776, Thorpe le Soken, Essex d. Bef 26 Jan 1853, Thorpe le Soken, Essex (Age ~ 76 years)   7. Daniel Maldon GARNHAM,   b. Bef 9 Nov 1776, Thorpe le Soken, Essex d. Yes, date unknown   8. Zellah GARNHAM,   b. Bef 9 Nov 1776, Thorpe le Soken, Essex d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F205	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - possibly 1713 - Thorpe le Soken, Essex Death - Bef 13 Apr 1781 - Thorpe le Soken, Essex  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Henry Garnham's 1780 Will

  
  

  Documents

  Transcription of Henry Garnham's 1780 Will

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Thorpe-le-Soken Parish Registers at SEAX Jul 2006 and later.