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Family of Henry MEECHAM and Elizabeth RITCHINS

Husband: Henry MEECHAM (1764?-1849)
Wife: Elizabeth RITCHINS (1776-1844)
Children: John MEECHAM (1792-1823)
Henry Thomas MEECHAM (1794-1867)
Anne MEECHAM (1796- )
William MEECHAM (1798-1849)
Fanny MEECHAM (1809?-1895)
James MEECHAM (1809- )
Maria MEECHAM (1813?-1813)
Thomas MEECHAM (1813-1892?)

Husband: Henry MEECHAM

Name: Henry MEECHAM
Sex: Male
Father: Henry MEECHAM (1740?-1787)
Mother: Elizabeth ASHLEY (1743-1780)
Birth 1764 (app) Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Death 16 Jan 1849 (age 84-85) Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England.
Census 1841 (age 76-77) Bisley, Gloucestershire.
Residence 1841 (age 76-77) Daneway, Bisley, Gloucestershire
Christening 8 Aug 1768 (age 3-4) Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Burial 24 Jan 1849 (age 84-85) Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England.
Cause of Death (Facts Pg) 16 Jan 1849 (age 84-85) Having been suffering apparently from English Cholera Died by Visitation of God

Wife: Elizabeth RITCHINS

Name: Elizabeth RITCHINS
Sex: Female
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth 1776 Unresearched or unknown?
Death 9 Feb 1844 (age 67-68) Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England.
Census 1841 (age 64-65) Bisley, Gloucestershire.
Residence 1841 (age 64-65) Bisley, Gloucestershire.
Burial 15 Mar 1844 (age 67-68) Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England.
Cause of Death (Facts Pg) 9 Feb 1844 (age 67-68) Infirmity

Child 1: John MEECHAM

Name: John MEECHAM
Sex: Male
Spouse: SOPHIA (1791-1854)
Birth 6 Mar 1792 Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Death Sep 1823 (age 31) Frampton, Gloucestershire, England.
Christening 14 Feb 1794 (age 1) Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Burial 22 Sep 1823 (age 31) Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England.

Child 2: Henry Thomas MEECHAM

Name: Henry Thomas MEECHAM
Sex: Male
Spouse: Rachel PHELPS (1797-1836)
Birth 1794 Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Death 1867 (age 72-73) Workhouse, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Census (1) 1841 (age 46-47) Stroat, Tidenham, Gloucestershire
Census (2) 1851 (age 56-57) Coates, Gloucestershire, England.
Census (3) 1861 (age 66-67) Rodmarton, Gloucestershire, England.
Residence (1) 1841 (age 46-47) The Hamlet of Stroat.
Residence (2) 1851 (age 56-57) Coates, Gloucestershire, England.
Residence (3) 1861 (age 66-67) Rodmarton, Gloucestershire, England.
Christening 14 Feb 1794 (age 0) Cirencester, Gloucestershire.

Child 3: Anne MEECHAM

Name: Anne MEECHAM
Sex: Female
Birth 1796 Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England
Death Unresearched or unknown?
Christening 24 Apr 1796 (age 0) Sapperton Gloucestershire

Child 4: William MEECHAM

Name: William MEECHAM
Sex: Male
Spouse: Mary Eleanor COOKE (1801-1854)
Birth 1798 Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England
Death 6 Nov 1849 (age 50-51) Fulcomb, Bisley, Gloucestershire, England.
Census 1841 (age 42-43) Bisley, Gloucestershire.
Residence (1) 1841 (age 42-43) Puck Mill, Bisley, Gloucestershire
Residence (2) 6 Nov 1849 (age 50-51) Fulcomb, Bisley, Gloucestershire, England.
Christening 29 Jul 1798 (age 0) Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England.
Burial 14 Nov 1849 (age 50-51) Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England
Cause of Death (Facts Pg) 6 Nov 1849 (age 50-51) Cholera 5 Days

Child 5: Fanny MEECHAM

Name: Fanny MEECHAM
Sex: Female
Spouse: Job WHITING (1799-1869)
Birth 1809 (app) Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England
Death 1895 (age 85-86) Stroud, Gloucestershire, England
Christening 25 Dec 1809 (age 0) Sapperton Gloucestershire

Child 6: James MEECHAM

Name: James MEECHAM
Sex: Male
Birth 1809 Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England
Death Unresearched or unknown?
Christening 25 Dec 1809 (age 0) Sapperton Gloucestershire

Child 7: Maria MEECHAM

Name: Maria MEECHAM
Sex: Female
Birth 1813 (app) Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England
Death 5 Feb 1813 (age 0) Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England
Christening 31 Jan 1813 (age 0) St Kenelm, Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England.

Child 8: Thomas MEECHAM

Name: Thomas MEECHAM
Sex: Male
Spouse: Eliza HUNT (1816?- )
Birth 2 Jan 1813 Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England
Death 1892 (app) (age 78-79) Gloucestershire
Christening 31 Jan 1813 (age 0) St Kenelm, Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England.
Census (1) 1841 (age 27-28) Coates, Gloucestershire, England
Census (2) 1851 (age 37-38) Sapperton, Gloucestershire, England.
Residence (1) 1841 (age 27-28) Round House, Coates, Gloucestershire, England
Residence (2) 1851 (age 37-38) Througham Slad, Gloucestershire, England

Note on Husband: Henry MEECHAM - shared note

The 1841 census return also shows Sophia Meecham aged 15 at this address who could be Sophia Meecham daughter of John Meecham and Sophia. Granddaughter to Henry and Elizabeth.

 

Details of the theft of Henry and Elizabeths life savings by their Grandsons:

 

George Meecham, aged 15, and Henry W Meecham, aged 20, were charged with stealing, at Sapperton, on 8th July, thirty seven sovereigns, the property of Henry Meecham.

 

This was a cruel and unnatural robbery. The prosecutor and his wife are a very aged couple and the money stolen was the savings of a long life.

 

The prisoners were their grand- children, and on the day in question, they visited the old people, and shortly after they had gone away, the box which contained the money was found to be broken in pieces, and the money gone.

 

Information of this robbery having been given to the Police, the prisoners were apprehended in a beer shop, at Stroud, when thirty three sovereigns and some shillings were found upon one of them, and some coppers on the other.

 

The money was given to the committing magistrates, and will be returned to the aged couple.

 

Verdict Guilty; Seven months hard labour.

 

Source Gloucester Journal July 22nd 1843

 

 

Listed as aged 84 years old at time of death which was recorded 2 months and 4 days after the event. The informant was John G Ball Coroner.

Note on Wife: Elizabeth RITCHINS - shared note

Elizabeth death was registered by Sophia Dix