Peter Hunnisett

John & Mary Gosling of Chiseldon

John Gosling appears to have been born in Wiltshire in about 1771.

Mary Lewis, daughter of Jonathan and Mary, was baptised in Chiseldon, Wiltshire, on 7^th June 1772. She may have been the Mary who married John although the marriage has not yet been found and from her burial record John’s wife appears to have been born in about 1767, but ages at death are unreliable. The first two children’s baptisms name their mother as Mary Lewis.

John and Mary had the following children:

Mary Gosling of Coate, aged 58, was buried at Chiseldon on 13^th April 1826.

John Gosling of Coate, aged 62, was buried at Chiseldon on 27^th July 1834.

Of their children:

• Robert and his wife Maria had the following children baptised:

  John

  2 Mar 1823

  Crayford, Kent

  Shadrach

  19 Sep 1824

  Crayford, Kent

  Robert

  8 Jan 1826

  Crayford, Kent

  Henry Thomas

  3 Feb 1828

  Crayford, Kent

  James

  2 Dec 1829

  Crayford, Kent

  William

  23 Feb 1834

  Crayford, Kent

  Walter

  18 Dec 1836

  Bexley, Kent

  Mary

  1 Apr 1838

  Bexley, Kent

  Elizabeth

  1842

  Northfleet, Kent

  George Robert

  1844

  Northfleet, Kent

  Robert was a general dealer living in Bexley in 1841, but soon afterwards moved to Northfleet where, in 1851, he was the ‘Beer Shop Keeper’ at ‘The North Star’ in or near Providence Place. However, by 1861 he had moved to Gravesend where he was recorded as a labourer. He died there in 1864. Maria died in 1876.

• John married Mary Hitchcock in Wanborough on 24^th May 1830 and they are believed to have had the following children:

  Henry

  ca.1831

  Mary Susanna

  bap. 12 Jul 1832

  Swindon

  Maria

  bap. 24 Jul 1833

  Swindon

  William

  ca. 1834

  James

  ca. 1836

  Elizabeth

  ca. 1837

  Ellen

  ca. 1839

  Stratton St Margaret

  John

  May/June 1841

  died 1841

  John

  1842

  Stratton St Margaret

  Ruth

  2 Oct 1844

  bap.22 Oct Brookthorpe, Glos.

  Joseph

  29 Sep 1846

  bap.11 Feb 1847 Brookthorpe

  Frank/Francis

  31 Jul 1848

  bap.15 Jul 1849 Brookthorpe

  Albert

  25 Jul 1850

  bap.25 Aug Brookthorpe

  Eliza

  27 Apr 1853

  bap.26 Jun Brookthorpe

  In 1841 John was a labourer living in Stratton St Margaret. He moved to Brookthorpe in Gloucestershire and in about 1843 and in 1851 was a railway labourer. He was still working on the railway in 1861 when he was living in Cranham, Gloucestershire. He was still in Cranham in 1871 and 1881, living at the Old Black House and working as a hawker. He died in 1890 about 18 months after Mary.

• William married Hannah Uzzell in Fairford, Gloucestershire, on 22^nd May 1830 and they are known to have had the following children, all born in Badbury Wick, south of Swindon and baptised in Chiseldon:

  Ann

  2 Oct 1831

  born 8 Apr

  Mary

  17 Nov 1833

  born 10 Oct

  Ruth

  29 May 1836

  died 1865

  Elizabeth

  24 Jun 1838

  Jonathan

  2 Aug 1840

  born 28 Jun

  William

  2 Apr 1843

  born 15 Feb

  Ellen

  8 Feb 1846

  In 1841 William was recorded as a butcher but by 1851 he was farming 100 acres at Badbury Wick and employing 5 labourers.  He was farming 100 acres at Coate, Liddington, in 1861 and employing 10 men. This was probably the same farm as Coate is very close to Badbury Wick. In 1871 he was still farming in Liddington.

  Hannah died on 23^rd January 1873. William Gosling of Coate, Lyddington, aged 73, died on 18^th April 1876 and was buried at Chiseldon on 22^nd April 1876. Their headstones and one to their daughter Ruth are close together and shown below.

  

  As thy days so shall thy strength be

  In
  Affectionate
  Remembrance Of
  WILLIAM GOSLING
  (of Coate, Swindon)
  who peacefully
  departed this life
  April 18^th 1876
  Aged 73 years

  He that believeth in me, though
  He were dead, yet shall he live
  And whosoever liveth and believeth
  In me shall never die. John XI.25.26

  As thy days so shall thy strength be

  In
  Affectionate
  Remembrance Of
  HANNAH
  Wife Of
  WILLIAM GOSLING
  (of Coate, Swindon)
  who peacefully
  departed this life
  January 23^rd 1873
  Aged 72 years

  Blessed are the dead which die in
  the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith
  the Spirit, that they may rest from
  their labours; and their works do
  follow them. Revelations XIV.13

  In
  Affectionate Remembrance Of
  RUTH daughter of
  WILLIAM AND HANNAH GOSLING
  of Coate
  who died February 26^th 1865
  Aged 27 years

  Forebear dear friends, forebear to weep
  Serenely in the grave I sleep
  Tho short my life God saw it best
  To take me home with him to rest

• Jonathan Gosling of Coate, aged 28, was buried at Chiseldon on 21^st December 1834.
• Elizabeth married Thomas Adams in 1829.