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William Nix
1790
Male
Person 00003895
Born 1790 at Coveney, Cambs (HC)
Father: Thomas Nix (1757)
Mother: Ann ? (1760)
Christened 15/01/1795 at Coveney, Cambs (H)
1822 at Chatteris, Cambs (S)
Huntingdonshire Quarter Sessions records
Depositions before J.P.'s.: Statements by Mary, wife of John Barker, labourer of Somersham who said she kept a lodging house in
Somersham for travelling poor persons, accused James Franklin, an Irishman, of stealing a pair of her husband's breeches; by
William Nix of Chatteris, farmer, describing how he helped to track down Franklin, despite the lack of co-operation from the Chatteris
ferry-keeper; by Franklin who took the breeches because he had lost some laces in John Barker's house
Jan 1822
HCP/1/8 part
1826 at Somersham, Hunts (S)
James Flanders embezzled money entrusted him by William Nix, farmer
1830 at Somersham, Hunts (C)
freeholder in Coveney
Married 27/10/1830 at Chatteris, Cambs (YM)
to Mary Harrison Sewell (1808)
1836 at Chatteris, Cambs (H)
1841 at Chatteris, Cambs (C)
farmer, 45, with wife Mary and son William
1844 at Somersham, Hunts (S)
court case concerning woman transported for stealing a gown from William Nix' farming man's wife
1851 at Chatteris, Cambs (C)
farmer (789 acres), 60, wife and 2 kids, and 2 maids
1861 at Chatteris, Cambs (C)
70, farmer of 476 acres, wife and kids and 2 servants
1871 at Somersham, Hunts (C)
retired farmer, 79, wife and 3 servants
1881 at Somersham, Hunts (C)
retired farmer, 89, with wife, visitor Mary Ambrose (47, married, Somersham) and 3 servants
Died June 1881 at St Ives District, Cambs/Hunts (R)
age 90
Children
John Nix (1832)
Mary Nix (1834)
Nanette Nix (1835)
William Nix (1838)
Last updated 07/11/2023
Source Key: A=Baptist records B=Burial register C=Census F=Family H=Christening register I=IGI L=Letter M=Marriage register P=Personally known R=Registry office (certificate or index) S=Website T=Tombstone W=Will Y=Boyds marriage index
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