Richard MARCHANT 1703-1774 married Mary EVETT 1704-1748, daughter of William Evett, glover of Worcester, and his wife Elizabeth WOOD, in Worcester. Both the bride and groom were Quakers. They were young when they married: Richard was 19, Mary 18.
The couple baptized six children. Two lived to be adults: Elizabeth, my 6th great-grandmother, who married Vikris Dickinson, and her younger brother Jabez.
According to Bath 1680-1850: a social history, when Richard died in Redland, near Bath, 1774 his net worth was in excess of thirty thousand pounds. He owned substantial real estate in Bath, and played a key role in financing the construction of the Royal Crescent and the Circus.
"His many amiable and good qualities... he was an affectionate, endearing husband and parent; humane and generous to the distressed; hospitable to his friends; and was constantly employed in rendering acts of benevolence to those who stood in need of assistance."
Geocaches:
Hot Springs - Bath Earthcache
The first king of England (Bath) Virtual
The Circus Mystery cache
Royal Crescent (Bath, NE Somerset)
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