285th anniversary of the baptism of Elizabeth MARCHANT

Elizabeth was my 6th great-grandmother. Her parents were Richard MARCHANT and Mary EVETT.
She was the eldest of six children. Only one sibling survived to adulthood, her brother Jabez who was six years younger. Elizabeth was baptized 26 June 1726 in Bath, Somerset, England.

Elizabeth MARCHANT married Vickris DICKINSON 15 May 1746 in Comberwell, Wiltshire.  This seems to refer to modern day Cumberwell, near Bradford on Avon in Wiltshire. This was Vickris' second marriage; his first wife Martha Reeve left him a widow with an infant son, Caleb Dickinson (1740-1820).

Their first child, Richard was born in 1747, but died as an infant and was buried May 8, 1747. Elizabeth's mother, Mary Marchant (nee EVETT) died less than two years later. The couple's second child and our ancestor Mary Dickinson was born in 1748 and lived until 1799. Mary married Henry CRESWICKE of Hanham Court, near Bristol. Other children are Elizabeth and Richard (both died in infancy), Francis (died at the age of twelve) and Charles, who married Catherine Allingham.

Elizabeth was buried January 21, 1790 in Bristol.
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