{"id":6292,"date":"2020-09-22T11:44:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T01:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/?page_id=6292"},"modified":"2020-09-23T15:19:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T05:19:14","slug":"richard-croxford-and-elisabeth-house","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.michelledennis.com.au\/?page_id=6292","title":{"rendered":"Richard Croxford and Elisabeth House"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard Croxford<\/strong> was born in 1708 in Aston Rowant to parents John Croxford (1677-1735) and Dorothy Weller (1679-1735).<\/a><\/p>\n

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St Peter and St Paul, Aston Rowant<\/p><\/div>\n

Richard was baptised at St Peter and St Paul in Aston Rowant on 18 April 1708.<\/p>\n

Richard was one of 8 children born to the couple.<\/p>\n

Richard was a blacksmith in Aston Rowant, like his father John before him.<\/p>\n

At the age of 33 on 20 August 1741, Richard married 27 year old Elizabeth House<\/strong> at Aston Rowant.<\/p>\n

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St Leonards Watlington<\/p><\/div>\n

Elizabeth was born in 1714 in nearby Watlington, Oxfordshire, the daughter of Robert and Mary House.<\/p>\n

She was baptised at Watlington on 18 February 1714.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth was one of seven children born to the couple.<\/p>\n

Richard and Elizabeth had the following children –<\/p>\n

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  1. Richard b 1741 & d 1815 Aston Rowant, marr Sarah Nellum. 8 children.<\/li>\n
  2. Elizabeth<\/strong> <\/a>b 1744 & d 1829 Aston Rowant, marr Robert Rixon. 4 children.<\/li>\n
  3. Robert b 1746 & d 1815 Aston Rowant, marr Sarah Cleydon, 2 children.<\/li>\n
  4. Mary b 1748 & d 1812 Asto Rowant, marr Mathew Badger<\/li>\n
  5. John b 1751 & d 1822 Aston Rowant, marr Hannah Green, 4 children. John’s son Francis 1791-1845 married Mary Britnell, sister to my Maria Britnell<\/a>. Francis and Mary’s son James Croxford immigrated to Australia in 1844 and died in Violet Town, Victoria, Australia in 1893.<\/li>\n
  6. James b 1753 d 1822 Aston Rowant marr Martha Rixon, 3 children.<\/li>\n
  7. Mabel b 1756 & d 1834 Aston Rowant, unmarried.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Note – there are two James Croxfords born in Aston Rowant around the same time. One of them married Martha Rixon (daughter of my Harry Rixon & Mary Littlepage<\/a>) on 17 Oct 1775 in Aston Rowant. I assume it is James, son of Richard above.<\/p>\n