Joseph GODFREY

1829 - 7th Jun 18866

farmer of 65 acres with two labourers5

Life History

1829	Born in North Petherton, Somerset
6th Jun 1841	Recorded in census in West Yeo, Somerset (West Yeo, North Petherton, Somerset).1
between Apr 1850 and Jun 1850	Married Amelia HOUSE in Bridgwater District, Somerset
1851	Birth of son Richard GODFREY in West Yeo, Somerset
30th Mar 1851	Occupation farmer of 30 acres in North Petherton, Somerset.2
30th Mar 1851	Recorded in census in North Petherton, Somerset.2
Jul 1853	Birth of son Walter GODFREY in West Yeo, Somerset
15th Oct 1853	Death of Amelia HOUSE in Burrowbridge, Somerset
1854	Resident in North Petherton, Somerset
7th Apr 1861	Occupation farmer of 85 acres employing 2 men and 1 boy in North Petherton, Somerset.3
7th Apr 1861	Recorded in census in North Petherton, Somerset (West Yeo, Somerset).3
25th May 1869	Married Mary GODFREY in Burrowbridge, Somerset.6 Both Joseph and Mary signed the register. Joseph and Mary were cousins. They were married by licence and the officiating minister was Henry Roberts. The witnesses were Sophia Gale Mursfors?, Thomas Burston, Richard Godfrey and Walter Godfrey.
25th May 1869	Occupation yeoman in Burrowbridge, Somerset.2
2nd Apr 1871	Occupation farmer in North Petherton, Somerset.4
2nd Apr 1871	Recorded in census in North Petherton, Somerset (Farm House, North Moor Green, Somerset).4
3rd Apr 1881	Occupation farmer of 65 acres with two labourers in West Yeo, Somerset.5
3rd Apr 1881	Recorded in census in West Yeo, Somerset.5
7th Jun 1886	Died in West Yeo, Somerset.6 Gravestone in Burrowbridge
12th Jun 1886	Buried in Burrowbridge, Somerset Ceremony performed by Edwin Goodson. Gravestone in Burrowbridge Graveyard "IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOSEPH GODFREY THE TENDERLY LOVED HUSBAND OF MARY GODFREY OF WEST YEO WHO DIED JUNE 7TH 1886 AGED 57 YEARS ALAS HE'S GONE, A HUSBAND DEAR A FATHER KIND, A FRIEND SINCERE WE MOURN HIS LOSS, BUT HOPE TO MEET IN HEAVEN ABOVE IN UNION SWEET." .

Notes

Will of Thomas Godfrey (approx1780-1855) - DD/ED 264/557

1 This is the last Will and Testament of me Thomas Godfrey of Ryalls
2 within the Parish of Lyng in the County of Somerset Yeoman I give to my son William
3 Godfrey the sum of twenty pounds I give to my son James Godfrey the sum of twenty
4 pounds I give to my daughter Eliza Wills the wife of Richard Wills of Bridgwater
5 in the said County of Somerset Gardener the sum of twenty pounds I give to my
6 daughter Amy Chinn the wife of Alfred Chinn of Weston Zoyland in the said
7 County Butcher the sum of twenty pounds all which before mentioned legacies I direct
8 shall be paid by my executors within twelve months next after my decease and to be
9 in addition to what I have given my said sons and daughters in my lifetime I
10 give to my Grandson Henry Foster son of Henry Foster of North Curry in the said
11 County Butcher the sum of ten pounds to be paid to him by my executor on his attaining
12 the age of twenty one years and thereby charge and make liable the whole of my real
13 estate with the payment of all the before mentioned legacies all my real estate wheresoever
14 situate and also all the rest and residue of my personal estate I give devise and bequeath
15 unto my two sons Job Godfrey and Joseph Godfrey their Heirs executors and adminis-
16 trators in equal [ ] as Tenants in Common and not Joint Tenants subject never
17 theless to the payment of the before mentioned legacies my just debts funeral and
18 testamentary expenses And it is my Will and Thereby declare that the shares of my
19 said sons Job Godfrey and Joseph Godfrey in my said real and personal estate shall be
20 altogether independent of any sum of sums of money, goods, Cattle and chattels
21 I may have given either of them in my lifetime and the same is not in any way
22 to be taken into the account of my personal estate and effects I appoint my said
23 sons Job Godfrey and Joseph Godfrey joint executors of this my Will In Witness whereof
24 I have hereunto set my hand this twenty seventh day of February in the year of our
25 Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
26 Thomas Godfrey
27 Signed and published by the above named Thomas Godfrey the Testator as and for
27 his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time who in
28 his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our
29 names as witnesses
30 L Daniel Taunton Albert Williams of the same place

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Sources

1. UK Census 1841
2. UK Census 1851
3. UK Census 1861
- Ancestry.co.uk
4. UK Census 1871
- Ancestry.co.uk
5. UK Census 1881
- Ancestry.co.uk
6. Freebmd
- http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/