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Ancestors of Adam Luke John BASTON of Andover, Hampshire, UK
Notes
512.
Jonathan BASTON
1777 Mentioned in his uncle Jonathan Baston's will
1817 Mentioned in brother Francis' will (both a John & Jonathan are
separately mentioned)
576.
Jonathan (John) MAY OR STEVENS
Initially the only reason I found for the "Stevens or May" on
his marriage to Mary Whale is that at about this time in Hadlow, Richard May
was looking for heirs to his fortune which eventually went to the Barton
family of Hadlow when John Barton married Jane May the daughter of Thomas
May, (Richard's son) and their son Walter Barton had to assume the surname
of May to inherit the fortune, this he did, becoming Walter Barton May. So
perhaps he was a bit of chancer and hoped something would rub off?
I have now found a John May baptised to John May & Ann Stevens in 1733,
it would appear that John & Anne married in the notorious Fleet Prison area
of London which was famed for its illegal & bigamous marriages, so perhaps
John/Jonathan wasn't sure of his surname or he may have been born before
they married and was baptised later?
(Note: ID: Merged with a record that used the ID RIN1152>2+3. BIRTH
RITE: Another possible is Christening 9 Aug 1730, St Peter & St Paul's
Church, Shoreham, Kent).
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