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  • Name John Biggers  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 23 Jun 1827  Hailey, Oxfordhshire County, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Occupation 27 Oct 1830  Oxfordshire County, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    wool stapler 
    Occupation 28 Aug 1835  [4] 
    wool stapler 
    Occupation 31 Jul 1856  [5] 
    woolstapler 
    _UID 8051C2B162184A898288A8A7672F8A9DA782 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I1166  Paul's Genealogy Tree
    Last Modified 11 Apr 2015 

    Family Rachel Shorter,   b. 1809, Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1884, Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 23 Jun 1827  Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • St. Mary's parish
    Children 
     1. Henry Biggers,   b. 1827, Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1904, Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     2. John Biggers,   c. 22 Feb 1829, Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 27 Sep 1850, Hailey, Oxfordhshire County, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 21 years)
     3. Elizabeth Biggers,   c. 27 Oct 1830, Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 24 Oct 1853  (Age ~ 22 years)
     4. Sarah Steed Biggers,   c. 27 Jul 1832, Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 26 Mar 1833, Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     5. Sarah Biggers,   c. 4 Feb 1834, Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 14 Feb 1834  (Age ~ 0 years)
     6. Jane Biggers,   c. 28 Aug 1835, Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 10 Sep 2006 
    Family ID F373  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 23 Jun 1827 - Hailey, Oxfordhshire County, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 23 Jun 1827 - Witney, Oxfordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - wool stapler - 27 Oct 1830 - Oxfordshire County, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • (Research):Interesting story of a John Biggers who unknowingly purchased stolen wool from thieves.
      An article was published in the Reading Mercury, July 18, 1831. [7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S448] UK Oxfordshire Parish Registers - Witney (CD), Oxfordshire Family History Society, (Oxfordshire Family History Society 1994-2003 http://www.ofhs.org.uk/index.html Oxfordshire Family History Society; c/o Miss Angela E. Wood 40 Kersington Cresent Cowley Oxford, OX4 3RJ United Kingdom See also: http://www.ofhs.org.uk/whoswho.html Phone: 01865 718723 Email: AngeWd1@aol.com), St. Mary parish registers, Marriages, page 133 (Reliability: 3), 23 Aug 2006.
      Year: 1827
      Date: 23 Jun
      Husband: BIGGERS
      H_Forename: John
      Birth: Hailey
      Wife: SHORTER
      W_forename: Rachel
      Birth: Hailey
      The Blue Coat School in Narrow Hill, West End, Witney      		 The Blue Coat School in Narrow Hill, West End, Witney
      Source:
      http://www.witneyblanketstory.org.uk/WBP.asp?navigationPage=School
      St. Mary registers, burials      		 St. Mary parish registers, burials
      Whitney1585m.pdf      		 St. Mary parish register, marriages
      See page 152


    2. [S448] UK Oxfordshire Parish Registers - Witney (CD), Oxfordshire Family History Society, (Oxfordshire Family History Society 1994-2003 http://www.ofhs.org.uk/index.html Oxfordshire Family History Society; c/o Miss Angela E. Wood 40 Kersington Cresent Cowley Oxford, OX4 3RJ United Kingdom See also: http://www.ofhs.org.uk/whoswho.html Phone: 01865 718723 Email: AngeWd1@aol.com), St. Mary parish registers, Marriages, page 133 (Reliability: 3), 23 Aug 2006.
      Year: 1827
      Date: 23 Jun
      Husband: BIGGERS
      H_Forename: John
      Birth: Hailey
      Wife: SHORTER
      W_forename: Rachel
      Birth: Hailey
      St. Mary registers, burials      		 St. Mary parish registers, burials
      Hailey.pdf      		 Hailey parish register
      See page 22
      Whitney1585m.pdf      		 St. Mary parish register, marriages
      See page 152


    3. [S448] UK Oxfordshire Parish Registers - Witney (CD), Oxfordshire Family History Society, (Oxfordshire Family History Society 1994-2003 http://www.ofhs.org.uk/index.html Oxfordshire Family History Society; c/o Miss Angela E. Wood 40 Kersington Cresent Cowley Oxford, OX4 3RJ United Kingdom See also: http://www.ofhs.org.uk/whoswho.html Phone: 01865 718723 Email: AngeWd1@aol.com), St. Mary parish regsiters, baptisms, page 350 (Reliability: 3), 9 Sep 2006.
      1830 27 Oct BIGGERS Elizabeth d. John & Rachel, Wool Stapler
      St. Mary registers, burials      		 Witney parish registers, burials
      St. Mary parish registers      		 St. Mary parish registers, baptisms


    4. [S448] UK Oxfordshire Parish Registers - Witney (CD), Oxfordshire Family History Society, (Oxfordshire Family History Society 1994-2003 http://www.ofhs.org.uk/index.html Oxfordshire Family History Society; c/o Miss Angela E. Wood 40 Kersington Cresent Cowley Oxford, OX4 3RJ United Kingdom See also: http://www.ofhs.org.uk/whoswho.html Phone: 01865 718723 Email: AngeWd1@aol.com), St. Mary parish registers, baptisms, page 362 (Reliability: 3), 9 Sep 2006.
      1835 28 Aug BIGGERS Jane d. John & Rachel, Wool Stapler
      St. Mary registers, burials      		 Witney parish registers, burials
      St. Mary parish registers      		 St. Mary parish registers


    5. [S448] UK Oxfordshire Parish Registers - Witney (CD), Oxfordshire Family History Society, (Oxfordshire Family History Society 1994-2003 http://www.ofhs.org.uk/index.html Oxfordshire Family History Society; c/o Miss Angela E. Wood 40 Kersington Cresent Cowley Oxford, OX4 3RJ United Kingdom See also: http://www.ofhs.org.uk/whoswho.html Phone: 01865 718723 Email: AngeWd1@aol.com), St. Mary parish registers, marriages, page 193 (Reliability: 3), 10 Sep 2006.
      1856 31 Jul ROBINSON George fa, ba, Stonesfield, farmer, s. John, farmer
      BIGGERS Jane mi(20), sp, Hailey, d. John, woolstapler

      mi=minor (under 21)
      ba=bachelor
      sp=spinster
      St. Mary registers, burials      		 Witney parish registers, burials
      Whitney1585m.pdf      		 St. Mary parish registers, marriages
      See page 152


    6. [S448] UK Oxfordshire Parish Registers - Witney (CD), Oxfordshire Family History Society, (Oxfordshire Family History Society 1994-2003 http://www.ofhs.org.uk/index.html Oxfordshire Family History Society; c/o Miss Angela E. Wood 40 Kersington Cresent Cowley Oxford, OX4 3RJ United Kingdom See also: http://www.ofhs.org.uk/whoswho.html Phone: 01865 718723 Email: AngeWd1@aol.com), St. Mary parish registers, Marriages, page 133 (Reliability: 3), 23 Aug 2006.
      Year: 1827
      Date: 23 Jun
      Husband: BIGGERS
      H_Forename: John
      Birth: Hailey
      Wife: SHORTER
      W_forename: Rachel
      Birth: Hailey
      Watertown Daily Times      		 Watertown Daily Times
      Whitney1585m.pdf      		 St. Mary parish register, marriages
      See page 152


    7. [S1309] Reading Mercury, Oxfordshire. Oxford., "Berkshire Assizes - Abingdon, July 11," July 18, 1831, col. 2; digital images, \i FindMyPast.com\i0 (Reliability: 3), 11 Apr 2015.
      John Palmer and John Wheeler were put to the bar, charged with stealing two sacks of wool from the warehouse of Mr. George Jackson, at Abingdon, in MArch last. - It appeared that the wool was all right on the 1st of March, but that on the next morning it was missed. The prisoners were seen on the turnpike roadr leading to Witney, each carrying a sack of wool, and John Biggers, of Witney, proved buying the same of them. The wool was identified, and the prisoners were founf guilty. [Evidence was given of two former convictions of Pahner: at Abingdon in 1824, and in Oxford in 1826.] - The prisoners were them tried on an indictment for breaking into a warehouse and stealing wool on the 27th of February last, the property of George Jackson; but there being no evidence against Palmer his Lordship directed an acquittal. Wheeler was found guilty of stealing the wool, but not with breaking into the warehouse. --John Palmer was then tried and convicted on an indictment for stealing wool from the boat-house in Sutton Wick, in February last. - Palmer was sentenced to transportation for life, and Wheeler for fourteen years.
      Article from the Reading Mercury, July 18, 1831.      		 Article from the Reading Mercury, July 18, 1831.
      Article from the Reading Mercury, July 18, 1831. John Biggers unknowingly buys stolen wool from thieves.
      Image source: http://findmypast.co.uk
      Article from the Reading Mercury, July 18, 1831      		 Article from the Reading Mercury, July 18, 1831
      Article from the Reading Mercury, July 18, 1831. John Biggers unknowingly buys stolen wool from thieves.
      Image source: http://findmypast.co.uk
      St. Mary registers, burials      		 Witney parish registers, burials