Dadswell Family History
Generation 6
James Dadswell (1786-1838)
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Ancestors of James Dadswell
James' story
Key family dates
Further information
Ancestors of James Dadswell
Robert Doudeswell 1560 > Robert Doudeswell 1606 > Edward Dodswell 1659 > Alexander Dodswell 1686 > Thomas Dadswell 1732 > James Dadswell 1786
James' story
James Dadswell, youngest son of Thomas and Sarah (Brown) Dadswell, was baptised on 12 March 1786.
He married Charlotte Ovenden (baptised at Mayfield in October 1788) at Mayfield on 2 June 1807. Charlotte was the daughter of William and Mary (Wood) Ovenden.
James and Charlotte lived at Noman's Hole, Mayfield, and had 10 children.
James died at Mayfield on 15 October 1838, and was buried at Rotherfield three days later. The Sussex Advertiser reported on the inquest, saying:
At Mayfield, on Monday last, on the body of James Dadswell who had fallen dead in an apoplectic fit, verdict: 'Died by the visitation of God'.
Three years later, in 1841, Charlotte was living with their son Obediah at Mayfield, in 1861 she was living at Noman's Hole as housekeeper for Jesse Ladd, and in 1871 she was at Town Row, Rotherfield, with granddaughter-in-law Isabella Bassett.
She died on 15 March 1882 at Rotherfield, with her death certificate recording her age as 99 years.
Notes:
Additional information: see Balch, Barbara, A Dadswell Family History and Genealogy, self published, Canada, 1980.
Picture: Charlotte (Ovenden) Dadswell.
Key family dates
Abbreviations: b = born; bap = baptised; bur = buried; ca = approximately; d = died; m = married.
| James Dadswell bap 12 March 1786 - died 15 October 1838 |
married 2 June 1807 |
Charlotte Ovenden bap October 1788 - died 15 March 1882 |
Children -
1. James Dadswell bap 19 Oct 1808 - d infant?
2. Mary Ann Dadswell b 15 Nov 1809 - [m Henry Heasman] - d ?
3. Obediah Dadswell bap 8 Nov 1812 - bur 8 Feb 1879
4. Amos Dadswell bap 19 Feb 1815 - bur 11 April 1815
5. Jane Hannah Dadswell b 3 Feb 1815 - [m John Bassett] - d 16 Jan 1894Jane Hannah is ancestor for a Victorian group of Bassetts - for details, see Walter Thomas Bassett6. Elizabeth Dadswell b ca 1819 [m John Wilson Briggs] - d ?
7. James Dadswell b 1820 - d 2 Jan 1890
8. Alfred Dadswell b 15 Dec 1823 - d ?
9. Thomas William Dadswell b 25 Nov 1828 - d 5 Oct 1908
10. Charles Dadswell b March 1834 - d 29 Aug 1917Charles is ancestor for a Queensland group of Dadswells - for details, see Llewellyn Dadswell
Further information
Information on Thomas William Dadswell (generation 7, ninth child of James and Charlotte Dadswell)
Information on Thomas Dadswell (generation 5, father of James Dadswell)