Charles Parsons, of Bredon^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1660 - 1732  (~ 72 years)

• Name	Charles Parsons
  Relationship	with Marion Murdoch Johnson
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Abt 1660
  Death	Mar 1732
  Burial	11 Mar 1732	St Giles, Bredon, Worcestershire, England, Kingdom of Great Britain   [3]
  Siblings	1 brother
  1. John Parsons, of Kemerton           b. Abt 1653             d. 1721  (Age ~ 68 years) > 2. Charles Parsons, of Bredon           b. Abt 1660             d. Mar 1732  (Age ~ 72 years) ▻ Mary Turner,  m. 25 Apr 1689
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	John Parsons, of Kemerton           b. Abt 1629             d. Abt Jun 1704, Kemerton, Worcestershire, England (Age ~ 75 years)
  Mother	Susanna Guy           b. Abt Dec 1624, Ashchurch, Gloucestershire, England

  
  

  Wife	Mary Turner           b. Abt 1665             d. Abt Nov 1739 (Age ~ 74 years)
  Marriage	25 Apr 1689	Kemerton, Worcestershire, England   [4, 5]
  Age at Marriage	Charles was ~ 29 years old - Mary was ~ 24 years old.
  Children	1. Susannah Parsons           b. Abt Aug 1693   2. Mercy Parsons           b. Abt Jul 1703             d. 6 Feb 1777 (Age ~ 73 years)
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Early Life Charles Parsons was born c. 1660; his father was John Parsons of Kemerton in Worcestershire. He was evidently the younger son as his older brother John inherited the Kemerton properties. Family Life Charles married Mary Turner on the 25th of April 1689 at Kemerton. Details of their marriage settlement with Mary's mother and Charles' father are available at Gloucestershire Archives. They had at least three daughters, two of whom survived to adulthood: Elizabeth, b. 1691, died aged 14 in 1705 and buried at St Giles in Bredon Susannah, b. 1693 Mercy (named possibly after her maternal grandmother), b. 1703 and who married Thomas Hayward of Quedgeley in Gloucestershire in 1732 A little more detail on the daughters. Death Charles Parsons died in March 1732 and was buried on the 11th at St Giles in Bredon. His wife Mary survived him for 7 years. His daughter Mercy was named as sole executrix to his will, which was dated 17311. Minor details regarding his grave are available at GraveStonePhotos and also at Google Books. The Mercy Turner listed on the same memorial stone is his mother-in-law. Footnotes [1] https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol3/pp279-292 mentions the will of a Charles Parsons of Bredon dated 1731 [2] Susannah: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~wrag44/bredon/bredonvol1pt13.htm [3] Burial of Elisabeth and baptism of Mercy: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~wrag44/bredon/bredonvol2pt02.htm

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 25 Apr 1689 - Kemerton, Worcestershire, England Burial - 11 Mar 1732 - St Giles, Bredon, Worcestershire, England, Kingdom of Great Britain  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S0105] Bernard Burke, Burke's Landed Gentry 4th Edition, (1862-1863), 1862, Hayward of Quedgeley House; Volume 1, pages 675-676 (Reliability: 1). [S0543] Ed. T Fitz-Roy Fenwick and Walter C. Metcalfe, Visitation of the County of Gloucester, 1682-1683, (Exeter, 1884), Parsons of Kemerton; page 130. [S0071] FindMyPast, National Burial Index for England & Wales, (findmypast.co.uk), 14 Mar 1732, Charles Parsons. [S0309] FamilySearch, England Marriages, 1538–1973, (familysearch.org), Parsons / Turner; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVKK-DLQ : 12 March 2020), Charles Parsons, 1689. [S0291] Ancestry, Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813, (ancestry.co.uk), 25 Apr 1689, Parsons / Turner; Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Gloucestershire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: Gdr/V1/136a.