Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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Robert Fretwell, of Wakefield

Merchant
Male Abt 1730 - 1795  (~ 65 years)

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  • Name Robert Fretwell 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth Abt 1730  [1] 
    Occupation Merchant 
    Death 4 Jan 1795  [1] 
    Burial 5 Jan 1795  Holy Trinity, Everton, Nottinghamshire, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Siblings 1 sister 
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2020 

    Father Robert Fretwell
              b. Between 1700 and 1705  
              d. Between 1742 and 1747 (Age ~ 42 years) 
    Mother Bridget Gylby
              b. Abt 1700  
              d. 4 Jun 1779 (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Marriage 4 Jun 1726  East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 

    Wife Elizabeth Steer
              b. 28 May 1718  
              d. 1 Jan 1795 (Age 76 years) 
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2020 

  • Notes 


    • Death
      Robert was buried1/sup> with his wife Elizabeth at Holy Trinity Everton. No children.


      Beneath
      This marble are interr'd
      The bodies of
      Robert Fretwell Esquire
      And Elizabeth his wife
      Both late of Bawtry
      In Yorkshire
      She died Jan 1st 1795
      Aged 76
      He died Jan 4th 1795
      aged 65
      They were both buried in the same grave
      Jan 5th 1795

      The closeness in death dates suggest they both died of some contagious disease.

      Footnotes
      1. https://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/everton/hmonumnt.php

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 5 Jan 1795 - Holy Trinity, Everton, Nottinghamshire, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0368] Southwell Churches, (southwellchurches.history.nottingham.ac.uk/everton/hmonumnt.php), Fretwell Memorial.

    2. [S0344] Ancestry, England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1988, (ancestry.co.uk), 4 Jun 1726, Gylby / Fretwell; Place: East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England; Date Range: 1722 - 1740; Film Number: 503811.