Is anyone else left stunned at the ridiculousness of coincidences?
My ancestor James Odart married Joyce Plumpton in Stepney in 1739. They had two children baptised in Spitalfields in 1739 and 1740 and the IGI gives a burial for the elder child. So having checked the baptisms I searched the burials and came across several members of the family and then a burial for Joyce Odart, widow residing in the Workhouse, at Spitalfields in 1741. There hadn't been a James Odart buried between 1740 and 1741 although there was a Charles. So I began to wonder if this was an error but searched all the neighbouring parishes (relatively few at the time) and nothing turned up. I still didn't feel happy with accepting the Charles. I also wondered what Joyce was doing in the workhouse as her mother-in-law and sister-in-law were sufficiently well off enough to leave wills and seemed quite nicely off.
Then recently, I came across a marriage in 1698 in Stepney for a James Odart to a Joyce Rogers. Presumably, my Joyce lived on and the 1741 burial is the Joyce Odart ms Rogers.
But really, what are the chances of that?
My ancestor James Odart married Joyce Plumpton in Stepney in 1739. They had two children baptised in Spitalfields in 1739 and 1740 and the IGI gives a burial for the elder child. So having checked the baptisms I searched the burials and came across several members of the family and then a burial for Joyce Odart, widow residing in the Workhouse, at Spitalfields in 1741. There hadn't been a James Odart buried between 1740 and 1741 although there was a Charles. So I began to wonder if this was an error but searched all the neighbouring parishes (relatively few at the time) and nothing turned up. I still didn't feel happy with accepting the Charles. I also wondered what Joyce was doing in the workhouse as her mother-in-law and sister-in-law were sufficiently well off enough to leave wills and seemed quite nicely off.
Then recently, I came across a marriage in 1698 in Stepney for a James Odart to a Joyce Rogers. Presumably, my Joyce lived on and the 1741 burial is the Joyce Odart ms Rogers.
But really, what are the chances of that?
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