Joseph Butson & Joan Vicary: Brompton Regis 1700's

Research note by Wesley Johnston, begun 6 Dec 2018, last updated 6 Dec 2018

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Overview

Multiple Brompton Regis (Somerset, England) records of Joseph BUTSON and/or Joan VICARY present a confusing picture of these two people and their relatives. This research note presents the records, identifies the known information and conflicts in possible interprestations of the situation and reaches a working conclusion, subject to revision if future information merits such revision.

The Records

In chronological order, these Brompton Regis include Joseph BUTSON and/or Joan VICARY or possible relatives.

1754

10-20 -- baptism of Joseph BUTSON, illegitimate son of Joseph BUTSON and Joan VICARY ( www.ancestry.com/interactive/60856/42886_1831115184_0623-00014/3356743 )

1756

04-26 -- baptism of Thomas BUTSON, illegitimate son of Joseph BUTSON and Joan VICARY ( www.ancestry.com/interactive/60856/42886_1831115184_0623-00016/3356778 )

06-27 -- burial of infant Joseph BUTSON ( www.ancestry.com/interactive/60856/42886_1831115184_0624-00050/3157307 AND www.ancestry.com/interactive/60856/42886_1831109331_0445-00161/3436158 )

1757

01-23 -- Marriage of John VICARY, of Dluverton, single man, and Joan MIDDLETON, of this parish, spinster ( www.ancestry.com/interactive/60858/42886_1831109331_0445-00015 )

1775

11-27 -- Marriage of widower Joseph BUTSON, sojourner, and widow Joan VICARY, of this parish ( www.ancestry.com/interactive/60858/42886_1831109331_0445-00037/903435040 )

1792

04-15 -- Burial of widow Joan BUTSON, age 78 ( www.ancestry.com/interactive/60856/42886_1831109331_0445-00152/3435769 )

Known Information

The records support the following facts.

Joan VICARY

There may have been three separate women named Joan VICARY.

Wife of Joseph BUTSON

She died 1792 at age 78, making her birth year about 1714.

When she married Joseph BUTSON in 1775, she was the widow Joan VICARY of the parish of Brompton Regis. The record does not include her maiden name nor the name of her first husband.

Mother of Joseph BUTSON and Thomas BUTSON

She was known as Joan VICARY in 1754 and 1756.

Wife of John VICARY

Prior to 1757, her maiden name was Joan MIDDLETON of the parish of Brompton Regis.

Joseph BUTSON

There may have been two separate men named Joseph BUTSON.

Father of Joseph and Thomas

Nothing is known other than his name and that in 1754 and 1756, he fathered two illegitimate sons by a woman named Joan VICARY.

Huband of Joan widow VICARY

Joseph BUTSON was a sojourner at the time of his 1775 marriage with Joan widow VICARY. Thus he was not from Brompton Regis. He was a widower at the time of his 1775 marriage. Thus he had a prior wife. The record does not include his home parish nor the name of his first wife.

Avoiding Possible Mis-Interpretations

Confusion of Multiple Joan VICARYs

The records show that the Joan VICARY who bore the sons Joseph BUTSON and Thomas BUTSON in 1754 and 1756 was not the Joan MIDDLETON VICARY who married John VICARY in 1757.