SINGLETON, William - Extra Data
(member of WHITE's Party)
Death Notice (Cape Archives) says his wife was Mary HARDY and suggests that he was born ca April 1786, the son of another William SINGLETON
Nottinghamshire Archives
William SINGLETON married Mary HARDY by banns on 2 November 1804 in St.Mary the Virgin, Southwell, Nottinghamshire
William SINGLETON (signed)
Mary HARDY X
Witnesses: William ADAMS and W. SHACKLOCK
Death Notice (Cape Archives) of son John Peter SINGLETON suggests he was born 3 March 1810 in Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire Archives
Henry, son of Willm. and Mary SINGLETON, baptised 30 October 1808 in St.Mary the Virgin, Lowdham, Nottinghamshire [died 29 January 1809]
Harriot, daughter of William and Mary SINGLETON, baptised 10 December 1809 in St.Mary the Virgin, Lowdham, Nottinghamshire [died 10 March 1811]
Nottinghamshire FHS Transcriptions
John, son of Willm. and Mary SINGLETON, baptised 11 March 1810 in St.Mary, Arnold, Nottinghamshire [this is John Peter SINGLETON]
Charlotte, daughter of William and Mary SINGLETON, baptised 31 August 1812 in St.Mary, Arnold, Nottinghamshire [died prior to her father's death in 1843]
No baptism of the eldest daughter under the name Elizabeth SINGLETON (who married John FLEETWOOD on 25 Feb 1822 at the Cape) has been found. She was almost certainly the illegitimate daughter of Mary HARDY, adopted after marriage by William SINGLETON.
Nottinghamshire Archives
Elizabeth, illegitimate daughter of Mary HARDY baptised 15 October 1804 in St.Mary the Virgin, Southwell, Nottinghamshire [Mary married William SINGLETON just over two weeks later]
William SINGLETON was probably the son of William SINGLETON and Cassandra CHAPMAN, who married in in St.Mary the Virgin, Lowdham, Nottinghamshire on 14 September 1783 and baptised a son William there on 2 May 1784 (born 26 April 1784)
Eastern Province Herald 14 April 1863
DIED on the 13th inst. at the residence of Mr. FLEETWOOD, Mrs. Mary SINGLETON, widow of the late Mr. William SINGLETON, aged 89 years and 3 months.
If the above is correct then Mary HARDY was born ca January 1774
Nottinghamshire Archives
Mary, daughter of Richd. and Mary HARDY, was baptised 14 July 1776 in St.Mary the Virgin, Lowdham, Nottinghamshire
Banns of marriage between Richard HARDY and Mary BAILEY were published in St.Mary the Virgin, Lowdham, Nottinghamshire on 17th, 24th and 31st May 1772
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