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Josias Bashford 1800 - 1880

Josias Bashford was born in September 1800 in Sompting Sussex. He was christened there on 12 October 1800. He was the third son and sixth child of of Josiah Bashford and Sarah Moone.

Josias was born after the family had been settled from Billinghurst into Sompting in 1792. 

On November 16 1822 Josias married Frances Greenyer in Sompting Sussex. Frances was the eldest child of Samuel Greenyer and Elizabeth Austin.

Between 1823 and 1847 Josias and Frances had twelve (12) children (six boys and six girls). All of the children were born and christened in Sompting.

• Josias Bashford Born 1823. Died ?1895. Married Elizabeth Riddles 1842
• Samuel Bashford Born 1825. Died ?.  Married Mary Ann Gilham 1845 
• Elizabeth Sara Bashford Born 1829. Died ? Married William Lidbetter 1848 
• Mary Ann Bashford Born 1833. Died ?
• Hannah Bashford Born 1835. Died ?
• Phillip Bashford Born 1837. Died 1897. Married Charlotte Burton 1872 
• Caroline Bashford Born 1839. Died ?
• George William Bashford Born 1840. Died 1893.  Married Sarah Anne Starkey Fullelove 1866
• Jenny Bashford Born 1842.  Died ?
• Charles Bashford Born 1844.  Died 1891. Married Amy Humphrey 1866
• Reuben Bashford Born 1845.  Died 1904. Married Susan Streeter 1869
• Eleanor Bashford Born 1847. Died ?

The children baptismal records indicate that up to about 1830 Josias is working as thatcher, and living in Cokeham. It is with Mary Ann's birth in 1833 that he is first recorded as a gardener. The census records indicate that over the next 40 years the family became increasingly prosperous :

• 1841 Census - Josias is recorded as a Gardener and the family is recorded as living on Sompting St, New Shoreham
• 1851 Census - Josias is recorded as a Gardener of 4 acres employing 2 men and the family is still living Sompting St, Sompting
• 1861 Census - Josias is recorded as a market gardener employing 3 people and the family was living at 20 High St West Tarring
• 1871 Census - Josias is recorded as a market gardener of 15 acres employing 7 men and 3 boys. and the family is living at 24 South St, West Tarring

Josias died from emphysemia and bronchitis on 24 May 1880 in East PrestonWest Tarring, Sussex, he was buried int he St Andrews Churchyard at West Tarring on 28 May 1880.

It appears that after his death the family business was passed on to his son Charles and potentially his daughter Eleanor who are recorded in the 1881 census as follows

• Charles Bashford - High St, West Tarring - Market Gardener of 25 acres - employing 8 men and 3 boys
• Eleanor Bashford - 111 North Ste, West Tarring - Market Gardener of 6 ½ acres employing 7 men and 2 boys 

In terms of his children

• Josias Bashford - See separate biography
• Samuel Bashford
  • Born in Sompting in 1825. Died ?.  Married Mary Ann Gilham 1845 
• Elizabeth Sara Bashford
  • Born 1829. Died ? Married William Lidbetter 1848 
• Mary Ann Bashford
  • Born 1833. Died ?
• Hannah Bashford
  • Born 1835. Died ?
• Phillip Bashford
  • Born 1837. Died 1897. Married Charlotte Burton 1872 
• Caroline Bashford
  • Born 1839. Died ?
• George William Bashford - See separate biography
• Jenny Bashford
  • Born 1842.  Died ?
• Charles Bashford
  • Born 1844.  Died 1891. Married Amy Humphrey 1866
• Reuben Bashford - See separate biography
  • Born 1845.  Died 1904. Married Susan Streeter 1869
  • Reuben to Queensland / Northern NSW after 1871 and worked on his brothers railway contact
• Eleanor Bashford Born 1847. Died ?

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