Josias Bashford 1800 - 1880

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 Grinyer in Sompting Sussex. Frances was the eldest child of Samuel Grinyer 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 1894 Married William Lidbetter 1848. 
• Mary Ann Bashford Born 1833. Died 1843.
• Hannah Bashford Born 1835. Died 1843.
• 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, Sompting
• 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 West 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 on 2 May 1825 and baptised there on 19 Jun 1825. He is living with the family at the time of the 1841 census. He marries Mary Ann Gilham on 31 August 1845 at Brighton. They had 7 children -  Samuel Gabrial, Jane Gilliam, Henry Gilliam, Martha, Elizabeth, Fanny, Edward May. The family were living in Lancing in 1851 before moving to Brighton where they were living in 1861 and 1871. We have no confirmed date of death for Samuel, and we can find no record of him after the 1871 census. There is a Samuel Bashford who is convicted of Larceny in 1881 and sentenced to 12 months hard labour, but we havent confirmed that this is our Samuel. There is also a Samuel Bashford in the Electoral Rolls for Brighton from 1883 thru to 1905, but Samuel does not appear in the Census for that period.
• Elizabeth Sara Bashford
  • Born in Sompting on October 5 1829 and was baptised there on 18 Oct 1829. She was living with the family at the time of the 1841 census.  In Jun 1848 she married William Lidbetter in Sompting. They had 11 children.  The family were living in Worthing in 1851 before moving to Hove where they remained until her death in 1894.
• Mary Ann Bashford
  • Born 14 November 1833 and was baptised there on 22 December 1833. She was living with her family at the time of the 1841 census. She dies at age 10 and is buried in Sompting on June 7 1843. 
• Hannah Bashford
  • Born on 5 May 1835 and was baptised there on 28 Jun 1835. She was living with her family at the time of the 1841 census. She dies at age 8 and is buried in Sompting on Jun 1 1843.
• 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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