James Gant (1782 - 1859)

Born 1782 in Scarning, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Frances (Curson) Gant — married 29 Mar 1807 in Wighton, Norfolk, England

Descendants

Died Sep 1859 at about age 77 in Ashford, Kent, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

James was born in 1790, the son of John Gant Jane Holman James passed away in 1859. James Gant James [middle name?] Gant Born 1782 in Scarning, Norfolk, Englandmap Son of John Gant and Jane Holman [brothers or sisters?] Husband of Frances (Curson) Gant — married 29 Mar 1807 in Wighton, Norfolk, England DESCENDANTS descendants Father of James Gant, Mary Ann (Gant) Croucher, John Gant, Lydia (Gant) Curson, William Gant, Robert Henry Gant, Anne Gant, James Gant, Anne (Gant) Gurr, Margaret Ann (Gant) Mills, Harriet (Gant) Bix and Frances Gant [add child] Died Sep 1859 in Ashford, Kent, England, United Kingdom Residence 1841 • Hothfield, Kent, England

• BIRTH 1782 Scarning, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England

• DEATH Sep 1859 (aged 76–77) Ashford Borough, Kent, England

• Residence 1841 • Hothfield, Kent, England

• James married Frances Curson.

• why the whole family moved from Wighton in Norfolk to Hothfield in Kent. ??This must have been quite a difficult journey in the early 1800s!
• This is from the Norfolk Record Office:

Parish Records of Wighton, Overseers of the Poor Removal Orders Catalogue Ref: PD 553/66

• Title: Removal order: Gant, James, Frances his wife and children, Mary (13), John (11), William (9), Robert (7), Ann (5), Lydia (3), James (1)

Date: 1 Jul 1822

• Description: Removed from Wighton to Hothfield, Kent.

This might indicate that James Gant may have been born in Kent, or he may have had some other connection there. ????

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/224768633/james-gant

Sources

• "England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N6GV-1Y6 : 8 April 2020), James Gant in entry for Anne Gant, 02 Nov 1817; citing Christening, Wighton, Norfolk, England, Record Office, Central Library, Norwich; FHL microfilm 1,470,863.

England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915 England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973

Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812

Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940

• BURIAL
• St Mary the Virgin Church
• Ashford, Ashford Borough, Kent, England

• MEMORIAL ID 224768633

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/224768633/james-gant : accessed 24 May 2022), memorial page for James Gant (1782–Sep 1859), Find a Grave Memorial ID 224768633, citing St Mary the Virgin Church, Ashford, Ashford Borough, Kent, England ; Maintained by Rita Kidd nee HORE (contributor 47791228) .