John Haviland (1720 - 1802)

Ancestors

Son of Edward Haviland and Mary (Clatworthy) Haviland

Descendants

Died 19 Mar 1802 at age 81 in Bridgwater, Somerset, England

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Biography

John Haviland was baptised on the 25th of September 1719 at Wellington, Somerset, England, a son of Edward Haviland and Mary his wife. ^[1].

He married 4 Jun 1753 to Ann Veal, from Bridgwater ^[2]
His wife Ann died in early 1758 and was buried on the 18th of January at St Mary, Bridgwater, Somerset, England. ^[3]

He married secondly to Anne Prior.

Dr. John Haviland, Esq., inherited the estate of Gundenham Manor from his cousin Mary Haviland in 1792. The Will of Mary Haviland of Gundenham in Langford Budville, spinster, was written on the 27 th of October 1791 and proved at .Taunton on the 1st of December 1792. ^[4]

He was a surgeon.

John Haviland died 19 Mar 1802.^[5]

The Will of John Haviland Esq. of Bridgwater was proved on the 11th of November 1802. ^[6]

Sources

Footnotes

1. ↑ Baptism: Wellington regiister image viewable here ; Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\wel/2/1/1 Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812 Author Ancestry.com Note Anglican Parish Registers. Somerset Archives & Local Studies, South West Heritage Trust, Taunton, England.
2. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\ble/2/1/1 Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812 Author Ancestry.com Note Anglican Parish Registers. Somerset Archives & Local Studies, South West Heritage Trust, Taunton, England.
3. ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\bw.m/2/1/5 Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812 Author Ancestry.com Note Anglican Parish Registers. Somerset Archives & Local Studies, South West Heritage Trust, Taunton, England.
4. ↑ Somerset Heritage Centre catalogue number: DD\SAS\C/795/HV/44 Nation Archive Discovery catalogue entry
5. ↑ Secondary:de Havilland, John von Sonntag. A Chronicle of the Ancient and Noble Norman Family of De Havilland, originally of Haverland, in the Cotentin Normandy, now of Guernsey. The Mekeel Press, 1895.
6. ↑ The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 1383

Documentation

• DNA:Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. William Arthur Haviland and Christopher Sirmons Haviland match on 40 out of 43 markers (see kits H1551 and H1015 at FamilyTreeDNA) thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA Christopher de Havilland. See The Haviland - de Havilland YDNA Project.