William was born in 1748 and christened in Bitton 30 November 1748, son of Matthew and Joyce (Evans) Ship. In 1773 he married Hannah Lintann in Bitton. They had probably seven children, Betty, Joyce, Isaac, Samuel, Hannah, Charles, and William. William the father died in Bitton 22 May 1827, age 78. He was buried at St. Mary's, Bitton, 28 May 1827.
Hannah Lintann was born in 1748 or 1749. She married William 19 April 1773 in Bitton. She died 18 April 1818, age 69, in Bitton. England Marriages 1538-1973, familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NFVF-CYN
Christening years of the children were, respectively, 1773, 1773, 1775, 1783, 1785, 1788, and unknown but born 1779-1780. William, a mason, died in 1800 in Bitton.
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familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NFVF-CYN (marriage with Hannah, 6 of children's christenings cited here)
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https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTQ1-XYC (burial)
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