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John Wesson (Weston) and Sarah Morris © Believed to be the son of David Wesson and his wife Maria (nee Webb), John was baptised in St James the Great Parish Church, Marston Sicca, Gloucestershire on the 27th January, 17201. Approximately 8km south-south-west of Stratford-upon-Avon and surrounded by the Counties of Warwickshire and Worcestershire, Marston Sicca, or Long Marston, was from 1894 to 1931 a rural district in the administrative county of Gloucestershire, England. In 1931 the boundaries of the three counties were adjusted and the rural district was abolished and its area transferred to Warwickshire and is part of the Parish of Long Marston which is known as one of the ‘Shakespeare villages’. William Shakespeare is said to have joined a party of Stratford folk which set itself to outdrink a drinking club at Bidford-on-Avon, and as a result fell asleep under the crab tree of which a descendant is still called Shakespeare's tree. When morning dawned Shakespeare’s friends wished to renew the encounter but he wisely said ‘No I have drunk with Piping Pebworth, Dancing Marston, Haunted Hillboro’, Hungry Grafton, Dodging Exhall, Papist Wixford, Beggarly Broom and Drunken Bidford' and so, presumably, I will drink no more’. The story is said to date from the 17th Century but its truth or of any connection of the story or the verse to Shakespeare there is no evidence. The Church of England Parish Church of Saint James the Great has a 14th Century Decorated Gothic Nave and Chancel, and a 17th Century Jacobean Pulpit. But while retaining these historical items, the church was but was rebuilt in the 19th Century. The next record we have of John is when on the 24th September, 1742, he married Sarah Morris2, in the St Peter Parish Church. Dorsington, Gloucestershire. It is assumed the marriage was performed by the Rector, W. Gelsthorpe. Dorsington is 2km north-north-west of Marston Sicca, and like Marston Sicca was in Gloucestershire until it was transferred to Warwickshire in 1931. Dorsington was recorded in the Domesday Book as Dorsitone / Dorsintune, and the Manor was held by Roger de Belmont. The parish church of St Peter's is a Grade II listed building, built in 1764–68. Sarah was baptised in the Dorsington Parish Church on the 2nd March, 17181. She was the daughter of Thomas Morris and his wife Elizabeth (nee Snedwell). Records indicate John & Sarah had at least three children: Mary 1746, Sarah 1751, she married John Gibbs 1769, and John 1757. At the age of 49 Sarah died and a burial record for her in Marston Sicca on the 21st January, 17673, has been located. John was buried, also in Marston Sicca on the 26th May, 17883, he was 68years old.
References: 1. Parish Baptism Record via Ancestry.co.uk https://www.ancestry.co.uk 2. Parish Marriage Record via Ancestry.co.uk https://www.ancestry.co.uk 3. Parish Burial Record via Ancestry.co.uk https://www.ancestry.co.uk
Other Sources: FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ Oral Family History
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