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Rachel BAYTON
Abt 1803 - 1882 (~ 79 years)
Has 6 ancestors and 10 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Rachel BAYTON Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1803 Pagham, Sussex, England 
Baptised 2 Oct 1803 St. Thomas à Becket Church, Pagham, Sussex, England - From IGI and transcribed data on SFHG members database
Latter shows Rachel BACON, daughter of John and Mary
Gender Female Residence 1841 South Street, Chichester, Sussex, England - Living with her 3 children in South Street, Chichester at the time of the 1841 census. Her mother is shown as living in the same house, though as a seperate household.
Occupation From 1841 to 1861 Independant means - Shown as 'ind' (1841); 'annuitant' (1851); 'fundholder' (1861)
Residence 1851 Lippering, Birdham, Sussex, England - In Lippering, Birdham with her 3 children
Residence From 1861 to 1871 Church Farm, New Fishbourne, Sussex, England - Living at Church Farm, New Fishbourne (1861) with Richard and Ann and a housemaid; same household except Richard now head and a different servant (1871)
Residence 1881 Park Farm, Bosham, Sussex, England - Still with Richard and a demestic servant but now at
Died 24 Nov 1882 Bosham, Sussex, England - GRO ref: PEACHEY, Rachael q4 1882 aged 79 Westbourne RD 2b 242
Actual date and place from probate calendar entry
Probate. 13 Jan 1883 Chichester, Sussex, England Calendar entry - "Peachey Rachael.
13 January. The Will of Rachael Peachey late of Bosham in the County of Sussex Widow who died 24 November 1882 at Bosham was proved at Chichester by Richard Peachey of Bosham Yeoman the Son the sole Executor.
Personal Estate £273 9s.
Resworn March 1883 £526 15s. 9d."
Siblings4 brothers and 1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch 
John BACON, b. Abt 1734, Sussex, England, bur. 24 Apr 1789, St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, South Bersted, Sussex, England (Age ~ 55 years) (Grandfather) 
Mary DASH, b. Est 1746, Sussex, England, d. Yes, date unknown (Grandmother) Person ID I2123 All Last Modified 1 Dec 2019
Father John BACON, b. Abt 1763, South Bersted, Sussex, England , bur. 9 Mar 1816, St. Thomas à Becket Church, Pagham, Sussex, England (Age ~ 53 years) Mother Mary Broadbridge DASH, b. Abt 1766, d. 7 Mar 1850, Nyetimber, Pagham, Sussex, England (Age ~ 84 years) Married 11 Oct 1788 St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, South Bersted, Sussex, England - SFHG Sussex Marriage Index CD - Mary DASH and John BACON, both otp, ba and spinster, witnesses Thos Rulf and Geo Hammond
(marriage licence for daughter Rachel where Mary gave her consent, Rachel being a minor, shows both her surnames - Dash and Bacon - confirming it was this John and Mary who were parents of Rachel etc.)
Family ID F1626 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family William PEACHEY, b. Abt 1773, d. Jun Q 1840, Chichester Reg Dist, Sussex, England (Age ~ 67 years)
Other Partners: Elizabeth COSENS m. Abt 1802Marriage License 10 Mar 1824 Pagham and Tarring Peculiar, Sussex, England - For the marriage of Rachel Bacon to William Peachey. Wm was a widower, Rachel a spinster aged 20, she married with the consent of her mother, Mary Dash / Bacon.
(Information from the Sussex Marriage Licence CD)
Married 12 Mar 1824 St. Thomas à Becket Church, Pagham, Sussex, England - From the Sussex Marriage Index CD
Shows William Peachey, widower, married Rachel Bacon, by licence, with date and place; no other information given.
(The BT images on FS go from 1823 to 1825 with no entries for 1824)
Rachel seems to have been from much more humble origins than William. I wonder if she went to work for William, either to look after the children after his first wife, Elizabeth, died or was already working for the family at the time of Elizabeth's death. With William and Rachel's first child baptised less than 6 months after the marriage it is easy to see that the marriage may have been precipitated by the pregnancy, but it is good to see that William was ready to do the decent thing and make Rachel his wife and did not let a class difference stop him. From both his description of her ('my dear wife Rachael') and his provision for her in his will William does appear to have really loved Rachel.
It will be interesting to see the PR entry, and in particular to see if Rachel made her mark or signed her name.
When Rachel married William she acquired 6 step-children (2 of the 8 children of William's first marriage had died in infancy). The 5 step-sons and 1 step-daughter were aged from 10 to 20, i.e. the oldest was only about a year younger than Rachel herself!
Children3 children Last Modified 30 Nov 2019 Family ID F1638 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From IGI and transcribed data on SFHG members database