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William Harris BUSSELL
1826 - 1861 (~ 35 years)
Has 24 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name William Harris BUSSELL Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Dawlish, Devon, England 
- From censuses
Baptised 24 Jan 1826 St. Gregory the Great’s Church, Dawlish, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 Dec 2014)
Gender Male Occupation to 1861 New House Farm, Ashcombe, Devon, England Yeoman - We can get some idea of William's farm from a notice that appeared in the Western Times about a month after his death:
Newhouse Farm,
In the Parish of Ashcombe, about 3 miles from Dawlish.
Mr. Robert Bourne will sell, by Auction, on
Tuesday, the 30th day of July instant, all the
undermentioned valuable livestock, &c., property of
the late Mr. W. H. Bussell, deceass[e]d, comprising 46 breed-
ing ewes, 41 ewe and wether hoggets, 1 ram, 6 dairy cows, 2
grazing heifers, 1 ditto steer, 4 two-year old heifers, 1 two-
year old cart filly, 1 filly foal by Masaniello, 1 sow and 8
farrows, 1 fat pig, 1 breeding sow, 4 slip pigs, together with
[t]he usual complement of farm implements, 10 pipes of
rime cider, 25 empty port pipes and 10 hogsheads, 1 rick
old wheat, part of a rick of old clover hay, 2 ricks of new
ditton, 1 rick of Upland ditto, also 38 acres of corn in the
ground, 49 acres of grass, the apples of about 3 acres of
orchard, and one acre of potatoes, all in lots, as described
in handbills circulated in the neighbourhood.
The Auctioneer, in calling the attention of his agricultural
friends and others to this sale, begs to state that the cattle
is well bred and in capital condition, the corn and apples
promise to be a good crop, the hay well saved, the lots of
grass are well supplied with water, and will be found ex-
cellent pasturage for sheep and bullocks, and the whole is
worthy especial attention.
Purchasers of the Corn and Apples will be accommodated
with the use of the barns, thrashing machine, and cider
press on the premises.
For viewing the Corn, Grass, and Apples, application
ahould [should] be made at the Farm House (previous to the hour of sale), where the same will be sold immediately after the
stock, implements, &c., are disposed of of.
Refreshments will be provided at 12 o'Clock, and the
sale will commence at one for half-past, p.m., precisely.
Royal Farmers' Insurance Office, Totnes, 16th July.
Died 29 Jun 1861 Ashcombe, Devon, England Cause: Pnemonia (8 days) - Date from announcement in the Exeter and Plymouth Gazette of 5 July 1861:
'Bussell. - June 28, at Ashcombe, Mr. William Bussell, yeoman, aged 35 years.'
GRO ref: Bussell, William Harris q2 1861 St Thomas RD 5b 58; GRO online index shows age as 35
Details from death registration (GRO register entry).
Date in probate calendar entry which (unusually) said he died 'on or about 29 June 1861' - why the uncertainty? The cause of death suggests he would have died at home, not out and about with his body found later. Maybe those who had gone to prove the will simply forgotten?
Whilst he could have died overnight in his sleep, possibly on the 28th, possibly the 29th, the death registration shows that Andrew Foss, the informant, was present, which seems to suggest the time of death would have been known. But maybe he was dozing in a chair by William's bedside.
William's father-in-law was called Andrew, the informant was most likely him. (Although his wife had had two brothers called Andrew, one had died as a baby and the other in 1857, aged 9, so the informant cannot have been either of them).
Death registration of William Harris 'Bussell' Buried 2 Jul 1861 St. Nectan’s Church, Ashcombe, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 Dec 2014)
Probate 10 Jul 1861 Exeter, Devon, England Probate Calendar entry - Bussell William Harris. Effects under £600.
10 July. The Will of William Harris Bussell late of Ashcombe in the County of Devon Yeoman deceased who died on or about 29 June 1861 at Ashcombe aforesaid was proved at Exeter by the oaths of John Bussell of Coombefishacre in the Parish of Ipplepen in the said County Yeoman the Brother and John Bussell of Ashcombe aforesaid Miller the Uncle the Executors.
Siblings1 brother Patriarch & Matriarch 
William BUSSELL, d. Yes, date unknown (Grandfather)
Joan, d. Yes, date unknown (2 x Great Grandmother)Person ID I301233 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 14 Aug 2023
Father William BUSSELL, b. Abt 1797, Mamhead, Devon, England , d. 22 May 1857, St. Thomas Reg Dist, Exeter, Devon, England (Age ~ 60 years) Mother Elizabeth GOTHAM, b. 2 Nov 1797, bur. 27 Mar 1830, St. Nectan’s Church, Ashcombe, Devon, England (Age ~ 32 years) Married 16 Dec 1824 St. James’ Church, West Teignmouth, Devon, England - From DFHS index, PR entry not yet seen, and from banns entry (image of banns on FMP, viewed 18 Dec 2014)
Details from BT entry (image on FamilySearch, viewed 9 Oct 2016)
"William Bussell of this Parish
and Elizabeth Gotham of this Parish
were married in this Church by Banns with Consent of
this Sixteenth Day of
December in the Year one Thousand eight Hundred and twenty four
By me Tho Westcott Offg. Minister
This Marriage was solemnized between us Wm. Bussell, Elizabeth Gotham
In the Presence of Nicholas Stambury Tarr, Elizabeth Thuluines, G Daimond
No. 179."
Family ID F300413 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Mary FOSS, b. Abt 1835, Diptford, Devon, England , d. 14 Jan 1892, Buckfastleigh, Devon, England (Age ~ 57 years)
Other Partners: Lionel EZEKIELMarried 18 Jun 1861 St. Nectan’s Church, Ashcombe, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 Dec 2014)
Details to be added, but shows William Harris Bussell, of age, yeoman, father William Bussell, yeoman, marrige by licence.
This marriage was reported in the Western Times on 22 June 1861
"June 18, at Ashcombe, Mr. Wm. Bussell, of Ashcombe, yeoman, to Elizabeth Mary Foss, of the same place." (p.5, col. 5)
Possibly the briefest marriage in the Go(a)tham One-Name Study. Tragically, William was buried just a fortnight to the day after the marriage.
Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300414 Family Group Page | Family Chart