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William PEACHEY
Abt 1773 - 1840 (~ 67 years)
Has 2 ancestors and 18 descendants in this family tree.
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Name William PEACHEY Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1773 - From age in death registration index.
From his father's will and his parents marriage licence (Sussex FHG marriage index CD) were William PEACHEY, yeoman of Pagham and Mary PEACHEY.
Gender Male Will 9 Jan 1832 Written Died Jun Q 1840 Chichester Reg Dist, Sussex, England 
- Not with family 1841, Rachel recorded as a widow in 1851; will proved Dec 1840 shows he had died by then. It was written 1832, giving a large window in which he could have died, but the date of probate suggests he most likely in 1840. The only death of a William Peachey in Chichester registered 1837-1840 is this one.
GRO ref: Peachey, William q2 1840 Chichester RD 7 212; GRO online index shows age at death as 66
Buried 26 Jun 1840 St. Thomas à Becket Church, Pagham, Sussex, England - From PR entry (transcribed data on Sussex FHG data archive, viewed 29 Nov 2019) and image of BT entry on FamilySearch
Shown as William PEACHEY, abode Chichester, aged 66
Probate 17 Dec 1840 Prerogative Court of Canterbury, England Occupation Gentleman farmer Patriarch & Matriarch 
William PEACHEY, b. Abt 1737, bur. 1 Aug 1809, St. Thomas à Becket Church, Pagham, Sussex, England (Age ~ 72 years) (Father) 
Mary PEACHEY, d. Yes, date unknown (Mother)Person ID I3172 All Last Modified 30 Nov 2019
Father William PEACHEY, b. Abt 1737, bur. 1 Aug 1809, St. Thomas à Becket Church, Pagham, Sussex, England (Age ~ 72 years) Mother Mary PEACHEY, d. Yes, date unknown Marriage License 4 Aug 1773 Deanery of Chichester, Chichester, Sussex, England - From the Sussex Marriage Licence CD
Shows William Peachey, bachelor, aged 25, yeoman of Pagham, married Mary Peachey, spinster, aged 21, of Rumboldwyke. Sponsorts William Peachey and Edward Johnson, gent of Chichester.
Married 5 Aug 1773 St. Mary’s als St. Rumbold’s Church, Rumboldswhyke, Sussex, England - From transcribed data on SFHG marriage index CD
Shows William Peachey of Pagham maried Mary Peachey spinster by licence
Family ID F11541 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Elizabeth COSENS, b. Abt 1774, bur. 21 Jan 1823, St. Thomas à Becket Church, Pagham, Sussex, England (Age ~ 49 years) Married Abt 1802 Marriage License 10 Jul 1802 Archdeaconry Court of Chichester, Sussex, England - Shows William Peachey, farmer of Pagham and Elizabeth Cosens, of Hunston, both aged 21 or more, sponsorts William Peachey and Rich. Cosens, farmer of Hunston.
(from transcribed data on SFHG Sussex Marriage Index CD)
Children8 children Last Modified 29 Nov 2019 Family ID F11540 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Rachel BAYTON, b. Abt 1803, Pagham, Sussex, England , d. 24 Nov 1882, Bosham, Sussex, England (Age ~ 79 years) Marriage 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 age in death registration index.
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Event Map Click to hide 
Child - Francis PEACHEY - 31 Mar 1806 - St. Pancras’ Church, Chichester, Sussex, England 
Child - Mary PEACHEY - 16 Sep 1807 - St. Pancras’ Church, Chichester, Sussex, England Child - John PEACHEY - 18 Dec 1808 - St. Pancras’ Church, Chichester, Sussex, England 
Child - Thomas PEACHEY - Abt 1824 - Chichester, Sussex, England 
Married - 12 Mar 1824 - St. Thomas à Becket Church, Pagham, Sussex, England Child - Richard PEACHEY - Abt 1825 - Chichester, Sussex, England Child - Ann PEACHEY - Abt 1827 - Chichester, Sussex, England Buried - 26 Jun 1840 - St. Thomas à Becket Church, Pagham, Sussex, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
