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Buried:	06/10/1864

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Cemetery accounts

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Name at death	Isaac Prior
Date of burial	06/10/1864
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Consecrated - Common Interment
By whom buried	Rev'd. E.B. Devon
Account Entry	Book 1 - Page 73

Accounts Entry for Isaac Prior
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Biographical Information

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Isaac Prior 1841-1864

Isaac Prior

1841-1864

Isaac, born 11^th May 1841, in Newbury Berkshire, the son of Daniel and Martha Prior (nee Bulpit). He was baptised on the 25^thJuly 1841, at St Nicolas, Newbury (dad a Labourer, abode, Wash Common)

Isaac’s father Daniel was baptised in May 1808, at St Michael’s and All Angels, Enborne, Berkshire, the son of Isaac and Ann Prior (nee Holley) who were married on the 18^thNovember 1788, in Greenham, Berkshire. Daniel (surname recorded as Pryer) married Elizabeth Herman on the 10^thFebruary 1834, in Thatcham, Berkshire. They had a daughter, Eliza, born on the 19^thOctober 1935. Eliza was baptised on the 15^thNovember 1935, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury (dad record as a Labourer, abode, The Wash). Eliza died aged 11 months, she was buried on the 4^thOctober 1836, (as Elizabeth) at St Nicolas, Newbury. (Parents recorded as Daniel and Elizabeth of Wash Common). Daniel was widowed in 1838, Elizabeth died aged 23, she was buried on the 14^thSeptember, at St Nicolas, Newbury.

Isaac’s mother Martha was baptised on the 22^ndMay 1808, at St Michael and All Angels Enborne, Berkshire, the daughter of John and Sarah Bulpit (nee Smith) who were married on the 15^thJanuary 1799, at St Mary, Marlborough, Wiltshire. (Surname recorded as Bulpet at time of marriage). Martha married Thomas Dowland on the 13^thDecember 1828, at St Michael and All Angels, Enborne. She was widowed in 1837. Thomas died aged 47, he was buried on the 17^thOctober, at St Nicolas, Newbury.

Isaac’s parents were married on the 24^thFebruary 1840, in Thatcham, Berkshire.

Daniel and Martha also had the following two children:

William, born c1843 (no baptism found)

Sarah, born 8^thSeptember 1848, baptised 8^th December 1848, at St Nicolas, Newbury (dad a Labourer, abode, Newbury)

The 1841 census records Daniel (30), an Agricultural Labourer, Martha (30) and their son aged 1 month, (name not known, later named Isaac) were recorded living at the Wash, Newbury, Berkshire.

In 1851 Daniel (44), an Agricultural Labourer, Martha (43), Isaac (9), William (8) and Sarah (2), were living in Wells Yard, Bartholomew Street, Newbury

The 1861 census records Daniel (55), an Agricultural Labourer, Martha (52) and their son Isaac (19), an Agricultural Labourer, living in Eyles Yard, Bartholomew Street, Newbury.

Isaac died aged 23, in 1864, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 6^thOctober.

Isaac’s father Daniel died aged 65, on the 6^thDecember 1869, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 10^thDecember.

The 1871 census records Isaac’s mother Martha (67) as a Charwoman, living alone, at 6 Bartholomew Place, Newbury.

Martha died on the 17^thJanuary 1877, (aged at death recorded as 73) she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 19^thJanuary.

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