Tony wrote, so I posted his family page on Mary Cox and Thomas Mann. This page was written in response to the following letter received 13 Aug 1999.
I had interpreted the 'p' shown in the Burial register for 1723 as Smallpox.
In Tetbury, 1720 - 1760, pauper burials are in the Overseers records as expenditures, not the Burial register.Hi Elizabeth
I've been reading Colin Rogers' book "The Family Tree Detective" (wonderful
book by the way) and he reminds us that at least between 1783 and 1794 the P
against a burial means "Pauper", i.e. they were exempt from the stamp duty.
I'm fairly convinced that it meant the same in earlier years too - the
occasional incumbent seemed to put it, others didn't. It corresponds with
the "parish burial" you mentioned from later in the 18th century. So I'm
afraid it may not be "plague" or "pox". Still, the fact that both Thomas
and Elizabeth Browning died in 1723 only days apart does make one wonder.
But that does happen quite often among old people - when one dies the other
isn't far behind. |
......... Baptisms Burials........ Averages 62 baptised and 56 buried each year.
Hover on the coloured bar to see the relevant total.
I assumed, based on Myles' figures, that there were 1600 alive at the start of this exercise. |
1701 + 83    | - 58 = 25 | 1625 |
| 1702 | 35 | 1660 |
| 1703 | 7 | 1667 |
| 1704 | 45 | 1712 |
| 1705 | 16 | 1728 |
| 1706 | 13 | 1741 |
| 1707 | 2 | 1743 |
| 1708 | 44 | 1787 |
| 1709 | 27 | 1814 |
| 1710 | -23 | 1791 |
| 1711 | -59 | 1732 | 35 died of Smallpox |
| 1712 | -19 | 1713 |
| 1713 | 6 | 1719 |
| 1714 | -13 | 1706 |
| 1715 | -2 | 1704 |
| 1716 | 17 | 1721 |
| 1717 | 19 | 1740 |
| 1718 | 20 | 1760 |
| 1719 | 7 | 1767 |
| 1720 | 15 | 1782 |
| 1721 | -1 | 1781 |
| 1722 | -4 | 1777 |
| 1723 | -54 | 1723 | 84 died of Smallpox |
| 1724 | -6 | 1717 |
| 1725 | 31 | 1748 |
| 1726 | 18 | 1766 |
| 1727 | 15 | 1781 |
| 1728 | 13 | 1794 |
| 1729 | -43 | 1751 |
| 1730 | -10 | 1741 |
| 1731 | 18 | 1759 |
| 1732 | 27 | 1786 |
| 1733 | 9 | 1795 |
| 1734 | 21 | 1816 |
| 1735 | 24 | 1840 |
| 1736 | 0 | 1840 |
| 1737 | 12 | 1852 |
| 1738 | -76 | 1776 | Turdalls killed by a house falling on them.
Extra deaths not explained. |
| 1739 | 47 | 1823 |
| 1740 | 1 | 1824 |
| 1741 | -19 | 1805 |
| 1742 | -11 | 1794 |
| 1743 | 12 | 1806 |
| 1744 | 22 | 1828 |
| 1745 | 12 | 1840 |
| 1746 | -5 | 1835 | 1 died of Smallpox |
| 1747 | 29 | 1864 |
| 1748 | 3 | 1867 |
| 1749 | 18 | 1885 |
| 1750 | 14 | 1899 |
| 1751 | 38 | 1937 |
| 1752 | 19 | 1956 |
| 1753 | 3 | 1959 |
| 1754 | 28 | 1987 |
| 1755 | 19 | 2006 | 4 died of Smallpox |
| 1756 | 23 | 2029 |
| 1757 | 0 | 2029 | 2 died of Smallpox |
| 1758 | -25 | 2004 |
| 1759 | 22 | 2026 |
| 1760 | -8 | 2018 | 4 died of Smallpox in December, see Fox, Player and White |
| 1761 | -73 | 1945 | 76 died of Smallpox |
| 1762 | 19 | 1964 | |
| 1763 | 4 | 1968 |
| 1764 | 8 | 1976 | 1 died of Smallpox |
| 1765 | 35 | 2011 |
| 1766 | -4 | 2007 |
| 1767 | 18 | 2025 | 1 died of Smallpox |
| 1768 | 12 | 2037 |
| 1769 | -11 | 2026 | David Lamb's wife and daughter both died of Smallpox |
| 1770 | 15 | 2041 |
I am surprised by this apparent population increase of 441, or over 25%, in the 70 years. |
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