Joseph# Gardam/Gardham

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1724 Wedding; Kilnwick Percy Parish Register; Joseph Gardham and Ann Bowlam (? hard to read) both otp married 31st Jan 1724 by banns.

1725; Bricklayer of Kilnwick Percy on Joseph's bapt.
1727; Bricklayer of Kilnwick Percy on Ann's bapt.
1730; Bricklayer of Kilnwick Percy on Joshua's bapt.

1781 Burial; Kilnwick Percy Parish Register; Joseph Gardham, farmer, died 17th June, buried 19th June.

VERY easy to find the Gardam's in Kilnwick Percy - because hardly any entries in the register. This is presumably 'cos it's not really a village as such - just the Kilnwick Percy Estate. In the 1820s for example the population was 43! Presumably therefore they were estate employees. However hard to know what they were bricklaying for in that case - the house not built until 1845 and the church (St Helen's) until 1865, although there were earlier houses and also church - "St Helen's, which is located in the fields next to Kilnwick Percy Hall, was rebuilt in the 1860s and still contains original twelfth century stonework from the Norman church, which was based on the site. " also "Aerial photographs show the remains of a deserted hamlet near the church."

Joseph# married Ann# Bowlam on 31 Jan 1724 in Kilnwick Percy, Pocklington, Yorkshire. (Ann# Bowlam died in 1752 in Kilnwick Percy, Pocklington, Yorkshire and was buried on 3 Dec 1752 in Kilnwick Percy, Pocklington, Yorkshire.)

Joseph# next married Elizabeth. (Elizabeth died in 1769 in Kilnwick Percy, Pocklington, Yorkshire and was buried on 19 Mar 1769 in Kilnwick Percy, Pocklington, Yorkshire.)