Charles Bonnycastle Willcox1

#3849, (9 October 1818 - )

MotherMary Willcox1 b. s 1795
Charles Bonnycastle Willcox|b. 9 Oct 1818|p3849.htm||||Mary Willcox|b. s 1795||||||||||||||

NoteCharles Bonnycastle Willcox, born in Portsea, Hampshire, in 1818 was an illegitimate baby and the custom of the time was for the given names to be those of the father, e.g. Charles Bonnycastle. It remains to be proved whether or not that was the case here. In his Cambridge bio, Charles' father was said to be Charles but on his marriage certificate it was said to be James. 
BaptismCharles Bonnycastle Willcox was baptized on 9 Oct 1818 in St Mary Portsea, Hampshire. Mother Mary Willcox, Queen St, no occupation given.1 
EducationHe was admitted on 11 Oct 1838 to Trinity College, Cambridge University, England, as a sizar (age 20). Son of Charles. Born at Portsea, Hants. Matric Michs 1838. [N.B. a sizar was a student of limited means who was charged lower fees, perhaps in exchange for menial labour]2 
Published In 1842 Charles Bonnycastle Willcox edited The Poetrical Works of Thomas Chatterton: With Notices of His Life, History of the Rowley Controversy, a Selection of His Letters, and Notes Critical and Explanatory.3  
MarriageHe married Marion Goldsmith on 26 Aug 1843 in St Pancras, Middlesex.
Information from the registration: Charles Bonnycastle Willcox, full age, bachelor, Gentleman, residence Grove Street, Camden Town, father James Willcox, dead.
Marion Goldsmith, full age, spinster, residence Grove Street, Camden Town, father John Goldsmith, dead.
They were married by banns and the witnesses were the same for many of the marriages, so probably didn't know them.4,5 
Research Note Charles and Marion have not been found in the 1851 census. 

Last Edited26 Oct 2009

Citations:

  1. Microfilm of the Marriage Register of St. Mary's Church (Portsea, Hampshire), 1783-1798 (Family History Library, 0919739), baptism.
  2. J.A., comp Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses (n.p.: Cambridge University Press, 1921), viewed on Ancestry.com.
  3. Charles Bonnycastle Willcox ed. The Poetical Works of Thomas Chatterton: With Notices of His Life, History of the Rowley Controversy, a Selection of His Letters, and Notes Critical and Explanatory, W.P. Grant (1842), digitized copy viewed on Google Books, June 2009.
  4. Microfilm of the Parish Register of St Pancras, 1660-1916 (Family History Library, 74 films), Willcox/Goldsmith marriage, 1843.
  5. Marriages of the parish of St Pancras, Middlesex, registers from London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry.com, Charles Bonnycastle Willcox & Marion Goldsmith, 1843, #113.
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