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I am seeking to make contact, and to share CHISMAN family history notes,
with any descendant or researcher of the family of my ancestor, James
CHISMAN senior.
James CHISMAN, senior, [the name Cheesman was corrected to Chisman in the
baptismal register] was born approximately 1774, and baptized in East Knoyle
in 1775. In 1808, in East Knoyle church, he married Martha SANGER. James
senior was a yeoman farmer of East Knoyle. James died in 1844, aged 70 and
was buried in East Knoyle; the will of James CHISMAN, gentleman of East
Knoyle, proved in 1845, is available at the Wilts and Swindon History
Centre. Martha died in 1839, aged 58 years and was buried with m.i. in East
Knoyle. James senior and Martha had issue, including:
1. William CHISMAN, baptized in East Knoyle in 1810. William was
enumerated in the East Knoyle 1841 census as a farmer and his father James
as an independent man. In 1842, in Tisbury district, he married Hannah
BROTHERS. They first farmed in Charlton Tything, where William was a farmer
of 646 acres in Standlynch, Wilts. In the 1850s, they moved to Upavon Farm
House, Upavon, Wilts, where William was a farmer of 815 acres. Hannah died
in Pewsey district, in Q1 of 1862; William’s death, aged 63, was registered
in Pewsey district in Q2 of 1873. William and Hannah had issue.
2. John CHISMAN, baptized in East Knoyle in 1811. In 1837, in St. Denys,
Warminster, John married Louisa KNIGHT. John and Louisa farmed in Stockton
and, from the late 1840s, in Codford St. Peter, Wilts. John, aged 64, was
buried in Codford St. Peter in 1875. Louisa died, aged 75, in 1886, in
Warminster district. John and Louisa had issue.
3. James CHISMAN, junior, baptized in East Knoyle in 1816. In 1843, in
West Knoyle church, he married Ann RUMSEY. James junior was a yeoman farmer
of 520 acres in Lushill, near Castle Eaton (census of 1851); by the census
of 1861, James 42 was a farmer in Pewsey; lastly, James was a farmer of
1,103 acres in Winterborne Bassett (census of 1871), all in Wiltshire.
James was buried (m.i.) in Winterborne Bassett, Wilts, in 1876, aged 60;
Ann, a widow, was buried in St. Michael’s church, Wilsford, Wilts, (m.i.)
in May 2nd., 1883, aged 63. James junior and Ann had issue.
Best wishes.
Peter Ferreira
Toronto, Canada.