1743
Baptised
21 April 1743 at Wistow
April 21st 1743,Wistow— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
Robert Cousans
1743 – 1818
Robert Cousans was baptised on 21 April 1743 at Wistow, son of Thomas Cousans and Margaret Storr. He married Elizabeth Bew on 11 May 1761. Robert was buried on 22 April 1818.
A distillation, assembled from sourced records · 2026
- Baptism
- April 21st 1743,Wistow
- Marriage
- May 11th 1761 to Elizabeth Bew of Brayton. January 18th 1785 to Mary Hunt in Wistow
- Burial
- April 22nd 1818 aged 78 years
- Parents
- Thomas Cousans and Margaret Storr
- Siblings
- Robert Cousans baptised April 21st 1743, Wistow William Cousans baptised June 30th 1745, Wistow burial December 16th 1753 Margaret Cousans baptised September 19th Wistow Thomas Cousins baptised March 24th 1749, Wistow
- Children
- Mary Cousans baptised October 18th 1762, Wistow Thomas Cousins baptised March 1st 1764, Wistow Edward Cousans baptised August 2nd 1766, Wistow Robert Bew Cousans baptised August 24th 1766, Wistow John Cousans baptised January 13th 1771, Wistow Lancelot Cousans baptised April 25th 1779 Wistow burial May 15th 1784
- 1761
- Marries Elizabeth Bew in Brayton Robert Cozens of the parish of Wistow Yeoman and Elizabeth Bew of this parish, spinster, were married in this church by banns this 11th day of May 1761in the presence of Robert Bew, John Nichols and William Bew. B oth Robert and Elizabeth signed their names
- 1779
- The baptism record for Lancelot gives details of both parents. Robert was the son of Thomas Cousans Farmer and Margaret Storr daughter of Robert Storr Farmer, all of Wistow whilst Elizabeth was the daughter of Edward Bew and Ann Hudson all of Summersby in Lincolnshire.
- 1783
- Death of Elizabeth "Burial Elizabeth the wife of Robert Cousins, labourer, March 26th
- 1784
- Death of son Lancelot aged 5 years
- 1785
- Marries Mary Hunt in Wistow Robert Cousans of this parish, widower, Labourer and Mary Hunt of this parish, a spinster were married in this church by banns this eighteenth day of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty five, in the presence of Thomas Whitaker and Anthony Ward . Robert signed his name; Mary made her mark(x).
- Occupation
- Labourer (baptism record)
- 1818
- Death of Robert in Wistow on the 22nd of April. According to the burial record he was 78 years old.
In your grandmother’s words · from her notebook
Family
Parents
The children of Thomas & Margaret Storr
Marriages
The children of Robert & Mary Hunt
The children of Robert & Elizabeth Bew
Life
Confirmed — anchored to a recordEstimated — inferred
1761
Married Elizabeth Bew
11 May 1761 at Wistow
May 11th 1761 to Elizabeth Bew of Brayton. January 18th 1785 to Mary Hunt in Wistow— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1779
In 1779
1779
The baptism record for Lancelot gives details of both parents. Robert was the son of Thomas Cousans Farmer and Margaret Storr daughter of Robert Storr Farmer, all of Wistow whilst Elizabeth was the daughter of Edward Bew and Ann Hudson all of Summersby in Lincolnshire.— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1783
In 1783
1783
Death of Elizabeth "Burial Elizabeth the wife of Robert Cousins, labourer, March 26th— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1784
In 1784
1784
Death of son Lancelot aged 5 years— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1818
In 1818
1818
Death of Robert in Wistow on the 22nd of April. According to the burial record he was 78 years old.— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1818
Buried
22 April 1818
April 22nd 1818 aged 78 years— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
Occupation
Labourer (baptism record)— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.