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James COWDY

Male 1792 - 1863  (70 years)


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  • Name James COWDY 
    Birth 4 Sep 1792  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    _UID 022CCDD63B53401D8BCE0EAC34C66EF72E41 
    Death 9 Jan 1863  Southampton, Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Notes 
    • Details of James Cowdy's ancestry and children have been provided by descendants, first Clive Cowdy and later Vernon Cowdy. I haven't verified any of the ancestor's information.

      From the baptism records at Ancestry.com it's clear that James's wife's name was Ann HEWER, daughter of Jeremiah HEWER, but no marriage has been found. It seems that Samuel Cowdy was James and Ann's first child, born about 1818, suggesting they married some time before that. One Ancestry tree has the marriage at Portsea, St Mary's, Hampshire on 18 November 1816.

      There is a record (WO 97/1221/100) in the National Archives for a James COWDY, born Dromore, Down, Ireland, showing that he served in the Royal Artillery between 1811 and 1824, being discharged at age 29 (giving a birth year of 1794 or 1795). This looks like this James Cowdy, especiallly as he said in 1861 that he was a Chelsea pensioner.

      1841 census: not found. I searched all the descriptions of the enumeration districts in St Mary, Southampton but couldn't find Itchen Bridge Tollhouse. I found Itchen Bridge Lodge but it wasn't occupied by the Cowdy family.

      1851 census: at Itchen Toll House, Southampton St Mary, Hampshire (all COWDY), James (head, 58, toll collector, born Ireland), Ann (wife, 51, born Carshalton, Surrey), Ann (daughter, 21, born Jersey) and Susanna (daughter, 17, born Jersey).

      1861 census: at Itchen Bridge Tollhouse, Southampton St Mary, Hampshire (all COWDY), James (head, 68, toll collector, Chelsea pensioner, born Ireland), Ann (wife, 61, born Carshalton, Surrey), Anne (daughter, unmarried, 31, born Jersey), Cecilia* (daughter in law, married, 42, born Jersey), Samuel Angus (grandson, 6, scholar, born Leighton, Beds) and William Walton (4, born Leighton, Beds).
      * wife of James's son Samuel.

      1871 census: at Bridge House, Floating Bridge Road, Southampton St Mary, Hampshire (both COWDY), Ann (head, widow, 70, collector of tolls, born Carshalton, Surrey) and Anne (daughter, unmarried, 40, housekeeper, born Jersey).
    Person ID I2217  Great Horkesley, Essex
    Last Modified 17 Jun 2016 

    Father Samuel COWDY,   b. Abt 1750   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Susan GRAHAM 
    Family ID F845  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ann HEWER,   b. Abt 1799, Carshalton, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1875, Kingston RD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1816 
    Children 
     1. Samuel COWDY,   b. 13 Sep 1817, Jersey, CI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1900, Brixton, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     2. Mary COWDY,   b. 6 Dec 1818   d. 24 Oct 1824 (Age 5 years)
     3. Susanna COWDY,   b. 7 Oct 1821   d. 22 Aug 1824 (Age 2 years)
     4. Jeremiah COWDY,   b. 15 Aug 1826, Jersey, CI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1900, St Saviour RD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     5. James COWDY,   b. 29 Mar 1828, St Helier, Jersey, CI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1856, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
     6. Ann COWDY,   b. 12 Feb 1830, Jersey, CI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     7. John COWDY,   b. 1832   d. 1832 (Age 0 years)
     8. Mary COWDY,   b. 1832   d. 1832 (Age 0 years)
     9. Susanna COWDY,   b. 2 Feb 1834, Jersey, CI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jan 1860 (Age 25 years)
     10. Mary COWDY,   b. 13 Dec 1837   d. 18 Jul 1838 (Age 0 years)
     11. Wallace Graham COWDY,   b. 24 May 1842   d. 25 May 1842 (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F742  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2013 

  • Photos
    James Cowdy c. 1793 - 1863
    James Cowdy c. 1793 - 1863

  • Sources 
    1. [S322] Vernon Cowdy, December 2013.

    2. [S178] BMD index, Q1 1863 Southampton 2c/4. (Reliability: 3).