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Pattemores in Merriott – 17th & 18th Centuries
17th Century 18th Century
Earliest Mentions in the Parish Records
The first Pattemore family to appear in the Merriott records was that of Aaron & Mary in the late 17th century. If anyone knows where Aaron & Mary came from, there are numerous Pattemore researchers who would love to know!
NEW INFORMATION!!!!
Diane Ellisor has transcribed mentions of Pattemores in the records of Haselbury Plucknett which pre-date those of Merriott. Have a look at this page. While there is nothing so certain as a marriage between an Aaron & a Mary, nor a baptism of an Aaron Pattemore, the fact of the burial of one Aaron “Padimore” on 7 October 1769 is of particular interest. Now all we need to do is link the two Aarons conclusively. If anyone wants to scour the Haselbury records again, please share anything additional you may find!
In the early records the name was variously spelt as PADEMORE, PADDEMORE, PATEMORE, PATTEMORE, PADIMORE etc. For the purposes of clarity I have always used the PATTEMORE spelling in my computer databases, as it is the spelling used by modern day PATTEMOREs around Merriott. The other present-day spelling of PATTIMORE was used by the Guernsey and some of the Welsh emigrants.
BAPTISMS
Aaron & Mary PATTEMORE | Baptism 16 July 1689 Mary Baptism 5 September 1692 John Birth 18 April 1696 Micael Burial 7 June 1696 John Baptism 5 February 1698 Sarah Birth 4 February 1698 Sarah |
Baptism 2 February 1701 Jane Birth 2 February 1701 Tamzine Burial 4 February 1702 Tamzine Baptism 4 March 1703 John Birth 4 March 1703 John Baptism 21 March 1707 Tamazine Burial 9 September 1711 Tamzin |
MARRIAGES
15th or 18th January 1698 | Honnor Pattemore (Spelt Padimore) m Richard Balsh or Calsh or Caleh |
One could speculate that Honnor was a sister of Aaron. No record of marriage of Aaron to Mary has been found; whether Mary was a local girl or arrived with Aaron is something we may never know. Perhaps the family had been there a while before 1689, although there is no record of any burials for older members of the family such as the parents of Aaron.
The onlyother parish record entry for an unexplained PATTEMORE in the early days was the following:
Baptism 6 March 1719 Joan, of Nicholas & Susanna PATTEMORE.
So far the only other large group of Pattemores we have found that we cannot connect back to Aaron & Mary in Merriott were a family in London in the early 1800s. These Pattemores were actually misspelt PATMOREs from Much Hadham in Hertfordshire. I had thought that perhaps our Pattemores were also misspelt PATMOREs from the same area. I even found an Aaron & Mary PATMORE, but unfortunately they were also baptising children in Herts during the same period as our Aaron & Mary. Also, the great distance between Hertfordshire and Somerset would be a negative against this theory.
So, at the moment, the origins of Aaron & Mary are still not certain. Any ideas welcome!
Wherever they came from, the family of Aaron & Mary flourished in Merriott to become the fourth most common surname in Merriott by the time of the 19th century censuses, accounting fpr just over 6% of the population.
The Somerset Record Office holds the following:
Q/SR/303/14: Informations. Evidence given by John Baker of Kingsbury Episcopi, yeoman, and Michael Paddimore, of Merriott, husbandman, in a case concerning the alleged theft of a considerable quantity of slow coal from Baker by John Podger of Kingsbury Episcopi. Refers also to Mrs Gibbs at Thorney in Kingsbury Episcopi and William Staple of Merriott.
JP: William Speke. Dated 24 January 1729/30.
The 18th Century
MARRIAGES
MALES | FEMALES |
3 May 1725 Michael Pattemore, of Merriott m Ann Patten, of Merriott 23 May 1726 John Pattemore, of Merriott m Joan Patten, of Merriott 5 April 1752 John Pattemore m Ann England 18 October 1755 William Pattemore m Elizabeth Stone 23 October 1759 Joseph Pattemore m Elizabeth Eason 5 January 1764 Robert Pattemore m Mary Lacy? 13 January 1766 Michael Pattemore m Jane Lawrence 1 August 1777 Robert Pattemore m Joan Osborne 19 October 1778 John Pattemore m Elizabeth Lacy 6 October 1778 Joseph Pattemore m Honour Lawrence 17 January 1780 Thomas Pattemore m Margaret Stone 9 May 1785 James Pattemore m Maria Lawrence 18 June 1793 John Pattemore m Hannah Wills 8 October 1793 Jonathan Pattemore m Susanna Douch 23 February 1800 Jonathan Pattemore m Sarah Rousell |
11 May 1719 Sarah Pattemore m John Marriefield 3 May 1757 Ann Pattemore m John Rousell 10 (no month given) 1758 Mary Pattemore m Joseph Paul 11 February 1759 Joan Pattemore m Gideon Eason 15 April 1760 Mary Pattemore m James French 27 June 1784 Elizabeth Pattemore m William Wills 7 November 1784 Mary Pattemore m Thomas Cribb (Kingsbury) 28 August 1787 Ann Pattemore m John Osborne 27 September 1790 Fanny Pattemore m John Trask 9 August 1790 Ann Pattemore m John Shutler 27 December 1790 Sarah Pattemore m Gideon Eason 8 February 1791 Joanna Pattemore m George Parker 22 May 1792 Ruth Pattemore m Anthony Wills 29 December 1794 Mary Pattemore m Joseph Hooper 26 December 1796 Edith Pattemore m John Farr 20 February 1798 Ann Pattemore m Joseph Hallett (West Chinnock) 11 February 1799 Catherine Pattemore m Joseph Trask |
BAPTISMS (some of these were very difficult to read).
Nicholas & Susanna PATTEMORE | Baptism 6 March 1719 Joan | |
Michael & Ann (nee Patten) PATTEMORE | Baptism 25 March 1726 Ann Baptism 30 March 1728 Michael Burial 1 November 1730 Anne Baptism 13 January 1731 Anne |
Baptism 24 March 1733 Aaron Baptism 29 January 1735 Mary Burial 21 May 1738 Aaron Baptism 27 December 1740 Aaron |
John & Joan (nee Patten) PATTEMORE | Baptism 25 March 1727 John Baptism 18 July 1731 William Baptism 13 January 1733 Joan |
Note: John’s wife Joan died in 1735, and I believe John remarried Mary Patten (see below) |
John & Mary (nee Patten) PATTEMORE | Baptism 16 May 1736 Joseph Burial 14 May 1736 Joseph Burial 27 June 1736 Robert Baptism 18 March 1737 Mary? Baptism 20 October 1741 Robert Baptism 20 November 1743 James |
Burial 13 January 1743 James Baptism 26 September 1745 Sarah Baptism ? October 1748 James Burial 6 November 1749 James |
John & Ann (nee England) PATTEMORE | Baptism 28 October 1753 Robert Baptism 1 June 1755 Thomas Baptism 4 July 1757 Joseph Baptism 12 January 1761 Samuel Burial 6 June 1762 Samuel |
Baptism 19 June 1763 Samuel Baptism 5 January 1766 Anne Baptism 8 May 1768 John Baptism 8 September 1771 Ruth |
Joseph & Elizabeth (nee Eason) PATTEMORE | Baptism 18 May 1760 Mary Baptism 10 October 1762 Joseph Baptism 14 April 1765 Joanna Baptism 31 May 1767 Jonathan |
Baptism 15 March 1770 Sampson Burial 25 March 1770 Sampson Baptism 19 May 1771 Fanny |
Robert & Mary (nee Lacy?) PATTEMORE | Baptism 30 September 1764 Robert Baptism 8 June 1769 John Burial 17 December 1769 John Baptism 4 November 1770 Mary Baptism 16 May 1773 Maria |
Baptism 19 March 1775 Sampson Baptism 1 April 1777 John Baptism 17 May 1779 Charlotte Baptism 6 August 1782 Hannah |
Robert & Elizabeth PATTEMORE | Baptism 26 October 1766 Richard | Note: possibly a mistake, and actually meant to be Robert & Mary PATTEMORE |
Michael & Jane (nee Lawrence) PATTEMORE | Baptism 25 January 1767 Ann | Baptism 5 November 1770 Rosanne Burial 26 December 1772 Rosannah |
William & Elizabeth (nee Stone) PATTEMORE | Baptism 12 April 1752 William Baptism 24 February 1754 Susannah Baptism 25 September 1756 John Baptism 27 May 1759 James |
Baptism 25 January 1761 Elizabeth Baptism 14 August 1763 Joan Baptism 15 June 1766 Sarah Baptism 13 May 1770 Matthew |
Robert & Ann PATTEMORE | Baptism 1 April 1778 Susannah | Note: ? actually Robert & Joan PATTEMORE |
Robert & Joan (nee Osborne) PATTEMORE | Baptism 25 July 1779 Ruth Baptism 25 November 1783 John Burial 20 January 1784 John |
Baptism 9 May 1785 John Baptism 14 March 1787 Joan Baptism 23 August 1789 Jesse |
John & Elizabeth (nee Lacy) PATTEMORE | Baptism 5 September 1779 Katherine Baptism 26 November 1781 Sarah Baptism 9 February 1785 Sarah Baptism 9 April 1787 William Baptism 24 December 1789 Martha |
Baptism 22 July 1792 Susanna Baptism 31 May 1795 Robert Baptism 2 July 1797 Susanna Baptism 28 September 1800 Sarah |
Joseph & Honour (nee Lawrence) PATTEMORE | Baptism 19 July 1780 Joan Baptism 1 September 1785 Joseph |
Baptism 15 January 1779 Ann Burial 24 March 1789 Samuel |
James & Hannah PATTEMORE | Burial 19 November 1780 Joan | |
Thomas & Margaret (nee Stone) PATTEMORE | Baptism 5 July 1780 Margaret Burial 16 December 1781 Thomas Baptism 13 April 1783 Charlotte Baptism 19 November 1784 Thomas |
Baptism 22 March 1789 Charity Burial 30 April 1786 Samuel Baptism 22 July 1787 Ann |
Joseph (a Gardener) & Elizabeth PATTEMORE | Baptism 28 May 1781 Jane Burial 16 November 1781 Jane Baptism 8 August 1784 Giles |
Baptism 22 November 1801 Josias Baptism 6 October 1805 Jesse Baptism 19 June 1808 Peter Baptism 18 April 1813 Elizabeth |
John & Mary PATTEMORE | Burial 1 March 1786 Sarah | |
James & Maria (nee Lawrence) PATTEMORE | Burial 5 March 1786 Matthew Baptism 18 February 1787 Sarah Baptism 8 November 1789 James |
Baptism 8 March 1793 Thomas Note: Maria died 1795. |
John & Hannah (nee Wills) PATTEMORE | Baptism 1 June 1794 Samuel Baptism 3 October 1795 Ann Baptism 18 June 1797 Samuel |
Baptism 5 May 1799 Thomas Baptism 10 May 1801 Edward |
Jonathan (a Labourer) & Sarah (nee Rousell) PATTEMORE | Baptism 23 November 1800 Joanna Baptism 25 December 1802 Christian Baptism 22 December 1805 John Baptism 2 August 1807 Mary |
Baptism 7 June 1810 Elizabeth Baptism 9 May 1812 Jonathan 22 May 1814 Elizabeth 22 December 1816 Giles |
BURIALS
MALES – 13 | FEMALES – 17 |
15 October 1727 Aaron Pattemore 12 January 1766 John Pattemore 6 April 1783 John Pattemore 19 January 1796 Joseph Pattemore 19 October 1749 Michael Pattemore 18 October 1800 Michael Pattemore 4 May 1794 Robert Pattemore Pauper 23 November 1794 Sampson Pattemore 13 October 1795 Samuel Pattemore 22 December 1793 Thomas Pattemore Pauper 25 October 1795 Thomas Pattemore 9 December 1797 Thomas Pattemore 17 September 1790 William Pattemore |
1 February 1795 Alice Pattemore 25 November 1727 Ann Pattemore 23 May 1773 Ann Pattemore Widow 7 April 1782 Ann Pattemore 14 June 1789 Jane Pattemore Pauper 27 July 1735 Joan Pattemore 3 December 1790 Joan Pattemore Pauper 21 March 1789 Margaret Pattemore Pauper 6 December 1795 Maria Pattemore 22 December 1728 Mary Pattemore 16 December 1781 Mary Pattemore 14 September 1794 Sabra Pattemore 25 November 1781 Sarah Pattemore 8 September 1799 Sarah Pattemore 7 September 1785 Susanna Pattemore Supposed to be poisoned by eating toadstools for mushrooms 12 April 1795 Susanna Pattemore 20 October 1795 Susanna Pattemore |
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