David Prosser and his descendants

My Prosser descendents came from the Taynton  (Tainton) / Minsterworth / Hardwicke /  Haresfield / Harescombe / Elmore (Elsmore) / Longney / Bisley area of Gloucestershire in the 1800's.

William (born circa 1600) is my 8x great grandfather. His son Richard (1639-1709) married Ann Danbie. They had children including Jane (1674) who married Thomas Jones, and my 6x great grandfather Richard (1670-1724) who married Sarah Sadler (1673-1710).

Richard & Sarah's children include Richard (1699) who married Mary Marchall in 1717;  Jane (1701); James (1703-1763) m Elizabeth Fryer (1710-1769); and  Joseph (1670-1709) m Ann (and had children Joseph (1731-1760), Elizabeth (1735-1769) and Sarah (1736) ) and Sarah (1707-1725).

Richard and Sarah ( my 6xg grandparents) had children including

* Richard (1699) m Mary Marchall in 1717

o Mary (1718)

* Jane (1701)

* James (1703-1763) m Elizabeth Fryer (1710-1769) [5xg grandparents]

David Prosser was my g g grandfather and I am researching his line. These are the people I know about who are now deceased. The data I have includes some more information about them, and about some of their descendants who are still living.

David (b Hardwicke 1812/3) was one of at least three siblings (the others being George Prosser b 1802/3 and Marian Prosser, or Mary A Prosser, b 1808/9). David, a farmer, had his children in Hardwicke then lived most of the rest of his life at a property variously known as Backhouse or Baccus in Harescombe, retiring to Elmore. He had 4 children: Charles Prosser (b 1838/9), Elizabeth Prosser (b 1838/9), Hester Prosser (b 1841/2) and David  Prosser (b 1842/3).

Charles married Emma and lived in Harescombe, Haresfield, Taynton where several of his children were born and then Througham, Bisley. His children were William Prosser (b 1866/7), Jessie Mary Prosser (b 1868/9) who married Dawson M Godley, Flora Prosser (b 1871/2), Ellen Prosser (b 1872/3), Howard Prosser (b 1873/4), Fred Prosser (b 1876/7) and Dora Prosser (b 1878/9).

There were several Prosser families living in the area, at times next door to each other. The tantalising prospect is to find a connection between them. The most promising connection is that 'our' David (above) was the son of Charles Prosser, a carpenter b 1770/1 who married Sarah and fathered at least David (a carpenter born 1815/6 according to the 1841 census) and Comfort Prosser (b 1828/9). But small disrepancies in birth dates and David's apparent change in occupation from carpenter to farmer do not allow me to have confidence that the connection is correct.

Another family line that features prominently in the area includes John Prosser (b 1771) who married Sara Cratchley and had children including: Elizabeth (b 1799), John (b 1802/3), Hanna (b 1805), Anne (b 1808) and Susan (b 1810) who married William Wellington.  

Son John (b 1802/3) married Mary and had children including: Robert (b 1838), Elizabeth (b 1839/40), Mary Ann (b 1841/2), Eliza (b 1844/5), John (b 1847) and Susan (b 1848/9).
Grandson John (b 1847) married Mary and had children: Henry J (b 1871/2 ), Mary E (b 1873/4), Richard G (b 1874/5), Fannie N (b 1875/6), Annie P (b 1878/9), Ella / Ellen (b 1879/80), Tom W (b 1881/2 ), John M (b 1883/4), Charles J (b 1884/5).

On at least one census the surname has been miss-spelt as Proper.

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