John WHITTINGTON + Isabella JONES (General)

by Blakemiz , Tuesday, November 04, 2014, 16:48 (3666 days ago) @ MPGriffiths

John Whittingham & Isabella

Sorry to be the bearer of possibly bad news - this John Whittingham could be the one who was executed at Gloucester Gaol for murder.

from notes
John Whittingham was possibly the John Whittingham, labourer living at Howle Hill, married to Isabella. Their children: George bp 7 May 1814; Milicent bp 12 Feb 1816; and James bp 16 Oct 1817 [to Isabella, widow of John, Howl Hill]. Isabella then had 2 children by William Baker, a labourer and mason of Bulls Hill; John bp 4 Mar 1820; Frederick bp 31 Dec 1821. In 1841 and 1851, Isabella Whittingham is on both census returns as a widow living with her son Frederick.
'The Murder of Parish Constable Henry Thompson of Ruardean'
4 men were convicted of murdering him including John Whittingham. John Whittingham from Howle in the Forest of Dean was arrested on Wednesday 18 May 1817 in a barn near Ross on Wye and was hanged in Gloucester prison.