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====== Joseph Major ======

Joseph MAJOR was born c.1720-1726. 

According to his marriage bond, he was a Blacksmith.\\ 
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//A Joseph Major, the son of Joseph, a weaver from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, was apprenticed to Peter Hasert of the Blacksmith's Company - fees were paid 4 Feb 1733/34 (if this is the correct Joseph, he would have been 8 years old if born in 1726, as suggested in the marriage bond).//\\ 
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He was buried 8 Apr 1780, Hanworth Middlesex.\\ 
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==== Marriage & Children ====

He married Jane Skinner, a widow [maiden name probably Snapes((Samuel Skinner aged 29 was buried 21 Feb 1753, St George's, Hanworth.\\ Samuel Skinner and Jane Snapes, she of Sunbury Middlesex, were married St George Hannover Square, 30 Aug 1752.)) ].

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=== Children of Joseph Major and Jane: === 

  - Joseph MAJOR, baptised 9 Mar 1754 - Hanworth, Middlesex.
  - James MAJOR, baptised 5 Aug 1757 - Hanworth, Middlesex.
  - [[Major Samuel 1759|Samuel MAJOR]], baptised 25 Nov 1759 - Hanworth, Middlesex. [Mother: Ann] >>
  - William MAJOR, baptised 7 Feb 1762 - Hanworth, Middlesex. [Mother: Ann]
  - John MAJOR, baptised 6 Jan 1765 - Hanworth, Middlesex. [Mother: Ann]
  - Benjamin MAJOR, baptised 24 Jul 1768, and buried 14 Nov 1769 - Hanworth, Middlesex. [Mother: Ann]
  - Thomas MAJOR, baptised 7 Apr 1771 - Hanworth, Middlesex. [Mother: Ann]