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EDGOOSE, John
1770 - 1820 (50 years) Has 20 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
1740 - 1786 (47 years)-
Name EDGOOSE, John Birth 1770 Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England 
Gender Male Baptism 24 Oct 1770 Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England Death 1820 West Walton, Norfolk Burial 19 Nov 1820 West Walton, Norfolk Person ID I279 Edgoose Last Modified 26 Apr 2026
Father EDGOOSE, John, b. 1732, Spalding, Lincolnshire d. 1781, Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England (Age 49 years) Mother DOLTON, Ann, b. Between 1739 and 1740 d. 1786, Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England (Age 47 years) Marriage 21 Sep 1768 Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England Family ID F117 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family STANTON, Mary, b. 1776, West Walton, Norfolk d. 1828, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 52 years) Marriage 12 May 1796 West Walton, Norfolk Children 1. EDGOOSE, Ann, b. 1797, West Walton, Norfolk d. 17 Jun 1879, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 82 years)2. EDGOOSE, Robert, b. 1798, West Walton, Norfolk d. 4 Apr 1870, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 72 years)3. EDGOOSE, Elizabeth, b. 1800, West Walton, Norfolk d. 1812, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 12 years)4. EDGOOSE, John, b. 1802, West Walton, Norfolk d. 5 Oct 1841, Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk (Age 39 years)5. EDGOOSE, Mary, b. 1803, West Walton, Norfolk d. 26 Sep 1839, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 36 years)+ 6. EDGOOSE, Susanna, b. 1805, West Walton, Norfolk d. 31 Dec 1855, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England (Age 50 years)7. EDGOOSE, James, b. 1807, West Walton, Norfolk d. 1813, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 6 years)8. EDGOOSE, Stanton, b. 1810, West Walton, Norfolk d. 17 Mar 1845, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 35 years)9. EDGOOSE, Elizabeth, b. 1812, West Walton, Norfolk d. 14 Dec 1881, Caistor, Lincolnshire, England (Age 69 years)Family ID F171 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Event Map 
Marriage - 12 May 1796 - West Walton, Norfolk 
Death - 1820 - West Walton, Norfolk Burial - 19 Nov 1820 - West Walton, Norfolk = Link to Google Earth
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Biographies 
EDGOOSE, John (1770-1820)
John, son of John and Ann EDGOOSE, was baptised at Gosberton on 24 October 1770. John EDGOOSE had married Ann DOLTON at Gosberton on 21 September 1768.
He married Mary STANTON, daughter of John STANTON of West Walton, at West Walton on 12 May 1796. Witnesses were John STANTON and James FISHER. John EDGOOSE signed the register and Mary STANTON made her mark.
On 11 November 1796 he was paid one shilling and sixpence for three quarters of a day's work for the church.
(West Walton Vestry Book)
Ann, daughter of John and Mary EDGOOSE, was baptised at West Walton on 23 July 1797.
Robert, son of John and Mary EDGOOSE, was baptised at West Walton on 12 November 1798.
Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary EDGOOSE, was baptised at West Walton on 13 July 1800 and buried there on 28 August 1812.
John, son of John and Mary EDGOOSE, was baptised at West Walton on 25 April 1802.
An Index of the Will Of John STANTON (1731-1810), butcher, of West Walton, Norfolk. The Will was made on 13 April 1803. Probate was granted on 22 March 1810.
01 John STANTON (1731-1810), the Testator.
02 Anne STANTON formerly WIGNALL, wife of the Testator, executrice (1744 or 1745-1819.
03*Mary EDGOOSE formerly STANTON, wife of John EDGOOSE (1770-1820).
04*John EDGOOSE (1770-1820) son-in-law of the Testator.
05 Richard LEWIN of Leverington
06 Wright STANTON, son of the Testator
07 William STANTON, son of the Testator
08 Ruth ELLINGWORTH, granddaughter of the Testator
09 Jas. BELLAMY, witness.
10 Steed GIRDLESTONE, witness.
11 Thos. FISKE, witness
12 Reverend Jeremiah JACKSON clerk and Surrogate to the Commy.
(Norwich Archdeaconry Court Will f.112 1810)
Anne (sic) STANTON née WIGNALL was buried at West Walton, Norfolk, on 19 March 1819 aged 74.
(FreeReg)
NOTES & QUERIES:
Was Anne STANTON née WIGNALL a descendant of the Edward WIGNALL, apothecary, who married Anne OLDMAN at Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire, by licence on 19 October 1725?
Mary, daughter of John and Mary EDGOOSE, was baptised at West Walton on 18 September 1803.
In his will made on 19 March 1805 Robert TYLER of Gosberton, who had married Ann EDGOOSE widow at Gosberton on 10 October 1781, wrote:
"I further give and bequeath unto my well beloved son in law John HEADGOOSE of the Parish of Walton near Wisbeach in Cambridgeshire the sum of Ten Pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain to be paid by my Executor as above."
An Index of the Will of Robert TYLER (1753-1805), farmer & grazier, of Gosberton, Lincolnshire. The Will was made on 19 March 1805. Probate was granted on 24 August 1805.
01*Robert TYLER, the Testator.
02 Robert TYLER, nephew of the Testator, son of Thomas TYLER of Osbournby, Lincolnshire.
03 Thomas TYLER, brother of the Testator.
04 Elizabeth TYLER, niece of the Testator's brother Thomas TYLER of Osbournby, Lincolnshire.
05 William TYLER, grocer, of Billinborough, Lincolnshire, nephew of the Testator.
06 Sutton TYLER of Horbling, Lincolnshire, tailor, nephew of the Testator.
07*John HEADGOOSE of Walton near Wisbeach in Cambridgeshire, son-in-law of the Testator.
08 James HEADGOOSE of Gosberton, son-in-law of the Testator, sole executor.
09 John LITTLEBERREY, witness.
10 John BROWN, witness.
11 John SHINGLAR, Surrogate.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1805/???)
Susan, daughter of John and Mary EDGOOSE, was baptised at West Walton on 8 September 1805.
James, son of John and Mary EDGOOSE, was baptised at West Walton on 25 November 1807 and buried there on 8 June 1813.
Stanton, son of John and Mary EDGOOSE, was baptised at West Walton on 24 June 1810.
Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary EDGOOSE, was baptised at West Walton on 4 October 1812.
The Land Tax records for West Walton show that EDGOOSE & others occupied property owned by John STANTON's heirs in 1812. The rental was
£ 4.0s.0d. and the yearly tax 16s.0d. In 1815 and 1820 the rental and tax were the same but the property was occupied by John EDGOOSE. The description of the property was not shown.
"....... And also a certain other Footway or Path, also particularly described in the said map or plan annexed to the said order, and designated by the letter F, commencing from and out of the public road leading from the Church of West Walton aforesaid to Walton Dam aforesaid, across the homested and lands of the said Sigimund Trafford SOUTHWELL, in the occupation of John EDGOOSE, [etc., etc.]
Dated this 23 May, 1820.
(Norfolk Chronicle, 03 June 1820)
On the 22 May 1820 an Order was made for abating and stopping up the several unnecessary public roads, lanes, paths and footways hereinafter set forth, amongst which "And also a certain other Footway or Path, also particularly described in the said map or plan annexed to the said order, and designated by the letter F, commencing from and out of the public road leading from the church of West Walton aforesaid to Walton Dam aforesaid, across the homested and lands of the said Sigimund Trafford SOUTHWELL, in the occupation of John EDGOOSE, to another part of the said public road near to the house of Farndon GROUIN (?), in the occupation of Thomas WEST"
(Norfolk Chronicle, Saturday 10 June 1820, extracted by www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
John EDGOOSE was buried at West Walton on 19 November 1820.
NOTES & QUERIES:
In 1825 the West Walton Land Tax records show that the property owned by John STANTON's heirs was occupied by EDGOOSE heirs. The rental and yearly tax was £ 4.0s.0d. and 16s.0d. respectively as in earlier years.
(revised 26.04.2026)