CFHS code : PL345
Parish : St Paul
Inscription : In Affectionate Remembrance of [Rev] [J—–T] [R—-TON] [DM] also MARY his wife b Jan 26 1803 d Dec 28 1891
Monument : Headstone/Ground slab
Above information amended from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This headstone and ground slab stand 1 row west of the central path and roughly 10 plots north of the south path in the parish area pf St Paul. Very little can be read of the inscription which has many of the metal letters missing. The grave register and parish burial record were used to identify this monument.
Inscription
as transcribed in 2000
In Affectionate Remembrance of [Rev] [J—–T] [R—-TON] [DM]
after research it is more likely to read
In Affectionate Remembrance of Maj. JOSHUA EDLESTON] [DM]
lines illegible
Also MARY his wife born Jan 26 1803 died Dec 28 1891
Major Joshua Edleston (8 June 1794 – 18 March 1873)
Joshua wa the son of farmer John Edleston (1857-1811) and Mary (née Lilley) (1765-1849). He served as a soldier with the Royal Marines for 38 years and was appointed second lieutenant on 19 November 1821, promoted to first lieutenant on 22 July 1830 and made Captain on 10 August 1840. He married widow Mary Fuller on 10 June 1844 at St. Andrew the Great Church and was a Captain, on HMS Albion at the time of his marriage. He retired from the army on full pay in February 1850 and was made a Major in January 1855.
Joshua and Mary lived on the High Street in Uckfield (1851) before moving to live at Gonville House , 67 Hills Road (at least 1861 onwards). He died at home and his funeral took place on 24 March 1873.
Mary Edleston (née Lilley) (26 January 1803 – 28 December 1891)
Mary was the daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth Lilly and was born in Bourn. She was baptised on 15 May 1803 and grew up in the village, where her father was a farmer. She married whitesmith James Fuller (1794 – 1840) and they lived at Benet Street. James died at home and was reported ‘with the greatest solicitude he fulfilled the duties of son, brother and husband’.
After she was widowed for a second time Mary continued to live at Gonville House with a cook and housemaid, and her occupation was given as ‘investments in gas and water’ (1881). She died at home aged 88 years old.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
Parish burial and grave records transcribed by CFHS
by Mary Naylor and Claire Martinsen
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