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The attached newspaper article states, "A few words on a tablet in the chancel of the church in which her husband officiated record the death of his wife, who survived him." The article is referring to a brass plate (epitaph) which was fixed to the south wall of the original church (demolished c.1796) and appears to imply that it was Rev. Whitelamb's first wife, Mary, née Wesley, that survived him. Mary is said to have died in childbirth in October 1734, but there is no mention of this in the article or on the epitaph. There is also no mention on the epitaph of Rev. Whitelamb's wife surviving him, only that she is buried "near this place", possibly within the church itself.
Rev. Whitelamb remarried in 1736 to a lady named Mary Taylor (-1744) and it is likely that the epitaph is referring to her and not Mary, née Wesley, his first wife.
There doesn't appear to be any records available of any further marriage(s) or any burial record (for this particular graveyard at least) of a wife that could have survived him.
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https://archive.org/details/memorialsofwesle00stev/page/288/mode/2up?view=theater
https://www.mywesleyanmethodists.org.uk/content/people-2/the-wesley-family/family-john-charles-wesley
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Burial: 1 Nov 1734
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The attached newspaper article states, "A few words on a tablet in the chancel of the church in which her husband officiated record the death of his wife, who survived him." The article is referring to a brass plate (epitaph) which was fixed to the south wall of the original church (demolished c.1796) and appears to imply that it was Rev. Whitelamb's first wife, Mary, née Wesley, that survived him. Mary is said to have died in childbirth in October 1734, but there is no mention of this in the article or on the epitaph. There is also no mention on the epitaph of Rev. Whitelamb's wife surviving him, only that she is buried "near this place", possibly within the church itself.
Rev. Whitelamb remarried in 1736 to a lady named Mary Taylor (-1744) and it is likely that the epitaph is referring to her and not Mary, née Wesley, his first wife.
There doesn't appear to be any records available of any further marriage(s) or any burial record (for this particular graveyard at least) of a wife that could have survived him.
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https://archive.org/details/memorialsofwesle00stev/page/288/mode/2up?view=theater
https://www.mywesleyanmethodists.org.uk/content/people-2/the-wesley-family/family-john-charles-wesley
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Burial: 1 Nov 1734
Family Members
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Samuel Wesley
1690–1739
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Susanna Wesley
1691–1693
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Emilia "Emily" Wesley Harper
1692–1772
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Annesley Wesley
1694–1695
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Jedidiah Wesley
1694–1695
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Susanna "Sukey" Wesley Ellison
1695–1764
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Mehetabel "Hetty" Wesley Wright
1697–1750
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Infant Wesley
1698–1698
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John Wesley
1699–1699
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Benjamin Wesley
1700–1700
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Anne "Nancy" Wesley Lambert
1701 – unknown
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John Wesley
1701–1701
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Benjamin Wesley
1701–1701
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John Wesley
1703–1791
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Infant Wesley
1705–1705
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Martha "Patty" Wesley Hall
1706–1791
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Charles Wesley Sr
1707–1788
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Kezia "Kezzy" Wesley
1709–1741
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