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    1. Re: [OXF] Death of Edmund KING
    2. Wendy King
    3. Hi Further to my recent enquiry about the death of Edmund KING I am wondering if I have stumbled across it but need more supporting information to be sure. There is definitely no Edmund KING burial for a man of the right age in Oxfordshire and at this time all his family were still in Sydenham/Chinnor or west London. At the baptism of a couple of his children (we know that they are his children because several of them migrated together and the family links are quite clear in the Australian records) and in his cousin's will Edmund is referred to Edward - though the receipt for the bequest is signed Edmund. What I have now found is: Edward KING, of Sydenham, buried Chinnor 6 Aug 1808 age 70 "who in a fit of insanity hung himself at the Windmill" In many ways it makes sense that this Edmund - there was no Edward of this age in Sydenham; the age is not far out for Edward son of Edward KING jnr baptised Chinnor 1740. I have checked Oxhist holdings on line come up empty - can anyone point in the direction of online newspapers that might have covered the story please. Wendy

    08/27/2011 09:48:46