John Warland of Canford Magna - 1683 to 1862

Some of the details on this page were kindly provided by Paula Bailey, a descendant of this line.

John Warland (November 1683 - 6 June 1769, Canford Magna, buried in the grounds of Canford Church) was the son of John Warland (1650 - 1730) and Mary Warland (nee Henslow) (1660 - 1753).

John Warland married Sarah Painter (1685 - 8 September 1769, Canford Magna, Dorset, England) in 1716 in Dorset. They had the following children:

Note - a Jane Warland married a William Winters on 29 April 1750 in Wimborne Minster. It is not yet clear who this Jane is and if her husband might have been related to Catherine Winter, above.

1760 - William Warland marries Jane/Jenny Dunford

The son of John and Sarah Warland (nee Painter), William Warland (1722 - 1801) married Jane (Jenny) Dunford (? - 14 February 1796) in 1760. They had the following children:

1789 - John Warland (1763 - 1843) marries Mary Dolan

The second son of William and Jane Warland (nee Dunford), John Warland (1763 - 1843) married Mary Dolan in 1789 in Canford Magna, Dorset, England. They had the following children:

1830 - William Warland (1797 - 1870) marries Mary Griffen

William Warland (1797 - 1870), the son of John and Mary Warland (nee Dolan), and a carpenter, married (1) Mary Griffen (1800 - 1847) on 19 May 1829 in Dorset. William and Mary Warland (nee Griffen) had the following children. Note that the family appears to have been erroneously recorded as 'Harland' in the 1841 census. They are recorded in Corfe Mullen in the 1851 census.

Mary Warland (nee Griffen) died on 27 October 1847. William then married Jane Measher ( - 1888, burial location not yet known) in Hampreston. Jane had a son named George Measher, father not recorded. William and Jane had three children:

William (aged 64) and Jane (aaged 43) along with infant son Thomas (aged 1) are recorded in the 1861 census in Dorset. William is recorded as a journeyman carpenter.

1831 - James Warland (1804 - ) marries Jane Foot

James Warland (1804 - ?), the son of John and Mary Warland (nee Dolan), married Jane Foot (possibly born 1806 according to 1841 census). They had the following children:

James and Jane Warland (nee Foot) and family were recorded in the 1841 and 1851 census in Dorset, and thereafter in Hampshire (Isle of Wight).

1832 - Louisa Warland (1806 - 1862) marries Josiah Jolliffe

Louisa Warland (1806 - 17 August 1862), the daughter of John and Mary Warland (nee Dolan), married Josiah Jolliffe (1806 - ) in 1832 at St Thomas Portsmouth. They had the following children (text of information about children was provided by Jim Jolliffe in New Zealand - see below):

James Edward Jolliffe (8 February 1858, Southsea, Portsmouth - 4 March 1935, Gosport, buried Kingston Cemetery), married Ellen Ann Hutchens (4 November 1866 - 16 July 1916) on 22 August 1886 at Holy Trinity Church Gosport. James Edward Jolliffe and his wife Ellen Ann had children. One of these children migrated from Portsmouth to Western Australia in 1922, having served in the 29th British Division. He was wounded at Cape Helles, Gallipoli and transferred to Royal Flying Corps which became the Royal Air Force in 1918. He was discharged from the R.A.F. in 1922.

The son of James Edward Jolliffe, James (Jim) Jolliffe, (born about 1929) lived in New Zealand. He visited Portsmouth England in 1989 and met a first cousin Leonard Jolliffe there, since deceased.

From 1853 - Louisa Warland marries Samuel Jacobs

Louisa Warland (1833 - 1892) was the third child of William Warland (1797 - 1870) and Mary Griffen (1800 - 1847). Louisa married Samuel Jacobs (1826 - 1902) at West Parley on 26 July 1853. They had the following children (details kindly provided by Paula Bailey):


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