John Colvert

  General Notes:

There is a record in the Grafton Estate records at the Northhants Record Office of the following:

"Feoffment of cottage or tenement at Potterspury 8 March 1776. William Bason the elder of Potterspury, mason to John Colvert of the same, taylor and Joseph Scrivener his trustee, with bond to indemnify against Dower 8 March 1776
2 seals, 2 signatures". A "feoffment" was an old form of granting a free inheritance of land.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He worked as a Tailor in 1778.

John married Anna Bason, daughter of William Bason and Ann Newman, on 1 Jun 1769 in Potterspury, Northampton, England. (Anna Bason was born in 1741 in Potterspury, Northampton, England, christened on 17 Dec 1741 in Potterspury, Northampton, England and died after 23 Apr 1796.)