Parish records indicate that Samuel Hares was baptized at the church in Shipham on 1 May 1763 and was the son of Joseph and Mary Hares. Parish records also show that a Samuel Hares married Fanny Lovell in 1784, and the widowed Samuel Hares later married Susanna Wookey in 1793. Samuel died in 1815 at the age of 53 and was buried in the parish cemetery on 19 November 1815. His widow Susanna appears in the 1841 and 1851 census of Shipham. In the latter return she is described as a "pauper" living with her unmarried daughter Elizabeth.

Family Group 1	Relationships	Born	Christened	1841 Census	1851 Census	Comments
Samuel Hares and his wife Fanny Lovell						married 25 Oct 1784, St. Leonard's, Shipham
Samuel Hares	Husband	ca. 1763	1 May 1763			buried 19 Nov 1815, Shipham, Age 53
Fanny Lovell	1st Wife
Sophia Hares	Daughter	ca. 1786	26 Nov 1786
Robert Hares	Son	ca. 1791	22 Aug 1791
Family Group 2
Samuel Hares and his wife Susanna Wookey						married 26 Dec 1793, St. Leonard's, Shipham
Samuel Hares	Husband	ca. 1763	1 May 1763			buried 19 Nov 1815, Shipham, Age 53
Susanna Wookey	2nd Wife	ca. 1771	Dec 1771	70	80
Samuel Hares	Son	ca. 1796	25 Dec 1796
Mary Hares	Daughter	ca. 1798	20 Nov 1798
Israel Hares	Son	ca. 1800	2 Mar 1800	40	52	married Mary Ann Collins 26 Mar 1823, died 25 May 1883, Nantyglo, Wales
Mary Hares	Daughter		12 Apr 1807			could this be the same daughter Mary christened in 1798?
Ann Hares	Daughter		12 Apr 1807
Peter Hares	Son		12 Apr 1807			probably the Peter Hares who married Elizabeth Hares, 26 Mar 1823
Elizabeth Hares	Daughter	ca. 1813	25 July 1813	25	38	unmarried, living w/mother Susanna 1841/51 census, Shipham

History of Shipham Parish, from The Heart of Mendip, by Francis A. Knight
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