25th Generation

96. Rev Henry William WILBERFORCE⁴ was born on 22 Sep 1807.⁴ He died on 23 Apr 1873.⁴ Henry William (Rev.) Vicar of East Farleigh, Kent, 1843-50, entered Roman Catholic Church 1850, editor of Catholic Standard 1865-65; born 22nd September, 1807, educated Oriel College, Oxford (B.A. 1830, M.A. 1833), married 24th July, 1834, Mary (died 27th January, 1878), second daughter and co-heiress (with her sister, Emily, wife of Bishop Samuel Wilberforce (see above)), of Rev. John Sargent, of Lavington, Sussex, and died 23rd April, 1873 - L G Pine

Buried in the graveyard of Woodchester Priory - Fr Gerard Wilberforce

the youngest son of William Wilberforce , was an English Catholic journalist and author. He studied law at Oxford and was a pupil of John Henry Newman , through whose influence he later took orders as an Anglican priest. He served the Anglican church from 1834 to 1850, when he and his wife were received into the Catholic Church. After his conversion, he became proprietor and editor of the Catholic Standard, and wrote several books. - Wikipedia

Rev Henry William WILBERFORCE and Mary SARGENT were married on 24 Jul 1834. Mary SARGENT⁴ (daughter of Rev John SARGENT MP and Mary SMITH) was born in 1811. She died in 1878.⁵ Rev Henry William WILBERFORCE and Mary SARGENT had the following children:

110	i.	John WILBERFORCE.8 He died in childhood
111	ii.	Ambrose WILBERFORCE.
112	iii.	Very Rev. Father (Arthur Henry) Bertrand WILBERFORCE O.P.8 was born on 14 Mar 1839. He died on 14 Dec 1904. Educ Ushaw and Woodchester Priory; Preacher-General of the Dominican Friars. Prior of Woodchester Priory near Stroud, where he was buried .
113	iv.	Caroline Mary WILBERFORCE was born in 1843.8 She was a franciscan nun at Woodchester convent. She died on 2 Apr 1915. A Franciscan nun - BLG
+114	v.	Agnes Everilda Mary WILBERFORCE.
+115	vi.	Henry Edward WILBERFORCE.
+116	vii.	Wilfrid Ignatius WILBERFORCE.
117	viii.	Florence WILBERFORCE.
118	ix.	Mary Phillippa WILBERFORCE.