Letters, Archaeological and Historical Relating to the Isle of Wight, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Letters, Archaeological and Historical Relating to the Isle of Wight, Vol. 1 Edward Boucher James, the author of the following letters, was born at Carlisle on March 6, 1819. His father was for many years in the service of the Hon. East India Company. His mother was the daughter of the Rev. Jonathan Boucher, son of a Cumberland 'statesman.' Jonathan Boucher passed a varied and somewhat adventurous life. He was born at Blencogo in Cumberland in 1738, and in 1759 went to Virginia to push his fortune as a schoolmaster. For a time he was tutor to the step-son of Washington. In 1762 he sailed back to England for the purpose of being ordained, and having received ordination from Bishop Osbaldeston, returned to the colony, where he held several successive livings, but in 1775, having thrown in his lot with the loyalist party, he found it prudent to return home. In 1785, after an interval of school-keeping, he was presented to the Vicarage of Epsom, which he held until his death in 1804. He was thrice married, first in America, and for a second and third time after he had become Vicar, and it was at Epsom of the last marriage that the mother of Mr. James was born. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.