I look at the hard life my 4X great grandfather John (Ingles) Angel 1743 – 1823 managed to live through. He was born after his father Thomas had passed away, so never knew him. He lost a little half sister Ann, a full sister Mary and his mother when John was about 13. From there, he married Elizabeth, then Hannah and outlived both of them! In 1778 at Hutton Buscel, Yorkshire he married a widow named Ann Bulmer (Chester) and finally things were looking up as they had 5 surviving children together. But he outlived his daughters Mary and Elizabeth and an infant grandson, Richard, in 1815. Then in 1821 he buried his wife Ann and now we come to John’s death on July 6 1823. Is it any wonder that I feel very sad and upset for poor old John when I think on the details of his life?
