Colton, Witting, ca. 1696-1755
- GB-2014-WSA-05147
- Person
- ca. 1696-1755
COLTON, WITTING, son of Richard Colton, London; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 15) 1711; QS (Capt) 1712; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1716, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1716, aged 19, scholar 10 May 1717, matr. 1717; BA 1719/20; MA 1723; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1722, Major Fellow 2 Jul 1723; BA 1719/20; MA 1723; ordained deacon (Ely) 20 May 1722; Chancellor of Salisbury from 27 Oct 1727; Vicar of West Lavington, Wilts., 1727; Rector of Poulshot, Wilts., 1728 (disp. to hold with West Lavington); Vicar of St. Giles’s, Reading, Berks., from 19 May 1730; Vicar of Odiham, Hants., from 13 Mar 1737/8 (disp. to hold with St. Giles’s, Reading); m. 1st, 1743 [or 30 Sep 1727 (IGI)] Anna Bullard, niece of Right Rev. Benjamin Hoadly DD, Bishop of Winchester; m. 2nd, 6 Nov 1746 (IGI) Mary Jones, widow of John Ditches [or Ditcher ?], Bath; d. 21 Dec 1755.