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Author: By, William

Biography:

BY, William (1779-1825: ancestry.co.uk)

Travesties of Shakespeare’s plays were popular at the time but William By is not known to have published anything else. Almost certainly he was the William By who was born to William and Susanna By on 21 Nov. and baptised at All Hallows, Barking, London, on 19 Dec. 1779. He applied for a license to marry Sarah Fossett of Barking on 12 Dec. 1803 when he was residing in the parish of St. Andrew’s, Holborn. They married in St. Andrew’s on 14 Dec. He died in 1825 and was buried on 2 May at All Hallows, Barking. No other information has been located. (ancestry.co.uk 6 Aug. 2023)

 

Books written (1):

London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1816