Felsted: Holy Cross Church: The nave from the west cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Michael Garlick - geograph.org.uk/p/4540484 |
- Ellen Eliza Hockley Chapman b. 1877 M Quarter in PANCRAS Vol 01B Page 201. Died in 1877 S Quarter in PANCRAS Vol 01B Page 80
Felsted: Holy Cross Church: The nave from the west cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Michael Garlick - geograph.org.uk/p/4540484 |
The Chequers Public House - formerly The Chequers Inn, a coaching inn, 27 Stortford Rd, Great Dunmow, Essex |
Star Lane in Great Dunmow cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Robert Edwards - geograph.org.uk/p/1503881 |
St Giles Church, Mountnessing cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Salmon - geograph.org.uk/p/2444460 |
Thomas and Sally had eleven children in total, who were all baptised at St Giles, Mountnessing, where the family settled for many years:
On the baptisms of Thomas, Sarah, William and John, their father is listed as a Shop Keeper. On those of George onwards, he's listed as a farmer. He's also listed as a farmer on Sarah's marriage to Henry Wilton in 1838.
Farm Buildings, Woodlands Farm, Mountnessing cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Winfield - geograph.org.uk/p/37921 |
In 1841, Thomas Staines (50), Farmer, was residing at Woodlands Farm [Thoby Lane], Mountnessing with wife Sally and six of their children; George (20), Robert (18), Maria (15), Mary (13), Ann (11) and Charles (9). Eldest son Thomas Staines married Eliza Lee in 1835 and went to live in High Roding; Sarah Staines had married Henry Wilton in 1838 and they could be found in the High Street, Great Dunmow; a William Staines of the right age, who was born in Mountnessing, is a farmer of 79 acres in Navestock, Essex; John Staines also appeared to have left home and Elizabeth Staines, it would seem, sadly, had just died, aged 17, and was buried on 30 May 1841.
In 1851, Thomas Staines (61), Farmer of 130 Acres, Employing 4 Labourers and 2 Boys, at Woodlands Farm, Mountnessing, with wife Sally. Still at home were George (30), Maria (25) and Ann (22). Mary Ann Wilton (5) was listed as Niece (could be an easy mistake if one of children was completing the census or responding to the enumerator for their parents), but she was Thomas and Sally's granddaughter (daughter of Henry Wilton and Sarah Staines), possibly staying with her grandparents as her mother had another child in 1851.
Ginge Petre Almshouses, Ingatestone (1840) cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Julian Osley - geograph.org.uk/p/3493906 |
Holy Cross Church, Felsted, Essex cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Peter Stack - geograph.org.uk/p/2031193 |
St. Helens and St. Giles Church, Rainham Max Naylor, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons |
Back row (L-R): May, John (Jack), James (Jim), Florence (Flo) and Eliza (Lili) Front row: Rose, Ellen, Ada, Elizabeth (Bet) and Daisy. |
Eliza Ellen Fuller (née Hockley) |
St Mary the Virgin, Dunton Wayletts, Essex cc-by-sa/2.0 - © terry joyce - geograph.org.uk/p/2135721 Former church, now a private residence. |
St Mary, Great Dunmow cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Salmon - geograph.org.uk/p/3988759 |
James Hockley, son of George Hockley and Eliza Crow, married Elizabeth Wilton, daughter of Richard Wilton and Catherine Byatt at St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow on 25 Dec 1870. The groom was 20, the bride claimed to be 19, but she was 23. :) James' occupation, as well as that of both George and Richard is recorded as Labourer. In Richard Wilton's case, this is incorrect. We know from at least three sources (1841 census, his own marriage in 1843, as well as from his death certificate) that Richard Wilton was a harness maker. However, as Richard had died in 1858, when Elizabeth was only around 11, she either didn't know or had forgotten (and probably couldn't read what was written anyway), so I can see how this error became perpetuated.
James and Elizabeth Hockley set about repopulating Essex:
Aythorpe Roding Post Mill cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Michael Trolove - geograph.org.uk/p/3392678 Aythorpe Roding Windmill near to Roundbush Green, Essex |
All Saints Church, Stisted, Essex cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Peter Stack - geograph.org.uk/p/2051427 |
All Saints, High Roding cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Salmon - geograph.org.uk/p/5059359 |
St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow, Essex - Chancel cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Salmon - geograph.org.uk/p/1304114 |
George Hockley, son of Daniel Hockley and Sophia Mason, married Eliza Crow, daughter of William Crow and Judith Doe on 6 Nov 1843 at St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow. The marriage record shows that George, as well as both fathers' were labourers and witnesses were John and Jane Burton.
George and Eliza's children included:
St Mary, Little Easton, Essex cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Salmon - geograph.org.uk/p/339750 |
Former Almshouses, Church Row, Little Easton cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Robin Webster - geograph.org.uk/p/4985490 |
St. Mary’s Church, Great Canfield |
Felsted: Holy Cross Church cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Michael Garlick - geograph.org.uk/p/4540484 |