John Byatt and Jane Stokes

All Saints, Little Canfield - Chancel
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John Byatt (bap. 3 May 1778 in Elsenham), son of John Byatt and Sarah Pewter, married Jane Stokes (bap. 29 Aug 1784 in Great Canfield), daughter of Robert Stokes and Susanna Judd, on 24 Nov 1800 at All Saints Church, Little Canfield, Essex. John Byatt will have been 22 and Jane just 16.

John and Jane Byatt's children, baptised in Little Canfield, were:

1. Susanna Byatt bap. 11 Jun 1803
2. Jane Byatt bap. 9 Jun 1811
3. William Byatt bap. 6 Mar 1814
4. Elizabeth Byatt bap. 6 Oct 1816, died aged 31, in 1847 J Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 12 Page 77, buried 8 Jun 1847
5. John Byatt bap. 3 Oct 1819
6. Catherine Byatt bap. 4 Apr 1824
7. George Byatt bap. 30 Sep 1827

With significant gaps between births, there may have been others.

In 1841, John Byatt (65) Labourer, Jane Byatt (56), George Byatt (13) and Jane's widowed mother, Susan Stokes (78) were living in Hickeys Lane, Little Canfield. Living next door to them was son William Byatt. Son John Byatt was living in the household of John Rickett (40) at Goldings, Netteswell, Essex.

John Byatt died, aged 80, in 1858 M Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 04A Page 263 and was buried on 14 Jan 1858 in Little Canfield.

In 1861, Jane Byatt (79) was living at 6, High Canfield Lane, Little Canfield. 

Jane Byatt died in 1866 S Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 04A Page 258 - age listed as 86 probably from 'rounding' her birth year to ~1780 - she was 82, and was buried on 10 Aug 1866, at All Saints, Little Canfield.

Robert Stokes and Susanna Judd

St Mary, Great Canfield - East end
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Robert Stokes (b. ~1765 no clues where he was from) married Susanna Judd (bap. 24 Jun 1764 in Great Canfield), daughter of John and Susanna Judd, on 20 Apr 1784 at her parish of St Mary, Great Canfield. 

Robert and Susanna Stokes had five children:

1. Jane Stokes bap. 29 Aug 1784 in Great Canfield
2. John Stokes bap. 5 Nov 1786 in Great Canfield
3. William Stokes bap. 8 Nov 1789 in Great Canfield
4. Joseph Stokes bap. 25 Sep 1792 in Great Canfield
5. James Stokes bap. 28 Aug 1796 in Little Canfield

Robert Stokes died, aged around 75, in 1840 S Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 12 Page 52, and was buried on 11 Aug 1840 in Great Dunmow.

In 1841, the widowed Susan Stokes (78) was living with her son-in-law and daughter, John and Jane Byatt, in Hickeys Lane, Little Canfield. 

Susan Stokes died in 1852 M Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 04A Page 218 was buried, on 1 Mar 1852, at All Saints, Little Canfield. The GRO death registration over estimated her age to 94, but she'll have been 88.