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Sarah Wilton, daughter of Stephen Wilton and Elizabeth Hankin, married Thomas Clark, son of Claudius Clark and Hannah Cornell, on 3 Apr 1839 in Royston, Hertfordshire. Thomas was baptised on 15 Mar 1818 in Great Dunmow, where his parents were married on 27 May 1817. Claudius was a wheelwright. Thomas, like Sarah's brothers, was a Harness Maker.
Thomas and Sarah had at least ten children:
- Thomas Clark Wilton born 1839 in Royston
- Ann Clark born 1841 in Dunmow
- Emma Clark born 1842 in Dunmow
- Sarah Wilton Clark born 1845 in Braintree
- Alfred Clark born 1847 in Braintree
- Robert Clark born 1849 in Southwark
- Caroline Clark born 1851 in Camberwell
- Elizabeth Clark born 1854 in Camberwell
- Thomas William Clark born 1857 in Camberwell
- Walter Edward Clark born 1862 in Camberwell
In 1841, Thomas Clark (23) and Sarah (22) were living in Great Dunmow, with children Thomas (2) and Ann (0).
We don't catch up with them again until 1871, in Camberwell. In the household were Thomas Clark (53), Harness Maker, birthplace Dunmow; Sarah Clark (52), birthplace Royston; Robert Clark (22), Harness Maker, birthplace Southwark; Thomas Clark (13), Scholar, and Walter Clark (9), Scholar, birthplace Peckham. Also living with them were Ann Wilton (54), Needlewoman, birthplace Royston, wife's sister; Stephen Wilton (18), Harness Maker, birthplace Southwark, Nephew and Martha Wilton (10), Scholar, birthplace Peckham, Niece, both Ann's illegitimate children.
Then Thomas Clark died, in Camberwell, in 1877, aged 59.
In 1881, Sarah Clark (62), widow, was lodging in the household of her married daughter, Caroline Thornhill (30) at 57, South Street, Camberwell.
In 1891, Sarah Clark (72), widow, was employed as a General Servant Nurse in the household of Henry R Weller (29) in Kimberley Road, Lambeth.
Sarah Clark died, in St Pancras, London, in 1903, aged 84.