Charles Green and Sarah Ann Hockley

Felsted: Holy Cross Church
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Charles Green (b. 1851 M Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 12 Page 102), son of James Green and Rebecca Crow, married Sarah Ann Hockley (bap. 9 Aug 1857 at St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow), youngest daughter of George Hockley and Eliza Crow, in Felsted, on 16 Oct 1877. (Still need to figure out the relationship between Rebecca Crow and Eliza Crow.)

Charles and Sarah Ann Green had eight children:

1. James Arthur Green b. 1879 S Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 04A Page 462, bap. 31 Aug 1879 in Felsted
2. Jessy Alice Green b. 1881 J Quarter in DUNMOW Volume 04A Page 494, bap. 24 Apr 1881 in Felsted
3. William George Green b. 1883 M Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 04A Page 543, bap. 27 May 1883 in Felsted
4. Lucy Sarah Green b. 4 Jan 1888 M Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 04A Page 613, bap. 1888 in Felsted
5. Rose Green b. 1890 J Quarter in DUNMOW Volume 04A Page 605. Died in 1914 S Quarter in DUNMOW Volume 04A Page 785
6. Charles Alfred Green b. 13 Feb 1894 M Quarter in DUNMOW Volume 04A Page 695, bap. 1894 in Felsted
7. Ellen Green b. 1897 J Quarter in DUNMOW Volume 04A Page 708, bap. 1897 in Felsted
8. Kate Green b. 1901 J Quarter in DUNMOW Volume 04A Page 814

In 1881, at Cock Green, Felstead, Dunmow, Essex were Charles Green (28) Ag Lab; Sarah Green (23), James A Green (1) and Lucy Green (0) - they must have changed their minds and called her Jessy Alice instead.

In 1891, still at Cock Green were Charles Green (37) Agricultural Labourer; Sarah A Green (32), James A Green (11), Jessie A Green (9), William G Green (7), Lucy S Green (3) and Rose Green (1).

In 1901, in Felsted, were Charles Green (48) Cowman on Farm; Sarah Ann Green (42), James Green (21) Thatcher; Jessie Green (20), William Green (18), Lucy Green (13), Rose Green (11), Charles Green (7) & Ellen Green (3).

In 1911, in Felsted, were Charles Green (58) Cowman on Farm; Sarah Green (52), William Green (26) Farm Labourer; Rose Green (20); Charles Green (16) Cow lad on farm; Ellen Green (13) and Katie Green (9), both at School. James Arthur Green had married in 1907; Jessie Alice Green (28) from Felsted, Essex was a House Maid in the household of Frederick William Watson (33) Sergeant Royal Artillery Band in Woolwich, Kent and Lucy Green (21) was General Servant to Kitty Ethel Stawnton (42) at Edward House, Felsted.

In 1921, Charles Green (68) Farm Labourer, employed by Mr Scrivener, Farmer at Pond Park [Farm], Felsted; Sarah Green (63), Lucy Green (29) and Kate Green (20) were living at Brook Cottages [Cobblers Green], Felsted.

Charles Green of Pond Park Cottage, Felsted, died aged approximately 83, on 25 Dec 1933 (1933 D Quarter in DUNMOW Volume 04A Page 999) and was buried, on 30 Dec 1933 at Holy Cross Church, Felsted.

Sarah Ann Green died, aged 78, in 1936 D Quarter in CHELMSFORD Volume 04A Page 682 and was also buried at Holy Cross, Felsted on 17 Nov 1936.

Robert Hankin and Elizabeth Edwards

Kneesworth Street, Royston, Herts
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Robert Hankin (bap. 7 Jan 1742 in Royston), Batchelor, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Hankin, married Elizabeth Edwards, Spinster, in Royston, on 15 Oct 1767. Witnesses were William Stamford and Elizabeth Chapman.

Robert and Elizabeth had nine or ten children:

1. Robert Hankin bap. 30 Jan 1769
2. Sarah Hankin bap. 26 Jun 1770
3. Joseph Hankin bap. 23 Sep 1772
4. Ann Hankin bap. 8 Mar 1775
5. Elizabeth Hankin bap. 28 Aug 1777
6. William Hankin bap. 28 Oct 1779
7. Mary Hankin bap. 29 Nov 1781
8. Unnamed child bap. Feb 1786. This record does not show the exact date, name or gender of the child. This also could be either of the following:
9. James Hankin, for whom I can find no birth / baptism
10. Thomas Hankin, for whom I can find no birth / baptism

Given the dates, all of these Non-Conformist baptisms must have taken place at the Royston, Old Meeting (Independent) House, that had existed in Middle Row, Kneesworth Street, since 1706. [Source] These Non-Conformists, it seems, were Congregationalists. In 1790, a dispute arose over doctrine and a group withdrew from the Old Meeting, to form a New Meeting. In 1791 a New Meeting house was built on another site in Kneesworth Street. 

On 7 Sep 1759, when he will then have been the correct age of 15, Robert Hankin was apprenticed to John Thrift of Royston, Barber. The premium was £9 0s 0d. In turn, on 7 Dec 1770, Robert Hankin took an apprentice, named Edward Lilley, for whom the premium had gone up to £10 0s 0d.

On 6 Mar 1812, "E Hankin" was buried and the record is in the burials at Royston, New Meeting House (Independent). I'm sure this is Elizabeth Hankin because the record next to it is the burial of Robert Hankin on 21 Apr 1812.

Between those burial dates, on 4 Apr 1812, Robert Hankin wrote his will, directing that all his personal household furniture be sold with his other property [and] the product of its sale to be disposed of as follows: twenty pounds to his son James; twenty five pounds to his daughter Sarah; to his daughter Elizabeth wife of Stephen Wilton twenty pounds; Mary twenty pounds; Thomas (with a whole list of conditions) twenty pounds; Joseph five pounds; William five pounds; and another bequest to his daughter Ann. He appointed his son James Hankin and John Butler as joint Executors. Probate was granted to James Hankin on 15 Oct 1812. As the Will was written after the burial of E Hankin and there is no bequest to his wife, this tends to confirm that Elizabeth had pre-deceased him and that burial relates.

Winnall Travally and Elizabeth Benbow

St Dunstan's Church, Stepney
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Winnall Travally (b. 26 Apr 1715, bap. 15 May 1715 at St Dunstan, Stepney), son of Thomas Travally and Rachel Winnall, married Elizabeth Benbow (b. 15 Jul 1716, bap. 5 Aug 1716 at St Dunstan, Stepney), daughter of Richard Benbow and Elizabeth Cowtley by Licence granted on 14 Oct 1738.

Winnall Travally and Elizabeth Benbow, it appears, had four children; 

1. Sarah Travaly b. Sunday, 5 Aug 1739, Sarah Trevelly (sic) daughter of Winnall Trevelly (sic) Waterman of White Horse Street and Elizabeth, bap. 19 Aug 1739 (at 14 days old) at St Anne's Limehouse
2. Winnall Travally b. Tuesday, 11 Aug 1741, Winnall son of Winnall Travally, Waterman of White Horse Street, Ratt & Elizabeth, bap. 6 Sep 1741 (at 26 days old) at St Anne's Limehouse. Winnall son of Winnall Travally, Waterman was buried 8 Nov 1741, at St Anne's Limehouse
3. Elizabeth Travally b. Sunday, 3 Oct 1742, Elizabeth daughter of Winnall Travally, Waterman of White Horse Street & Elizabeth bap. 14 Nov 1742 (at 42 days old) at St Anne's Limehouse
4. Esther Travally b. Thursday, 27 Sep 1744, Hestor (sic) daughter of Winnall Travally, Lighterman of White Horse Street and Elizabeth bap. 21 Oct 1744 (at 24 days old) at St Anne's Limehouse

Winnall Travally, was a Waterman on the Thames, as was his father.

Elizabeth Travally "Inherited three houses on White Horse Street, Ratcliff, left to her in the Will of her uncle James Bendbow (sic) (died 1761), on the death of his widow Frances in 1766." In fact, James' Will specifies "give unto Elizabeth Travally my cousin three houses freehold in White Horse Street ...", but he was using the word ‘cousin’ in a generic sense, to mean any close relation; she was his niece as James was her father's brother.

Elizabeth Travally of Poplar died, aged 63, sadly, from 'mortification' (mortification is more technically called gangrene or necrosis) and was buried on Thursday, 24 Jun 1779, at St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney. 

Winnall Travally of Poplar died, aged 68, of Consumption (Tuberculosis) and was buried, on 18 Jul 1783, in the Rector's Grounds at St Dunstan's, Stepney.

Bishop Charles Perry and Frances Cooper

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St .Andrew's Church, Kirk Ella, Sunday, 4 December, 2005

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Charles Perry (b. 17 Feb 1807 and bap. at St Mary & St Hugh, Old Harlow, Essex), son of John Perry and his 2nd wife Mary, married Frances Cooper (b. 16 Jun 1814, bap. 21 Jul 1814 at the Fish Street Chapel (Independent), Kingston-upon-Hull The Congregational Chapel, Hull, listed as from the parish of Kirk Ella), daughter of Samuel Cooper and Dorothy Priestley, at St Andrew's Church, Kirk Ella, on 14 Oct 1841. The couple met through Frances' brother, Rev. John Cooper, who was at Cambridge with Charles Perry and who conducted their marriage service. Witnesses were Edward Priestley Cooper, another of Frances' brothers and Charlotte Scott. The Cambridge Chronicle and Journal published the following announcement, "On the 14th inst., at Kirk Ella, (by the Rev. J. Cooper, Fellow of Trinity college, in this university), the Rev. Charles Perry, Fellow and late Tutor of the same college to Fanny, youngest daughter of Samuel Cooper, Esq., of Tranby, near Hull."

The biography of Frances' brother, Sir Henry Cooper, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (who was elected Mayor of Hull in 1854 and Knighted that year by Queen Victoria [Source]), tells us "Henry Cooper was born at Hull, the son of Samuel Cooper, a merchant engaged in the whaling industry. Through his mother, he was related to Joseph Priestley, the famous chemist." Their grandfather, William Priestley, and Joseph Priestley were 1st cousins.

Bishopscourt, East Melbourne
Bishopscourt, one of the oldest properties in
East Melbourne, has been the official residence
of the Anglican Bishop, later Archbishop of
Melbourne since 1853.

Charles Perry was appointed the first Bishop of Melbourne and he and Fanny sailed on the Stag (the 678-ton barque Stag, built in 1841 at Durham, was a notable 19th-century vessel that transported immigrants and cargo to Australian colonies), commanded by Captain Noakes, R.N., on 6 Oct 1847 and arrived in Hobson's Bay, Port Phillip on 23 Jan 1848.

The Melbourne Argus of Tue 25 Jan 1848, under Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED, reported, "January 23-Stag, ship, Noakes, commander, from London. Passengers -Bishop of Melbourne, Mrs. Perry, Miss Cooper, Rev. Dr. Macartney, Mrs Macartney and eight children, Miss Hussey Burgh, Rev. John Hailes, Mrs. Hailes, Rev. John Newham, Mrs. Newham and one child ..."

A separate article in the same newspaper reported on the ARRIVAL OF THE BISHOP OF MELBOURNE. "The fine ship Stag, Captain Noakes, R N, having on board the Right Rev Dr Perry, the Bishop of Melbourne, and three other clergymen of the Church of England, arrived in Hobson's Bay on Sunday afternoon, and yesterday morning the Diamond, steamer, was chartered to convey the Bishop from the ship to town, His Honor the Superintendent, His Worship the Mayor, and a great many other gentlemen, including clergymen, magistrates, &c, going down the river to receive him. The steamer arrived at the wharf at about half-past one o'clock, when an assemblage of not less than three hundred persons had gathered to witness his landing. The Bishop, on stepping ashore from the vessel, was received with three hearty cheers, which he gratefully acknowledged in a brief address, expressive of his delight at the appearance of the country, and his satisfaction at the kind reception he had met with, his remarks were, however, rendered inaudible from the vessel letting off her steam. The Rev. Mr Thomson's phaeton being in at tendance, the Bishop drove off to St James's Parsonage, where arrangements have been made for his temporary accommodation, until the house on the Yarra. Yarra, belonging to the Speaker of the Legislative Council, which is at present occupied by Mr Fennell, can be got ready for his reception. The installation of the Bishop is appointed to take place in St James Church on Friday next, at 11 o clock, and it will be seen by our advertising columns that a meeting of the members of the Church of England has been called for the purpose of framing an address, to be presented on the occasion. The Bishop is apparently about forty-five years of age, of the middle size, and of rather a spare appearance. He brings with him the highest character as a sincere and evangelical Christian, (the very antipodes of Puseyism), he is said to be very exceedingly liberal in his sentiments, and to be given to the dreadfully anti High Church crime of fraternizing with other denominations of evangelical christians. His fellow passengers speak of him in the highest terms."

A Short History of the Church of England in Victoria 1847-1947 tells us that, throughout his episcopate Perry travelled the length and breadth of his huge diocese. Mrs. Perry, in her Diary, has left us graphic descriptions of the journeys of the Bishop in his pastoral visitations. "Charles amused me greatly," writes Mrs. Perry, "by saluting every individual with a touch of his hat and 'Good morning.' From some he got a civil return ..." 

"On one occasion," writes Mrs. Perry, "C. having determined to ride part of the way, was on horseback when he saw a company at some distance before him, and began to look out some tracts for them. While he was thus engaged, trotting along at the same time, his horse stumbled and fell with him, throwing him forwards on his face, and actually rolling over his back as he lay along. Most fortunately the dust was very deep, and furnished a soft bed for him to fall upon; and providentially the saddle of the horse appears to have rested exactly upon his back, so that, although the weight made him breathless for some moments, it inflicted no other injury than a bruise on the loin, and another, a slight one, on the chest. C. says it was the most remarkable escape which he remembers to have ever experienced. You may imagine what a figure he was when he rose from his sprawl in a bed of dust two or three inches deep. His appearance, as I had previously heard he was unhurt, called forth a hearty laugh from me."

The Perrys left Melbourne on 26 Apr 1874 and retired to Regents Park, London. In 1878 Perry was made a canon of Llandaff Cathedral. In the same year, Queen Victoria recognized his work in Melbourne and in Victoria by making him Prelate of the Order of St Michael and St George.

In 1881, Charles Perry (77) 'Bishop without' (i.e. jobless) and Fanny Perry (66) were resident at 32, Avenue Villa, St Marylebone, Marylebone. (In 1871, this had been the address of Charles' younger sister, Amelia Perry, who had died in 1874). Living in were a Butler, Cook and two Upper Housemaids.

In 1891, Charles Perry (84) Bishop late of Melbourne and Frances Perry (76) were visitors in the household of Edward H Nelson (73) Rector of Necton, at the Rectory, Back Lane, Necton, Swaffham, Norfolk. The Perrys had brought with them Kezia Denton (66) Lady's Maid (who was one of the Upper Housemaids in their household in 1871.) And there among the Rector's own household servants, was an Ellen Hurry (27) Housemaid from Dickleburgh.

That surname and location were already familiar to me because my 2x great-grandfather, James Hockley's brother, Daniel Hockley, married (for his 2nd wife), Mary Ann Hurry from Depwade, Norfolk. And James and Daniel's sister, Tamar Hockley's son, Arthur Edward Copeland, had married Mary Ann Hurry's younger sister, Alice Jane Hurry, who, after Arthur Edward Copeland died in 1901, aged just 30, in 1903, had remarried to her 1st cousin, Thomas Hurry. Ellen Hurry, the housemaid in the Rector's household, was also related to me by marriage, because she was Thomas Hurry's sister. (Mind you, you can bet that Ellen won't have reminisced with the Bishop about life in the Antipodes, even though the Hurry cousins' grandmother, Susan Hurry, also went to Australia. She was sentenced to 14 years transportation in 1836.)

Charles and Fanny Perry celebrated their Golden Wedding on 14 Oct 1891.

Charles Perry
by Samuel Alexander Walker
carbon print, published
Sep 1890 NPG Ax38402
© National Portrait Gallery, London

Bishop Charles Perry died, aged 84, on 2 Dec 1891 (1891 D Quarter in MARYLEBONE Volume 01A Page 444), and was buried, on 5 Dec 1891, at St Mary & St Hugh, Old Harlow. Probate was granted in London, on 2 Feb 1892, on the estate of the Right Reverend Bishop Charles Perry of 32 Avenue Road, St. John's Wood, Middlesex, D.D., who died on 2 Dec 1891 to the Venerable Henry Frank Johnson clerk archdeacon of Essex (Henry Frank Johnson was married to Emily Ann Perry, daughter of Charles' half-brother, Thomas Perry), Sydney Gedge esquire and Frederick Scott solicitor. Effects £33,717 10s 4d resworn Jan 1893 £46,627 10s 4d. (worth around ~£7.7M today). In one biography, it was said that Charles Perry had been a 'poor man'. All relative, I guess!

Frances Perry c. 1863

After Charles died, Fanny moved near her brother John, vicar of Kendal (Reverend John Cooper, MA, of Trinity College, Cambridge, Vicar of Kendal (1858–1896), Canon of Carlisle (1861–1896) and Archdeacon of Westmorland (1865–1896). Fanny Perry died exactly one year after her husband, on 2 Dec 1892 ( 1892 D Quarter in KENDAL Volume 10B Page 399), at Mrs Clay's house, Miller Bridge, Loughrigg, Westmorland (Miller Bridge is a key access point for walking to Loughrigg Fell from Ambleside, crossing the River Rothay near Rothay Park to reach Miller Brow and the southern ascent paths.) Frances Perry was burried on 7 Dec 1892, at St Mary & St Hugh, Old Harlow, Essex, in the family vault along with her late husband.

• Charles Perry (bishop)
• The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Perry, Right Rev. Charles
• Biography - Charles Perry - Australian Dictionary of Biography
• Learning from the Past: Charles Perry, First Bishop of Melbourne
• A Short History of the Church of England in Victoria 1847-1947
• Dr Charles Perry, National Portrait Gallery
• Frances (Fanny) Perry (1814–1892)
• Frances Perry (philanthropist)

Edward Priddle and Ethel Annie Beamer

St Peter's Church, Wyndham Square, Plymouth
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Edward Priddle (b. 12 Apr 1875 in Hackney, London), Sergeant RMLI, son of James Priddle and Catherine Stevens, married Ethel Annie Beamer (b. 23 Feb 1883 in East Stonehouse), daughter of Alfred Beamer and Mary Ann White, on 14 Oct 1905 at St Peter’s Church, Plymouth. Witnesses to their marriage were Alfred Beamer and Emily Luxton, the bride's brother and his intended, who married exactly two months later in Tiverton, Devon.

Edward Priddle, at 16, was employed by his father, a shoe maker, as a Clicker (A boot and shoe clicker cuts the uppers for boots or shoes), in Shoreditch. Edward enlisted in the Royal Marines on 27 Jan 1896 and served for 22 years, until 3 Mar 1918, finally attaining the rank of Lieutenant.

Edward and Ethel had three daughters, baptised at Plymouth, St Peter:

1. Ethel Annie Priddle b. 13 Jul 1906 (1906 S Quarter in PLYMOUTH Volume 05B Page 250), bap. 29 Jul 1906 (Died, aged 2, in 1909 J Quarter in PLYMOUTH Volume 05B Page 169)
2. Winifred May Priddle b. 4 May 1909 (1909 J Quarter in PLYMOUTH Volume 05B Page 249), bap. 20 May 1909
3. Mary Caroline Priddle b. 29 Dec 1912 (1913 M Quarter in PLYMOUTH Volume 05B Page 399), bap. 2 Feb 1913

In 1911, Edward Priddle (35) Sergeant Royal Marines, Ethel Annie (28) and Winifred May (1), were living at 40 Neswick Street, Plymouth. On this census return they confirm that by this point they'd had two children, one of whom had died, and one still living, during their five years of marriage.

In 1921, at 40 Neswick Street, Plymouth were Edward Priddle (46) Retired Lieut Royal Marines; Ethel Annie Priddle (38), Winifred May Priddle (12), Mary Caroline Priddle (8) and Mary Ann Beamer (70) Mother-in-law.

In 1939, the family including Edward Priddle, Retired RM, Ethel A, and Ethel's widowed mother, Mary Ann Beamer were living at 2 Glendower Road, Plymouth. Winifred May Priddle was an Assistant Mistress at a Secondary School in Exeter and Mary C Hadley and her husband, John Harold Hadley (Retail Tobacconist Proprietor), were at 42 Chestnut Road, Plymouth.

Ethel Annie Priddle, of 2 Glendower Road, Plymouth, died on 12 May 1959, leaving £281 17s 9d to her husband, Edward Priddle, Retired Lieutenant RM.

Edward Priddle, of 2 Glendower Road, Plymouth, died on 21 Jun 1962. He was 87. He left effects of £2809 11s to his two daughters, Winifred May Mayner and Mary Caroline Tomkins.

• Winifred May Priddle married Stanley Edmund Mayner (b. 29 Sep 1909) on 25 Jul 1959 at Plymouth, St Gabriel. Winifred May Mayner died, in Plymouth, on 27 Feb 1982. Stanley Edmund Mayner died, also in Plymouth, in 1986.
• Mary Caroline Priddle married John Harold Hadley (b. 30 Mar 1913 in Bristol) at Plymouth, St Gabriel, on 19 Feb 1938. In 1939, John H Hadley, Retail Tobacconist Proprietor, and Mary C Hadley were living at 42 Chestnut Road, Plymouth. On 22 May 1940, the Western Morning News, Plymouth, reported that Mary Caroline Hadley brought an action against her husband John Harold Hadley, who by then was serving in the Army, for desertion and wilful neglect. Hadley, it appears died, in his native Bristol in 1965. Meanwhile, Mary C Hadley remarried Ernest Frederick Tomkins (b. 26 Dec 1915 in Gloucestershire), in Plymouth, in 1951. Mary Caroline Tomkins died on 22 Oct 1996 in Pensilva, Cornwall. Ernest Frederick Tomkins died on 15 Feb 2002.

William Melhuish and Sarah Lake

Stoke Damerel Church
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William Melhuish (bap. 27 Aug 1820 in Uffculme, Devon), son of Henry Melhuish and Elizabeth Fry, married Sarah Lake (bap. 7 Apr 1822 in Kentisbeare), daughter of John and Sarah Lake, at Stoke Damerel Parish Church on 13 Oct 1844. William Melhuish, Marine, gave his address just as 'Barracks' (in 1841 he was listed at the Royal Marine Barracks Stonehouse) and his father as Henry Melhuish, Mason. Sarah, then of 22 Moon Street, listed her father as John Lake, Labourer. Their witnesses were John Symons and Grace Alger.

William's brother Robert Melhuish married Sarah's sister, Jane Lake, in Exeter in 1846, which means both couple's children have the same mother's maiden name. By elimination, it seems William and Sarah had at least the following seven children:

1. John Thomas Melhuish b. 1845 J Quarter in EAST STONEHOUSE Volume 09 Page 335
2. Mary Jane Melhuish b. 1847 D Qtr in EAST STONEHOUSE Vol 09 316
3. William Melhuish b. 1850 S Qtr in EAST STONEHOUSE Vol 09 Page
4. Sarah Ann Melhuish b. 1853 J Quarter in EAST STONEHOUSE Volume 05B Page 281 
5. Eliza Melhuish b. 1857 J Qtr in EAST STONE HOUSE Vol 05B Page 269
6. Elizabeth Melhuish b. 1862 M Qtr in EAST STONEHOUSE Vol 05B 317
7. Lucy Melhuish b. 1866 M Qtr in TIVERTON Vol 05B Page 470

The mother's maiden name was LAKE on all of the birth registrations.

In 1851, at 6, Brownlow Place, East Stonehouse, Devon, were Sarah Melhuish (27), John Melhuish (5), Mary J Melhuish (3) & William (0).

Have not [yet] found any of the family members in 1861.

From being at the Royal Marines Barracks in 1841, to still being there when the penultimate child was registered in East Stonehouse in 1862, it's clear that William Melhuish had a long career in the Royal Marines. Unfortunately, I've not [yet] found a Marines, nor a pension record for him.

In 1871, living 'Near the Beacon, Kentisbeare' (guessing Blackborough Beacon), were William Melhuish (49), Sarah Melhuish (46), William Melhuish (19), Eliza Melhuish (15), Elizabeth Melhuish (9) and Lucy Melhuish (5). Mary Jane Melhuish (23) Servant, was living with Mary Ann Melhuish (68) of Independant Means at 134 Hight Street, Crediton. Sarah Ann Melhuish (18) from Plymouth, was a Servant, living in the household of Joseph Radford (76) Assistant Overseer, in Kentisbear.

In 1881, at Poncheydown Village, Kentisbeare with Blackborough, we find William Melhuish (59) Agricultural Labourer, born in Uffculme, Devon; Sarah Melhuish (57), Elizabeth Melhuish (20) and Lucy Melhuish (15).

William Melhuish must have died between 1881 and 1891, but sadly, once again, so far I haven't found a record of a death or burial for him.

In 1891, Sarah Melhuish (65) Widow, Mother, was living with her youngest daughter, Lucy Canniford (Lucy Melhuish married John Canniford in 1887) at Village, Broadhembury, Honiton, Devon.

In 1901, Sarah Melhuish (76) Widow, Pauper was living in Wood Lane, Broadhembury with Jane Canniford (12) Granddaugher.

In 1911, Sarah Melhuish (89) Old Age Pensioner, was living with her daughter Elizabeth Symons (Elizabeth Melhuish had married John Symons in 1881) at Higher Downlands Blackborough Kentisbeare. (The "Old Age Pension" was introduced in 1909 in the United Kingdom, following the passage of the Old-Age Pensions Act 1908 a pension of 5 shillings per week (25p, equivalent, using the Consumer Price Index, to £26 in present-day terms) was payable to persons with an income below £21 per annum (equivalent to £2200 today), The qualifying age was 70, and the pensions were subject to a means test.)

Sarah Melhuish, relict of William Melhuish, née Lake, of Downlands, Kentisbeare, died in 1914 D Quarter in TIVERTON Volume 05B Page 519 and was buried on 23 Oct 1914, in Kentisbeare. The record keeper at the church has helpfully even cross-referenced the burials of her two sisters, so we can have no doubt of who she was and her connections. She was 92.

Thomas Willis and Mary Essex

All Saints' Church, Thorpe Malsor
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Thomas Willis (bap. 19 Jan 1752 in Thorpe Malsor), son of William and Elizabeth Willis, married Mary Essex on 13 Oct 1778 at All Saints Church, Thorpe Malsor, Northamptonshire. Thomas and Mary had nine children, all of whom were baptised at Thorpe Malsor, All Saints:

1. William Willis bap. 2 Jan 1780
2. Elizabeth Willis bap. 7 Apr 1782
3. Mary Willis bap. 18 Jul 1784
4. Ann Willis bap. 26 Mar 1786
5. Maria Willis bap. 24 May 1789
6. Joseph Willis bap. 25 Apr 1791
7. Thomas Willis bap. 11 Feb 1792
8. John Willis bap. 24 May 1795
9. Lucey (sic) Willis bap. 15 Jan 1797

It is clear that they named the first two children after Thomas' parents and therefore appear to follow common family convention on naming. Particularly interesting and unusual is that there are both a Mary and a Maria - that these are NOT interchangeable to the same person. Maria Willis and her husband, Solomon Thompson, do this too and re-use many of these same names, adding another reason for accepting this as the correct family.

Mary Willis, wife of Thomas Willis, was buried on 10 Feb 1799.

Thomas Willis was buried in Thorpe Malsor on 25 Feb 1814.

Henry Stock and Charlotte Byatt

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All Saints, Little Canfield - Chancel, Wednesday, 30 April, 2014

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Henry Stock (bap. 30 Dec 1838 at All Saints, Little Canfield), son of James Stock and Elizabeth Gunn, married Charlotte Byatt (bap. 31 May 1840 also at All Saints, Little Canfield), daughter of William Byatt and Ann Poole, at All Saints, Little Canfield on 13 Oct 1860. (Having read about the brutal assault on Charlotte earlier that year by her Uncle George Byatt - for which he was sentenced to what seems like a very lenient 3 months' hard labour - I was keen to see that she had survived - hopefully relatively intact.)

Charlotte came to this marriage with an illegitimate son, registered as William Moreton Byatt in 1859 J Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 04A Page 350 and bap. 5 Jun 1859, as the son of Charlotte Byatt. With this customary naming pattern used, it's probably pretty safe to assume that a Mr Moreton had something to do with it. And while I could be casting aspersions, there was indeed a John Moreton, who was born in Little Canfield in 1840, who looks like the prime suspect. This John Moreton married an Emma Stock in 1862. After Charlotte married, this child was known as William Stock.

Henry and Charlotte Stock went on to have a further eight children:

1. Walter Stock b. 8 Sep 1861 (1861 S Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 04A Page 341), bap. 10 Oct 1861 in Little Canfield. On the 1939 Census, Walter listed his DOB as 8 Sep 1862, but the birth registration proves that it had to have been the previous year.
2. Sarah Ann Stock b. 1864 J Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 04A Page 367, bap. 28 Aug 1864 in Little Canfield
3. Alice Stock b. 1866 S Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 04A Page 340, bap. 7 Aug 1866. Died at 3 wks and was buried on 19 Aug 1866
4. Jane Stock b. 1867 D Quarter in SHOREDITCH Volume 01C Page 70, bap. 3 Nov 1867 at St Leonard's, Shoreditch. Died, aged 2, in 1870 M Quarter in HOLBORN Volume 01B Page 552, and was buried on 17 Jan 1870 at Hackney, Victoria Park Cemetery ('The Resort of Thieves and Harlots'; Victoria Park Cemetery, Bethnal Green), later Meath Gardens.
5. Rose Stock b. 7 Jul 1872 (1872 S Quarter in HOLBORN Volume 01B Page 712), bap. 24 Feb 1874 at St Matthew's Church on City Road, Islington. The baptism record alleges she was born on 7 Jul 1873, but the birth registration proves that she was born a year earlier.
6. Henry James Stock b. 1874 D Quarter in HOLBORN Vol 01B Page 787
7. Alfred John Stock b. 1876 J Quarter in HOLBORN Vol 01B Page 809
8. Unnamed female Stock b. 1879 S Quarter in LAMBETH Volume 01D Page 345. Died 1879 S Quarter in LAMBETH Volume 01D Page 191.

All of these birth registrations have the mother's maiden name BYATT.

On 7 Apr 1861, at 4, High Cross Lane, Little Canfield, Dunmow, Essex, were Henry Stock (22) Ag Lab; Charlotte Stock (20), and William Stock (2) - obviously, the child registered as William Moreton Byatt in 1859.

In 1871, living at Wharf, Macclesfield St, Holborn, Middlesex, were Henry Stock (~29) Horse Keeper; Charlotte Stock (~28), William Stock (~9), Walter Stock (~8) and Sarah A Stock (~5). At least they were fairly consistent in making everyone's ages around 2 to 4 years younger than they were.

In 1881, at 80, Commercial Road, Lambeth, London, were Harry Stock (41) Horse Keeper from Dunmow, Essex; Charlotte Stock (40), William Stock (21) Book gilder (binder); Walter Stock (19) Boot finisher; Rose Stock (8), Henry Stock (6) and Alfred J Stock (4). 

In 1891, at 80, Commercial Road, Lambeth, were Henry Stock (51) Horse Keeper; Charlotte Stock (50), Henry Stock (16) Coachman; Alfred Stock (14), and Edward Davies (3) Grandson (son of Sarah Ann).

In 1901, still at 80, Commercial Road, Lambeth, were Henry Stock (63) Horse Keeper; Charlotte Stock (61) and Alfred Stock (23) Carman at dust wharf.

Henry Stock died, at 66, in 1904 J Qtr in LAMBETH Vol 01D Page 158.

Charlotte Stock died, at 65, in 1905 S Qtr in LAMBETH Vol 01D Page 151.

Charles Frederick Burden and Sophia Baker

Watney Street and entrances to Shadwell Stations
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Charles Frederick Burden (b. 22 Oct 1858, bap. 15 Apr 1860 at Holy Trinity (built 1844, demolished 1963), Milton-Next-Gravesend, Kent), Customs Officer, then of 363 Cable Street, son of William Henry Burden, Customs Officer, and Mary Elizabeth Sharland, married Sophia Baker (b. 1858), daughter of Charles Hoile Baker and Amelia Young, at Christ Church Watney Street, St George in the East, on 13 Oct 1878. Witnesses were Charles Richard Baker, the bride's brother, and an Elizabeth Pearson. (Charles' father's occupation was later listed as a Tidewaiter - who was a customs officer who boarded ships on their arrival to enforce the customs regulations.)

Charles and Sophia had six children:

1. Amelia Mary Burden b. 1879 S Quarter in ST GEORGE IN THE EAST Volume 01C Page 409. Died, aged 3, in 1883 S Quarter in ST GEORGE IN THE EAST Volume 01C Page 275
2. Jessie Edith Burden b. 1881 J Quarter in SAINT GEORGE IN THE EAST Volume 01C Page 402
3. Ethel May Burden b. 1883 J Quarter in ST GEORGE IN THE EAST Volume 01C Page 411
4. Hilda Irene Burden b. 1884 S Quarter in POPLAR Volume 01C Page 652
5. Alfred Charles Burden b. 1886 J Qtr in WEST HAM Vol 04A Page 48
6. Christopher Frederick Burden b. 26 Nov 1887, Reg: 1888 M Quarter in WEST HAM Volume 04A Page 57

All of the registrations show the mother's maiden name as Baker.

In 1881, Charles F Burden (22) Bricklayer was living at 27, Watney Street, St George in the East with wife Sophia Burden (22) and Amelia M Burden (1). Living there also were Dan and Sarah Jane Tompson (formerly Sarah Jane Baker, Sophia's sister); Eliza Louisa Tompson (my great-grandmother); Sarah Sophia Tompson, Mabel Grace Tompson and Mary Adcock Tompson.

In 1891, Chas Fredk Burden (32) Surveyor, Sophia (32), Jessie (9), Ethel (8), Irene (6), Alfred (5) and Christopher (3) were in Stamford Road, East Ham.

On 6 Apr 1892, Charles Frederick Burden, Architect, became a member of St. John Lodge (United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership).

Christine Miller at Gin and Genealogy tells us that Charles Burden had risen to the position of Superintendent of Works at Mile End Workhouse around 1884 and was appointed the Architect for the Guardians of the Poor in 1894. "Then, suddenly, the Eastern Post Newspaper of February 25th 1899, brings news of Charles Burden’s sudden resignation ..." Due to a sex scandal.

No longer surprising then, in July 1900, C F Burden (40) Architect, arrived in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, sailing from Liverpool on the SS Tunisian.

In 1901, Sophia Burden (42) Married, listed as head of the household was living in Daubeney Road, Hackney with Jessie E Burden (19), Ethel M Burden (18), Hilda J Burden (16) and Alfred C Burden (15). Christopher F Burden (13) was staying with his Aunt Amelia, his mother's sister. Having left the UK, Charles Burden was by that time lodging in Massey, Ontario, Canada.

In 1910, Charles Burden (~50), Architect, embarked in Montreal on the SS Barbadian (Leyland Line) travelling from New Orleans to Liverpool, arriving in Liverpool on 27 Oct 1910. Chas Fred Burden arrived in Canada again in Feb 1911, on the SS Sardinian, which I think also sailed from Liverpool, with destination Massey, Ontario and shows he'd previously lived in Canada for 10 years, from 1900 to 1910, which concurs with the 1900 record.

In 1911, Sophia Burden (52) Married and once again head of the household, was living in Lower Clapton, London with Alfred Charles Burden (25), Christopher F Burden (23) and Hilda Irene Burden (26). (Ethel May had married in 1902 and Jessie Edith in 1903). While, Charles F Burden (listed as 56) was again a Lodger in a household in Algoma East, Ontario, Canada.

In 1921, Chas Frederick Burden (62) was, a Boarder (presumably getting fed too) in a household in Algoma East, Ontario, Canada, living with Arthur Albert Hallett (41), Emily Hallett (35) and what appears to be their four children. Sophia Burden (62) Housewife, meanwhile, was living at 173, Chatsworth Road, Hackney, with three young gentleman boarders.

In 1931, C F Burden (~70) Architect, Married, was lodging, it appears still in the household of Arthur A Hallett in Massey, Ontario, Canada.

Sophia Burden died, aged 73, in 1931 D Qtr in HACKNEY Vol 01B 388.

Charles Frederick Burden, Architect, Widower, died, aged 77, in Massey, Ontario, Canada, on 14 Dec 1935 with cause of death given as chronic myocarditis (heart failure). The record specifies his length of residence in Canada as being 35 years, which again agrees with the record of him arriving in 1900. His obituary describes him as "a grand old man, liked by all". 

William Penfold and Mary Ann Charlotte Gunn

Lingfield, Surrey
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Looking towards the Grade I listed church of St. Peter & St. Paul.

William Penfold (bap. 5 Nov 1826 at St Mary the Virgin, Hartfield), son of William Penfold and Hannah Humphrey, married Mary Ann Charlotte Gunn (bap. 25 Jul 1830 at St Nicholas Church, Chiswick), daughter of Robert Gunn and Dinah Powell, at St Peter and St Paul, Lingfield, Surrey on 11 Oct 1851. Witnesses to this couple's marriage were Thomas and Hannah Tharp.

William and Mary Ann had nine children:

1. Jane Penfold b. 1853 D Quarter in EAST GRINSTED Vol 02B Page 94, bap. 30 Oct 1853 at St Peter and St Paul, Lingfield, Surrey
2. William Robert Penfold b. 1855 D Quarter in CROYDON SURREY Volume 02A Page 123, bap. 20 Jan 1856 in Croydon, Surrey. Died 1856 J Quarter Volume 02A Page 82, buried on 13 Apr 1856 in Croydon.
3. John Robert Penfold b. 12 Apr 1857 J Quarter in EAST GRINSTEAD Volume 02B Page 98, bap. 24 May 1857 at St Mary the Virgin, Hartfield
4. Arthur Edward Penfold b. 1859 J Quarter in EAST GRINSTEAD Volume 02B Page 99, bap. 5 Jun 1859 at St Mary the Virgin, Hartfield
5. Amelia Dinah Penfold b. 1861 S Quarter in EAST GRINSTEAD Volume 02B Page 104, died, age 5, in 1867 J Quarter Volume 02B Page 74
6. Frederick William Penfold b. 20 Jul 1863 (1863 S Quarter in EAST GRINSTEAD Volume 02B Page 105) 
7. Charles Penfold b. 31 Oct 1865 in EAST GRINSTEAD Vol 02B 104
8. Thomas Penfold b. 1868 J Quarter in EAST GRINSTEAD Vol 02B 111. Died, aged 19 on 20 Apr 1887, at St. George Hanover Square
9. George Albert Penfold b. 1870 S Quarter in EAST GRINSTEAD Volume 02B Page 114, died, age 3, in 1874 J Quarter Volume 02B Page 82, bur: 14 May 1874 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex

In 1861, William Penfold (34) Agricultural Labourer was living in Hartfield Green, Hartfield, East Grinstead, Sussex with wife Mary Ann Penfold (30), Jane Penfold (7), John Penfold (4) and Arthur Edward Penfold (2).

In 1871, still in Hartfield Green, Hartfield, Sussex, were William Penfold (44), Mary Ann C Penfold (40), John R (14), Arthur E (11), Frederick W (7), Charles (5), Thomas (3), George A (0) and Henry Care (15) Nephew.

William Penfold died, aged 46 (1873 M Quarter in EAST GRINSTEAD Volume 02B Page 80), and was buried in Hartfield on 1 Mar 1873.

In 1881, Mary Ann Penfold (50) widow, was living at the Old Turnpike House, Hartfield - a later newspaper article mentions that her late husband, William Penfold, had been the toll house keeper - with Thomas (13) and Charles Payne (9) Boarder. Frederick William Penfold (18) was at the Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda; Charles Penfold (17) Grocer's assistant was living in Mitcham, Surrey in the household of his older brother, John Edward Penfold; there's no knowing where Arthur Edward Penfold was at that time.

Mary Ann Penfold died, at 55, in 1886 (1886 M Qtr in CHELSEA Vol 01A Page 252). News reports indicated she died during an epileptic seizure.

Millbank Estate, Erasmus Street
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Looking down St Oswulf Street towards Hogarth House, built in 1897-99 by R. Minton Taylor. Grade II* listed. The Millbank Estate was one of the earliest and highest quality public housing projects of the London County Council, built in 1897-1902. The style is Arts and Crafts with touches of Queen Anne, red brick, neat white-painted windows, shaped gables.

John Robert Penfold (b. 1857), son of William Penfold and Mary Ann Charlotte Gunn, married Mary Jane Wilmshurst (b. 1856), daughter of James Wilmshurst a farmer of 26 acres in Heathfield, Hailsham, Sussex and Sarah Prior, in 1878 in the district of Hailsham, perhaps in Heathfield.

John Robert and Mary Jane had five children:

1. Frederick William Penfold b. 1879, registered in 1880 M Qtr in CROYDON Vol 02A Page 270, died 1 Jan 1918 (see below)
2. Arthur James Penfold b. 1883 D Qtr in CHELSEA Vol 01A Page 321
3. Charles Edward Penfold b. 1886 M Qtr in CHELSEA Vol 01A Page 341
4. Mary Jane Penfold b. 1888 J Qtr in CHELSEA Volume 01A Page 3
5. Mabel Penfold b. 1890 D Qtr in CHELSEA Volume 01A Page 360

In 1881, John R Penfold (23) from Hartfield, Sussex was living at Field Gate, Mitcham, Croydon, Surrey with wife Mary J Penfold (24), brother Charles Penfold (17) Grocer's assistant and son, Fred W Penfold (1).

In 1891, in the Queens Road, Chelsea, London with John R Penfold (33) Boot maker (the Chelsea boot, made popular in that district in 1960's, but the design goes back to Victorian times), Mary J Penfold (34), Arthur J Penfold (7), Charles J Penfold (5), Mary J Penfold (3), Mabel Penfold (0) and Sarah Wilmshurst (68) Widow, Mother-in-law. Frederick William, then 11, is not listed and I've been unable to find him elsewhere either.

In 1901, in Hogarth Buildings, 52, Westminster (Hogarth Buildings, Millbank Estate, Westminster. The Millbank Estate, was planned by the Housing of the Working Classes Branch of the London County Council (LCC) Architect’s Department in 1897) were John R Penfold (43) Shoemaker; Frederick W Penfold (21) Commercial clerk; Arthur J Penfold (17) Student; Charles E Penfold (15) Shoemaker; Mary J Penfold (13) and Mabel Penfold (10). Not listed in the household was wife Mary Jane Penfold, as M J Penfold (45) female patient born in Heathfield, Sussex was listed as a 'Lunatic' in the London County Asylum, The Heath, Dartford. (Heath Asylum, which became Bexley Hospital). Opened in 1898, the first patients moved in before the hospital was completed, initially with 4 male and 3 female ward blocks. All were committed ‘lunatics’, none were there on a voluntary basis.

John Robert had been elected as one of the six Labour members returned for the St. John Ward to Westminster City Council on Monday 9th November 1903 and he served for three years until November 1906. [Source]

Mary Jane Penfold (48) died, in Dartford, Kent on 29th January 1905.

In the 2nd quarter of 1906, John Robert Penfold then remarried to Louisa Morfill in the district St. George Hanover Square. Born Louisa Gamble, she had previously married Thomas Morfill, in Petersfield, Hampshire, in 1881. Or to give him his full name, Wemyss Thomas Cockburn Morfill, born in 1857, in Torrington, Devon, son of James Waugh Morfill a Professor of Music and Elizabeth Green. In 1891, Morfill was in service as a Housekeeper in Ashley Place, Westminster. He had died, at 34, in 1892.) Louisa bought with her two daughters from her previous marriage: May Morfill and Emma Louise Morfill, born in 1882 and 1883, respectively, on Portsea Island, Portsmouth.

Charles Edward Penfold died, aged 21, and was buried on 25 Apr 1907 at Hanwell Cemetery, formerly City of Westminster Cemetery.

In 1911, living at 32 Rampayne Street, Westminster were John Robert Penfold (53) Bootmaker, Louisa Penfold (59), Frederick William Penfold (31) Clerk in tailoring house; May Elisa Morfill (28) Tobacconist; Emma Louise Morfill (27) Tobacconist; Arthur James Penfold (27) Clerk inst civil; Mary Jane Penfold (23) and Mabel Penfold (20) Student. Much can be deduced about their attitudes seeing them listed in order of age, disregarding family or gender and that Mabel is listed as a Student, worthy of further education.

Frederick William Penfold of 17 Chapter Street, Westminster, died, aged 38, on 1 Jan 1918 at the First London General Hospital, Brixton (The 1st London General Hospital in Cormont Road was a school requisitioned by the military wing of St Bart's during World War I.), leaving his effects to his father, John Robert Penfold, Bootmaker. Private Frederick William Penfold, Middlesex Regiment 33rd Bn., son of John Robert and Mary Jane Penfold, is buried at Brookwood Military Cemetery, Brookwood, Surrey (XIII. E. 6.)

John Robert Penfold died, aged 66, on 15th March 1924.

Louisa Penfold of Alver Bank, West Road, Clapham Park (Residential Home) died, at 84, in Wandsworth, London, on 21 Sep 1936, leaving her effects to her daughter, Emma Louise Tapper (wife of William Frans Tapper).