Thomas Benbow Dalton and Mary Nedriff

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St Mary & Holy Trinity, Bow Church - East end, Wednesday, 1 May, 2013

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Thomas Benbow Dalton (b. 6 May 1770 in Stepney), son of William Dalton and Sarah Travally, married Mary Nedriff (b. 22 Nov 1764, bap. 26 Nov 1764 at Southwark St John Horsleydown) daughter of Daniel Nedriff (Corn lighterman) and Sarah Belch, in the parish of Poplar, on 6 Jul 1790 at St. Mary, Stratford, Bow (Bow Church). The transcription of the marriage record suggests they were married at All Saints Church, Poplar, however, this cannot be true because All Saints wasn't built until 1821-3. The original marriage record confirms that they were married by A H Eccles, Rector (Allan Harrison Eccles, Rector of Bow Church, who died in post in 1801). Witnesses were William Dalton (groom's father or brother) and Richard Fleming. 

(Mary's parents, Daniel Nedriff, of St John, Southwark, lighterman, bachelor, above 22, and Sarah Belch, of Croydon, Spinster, above 18, were married in Little Bookham, Surrey, on 12 Jan 1754, with the consent of Nicholas Wood, of Leatherhead, Gent, the legal guardian of the said Sarah Belch.)

There are records of six children of Thomas and Mary Dalton:

1. Thomas Dalton b. 15 Apr 1791 in Stepney. Present at the birth was Sarah Dalton (Thomas Benbow Dalton's mother or sister).
2. William Dalton b. 21 Jan 1793 in Stepney. Present at the birth were Ann Levitt, Sarah Dalton and Mary Cock.
3. Charles Winnal Dalton b. 1 Jun 1795 in Stepney. Present at the birth were Ann Levitt, Sarah Dalton and Mary Jackson.
4. Mary Dalton b. 17 May 1797 in Stepney. Present at the birth were Elizabeth Witherby and Sarah Dalton.
5. Samuel Dalton b. 9 May 1799 in Stepney. Present at the birth were Sarah Dalton and Elizabeth Carrington.
6. Sarah Ann Dalton b. 23 Aug 1806 in Naval Row, Poplar. Present at the birth were Martha Gee of Poplar and Mary Dalton of Stepney, Aunt. Sarah Ann's birth record, at Dr Williams's Library, lists her maternal grandfather as Daniel Nedriff of Ramsgate, Kent, Gentleman. 

The first three boys were registered on 8 Feb 1797 in England & Wales Non-Conformist Births And Baptisms as Protestant dissenters. (‘Dissenting’ tradition in Stepney). Mary and Samuel were registered on 5 Dec 1799. 

On 25 Jun 1800, Thomas B Dalton of Poplar, Caulker, took Isaac Dadd as his apprentice. And in 1805, Thomas B Dalton of Blackwall, Caulker, took Samuel Yorke as an apprentice.

Sarah Ann's birth record lists her father as Thomas Dalton, Caulker, of 2 Naval Row, Poplar, Middlesex. Although Thomas' elder brother, Winnall Travally Dalton, also followed their father, William Dalton, as a ship's caulker, it appears that Thomas Benbow Dalton is who remained at what had been their father's address. Laid out in the early 19th century, Naval Row was a small terrace constructed c. 1782 by John Perry (1743-1810), owner of Blackwall Yard, where he built ships largely for the East India Company. From this, I'd assume that Thomas had also worked for Perry at the Blackwall Yard.

It's reputed Mary Dalton died ~1819, but I've not seen a record to confirm.

Thomas Benbow Dalton died, apparently on his 71st birthday, 6 May 1841, death certificate would confirm, in Bromley Street, Ratcliffe, Bow, London (1841 J Quarter in STEPNEY Volume 02 Page 317).

William Cloughton and Alice Hockley

Holy Cross, Felsted, Essex - Porch
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William Cloughton (b. 1855), son of Thomas Clowton (the surname, as it sounds) and Lydia Byatt, married Alice Hockley, daughter of George Hockley and Eliza Crow on 6 Jul 1879 at Holy Cross church, Felsted. This surname has probably had more variations than any other I've encountered: When William's parents married it was Clowton; on the 1841 census they were listed as Clouten; William was registered and baptised - on 6 Jan 1856 in Felsted - as Clowton; by the time he married Alice it was Cloughton, which it was then mostly or sometimes Claughton, Clawghton and even Claighton.

William and Alice had two daughters:

1. Lizzie Cloughton b. 1879 D Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 04A Page 469, bap. 26 Oct 1879 at Holy Cross, Felsted
2. Ellen Cloughton b. 28 Jan 1882 M Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 04A Page 536, bap. 26 Mar 1882 at Holy Cross, Felsted

In 1881, William Cloughton (25) Farm labourer from Felsted, Essex, Alice Cloughton (24) & Lizzie Cloughton (1) were at Bannister Green, Felstead.

Alice Cloughton died, aged 27 in 1883 J Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 04A Page 298, and was buried on 30 Jun 1883, at Felsted.

William Cloughton then remarried, in the 3rd quarter of 1884, to widow, Hannah Lewis, at the church of St Michael the Archangel, Braintree. 

Born Rose Hannah Gowers on 12 Dec 1850, bap. 5 Feb 1851, she was the daughter of Thomas Gowers and Hannah Gowers (Cousins?) Hannah had previously married George Lewis in 1868, with whom she had two daughters. George died, aged 35, in 1883. William and Hannah didn't have any further children together, but they did bring up William and Alice's daughters.

In 1891, William Claughton (sic) (35) Agricultural Labourer, Hannah Claughton (40), Elizabeth Claughton (12) and Ellen Claughton (9) were living at Church End Farm, Brockley Road, Runwell, Chelmsford. 

In 1901, William Claughton (49) Farm labourer and Hannah Claughton (55) were living in Billet Road, Little Heath, Hainault, Romford. Elizabeth Clawghton (sic) (21) Domestic Cook from Felsted, Essex, was a Visitor in the household of Alfred Pottinger, Stocker at nursery, at 256, High Street, Cheshunt (Herts). Younger daughter, Ellen Claighton (strangest version yet) (19) from Felsted, Essex, was working as a General domestic servant to John Cull, Nurseryman and florist, at 36, College Road, Cheshunt (Herts).

So far, I've found no further records for Lizzie (Elizabeth) after 1901.

Nellie Claughton married Herbert Holton Hearn (b. 11 Aug 1880), son of Thomas Hearn and Elizabeth Holton, on 13 Jun 1908, in Cheshunt.

In 1911, William Claughton (55) Carman and nursery worker was living in the household of his son-in-law, Herbert Hearn (30) Nursery hand, and Nellie Hearn (29) at 13 Lordship Road, Cheshunt. Also living with them was Herbert's widowed mother, Elizabeth Hearn (60). Hannah Cloughton (62), meanwhile, was, seemingly alone, at 112 Birkbeck Road, Leytonstone.

Hannah Claughton died, at 65, in 1914 M Qtr in COLCHESTER Vol 04A 889.

There's a death of a William Clowton in 1935 J Quarter in WARE Volume 03A Page 910, within 5 years from his correct age, which would seem to be him.

In 1939, still at 13 Lordship Road, Cheshunt, were Herbert H Hearn, Nurseryman glasshouse food producer and Nellie Hearn. 

Herbert Holton Hearn of 37 Lordship Road, Cheshunt, died, on 20 Oct 1962, at Western House, Ware, Hertfordshire (Western House Hospital, the former Ware Union Workhouse). Probate was granted to Ellen Hearn, Widow.

Ellen Hearn died, aged 82, in 1964, in Edmonton, Middlesex.