Newton muddle!

[ElizabethHerts]

Originally Posted by kiterunner

Yes, it is listed in the Lincolnshire Marriage Bonds and Allegations on FMP, so you should be able to view that and see what it says about Thomas.

Thomas is 25 from elsewhere.
Elizabeth is 27 of the parish.

No image and no other details.

[Phoenix]

Joseph made his will 27 March, proved 4 June 1841, so the wretch died just before the 1841 census.

The only Joseph dying in Islington per the GRO site is aged 62, confirmed by the burial: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageview...38&pId=8620891


where he is of Devonshire Street.

[ElizabethHerts]

Yes, he was most inconsiderate dying before the census.

I know he is OH's 3x-great-uncle because of his legacies.
He left the widow of his brother John a bequest and made all the surviving children residuary legatees.

Joseph Newton was baptised 17th April 1778 at St Margaret, Braceby, a tiny Lincolnshire village which we have visited a few times. His parents' gravestone is still prominent in the churchyard.
The church has no electricity and is rarely used now.

[ElizabethHerts]

Originally Posted by ElizabethHerts

Thanks, Kate.

I was trying to see whether there were any children for William Newton, baptised at Braceby in 1774.

I had a tentative marriage for him to Ann Green in 1801 at *****field.

He died in 1812 and was buried in his home parish of Braceby on 12th December 1812.

"On Wednesday se'nnight, of a dropsy, Mr. W. Newton, farmer and grazier, of Pinchbeck, near Spalding.
His remains were taken to his native place, Braceby, for internment on Saturday."

The marriage was by licence and William's parish isn't given.

Ooh, it didn't like the place name which begins with the name you give a female dog!

[Phoenix]

Right, so the Thomas of Billingborough could be any nephew or even a more distant kinsman? (I was muddling that Joseph with his nephew, son of Thomas)

[ElizabethHerts]

There are a lot of Thomases and Josephs in this family!

A Joseph Newton was the father of Thomas Newton who fathered all the boys at Braceby.

[ElizabethHerts]

I might have to go back a generation to the siblings of Thomas Newton of Braceby (parents Joseph and Rebecca of Claypole and Heydour).

[Phoenix]

Is this young William?

"On the llth inst. an inquest was held at Dowsby, on the body William Newton, aged 14. Deceased was in the employment of his uncle, Mr. John Claypole, miller. Wednesday morning the 10th he was seen
19 April 1850 - Lincolnshire Chronicle - Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England "

[ElizabethHerts]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

Is this young William?

"On the llth inst. an inquest was held at Dowsby, on the body William Newton, aged 14. Deceased was in the employment of his uncle, Mr. John Claypole, miller. Wednesday morning the 10th he was seen
19 April 1850 - Lincolnshire Chronicle - Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England "

Yes, it could be.

[Phoenix]

And William and Edward ARE one and the same:

"on the Ilth, Edw. Newton, cordwainer, of Weststreet, aged 51 ;—
16 December 1859 - Stamford Mercury - Stamford, Lincolnshire, England "