Family of Benjamin Gillingham and Susannah Ewens

Husband: Benjamin Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Benjamin Gillingham2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • shoemaker (cordwainer)4,5

  • Birth:

  • 1769 (app)

  • Suffolk, England4,5,6

  • Witness:

  • 7 Sep 1821 (age 51-52)

  • Benjamin Gillingham witnessed the marriage of James Canham and Susannah Gillingham on Friday on 7 September 1821 in St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England

  • Will:

  • 4 Aug 1836 (age 66-67)

  •  

  •  

  • which left all his property, cottages, farm etc to his friend Solomon Warn, with profits going to his wife Susan, and to be equally divided amonst his surviving child, a granddaughter and a natural child of a daughter after her death. This will was never enacted as it was not proved in 1843, his estate being less than £5 (~£300 in 2017)

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 71-72)

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • aged 70, shoe maker living with his wife and a granddaughter. Born in Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 28 Nov 1842 (age 73)

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • Cause: of dropsey (swelling due to excess water, edema now) at 6 am

    a shoemaker, Elizabeth Sporle being present at his death

  • Burial:

  • 4 Dec 1842

  • St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England6,7

  •  

  • aged 73

Wife: Susannah Ewens

  • Name:

  • Susannah Ewens2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1767 (app)

  • Suffolk, England4

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 73-74)

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • aged 70, living with her husband and a granddaughter. Born in Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Feb 1849 (age 81-82)

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England8,9

  •  

  • as Susan Gillingham

  • Burial:

  • 25 Feb 1849

  • St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England6,7

  •  

  • aged 82 as Susan Gillingham

Child 1: Benjamin Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Benjamin Gillingham10

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Elizabeth Eighteen (1795?-1849)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • shoe maker then a gardener4,5

  • Birth:

  • 27 Jun 1795

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England10,11

  • Baptism:

  • 5 Jul 1795 (age 0)

  • St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England10,11,12,13

  •  

  • son of Benjamin Gillingham and Susannah Hughens

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 45)

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • aged 45 as Edward, shoe maker living with his wife. Born in Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 28 Mar 1851 (age 56)

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England5,14

  •  

  • Cause: of scrofula (tuberculosis) 27 years certified as Edward

    Elizabeth Stocks (his sister) was present at the death

  • Burial:

  • 1 Apr 1851

  • St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England6,7,12

  •  

  • aged 56 as Edward

Child 2: Susannah Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Susannah Gillingham10

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • James Canham (1798-1878)

  • Note:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • Mentioned in Will 20.270.

  • Birth:

  • 3 Feb 1797

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England10,13

  • Baptism:

  • 3 Mar 1797 (age 0)

  • St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England10,13

  •  

  • daughter of Benjamin Gillingham and Susanna Ewens

  • Death:

  • Aug 1824 (age 27)13

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 20 Aug 1824

  • St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • aged 27 of Nacton late Gillingham

Child 3: John Gillingham

  • Name:

  • John Gillingham10

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 18 Feb 1799

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England10,11,12

  • Baptism:

  • 19 Feb 1799 (age 0)

  • St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England10,11,12

  •  

  • son of Benjamin Gillingham and Susanna Ewens, private baptism

  • Death:

  • Jun 1808 (age 9)6

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 26 Jun 1808

  • St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England6,12,15

  •  

  • aged 9

Child 4: Elizabeth Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Gillingham10

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • John Stock (1806?-1870)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • laundress / washer woman16

  • Note:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • Mention in 20.270 will.

  • Birth:

  • 26 Mar 1801

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England10,11,12,17

  • Baptism:

  • 29 Mar 1801 (age 0)

  • St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England10,11,12

  •  

  • of Benjn Gillingham and Susanna Ewens

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 40)

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England17

  •  

  • aged 35, living with her husband and five children. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 50)

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England18

  •  

  • wfe aged 50 married, living with her husband and six children. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 60)

  • 37 Commercial Road, St. Peter, Ipswich, Suffolk, England19

  •  

  • wife aged 60 married, living with her husband, a daughter, four boarders and a visitor. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 70)

  • 19 Friars Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • mother aged 70 widow, laundress living with daughter Julia and family. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Dec 1879 (age 78)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England6,20

  •  

  • as Elizabeth Stocks

  • Burial:

  • 3 Jan 1880

  • Ipswich Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • aged 78

Child 5: Lydia Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Lydia Gillingham10

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Ishmael Cowey (1798-1882)

  • Note:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • Witness to the marriage was either an Eliza or Elizabeth Gillingham

  • Birth:

  • 20 Apr 1803

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England10,12,21

  • Baptism:

  • 3 Jul 1803 (age 0)

  • St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • daughter of Benjamin Gillingham and Susanna Ewens

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 38)

  • Levington, Suffolk, England21

  •  

  • aged 35, living with her husband and a daughter. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 47)

  • Levington, Suffolk, England22

  •  

  • wife aged 48 married, living with her husband, two children and a lodger. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 57)

  • The Street, Levington, Suffolk, England23

  •  

  • wife aged 58 married, living with her husband, a daughter and a grandson. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 67)

  • Levington, Suffolk, England24

  •  

  • wife aged 68 married, living with his wife and a grandson. Born in Levington Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 77)

  • The Street, Nacton, Suffolk, England25

  •  

  • wife aged 81 married, living with her husband. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 28 May 1882 (age 82)

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England26

  •  

  • widow of Ishmael Cowie a farm labourer, died of senectus (old age) Mary Cook present at the death

  • Burial:

  • 1 Jun 1882

  • St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England6,27

  •  

  • aged 82

Child 6: Mary Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Mary Gillingham10,28

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse (1):

  • Thomas Mitchell Frazer ( -1834?)

  • Spouse (2):

  • George Stock (1809?-1871)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • laundress / washer woman29,30

  • Note:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • Mentioned in Will 20.270.

  • Birth:

  • 7 Aug 1805

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England10,11,12

  • Baptism:

  • 7 Aug 1805 (age 0)

  • St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England10,11,12

  •  

  • daughter of Benjamin Gillingham and Susanna Ewens, private baptism

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 35)

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England17

  •  

  • aged 30, living with her husband and a son. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 45)

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England31

  •  

  • wife aged 46 married, living with her husband and two children. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 55)

  • The Street, Levington, Suffolk, England23

  •  

  • visitor aged 56 married, visiting William and Sophia (daughter?) Markham and family. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 55)

  • Causeway, St. Helen, Ipswich, Suffolk, England29

  •  

  • wife aged 56 married, laundress living with her husband, a son, his wife and a granddaughter. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 65)

  • 42 Long Lane, St. Helen, Ipswich, Suffolk, England30

  •  

  • wife aged 66 married, washerwoman living with her husband and a visitor. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Feb 1878 (age 74)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England6,32

  • Burial:

  • 21 Feb 1878

  • Ipswich Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • aged 74

Child 7: William Gillingham

  • Name:

  • William Gillingham33,34,35

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Mary Anne Dobson (1812-1885)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • agricultural / farm labourer33,34,35,36,37,38

  • Birth:

  • 20 Feb 1808

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England10,12,36,37

  • Baptism:

  • 2 Mar 1808 (age 0)

  • St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England1,10,12

  •  

  • private baptism, son of Benjamin Gillingham and Susan Ewens

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 33)

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England36

  •  

  • aged 30, agricultural labourer living with his wife and three sons. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 43)

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England37

  •  

  • head of the household aged 42 married, farm labourer living with his wife and five sons. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 53)

  • Trimley Road, Bucklesham, Suffolk, England38

  •  

  • head of the household aged 52 married, agricultural labourer living with his wife and two sons. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 63)

  • Trimley Road, Bucklesham, Suffolk, England39

  •  

  • head of the household aged 63 married agricultural labourer living with his wife and a son. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Mar 1876 (age 68)

  • Woodbridge "Registration District", Suffolk, England6,40

  • Burial:

  • 19 Mar 1876

  • St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England6,7,12

  •  

  • aged 68

Child 8: Eliza Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Eliza Gillingham10

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • William Pinkenney (1809?-1878)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • laundress / washer woman41

  • Birth:

  • 27 Aug 1809

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England10,12

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Sep 1809 (age 0)

  • St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England10,11,12

  •  

  • daughter of Benjamin Gillingham and Susanna Ewens, private baptism

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 31)

  • Taylors Court, St. Paul Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England42

  •  

  • aged 30, living with three children

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 41)

  • 1 Hewetts Court, Stepney, Middlesex, England43

  •  

  • wife aged 40 married, living with her husband, two children, a visitor and a lodger. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 51)

  • 16 Grosvenor Street, Stepney, Middlesex, England44

  •  

  • wife aged 51 married, living with her husband and a son. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 61)

  • 2 Brunton Cottages, Stepney, Middlesex, England41

  •  

  • wife aged 60 married, laundress living with her husband and a niece. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q1 1878 (age 66)

  • Poplar "Registration District", London, England45

Child 9: Sophia Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Sophia Gillingham10

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Thomas Canes (1804?-1851)

  • Note:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • Mentioned in Will 20.270.

  • Birth:

  • 1814 (app)

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England10,11

  • Baptism:

  • 8 Apr 1814 (age 0)

  • St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England10,11,12

  •  

  • daughter of Benjamin Gillingham and Susannah Ewens

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 26-27)

  • Knights Court, Christchurch, Southwark, Surrey, England46

  •  

  • aged 25, living with her husband and a son, not born in Surrey

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Felixstowe Family History Society - Parish Records. Nacton St. Martin.

2.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Marriages, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk).

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Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Nacton St. Martin fiche:6 of 15. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

4.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1021 folio:13 page:4.

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Death Certificate. own copy. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

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The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy).

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Sian Plant (One Name Study) personal communication. ex NBI. Cit. Date: July 2001.

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Ibid.

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England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1849 quarter:1 volume:12 page:269.

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England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG10 piece:1751 folio:60 page:22.

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England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1021 folio:12 page:3.

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England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1801 folio:229 page:10.

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England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1021 folio:4 page:2.

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England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1801 folio:267 page:14.

23.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG09 piece:1168 folio:169 page:8.

24.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG10 piece:1758 folio:176 page:9.

25.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG11 piece:1881 folio:173 page:16.

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Death Certificate. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

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Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Nacton St. Martin. Cit. Date: 18 May 2005. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

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Suffolk Family History Society Colneis and Samford Baptisms 1813-1900, (2012 SFK-BPI-07/P1 own copy). Cit. Date: 4 August 2017.

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England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG09 piece:1166 folio:27 page:2.

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England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG10 piece:1756 folio:110 page:9.

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England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1801 folio:247 page:11.

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England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1878 quarter:2 volume:4a page:420.

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Birth Certificate. son Charles own copy. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

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Marriage Certificate. son John. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

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Ibid. son Charles. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

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England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1021 folio:15 page:9.

37.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1801 folio:238 page:8.

38.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG09 piece:1168 folio:140 page:9.

39.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG10 piece:1758 folio:151 page:13.

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England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1876 quarter:1 volume:4a page:472.

41.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG10 piece:547 folio:42 page:4.

42.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:703 folio:4/20 page:34.

43.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1553 folio:383 page:14.

44.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG09 piece:292 folio:160 page:7.

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England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Poplar 1878 quarter:1 volume:1c page:466.

46.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1083 folio:3/23 page:38.