Family of Sampson Edwards and Matilda Bent

Husband:
Sampson Edwards (1792-1864)
Wife:
Matilda Bent (1793?-1859?)
Children:
Elizabeth Edwards (1814- )
Harriet Edwards (1817-1850)
Sarah Edwards (1818- )
Sampson Edwards (1821- )
Mary Ann Edwards (1823- )
Lucy Edwards (1825?- )
Benjamin Edwards (1828-1852?)
Marriage Banns:
28 Aug 1814
St. Andrew's Church, Church Road, Weybread, Suffolk, England¹
both of this parish, both single. also 14/8 21/8
Marriage:
2 Sep 1814
St. Andrew's Church, Church Road, Weybread, Suffolk, England^1,2,3,4
both of full age, single and of this parish, witnessed by Martin Bent and Sarah Baxter

Husband: Sampson Edwards

Name:
Sampson Edwards⁵
Sex:
Male
Father:
Benjamin Edwards (1754?-1836)
Mother:
Elizabeth Chapman (1750?-1814?)
Occupation:
wheelwright^6,7
Birth:
10 Jan 1792
Weybread, Suffolk, England^5,6,7
Baptism:
20 May 1792 (age 0)
St. John the Baptist, Metfield, Suffolk, England^2,5,8
son of Benjamin Edwards and Elizabeth late Chapman
Census:
6 Jun 1841 (age 45)
Weybread, Suffolk, England⁶
a wheelwright living with his wife, three children, father-in-law and a visitor. Born in Suffolk
Directory:
1844 (age 51-52)
Weybread, Suffolk, England⁹
beer house keeper & wheelwright
Census:
30 Mar 1851 (age 59)
Weybread, Suffolk, England⁷
married head of the household working as a wheelwright and living with his wife, a son and a granddaughter. Born in Weybread Suffolk
Directory:
1855 (age 62-63)
Weybread, Suffolk, England¹⁰
wheelwright
Death:
Aug 1864 (age 72)
Burial:
22 Aug 1864
St. Andrew's Church, Church Road, Weybread, Suffolk, England^1,11
aged 72

Wife: Matilda Bent

Name:
Matilda Bent^2,4
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
1793 (app)
Brockdish, Norfolk, England^6,7
Census:
6 Jun 1841 (age 45)
Weybread, Suffolk, England⁶
living with her husband, three children, her father and a visitor. Born in Suffolk
Census:
30 Mar 1851 (age 58)
Weybread, Suffolk, England⁷
married wife living with her husband, a son and a granddaughter. Born in Brockdish Norfolk
Death:
Aug 1859 (app) (age 65-66)
Weybread, Suffolk, England
Burial:
14 Aug 1859
St. Andrew's Church, Church Road, Weybread, Suffolk, England^1,12
aged 66

Child 1: Elizabeth Edwards

Name:
Elizabeth Edwards¹
Sex:
Female
Birth:
12 Oct 1814
Weybread, Suffolk, England¹
Baptism:
13 Nov 1814 (age 0)
St. Andrew's Church, Church Road, Weybread, Suffolk, England¹
Matlida (late BENT), Samson - wheelwright

Child 2: Harriet Edwards

Name:
Harriet Edwards¹
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Daniel Gooderham (1817?- )
Birth:
31 May 1817
Weybread, Suffolk, England^1,13
Baptism:
3 Jun 1817 (age 0)
St. Andrew's Church, Church Road, Weybread, Suffolk, England¹
Census:
6 Jun 1841 (age 20)
Magdalen Street, Eye, Suffolk, England¹³
living with her husband, a daughter, mother-in-law and a sister-in-law. Born in Suffolk
Death:
Feb 1850 (age 32)
Hartismere "Registration District", Suffolk, England^14,15
Burial:
22 Feb 1850
St. Peter & St. Paul, Eye, Suffolk, England¹⁵
aged 32 of Eye

Child 3: Sarah Edwards

Name:
Sarah Edwards²
Sex:
Female
Birth:
26 Oct 1818
Weybread, Suffolk, England²
Baptism:
24 Jan 1819 (age 0)
St. Andrew's Church, Church Road, Weybread, Suffolk, England¹⁶
Witness:
23 Feb 1841 (age 22)
Sarah Edwards witnessed the marriage of Daniel Gooderham and Harriet Edwards on Tuesday on 23 February 1841 in St. Andrew's Church, Church Road, Weybread, Suffolk, England

Child 4: Sampson Edwards

Name:
Sampson Edwards
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Eliza Beaumont (1823?- )
Note:
139. Sampson EDWARDS. With his profession of wheelwright, Sampson would have done well in busy London, and that is where the 1881 Census places him in that year. It seems he was in London by about 1855. Although his wife and eldest son were also born in Suffolk, his daughter was a Londoner, born around 1860. Sampson and his family lived at 4 Nutford Place, Marylebone. His wife and daughter were both dressmakers.
Occupation:
wheelwright^6,17
Birth:
29 Oct 1821
Weybread, Suffolk, England^1,6,17
Baptism:
30 Dec 1821 (age 0)
St. Andrew's Church, Church Road, Weybread, Suffolk, England^2,16
Census:
6 Jun 1841 (age 15)
Weybread, Suffolk, England⁶
working as a wheelwright and living with his parents, two siblings, a grandfather and a visitor. Born in Suffolk
Census:
7 Apr 1861 (age 38)
4 Nutford Place, St. Marylebone, Westminster, Middlesex, England¹⁷
married head of the household working as a carpenter living in a house shared with three other families with his wife and two children. Born in Weybread Suffolk

Child 5: Mary Ann Edwards

Name:
Mary Ann Edwards²
Sex:
Female
Birth:
29 Jun 1823
Weybread, Suffolk, England^1,2
Baptism:
11 Jan 1824 (age 0)
St. Andrew's Church, Church Road, Weybread, Suffolk, England²

Child 6: Lucy Edwards

Name:
Lucy Edwards¹⁸
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Richard Ironmonger Grayson (1820?- )
Birth:
1825 (app)
Weybread, Suffolk, England^6,19
Census:
6 Jun 1841 (age 15)
Willlby Road, Weybread, Suffolk, England⁶
living with her parents, two siblings, a grandfather and a visitor. Born in Suffolk
Census:
30 Mar 1851 (age 26)
Hampshire Grove, St. Pancras, Middlesex, England¹⁹
married daughter-in-law living with her father-in-law, husband, two children and a brother-in-law. Born in Weybread Norfolk

Child 7: Benjamin Edwards

Name:
Benjamin Edwards²⁰
Sex:
Male
Occupation:
wheelwright⁷
Birth:
29 Aug 1828
Weybread, Suffolk, England^1,6,7
Baptism:
6 Nov 1828 (age 0)
St. Andrew's Church, Church Road, Weybread, Suffolk, England¹
Census:
6 Jun 1841 (age 10)
Weybread, Suffolk, England⁶
living with his parents, two siblings, a grandfather and a visitor. Born in Suffolk
Census:
30 Mar 1851 (age 22)
Weybread, Suffolk, England⁷
unmarried son working as a wheelwright and living with his parents and a niece. Born in Weybread Suffolk
Death:
Apr 1852 (app) (age 23)
Weybread, Suffolk, England
Burial:
26 Apr 1852
St. Andrew's Church, Church Road, Weybread, Suffolk, England^1,21
aged 23

Sources

1.: Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Weybread St. Andrew. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

2.: Colin Edwards - Suffolk Edwards Database.

3.: Phillimore Suffolk Marriages. own copy.

4.: FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Marriages, ( on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Suffolk Marriage Index Transcription.

5.: Suffolk Family History Society - Hoxne Baptisms 1754-1812, (2015 SFK-BPI-12/P2 own copy).

6.: Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1026 book:9 folio:10 page:13.

7.: Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1796 folio:167 page:28.

8.: Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. St. John the Baptist, Metfield, Suffolk. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

9.: Archive CD Books, White's Directory of Suffolk 1844 (own copy), (CD-ROM). Beccles Library.

10.: Archive CD Books, White's Directory of Suffolk 1855 (own copy), (CD-ROM). own copy.

11.

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

aged 72

12.

Ibid.

aged 66

13.: Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1023 book:8 folio:8 page:9.

14.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2019, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.gro.gov.uk). Hartismere 1850 quarter:1 volume:13 page:336.

aged 32

15.

Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Burial Index, (2009 SFK-BUI/2 own copy).

aged 32 of Eye

16.: Bishops Transcripts. Lowestoft Latter Day Saints Church.

17.: Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG09 piece:78 folio:25 page:46.

18.: Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1820/9/11/10/p13.

19.: Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1498 folio:381 page:21.

20.: Ibid. Lowestoft Record Office, 1851/1796/167.

21.