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Family of Joseph EPWORTH and Anna HOBSON
| Husband: | Joseph EPWORTH (1749-1798) | |
| Wife: | Anna HOBSON (1753-1822) | |
| Children: | Willm EPWORTH (1776-1776) | |
| John EPWORTH (1777-1832?) | ||
| Mary EPWORTH (1778- ) | ||
| James EPWORTH (1780-1782) | ||
| Ann EPWORTH (1782-1782) | ||
| Joseph EPWORTH (1784-1860) | ||
| Thomas EPWORTH (1786-1786) | ||
| Girl EPWORTH (1787-1787) | ||
| Benjamin Hobson EPWORTH (1789-1862) | ||
| Alathea Babb EPWORTH (1791-1853) | ||
| Marriage | 15 Nov 1775 1 | |
Husband: Joseph EPWORTH
| Name: | Joseph EPWORTH 2 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | John EPWORTH (1714-1781) | |
| Mother: | Ann THOMPSON (1705-1754) | |
| Birth | 19 Jan 1749 2 | |
| Baptism | "4 March 1748/1749" | |
| Occupation (1) | 1776 (age 26-27) | Yeoman; Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England |
| Occupation (2) | btw 7 Mar 1776 and 15 Jul 1794 (age 27-45) | Victualler; Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England |
| Occupation (3) | 1787 (age 37-38) | Victualler; Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England |
| Monica Ref. | A9 | |
| Death | 15 Jul 1798 (age 49) | Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England 2 |
Additional Information
| Birth | Birth "19 January 1748/1749" |
| Occupation (1) | West Bar Green, Whites Close, now called White Croft
Assignment of a lease in trust TT/121/3 7 Mar 1776. Contents: William Hobson, of Sheffield, filecutter, to Joseph Epworth, of Sheffield, yeoman, and his wife, Ann, the dau. of William Hobson, and their trustee, William Brightmore, of Sheffield, merchant. The leasehold premises of TT/121/1 and TT/121/2, and 4 houses in West Bar Green held by Hobson from the Trustees. For £26 paid by Epworth to Hobson and Hobsons love of the Epworths. |
| Occupation (2) | The Cricket Players Pub, West Bar Green.
Leashold given to Joseph by Father in Law William Hobson in 1776, sold in 1794 when "now used as public house called the Cricket Players with the adjacent brewhouse and stable" West Bar Green started at the end of Solly Street, and reference to White Croft and Sims croft makes it likely location |
| Occupation (3) | Lambert's Croft, Westbar Green
Residing at Lambert (Lambert's) Croft. Recorded in: Gales & Martin Directory of Sheffield - 1787. |
Wife: Anna HOBSON
| Name: | Anna HOBSON 2 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | William HOBSON ( - ) | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 18 Jul 1753 2 | |
| Death | 2 Apr 1822 (age 68) 2 | |
| Burial | 8 Apr 1822 | Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England |
Additional Information
| Burial | St Peter & St Paul |
Child 1: Willm EPWORTH
| Name: | Willm EPWORTH 2 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1776 2 | |
| Own Ref: A19 | ||
| Occupation | 1776 (age 0) | - |
| Death | 1776 (age 0) 2 | |
Child 2: John EPWORTH
| Name: | John EPWORTH 2 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Ann UNKNOWN (1781?- ) | |
| Birth | 22 Jun 1777 2 | |
| Baptism | 25 Jul 1777 (age 0) | |
| Own Ref: A20 | ||
| Death | Apr 1832 (est) (age 54) | |
| Burial | 20 Apr 1832 (age 54) | Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England |
| Census | 6 Jun 1841 (age 65 (!)) | Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England 3 |
| Occupation | 6 Jun 1841 (age 63) | Cutler; Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England 3 |
Additional Information
| Burial | Sheffield St Peter & St Paul
Burial guessed from NBI |
| Census | Pea Croft, now Solly Street, terminating at the junction of Tenter Street and
West Bar. In 1851 OS map Pea Croft is located as the eastward extension of Solly
Street, terminating at the junction of Tenter Street and West Bar Green.
The Crofts area of Sheffield in the mid to late nineteenth century was a grim area to say the least as explained in the following article Victorian Housing in Sheffield. See "The Archaeology of Urban Landscapes, Explorations in Slumland" (ISBN: 0521779758 / 0-521-77975-8) Edited by Mayne, Alan Edited by Murray, Tim |
Child 3: Mary EPWORTH
| Name: | Mary EPWORTH 2 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Thomas CRESWICK ( - ) | |
| Birth | 26 Dec 1778 4 | |
| Baptism | 29 Jan 1779 (age 0) | |
Child 4: James EPWORTH
| Name: | James EPWORTH 2 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1780 2 | |
| Baptism | 1780 (age 0) | |
| Own Ref: A22 | ||
| Death | 1782 (age 1-2) 2 | |
| Burial | 10 Jul 1782 | Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England |
Additional Information
| Burial | Sheffield Churchyard, |
Child 5: Ann EPWORTH
| Name: | Ann EPWORTH 2 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 16 Jun 1782 2 | |
| Own Ref: A23 | ||
| Death | 7 Aug 1782 (age 0) 2 | |
Child 6: Joseph EPWORTH
| Name: | Joseph EPWORTH 2 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Hannah HINCHCLIFFE (1786?-1869) | |
| Birth | 22 Feb 1784 | Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England 2 |
| Baptism | 25 Mar 1784 (age 0) | "Sheffield Church", Sheffield, England |
| Occupation (1) | 1798 (age 13-14) | Cutlers Apprentice; Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England |
| Occupation (2) | 1808 (age 23-24) | Freemason Cutler; Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England |
| Occupation (3) | 1828 (age 43-44) | "manufacturer of pen and pocket knives"; Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England 5 |
| Census (1) | 6 Jun 1841 (age 55 (!)) | Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England 6 |
| Occupation (4) | 6 Jun 1841 (age 57) | Publican & Cutler; Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England 6 |
| Occupation (5) | 1841 (age 56-57) | Pen knife mfr. & Victualler.; Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England |
| Census (2) | 6 Jun 1841 (age 55 (!)) | Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England 7 |
| Occupation (6) | 1841 (age 56-57) | Pen & pocket knife manufacturer; Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England |
| Occupation (7) | 1841 (age 56-57) | Victualler at the Bridge Inn; Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England |
| Occupation (8) | 1849 (age 64-65) | Springknife Cutler; Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England |
| Census (3) | 30 Mar 1851 (age 55 (!)) | Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England 8 |
| Monica Ref. | A24 | |
| Occupation (9) | 1852 (age 67-68) | Springknife Cutler; Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England |
| Death | 1 Aug 1860 (age 76) 2 | |
| Occupation (10) | 1862 (age 77-78) | Spring Knife manufacturer; Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England |
Additional Information
| Birth | Eccleshall (Bierlow)
Sunday a quarter after Nine in the morning |
| Baptism | 6.0.4.
1.7.8.6 1.8.5.0. Monica thought numbers of gravestones but it also looks like life dates (REE) |
| Occupation (1) | This could be the earliest record of an Epworth Cutler: There is a Culters Apprentice record (From the list of Cutlers in Joseph Hunters history of cutlers in Hllamshire) for 1798 of a Joseph Epworth son of Joseph Epworth, yeoman, Master John Parkin Knifemaker. http://www.she ffieldrecordsonline.org.uk/index_trades.html |
| Occupation (2) | Freemason in 1808, From the list of Cutlers in Joseph Hunters history of Cutlers in Hallamshire |
| Occupation (3) | near the Lead Mills
http://books.google.c o.uk/books?id=mx4vAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=sheffield&lr=& amp;as_brr=1#PPP1,M1 Search for lead mill gives Sheffield, by Porter brook, South of Browne St. (now Brown), Paternoster Row, Suffolk Road |
| Census (1) | Bridge Inn, 1 Bridgehouses |
| Occupation (4) | Bridge Inn, 1 Bridgehouses |
| Occupation (5) | Bridge Inn, 1 Bridgehouses
WHITES Trade Directory 1841 Pen knife mfr. & Victualler |
| Census (2) | Bridge Inn |
| Occupation (6) | Bridge Inn, 1 Bridgehouses
Pigot's directory 1841 |
| Occupation (7) | Bridge Houses
Pigot's Directory 1841 |
| Occupation (8) | 22 Nursery Street
White's Directory of Sheffield 1849 |
| Census (3) | 22 Nursery Street, The Wicker |
| Occupation (9) | 22 Nursery Street
White's Directory of Sheffield 1852 |
| Occupation (10) | 1 Joiner Lane |
Child 7: Thomas EPWORTH
| Name: | Thomas EPWORTH | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1786 | |
| Own Ref: A25B | ||
| Death | 1786 (age 0) | |
Child 8: Girl EPWORTH
| Name: | Girl EPWORTH 2 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1787 2 | |
| Death | 1787 (age 0) 2 | |
Child 9: Benjamin Hobson EPWORTH
| Name: | Benjamin Hobson EPWORTH 2,9 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse 1: | Mary SLATER ( - ) | |
| Spouse 2: | Catherine ASTOR ( - ) | |
| Birth | 20 Nov 1789 2 | |
| Own Ref: A27 | ||
| Census (1) | 30 Mar 1851 (age 62 (!)) | Kensington, Holy Trinity Brompton, England 10 |
| Occupation (1) | 30 Mar 1851 (age 61) | Solicitors managing Clerk; Kensington, Holy Trinity Brompton, England 10 |
| Census (2) | 7 Apr 1861 (age 71) | Hillingdon, Middlesex, England 11 |
| Occupation (2) | 7 Apr 1861 (age 71) | Retd. ..........; Hillingdon, Middlesex, England 11 |
| Death | 1862 (age 72-73) | Uxbridge, Middlesex, England |
Additional Information
| Census (1) | 22 Alexander Square, Brompton, Middlesex, England? |
| Census (2) | Blandford House, Hillingdon
Probably: Blandford House, Ashcroft Road, MAIDENHEAD, Berkshire, SL6 6JQ |
| Death | Found B H Epworth died 1862 in Uxbridge Benjamin Hobson Epworth
Year of Registration: 1862 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun District: Uxbridge County: Middlesex Volume: 3a Page: 9 |
Child 10: Alathea Babb EPWORTH
| Name: | Alathea Babb EPWORTH 2 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 21 Jan 1791 2 | |
| Christening | 31 Mar 1791 (age 0) | Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England |
| Own Ref: A28 | ||
| Death | 1853 (age 61-62) | |
Additional Information
| Christening | Cathedral Saint Peter
Batch #: K007758, Sheet #: , Source Call #: 0919419 |
Note on Husband: Joseph EPWORTH
Joseph Epworth, Clerk to the Rev. James Wilkinson ? Not sure if same Joseph E. Location: Sheffield Yorkshire
Title: Clerk to the Rev. James Wilkinson
Address(Es): Near Broom Hll (Hill? Hall?), Sheffield, Yorkshire
Other Office(s): Clerk to the Rev. James Wilkinson
Source Date: 1787. Source Info: Listed in A Directory of Sheffield; including the Manufacturers of the Adjacent Villages, 1787, GALES, MARTIN. Sheffield, London. Compiled & Printed by Gales & Martin; and Sold by G. G. J. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, London
Sources
| 1 | "From Monica Nicholson". Text From Source: Date of Import: 11 Jan 2003
From Monica, also LDS |
| 2 | Ibid. Text From Source: Date of Import: 11 Jan 2003 |
| 3 | "Census 1841 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England (Strafforth and Tickhill (South Division))". Cit. Date: 6 June 1841. |
| 4 | "From Monica Nicholson". |
| 5 | John Blackwell, "Sheffield Directory & Guide, John Blackwell, 1828" (http://books.google.c o.uk/books?id=mx4vAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=sheffield&lr=& amp;as_brr=1#PPP1,M1). |
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| Source: Blackwell,s Sheffield Directory 1828, JosephEpworthSheffield directory1828 | |
| 6 | "Census 1841 Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield R.G. 1329 ED7 7B (From Monica's Notes)". |
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| Source: Census 1841 Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield R.G. 1329 ED7 7B (From Monica's Notes), 1841Census Bridge Inn, Bridgehouses, Brightside Bierlow_JEpworth | |
| 7 | "Census 1841 Sheffield, Brightside, Bierlow RG HO107/1329/3, pages 6,7 (Joseph Epworth, Publican)". |
| 8 | "Census 1851 Brightside, Bierlow, Eccleshall district R.G. 2342 35B (From Monica's notes)". |
| 9 | "info from Noreen Sergovich search". |
| 10 | "Census 1851 Kensington, Holy Trinity Brompton 107 1469, p33, shedule no. 123 (Hamlet of Brompton )". Cit. Date: 30 March 1851. |
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| Source: Census 1851 Kensington, Holy Trinity Brompton 107 1469, p33, shedule no. 123 (Hamlet of Brompton ), Benjamin Hobson Epworth in Kensington | |
| 11 | "Census 1861 Hillingdon, Middlesex (Uxbridge)". Cit. Date: 7 April 1861. |
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| Source: Census 1861 Hillingdon, Middlesex (Uxbridge), Benjamin H Epworth Kensington 1861 | |