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1841 Census

1851 Census

In the 1851 census Henry is living with his brother George. In the 1861 census he was resident in the Workhouse the same time as the four youngest children of his brother Wiiliam. He remained there for the rest of his life.

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THOMAS FIELD

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Dec 7th, 1824

Charlton Kings, Cheltenham

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Cheltenham, Glos, UK

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1841 Census

1851 Census

When researching the genealogy of William, an Elizabeth HAYWARD was discovered, baptised in Withington. So alarm bells rang. Was this the Elizabeth HAYWARD, first wife of William? This would have meant that William and Elizabeth perhaps married before moving down to Charlton Kings. It would also mean that the parentage of Elizabeth would be changed to Thomas and Catherine HAYWARD. But persistent research showed the following- William's second marriage to Hannah BROWN identifies two witnesses as John and Amy HAYWARD. Elizabeth's identified parents of John HAYWARD and Mary STANLEY also had a son John (b 1780) - Elizabeth's older brother. John married Ann YOUNG who also had a son John and he married Amy COOKE in 1831. All this happened in Charlton Kings. The witnesses John and Amy were the nephew (niece-in-law) of William's deceased wife Elizabeth HAYWARD !

William was a farm labourer and brick maker who died in Cheltenham Union Workhouse, his second wife having died there also, six years earlier. William FIELD is quite a common name and identifying our William was a little confusing, but we now have almost certainty that the family we have identified is correct. To understand the rationale, it should be emphasised that outside of Charlton Kings there are two villages - WITHINGTON which is about 6 miles south-east of Charlton Kings and WHITTINGTON which is about 3 miles due east of Charlton Kings. Both are easily accessed by travelling up Charlton Hill, which rises out of Charlton Kings. It was known that our William FIELD was born around 1775, raised a family and died in Cheltenham. From his second marriage certificate (to Hannah Brown) his father is clearly identified as William FIELD. There is a marriage of William FIELD to Rebecca WIXEY in 1773 in WHITTINGTON. Rebecca (Rebekah) was baptised in 1754 at the same place - WHITTINGTON. The marriage entry confirms that Rebecca was from WHITTINGTON, but that William is from WITHINGTON. They then raised a family in WHITTINGTON. William was baptised in 1747 at WITHINGTON and confirmed as the son of Charles FIELD of WITHINGTON. He has siblings also from WITHINGTON. So, it looks like as an adult, William FIELD of WITHINGTON who was living in WHITTINGTON, moved 3 miles down the hill to Charlton Kings, presumably for farm work, where he met and married Elizabeth HAYWARD. The William FIELD who was baptised at Winchcombe in 1774 had a mother called Susannah WHITTLE, also from Winchcombe. She did marry a William FIELD at Winchcombe in 1773 and I believe that William also came from Winchcombe and some researchers have confused him with our William. That William FIELD - Susannah WHITTLE marriage produced a son who they named William, but he married a Mary Ann MOODY at Twyning, Glos. Starting with 1841 census of Charlton Kings, all adults ages appear as multiples of 5 so the enumerator was probably applying the "round down" instruction for that year. So the widowed William FIELD shown as 65 could have been born 1772-1776, the 1851 census seems to confirm that he was born 1774 in Cheltenham. His death certificate implies that his birthday is July 1775 - August 1776. This is undoubtedly our William. The shoemaker son aged 25 could have been born 1812-1816, he was actually born 1813. There was a suspicion that we may have the wrong parents for Elizabeth as there is an Elizabeth Hayward baptised in WITHINGTON in 1779. We thought that maybe William may have married this Elizabeth before they moved down into Charlton Kings. But this was satisfactorily resolved - see the Info for Elizabeth.