HOY, Charles W (b. 1865, d. UNKNOWN)

Note: Addresses
1894 Watford, Hertfordshire
1901 35 Orient Street, Southwark, London

Source: (Birth)
Title: 1901 Southwark, London

Event: Type: A Chart Number
Place: WHEATON 0500/HOY 0400

Event: Type: Residences
Place: See Notes

Occupation: Place: 1894 Private in 1st Dragoon Guards; 1901 Horsekeeper

Death: UNKNOWN

Reference: 00063

Note: Addresses
1811 Chatteris, Cambridgeshire
1841 High Street North, Somersham, Huntingdonshire (Mother-in-law living with the family)
1851 West End, St Ives, Huntingdonshire as a Nurse in home of Thomas EARL
1871 Squire Lane, Somersham, Huntingdonshire as a Companion to Elizabeth WARBOYS

Source: (Name)
Title: 1841 Somersham, Huntingdonshire
Media: Book

Source: (Name)
Title: 1871 Somersham, Huntingdonshire
Media: Book

Source: (Name)
Title: 1851 St Ives

Source: (Name)
Title: St John the Baptist, Somersham, Huntingdonshire Baptism Register

Source: (Name)
Title: C J SEEKINGS April 1993

Source: (Name)
Title: Barbara LOWE-PONSFORD August 1994

Source: (Name)
Title: John ESGATE 8/6/2003

Source: (Death)
Title: Certificate
Media: Civil Registry

Source: (Baptism)
Title: John ESGATE 28/6/2004

Baptism: 20 JUL 1788 Witcham, Cambridgeshire

Event: Type: A Chart Number
Place: SEEKINGS 0700/WHEATON 0700/WHEATON 0600

Event: Type: Present at death
Place: Jane RUFF of Somersham, Huntingdonshire

Event: Type: Residences
Place: See Notes

Occupation: Place: 1841 Washerwoman; 1851 Nurse; 1871 Companion and Pauper

Death: 8 OCT 1872 Somersham, Huntingdonshire Age 85

Burial: OCT 1872

Reference: 00011

Cause: Old Age; Certified

Note: Addresses
1841 High Street North, Somersham, Huntingdonshire (Grandmother living with the family)
1851 Clenchwarton, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
There is a Robert WHEATON, age 33, lodging with Joseph FILLY and his wife.
He gives his place of birth as March, Cambridgeshire which does not agree with
the place of birth on this record. However, this is the only reference to a Robert
in the two counties of Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire, and people have been
known to give incorrect details on Census Returns. More research will be done to
clarify this matter.
1857 Somersham, Huntingdonshire
1860 Drury Lane, Middlesex (birth of son William?)
1861 1 Crawford Place, Camberwell, Middlesex
In same property were 4 other families, making a total of 15 people.
1862 5 Guildford Place, Clerkenwell, Middlesex
1863 5 Guildford Place, Clerkenwell, Middlesex
1867 16 William Street, Newington, Surrey

Source: (Name)
Title: 1841 Somersham, Huntingdonshire
Media: Book

Source: (Name)
Title: 1851 Clenchwarton

Source: (Death)
Title: Death Certificate

Source: (Baptism)
Title: Somersham Parish Registers and transcript

Baptism: 22 JUN 1817 St John the Baptist, Somersham, Huntingdonshire

Event: Type: A Chart Number
Place: WHEATON 0600/WHEATON 0501

Event: Type: Residences
Place: See Notes

Event: Type: Informant of Death
Place: John HENRY in attendance at Small Pox Hospital

Occupation: Place: 1841 Ag Lab; 1851 Excavator; 1855 Husbandman; 1857 Agricultural Labourer; 1860 Labourer; 1861 Excavator; 1862 Excavator Labourer; 1863 Labourer (General); 1867 Labourer; 1868 Labourer on Frances's b.cert ; 1872 Railway Plate Layer on Alice Maud's b.cert

Death: 28 FEB 1867 Small Pox Hospital, Upper Holloway, Middlesex Age 55

Reference: 00064

Cause: Small pox 12 days complaint unmodified & accd in difft circ certified

Note: Addresses
1841 High Street North, Somersham, Huntingdonshire (Mother-in-law living with the family)
1851 4 Mottram Road, Manchester, Lancashire, lodging with Joseph ROWLAND, his wife
3 sons and 2 daughters. Joseph was born in Derbyshire, but his wife and children
were born in Cheshire.
1854 24 Chorlton Street, Manchester, Lancashire
1861 Various searches have been made in Manchester and Gorton but John has not been
found.
1871 59 Morton Street, Gorton, Lancashire
1881 129 Earl Street, Gorton, Lancashire lodging with Hannah GENTLE and her son.
Also in same property was another lodger, William TYRER
1888 Victoria Street, Longsight, Lancashire

Source: (Name)
Title: 1841 Somersham, Huntingdonshire
Media: Book

Source: (Name)
Title: 1851 Manchester

Source: (Name)
Title: 1881 Gorton

Source: (Death)
Title: Certificate
Media: Civil Registry

Baptism: 22 JUN 1817 St John the Baptist, Somersham, Huntingdonshire

Event: Type: A Chart Number
Place: WHEATON 0600

Event: Type: Informant of Death
Date: 1888
Place: A Clave, Superintentdent Little Sisters of the Poor

Event: Type: Residences
Place: See Notes

Occupation: Place: 1841 Ag Lab; 1851 Rail Lab; 1854 Excavator; 1871 Labourer; 1881 Hawker; 1888 General Labourer

Death: 3 SEP 1888 Little Sisters of the Poor, 201 Plymouth Grove, Chorlton upon Medlock, Lancashire Age 73

Burial: SEP 1888

Reference: 00066

Cause: Chronic Bronchitis, Emphysema

Baptism: 10 MAY 1818 St John the Baptist, Somersham, Huntingdonshire

Event: Type: A Chart Number
Place: WHEATON 0600

Death: AUG 1820 Somersham, Huntingdonshire Age 2½

Burial: 23 AUG 1820 St John the Baptist, Somersham, Huntingdonshire

Reference: 00068

Note: Addresses
1841 High Street North, Somersham, Huntingdonshire (Grandmother living with the family)
1842 Somersham, Huntingdonshire
1851 High Street, Somersham, Huntingdonshire
1861 Somersham, Huntingdonshire
1871 Dean Road, Newchurch, Lancashire
1881 Spring Gardens, Newchurch, Lancashire
1891 15 Burnley Road, Newchurch, Lancashire
Living with her daughter Hannah and her husband.
1901 24 Larch Street, Nelson, Lancashire
Living with her son John and his family

Source: (Name)
Title: 1841 Somersham, Huntingdonshire
Media: Book

Source: (Birth)
Title: Marriage Certificate from Michael Bebbington 9/9/2005

Event: Type: A Chart Number
Place: WHEATON 0600/BATEMAN 0500

Event: Type: Residences
Place: See Notes

Occupation: Place: 1871, 1881 Housewife

Death: BET APR AND JUN 1907 Burnley, Lancashire age 82 (possible death)

Reference: 00069

Note: Addresses
1841 High Street North, Somersham, Huntingdonshire (Mother-in-law living with the family)
1851 1 Bloomsbury Place, Bloomsbury, Middlesex. Housemaid to Walter GRIFITHS MRCS
General Practitioner and his family
1852 St George, Bloomsbury, Middlesex
1861 48 Rosman Street, Goswell Street, Clerkenwell St James, Middlesex
1881 4 Gordon Street, Islington, Middlesex
But husband is Joseph SMITH - omnibus driver

There was a baptism at Holy Trinity, Ely, Cambridgeshire in1829. Could this have been an earlier baptism for this Hannah. No other Hannahs in the records. More research to be undertaken.

Source: (Name)
Title: 1841 Somersham, Huntingdonshire
Media: Book

Baptism: 27 AUG 1829 Holy Trinity, Ely, Cambridgeshire

Event: Type: A Chart Number
Place: WHEATON 0600

Event: Type: Residences
Place: See Notes

Death: UNKNOWN

Reference: 00071

Note: Addresses
1855 Somersham, Huntingdonshire
1857 Somersham, Huntingdonshire
1860 Drury Lane, Middlesex (birth of son William?)
1861 1 Crawford Place, Clerkenwell, Middlesex
In same property were 4 other families making a total of 15 people
1863 5 Guildford Place, Clerkenwell, Middlesex
1862 5 Guildford Place, Clerkenwell, Middlesex
1868 20 Brandon Street, Walworth, Surrey
1871 Guys Hospital, St Oave and St Thomas and St Saviour, London
(RG10/624 folio 91 page 11)
No children information.
1872 55 Beckway Street, Walworth, Surrey
1881 Newington, Surrey
Lodging with George WEST, later her second husband

Margaret had two children after the death of her husband, Frances in 1868 and Alice in 1872; both children died within months of their birth.
In the June quarter of 1882 Margaret then married George WEST.

On Family Search there is a baptism for a Margaret Scott PARKER 17 February 1833 St Botolph Bishopsgate, London, London, which seems to fit. However, the parents were Thomas PARKER and Sarah, whereas in the Marriage Register for the Philip WHEATON/Margaret Scott PARKER marriage Margaret's father was shown as Charles.

Source: (Name)
Title: 1881 Newington, Surrey

Baptism: See Notes

Event: Type: A Chart Number
Place: WHEATON 0600/WHEATON 0501

Event: Type: Residences
Place: See Notes

Occupation: Place: 1871 Hospital Nurse, Guys Hospital; 1881 Dressmaker

Death: UNKNOWN

Reference: 00065

Note: [Addresses
1854 24 Chorlton Street, Manchester, Lancashire
1871 59 Morton Street, Gorton, Lancashire

Source: (Birth)
Title: 1871 Gorton, Lancashire

Source: (Death)
Title: Civil Registration Indexes at Family Record Centre, Myddleton House, London
Media: Book

Source: (Death)
Title: Death Certificate

Event: Type: Informant of Death
Place: Fanny GILCHRIST, In attendance at Royal Infirmary, Manchester, Lancashire

Event: Type: Residences
Place: See Notes

Event: Type: A Chart Number
Place: WHEATON 0600

Death: 28 SEP 1871 Royal Infirmary, Manchester, Lancashire Age 52

Burial: SEP 1871

Reference: 00067

Cause: Small pox certified

Note: Addresses
1841 High Street, Somersham, Huntingdonshire
1842 Somersham, Huntingdonshire
1851 High Street, Somersham, Huntingdonshire
At same address were James BATEMAN, father, Widower, Age 69 Ag Lab, Infirm,
Parish Relief, born Little Paxton, Huntingdonshire and George BATEMAN, brother.
unmarried, age 17, Ag Lab, born Somersham, Huntingdonshire.
1861 Somersham, Huntingdonshire
1871 Dean Road, Newchurch, Lancashire
1881 Spring Gardens, Newchurch, Lancashire

Source: (Name)
Title: 1851 Somersham, Huntingdonshire

Source: (Birth)
Title: Michael BEBBINGTON 1/11/2004

Source: (Death)
Title: ancestry.com web site

Baptism: 29 JUN 1817 St John the Baptist, Somersham, Huntingdonshire

Event: Type: A Chart Number
Place: WHEATON 0600/BATEMAN 0500

Event: Type: Residences
Place: See Notes

Occupation: Place: 1842 Labourer; 1851, 1861 Ag Lab; 1871 Cotton Picker; 1881 Cotton Waste Picker

Death: BET JAN AND MAR 1883 Haslingden District, Lancashire Age 66

Reference: 00070

Note: Address
1852 Holy Trinity, Islington, Middlesex
1861 48 Rosman Street, Goswell Street, Clekenwell St James, Middlesex
1881 4 Gordon Street, Islington, Middlesex
In 1881 shown as Joseph SMITH!

Source: (Birth)
Title: 1881 Islington, Middlesex

Source: (Birth)
Title: 1861 Clerkenwell, Middlesex

Event: Type: A Chart Number
Place: WHEATON 0600

Event: Type: Residences
Place: See Notes

Occupation: Place: 1852 Shoemaker; 1861 Bootmaker; 1881 Omnibus Driver

Death: UNKNOWN

Reference: 00072

Note: Information from Roland ASPINALL 6.9.1993 which probably applies to this William and his brother John WHEATON
"Claims for Rights of Common under the Inclosure Acts. Somersham Heath
8 December 1796 No.76 William WHEATON. I, William WHEATON, claim to be entitled to one commonable messuage in Somersham in my own occupation: Freehold. signed Wm WHEATON
8 December 1796 No.273 John WHEATON. I, John WHEATON, claim to be entitled to one commonable messuage in Colne. signed Robert LEES for John WHEATON
16 February 1797 No.65 John WHEATON. I claim a right of common for a Messuage in Earith in occupation of John SEARLE. Copyhold, Somersham within the Soak. signed John WHEATON

1821/1823
In 1821 a William WHEATON was charged on two occasions with Larceny. We are not too sure which William WHEATON is involved. The father would have been 59 years old and the son 32. One of the charges refers to William as a "Yeoman" which could indicate the Father William who seemed to be a respected citizen, but he could have though an injustice was being done and tried to right it. Son William married in 1821 in Bluntisham, but then this could have been the incident which made him move from Somersham. The man in the second charge was a Butcher, which could have appled to both and could indicate that two different Williams were involved in the two events, except that the wording of the outcome of the case indicated that the accused was the same man in both cases.

The first crime which one or other of them had committed was opening the Pound and rescuing a horse lawfully impounded by Edward GEESON. On the second occasion William rescued two ewes and two lambs belonging to John LEEDS Yeoman John LEEDS had impounded the animals as a "distress for damage done by wongful grazing". Both charges were considered to be a "True Bill".

On the 16th October 1821 William WHEATON was prosecuted at the Huntingdon Michaelmas Quarter Session. His crime was "a Pound Breach". The prosecution was brought by the Trustees of the Somersham Road, the "Bill was found" and a "Bench Warrant" was to be sent. In the margin were the words "pd for".

On the 15th January 1822 William WHEATON was again prosecuted for a similar offence. He was found guilty, fined £5 and committed until the fine was paid. When the money was paid an order was made for his discharge, and the second indictment abandoned.

At the Hurstingstone Petty Session for July and August 1827 a William WHEATON was found guilty of having defective weights and false and unequal balances. He was fined £1. The following is from the catalogue for this instance which indicates that William was not alone in being convicted, but his was the highest fine.
QUARTER SESSIONS BOXED PAPERS ref. HCP/1/11 date 1826-1827
1827 - Conviction: Gifford WHITE, Edward LUCAS, Joseph SQUARE (all of Bluntisham) (5/-), John CLIFTON (10/-), Samuel FREEMAN (5/-), John PAPWORTH, William PAPWORTH (10/-), William TAYLOR (7/6), John MANNING (5/-), William WHEATON £1.0.0), William IBBOT (5/-) (All of Somersham); Charlotte SMITH (7/6) Colne, William CUSTANCE (5/-) Earith, James MIDDLETON (5/-_. Thomas HARVEY (10/-), James CLACK (5/-), William HAWSON (7/6) All of Warboys; Richard SWAN, John TOWNSEND (5/-), Ransey, William BABEE (5/-) Little Stukeley, John PAGE (5/-), Thomas MEADOWS (10/-) Wistow; Robert DRING (5/-) Broughton, William SETCHELL (10/-) Upwood.


Land Tax for Assessment for Hunstingstone Hundred 1804
Pidley-cum-Fention
Owner - Mr MANN Occupier Wm WHEATON 7s. 4½d

Somersham
Owners
The Rev Thos JOHNSTONE £2. 8s 0d
Mrs CHRISTY Occupier Wm WHEATON £5. 14s. 0d
Mrs RAILTON £4. 12s. 0d

From A2A web site
Records of All Saints Parish Church, Broughton
FILE - Volume of material relating to Church land, the poor rate, and Somersham Manor - ref. HP8/3/1 - date: 1647, 1800-1831
[from Scope and Content] Copy Rector's lease to Wm. Wheaton of land on Somersham Heath, 1805 221 - 223

WILLIAM WHEATON 1762 - 1836
William was baptised on the 24th June 1762 in Woodhurst, Huntingdonshire. By 1767 the family were in Houghton where John, a brother for William, was baptised. Two years later they had moved again to Somersham where a third boy, Robert was baptised. The baby was buried within a few days of his baptism, but it appears that Williams' parents had decided that they were going to remain in the village of Somersham and not continue their wanderings.

After the death of baby Robert there were other brothers and sisters for William and John; Elizabeth in 1770, Robert in 1772, Ann in 1774 and Philip in 1777. By 1780 William could have already been earning his living, and if not, the events of that year would surely have meant that he had to work. His parents baptised another daughter, Mary on the 7th February 1780, but three months later the family were returning to the church for the funeral of their father who died aged 48 years. Within another few months the new baby was also buried.

Whether William, the father, was a butcher in Somersham we do not know, but that is the occupation which was followed by all four of his sons. William, the son, stayed in Somersham, John went to Colne, Robert to Bluntisham, and Philip to Chatteris.

Within four years of his father's death William married Rebecca CHURCH in Somersham on the 19th October 1784 with witnesses William WHITTLESEY and Mary MORLAND, but Rebecca died two years after the wedding. Three years later William married again to Ann GUNTON on the 7th November 1787. This time the witnesses were Elizabeth GUNTON, Jane WHITE and the curate, John WILLIAMS. This would seem to be the start of a happier period for the WHEATON family as William's brothers and sisters married, and William and Ann's family grew. Their first son (William) was baptised in December 1789 to be followed by four more sons, and five daughters, one of whom died at the age of one year, so of their ten children nine survived to become adults and to marry.

A seemingly healthy family could have been the result of having somewhere suitable to live for William appeared to own freehold property (So perhaps his father did leave him a cottage!) which suggests he was not one of the poor in the parish. (In 1807 he was one of thirty three freeholders). In 1790 William was able to vote in the County Elections, and he appears on the list of voters for subsequent elections. In 1790 he voted for John, Lord HINCHINBROOK, although in 1807 his votes went to the Rt Hon. Lord Viscount PROBY and William Henry FELLOWES, Esq., with FELLOWES and HINCHINBROOKE being elected. He voted again in 1818 (for The Rt. Hon. Lord Frederick MONTAGUE and William FELLOWES), 1826 (RUSSELL) and 1830 (Lord Viscount STRATHAVON and John Bonfoy ROOPER).

There are other references to the fact that he owned property. In 1796 William was claiming for "Rights of Common under the Inclosure Acts" for land when Somersham Heath was enclosed. There are also references in 1804 to a William WHEATON occupying property owned by The Reverend Thos JOHNSTONE, Mrs CHRISTY and Mrs RAILTON assessed at £2. 8s. 0d, £5. 14s. 0d and £4. 12s. 0d respectively, so besides his own freehold property he was in a position to rent from others. There were also WHEATONs who were receiving rents on properties owned by them in Colne. In 1812 in the Somersham Churchwardens and Overseers Rates Assessments there was the following entry:
William WHEATON House @@ £ 2. 0s. 0d
Orchard (late Bright) @@ 14s. 0d
Allotment on the Lawns @@ £ 3. 13s. 6d
New Inclosure of Mr Johnson @@ £21. 6s. 0d
New Inclosure of late Mr Johnson @@ £15. 10s. 4d

£43. 3s.10d.
To pay 10s 9½d.
So it would seem that William WHEATON had quite a substantial land holding, both freehold and rented.

William certainly appears to be a respected member of the village. In 1803 there was public unrest about the threat of invasion by the French. The villagers of Somersham held a meeting where the Somersham Company of the Huntingdonshire Voluntary Infantry was set up and William is shown as a volunteer from 1803 to 1805. He obviously took an interest in the affairs of the parish and frequently attended the Vestry meetings. One was held on the 30th July 1820, first at the Church, and then at the Black Bull. It was agreed that repairs should be carried out on the church roof at a total cost of £183. The churchwardens signed the book, as did several parishioners, including William WHEATON. He was again involved in the meeting held at the Rose and Crown on the 25th January 1830. This was concerned with the vaccination of the children of the poor against smallpox. The cost was 2/-d per head. It was pointed out that if the vaccination resulted in the child having the disease the Church would have to forfeit the 2/-d! William was also noted as being present on the 15th April 1830 when Edward CASTLE agreed to attend to the poor as surgeon and apothecary at a salary of £30 a year. On the 21st October 1830, again at the Rose and Crown, he helped elect the village Constables, Fen and Field Reeves, a Pindar and a Crier. The topics discussed at these meetings certainly highlight the wide-ranging aspects of village life that had to be considered which also, on the 22nd November 1830, resulted in William WHEATON being chosen, amongst others, to work the Somersham Fire Engine.

William himself was mentioned on the 9th October 1829 as his ½ year's rent of £3 was due. Similar notes were made in the Vestry minutes on the 19th March 1830 and the 8th October 1830. On the 10th February 1832 he was assessed at £2. 10s. 0d for Highway Rates and had to pay 7d. William was even attending meetings where members of his family were being discussed and being allowed payments from the parish. Although nine of William and Ann's ten children grew up, there were sickness problems when they were older. There are many references to parish relief being paid to a Robert WHEATON for the care of his wife, but we believe this is a member of Carol PYENTA's family, not yet linked to our WHEATONs, although Robert did live just round the corner from our WHEATON family. However, on the 11th December 1829 payments commenced for Thomas WHEATON, the second son of William and Ann which suggest that Thomas was unable to work for some time. Philip. the youngest son in the family was also probably unwell at this time. He was buried in 1832, aged 27 years, two weeks before his reputed daughter, Ann BECK, was baptised in the same church.

In the Quarter Sessions records events were entered which suggest that this family had other problems to face. In 1821 a William WHEATON was charged on two occasions with Larceny. We are not too sure which William WHEATON is involved. The father would have been 59 years old, and the son 32. One of the charges refers to William as a "Yeoman" which could indicate the father. On the other hand this William seems to have been a respected citizen although it could be that he thought an injustice was being done which was why he took the action he did. The son William married in 1821 in Bluntisham but then this could have been the incident which made him move from Somersham. The man in the second charge was a Butcher, which could have applied to both men and could indicate that two different Williams were involved in the two events, except that the wording of the outcome of the case indicates that the accused was the same man in both cases.

The first crime which one or other of them had committed was opening the Pound and rescuing a horse lawfully impounded by Edward GEESON. On the second occasion William WHEATON had rescued two ewes and two lambs belonging to John LEEDS, Yeoman. Edward GEESON had impouded the animals as a "distress for damage done by wrongful grazing". Both charges were considered to be a "True Bill".

On the 16th October 1821 William WHEATON was prosecuted at the Huntingdon Michaelmas Quarter Sessions. His crime was a "Pound Breach". The prosecution was brought be the Trustees of the Somersham Road, the "Bill was found" and a "Bench Warrant" was to be sent. In the margin were the words "pd for".

On the 15th January 1822 William WHEATON was again prosecuted for a similar offence. He was found guilty, fined £5 and committed until the fine was paid. When the money was paid an order was made for his discharge, and the second indictment abandoned.

This was not the last conflict with the law in this particular branch of the WHEATON family. A Return of Forfeiture was levied at the Hurstingstone Petty Sessions for July and August 1827 against William WHEATON of Somersham, which must have been the father. His crime was to have defective weights and false and unequal balances. As a result William WHEATON was fined £1. 0s. 0d.

William's mother died in 1803, he saw all but Ann of his children marry. (Ann was to marry in 1841), but his wife out lived him. At his death in 1836 William's age was given as 77 years, which would have made him born in the year 1759. So, was he perhaps the William baptised in Grantham in January 1758, son of William and Elizabeth? And then baptised again in Woodhurst in 1762 after the marriage of his parents? He was buried at the church of St John the Baptist in Somersham on the 9th June 1836. We have not found a Will, so what happened to his freehold house and land? His widow, Ann, did not inherit his property as in 1841 she lived with her daughter-in-law, Mary, (widow of Thomas who was buried four months after his father) and in 1843 she died at 34 New Square, St Andrew the Less, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. As always, more unanswered questions!

WILLIAM WHEATON 1762 - 1836

Recently (2002) we became aware that there was an "Administration at length" for this William WHEATON, and on the 27th November 2001 we obtained a copy, a transcript of which is included here.

It would seem that before his death William had sold some land, which, it was alledged, was not his to sell. The purchaser wanted to take the Executors and Administrators of William's estate to the High Court of Chancery, but the Executors had not had the Will proved. The purpose of the following document seems to be to appoint another Adminstrator, which was necessary before the court case could proceed further.

So, we now have to find out about the High Court of Chancery to ascertain the outcome of the case against William WHEATON.

December 1837
William by Divine Providence Archbishop of Canterbury Primate of all England and Metropolitan To our well beloved in Christ George Peters of Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex Gentleman Greeting: Whereas it hath been alleged before the Worshipful Jesse Addams Doctor of Law Surrogate of the Right Honourable Sir Hubert Jenner Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of our Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted on the part and behalf of Samuel Hillyard of Somersham in the County of Huntingdon Yeoman That in the Month of May in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty three the said Samuel Hillyard filed his Bill of Complaint in Her Majesty's High Court of Chancery of Great Britain against Thomas Escolme Fisher and William Wheaton (now deceased) and against William Wright George Pearson and Rebecca Pearson thereby stating (amongst other things) that on the twenty sixth day of June One thousand eight hundred and twenty two William Pearson since deceased and the said William Wheaton pretending to have a good Title to the Lands and Premises hereinafter mentioned, to wit, the said William Wheaton as entitled to the Equity of Redemption of the said Land subject to a Mortgage thereof to the said William Pearson for a Term of One thousand years caused the same to be put up to sale by public auction according to certain particulars of Sale, to wit. "The following valuable Freehold Estate Lot 1. All those 3a of arable Land a short distance from Somersham on the Road leading to St Ives Tythe free occupied by William Wheaton The purchaser of this Lot to pay down immediately after the Sale into the hands of the Proprietors Attorney or Agent a deposit of £10 per cent in part of the purchase Money and sign an agreement for the payment of the remainder on the 11th day of October next paying one Guinea as his share of the Expence of such agreement That a good Title to the Lot purchased shall be made by the Vendor at his own Expence and the Lot be conveyed and assured and possession of the same be given to the purchaser on the said 11th day of October on payment of the remainder of the purchase Money such Conveyance and assurance being prepared by the Vendors Attorney such purchaser paying 4 Guineas and the Stamp Duties thereon - That as this and another Lot are held under the same Title the purchaser of this Lot shall have the Custody of the Title Deeds upon his entering into the usual Covenant for the production thereof to the purchaser of Lot 3." and further stating that the said Samuel Hillyard was declared the highest bidder for the said Premises and agreed to become the purchaser thereof for the sum of One hundred and seven pounds and thereupon the aforesaid agreement was signed by him and the said Thomas Escolme Fisher the attorney of the said William Pearson and William Wheaton and he then paid the sum of Ten Pounds and ten shillings in part of the purchase Money and one Guinea as his share of the Expence of the said Agreement and one Guinea to the Auctioneer and Three Pounds two shillings and five pence as the Amount of the Auction Duty on his said purchase That on the seventeeth day of July following the said Samuel Hillyard gave to the said William Pearson with the approbation of the said William Wheaton a promissory Note for payment of ninety six Pounds ten shillings the Balance of the said purchase Money and was then let into possession of the said Land and afterwards on the fourteenth of October following offered to pay the said residue of the said purchase Money on having the Title Deeds to the said Premises delivered up and a proper Conveyance thereof executed to him but was told by the said Thomas Escolme Fisher that the property held under the same Title remaining unsold was so situated that he could not have the said Deeds upon which he declined to pay the remainder of the said purchase Money and demanded an abstract of the Title of the said Premises which was afterwards delivered to his Solicitors and he was advised that the Title thereby shown was not good and further stating that the said Samuel Hillyard had always been ready and willing to perform the said agreement and had made frequent applications to the Vendors to make out a good Title to the said Premises and make and execute to him a proper conveyance thereof but without effect and therefore Praying Relief as in the said Bill is mentioned(?) And whereas it was further alleged that the said William Wheaton was late of Somersham in the County of Huntingdon and died on the fourth day of June One thousand eight hundred and thirty six having made his Will last Will and Testament in writing and thereof appointed the said Thomas Escolme Fisher one of the Parties to the aforementioned suit and William Mason Executors who have refused or neglected to take upon them or either of them the Probate and Execution thereof (the said Deceased having whilst living and at the time of his death Goods Chattels or Credits in divers Dioceses or Jurisdictions within the province of Canterbury sufficient to found the Jurisdiction of our said Prorogative Court of Canterbury) That divers Proceedings have been had in the said suit in the said High Court of Chancery but that no further proceedings can be had therein with effect on behalf of the said Samuel Hillyard until there is a legal Representative of the said William Wheaton deceased before the said Court. That the said William Mason hath been duly cited with the usual Intimation to accept or refuse the Probate and Execution of the said Will and that on the first Session of Michaelmas Term to wit, Saturday the fourth day of November last our(?) Master Keeper or Commisary aforesaid in pain of the said William Mason so cited and intimated and thrice called and not appearing at the Petition of the Proctor of the said Samuel Hillyard and on Motion of the Advocate Decreed Letters of Administration of the Good Chattels and Credits of the said William Wheaton deceased limited to the purpose only to attend supply substantiate and confirm the Proceedings already had or that shall or may hereafter be had in the aforesaid Cause or Suit in the said High Court of Chancery or in any other Cause or Suit which may be commenced in the said Court or in any other Court between the aforementioned Parties or any other Parties touching and concerning the Matters at issue in the said Cause or Suit and until a final Decree shall be had and made therein and the said Decree carried into execution and the execution thereof fully completed but not further or otherwise to be granted and committed to the said George Peters as a Person for that purpose named by and on the part and behalf of the said Samuel Hillyard on giving the usual(?) Security (Justice so requiring) We do therefore by these Presents grant full power and authority to you the said George Peters in whose fidelity we confide to Adminster and faithfully dispose of the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said William Wheaton deceased limited to the purpose only to attend supply substantiate and confirm the Proceedings already had or that shall or may hereafter be had in the aforesaid Cause or Suit in the said High Court of Chancery or in any other Cause or Suit which may be commenced in the said Court or in any other Court between the aforementioned Parties or any other Parties touching and concerning the Matters at issue in the said Cause or Suit and until a final Decree shall be had and made therein and the said Decree carried into execution and the Execution thereof fully compleated but no further or otherwise you having been already sworn will and faithfully to administer the same and to make a true and perfect Inventory of the said limited?) Goods Chattels and Credits and to exhibit the same unto the Registry of our said Prerogative Court of Canterbury together with a true and just account of and concerning your Administration thereof when you shall be thereunto lawfully required and we do by these Presents ordain refute and constitute you the said George Peters Administrator of the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said William Wheaton deceased limited to the purpose only to attend supply substantiate and confirm the Proceedings already had or that shall or may hereafter be had in the aforesaid Cause or Suit in the said High Court of Chancery or in any other Cause or Suit which may be commenced in the said Court or in any other Court between the aforementioned Parties or any other Parties touching and concerning the Matters at issue in the said Cause or Suit and until final Decree shall be had and made therein and the said Decree carried into execution and the Execution thereof fully completed but no further or otherwise - Given at London the seventh day of December in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven and in the tenth Year of our Translation ./-

We have long believed that William was comparatively wealthy, and we felt sure that he would have left property because he was able to vote. If the Administrator of his estate was involved in Court of Chancery proceedings, perhaps that was the cause of the disappearance of his family's inheritance.

Source: (Birth)
Title: Woodhurst Parish Registers

Source: (Individual)
Title: Administration for Will of William WHEATON
Media: Book

Baptism: 24 JUN 1762 St John the Baptist, Woodhurst, Huntingdonshire

Event: Type: A Chart Number
Place: GUNTON 0800/WHEATON 0800/WHEATON 0700

Event: Type: Administration
Place: "At length". Executors did not have the Will Proved. Before his death William was accused of selling land which did not belong to him. This Administration was obtained so that the case in the Courts of Chancery could proceed

Occupation: Place: 1830 Butcher (Pigots Directory)

Death: JUN 1836 Somersham, Huntingdonshire Age 77

Burial: 9 JUN 1836 St John the Baptist, Somersham, Huntingdonshire

Reference: 00012

Event: Type: A Chart Number
Place: WHEATON 0800/WHEATON 0700

Death: DEC 1786 Somersham, Huntingdonshire Age 26

Burial: 17 DEC 1786 St John the Baptist, Somersham, Huntingdonshire

Reference: 00073

Note: Addresses
1841 High Street North, Somersham, Huntingdonshire
Living with daughter-in-law, Mary WHEATON née SEEKINGS and her family

Source: (Name)
Title: 1841 Somersham, Huntingdonshire
Media: Book

Source: (Birth)
Title: Calculated from age at death

Source: (Death)
Title: Certificate
Media: Civil Registry

Baptism: 4 MAR 1769 St Mary, Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire

Event: Type: A Chart Number
Place: GUNTON 0800/WHEATON 0800/WHEATON 0700

Event: Type: Present at death
Place: Sarah TAYLOR of 23 East Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Event: Type: Residences
Place: See notes

Occupation: Place: 1841 Independent

Death: 1 MAR 1843 34 New Square, St Andrew the Less, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Age 74

Burial: 5 MAR 1843 St John the Baptist, Somersham, Huntingdonshire

Reference: 00013

Cause: Dropsy

Note: Addresses
1825 Somersham, Huntingdonshire
1841 High Street, Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire. William was a lodger with William WEBB, a
publican and his family. The property was property was probably a public house.
Ann MASON (15) was a female servant and other s in the property were Coxe FEARY (15)
Ag Lab, Lowe HARRISON (45) Mason's J (?) all born Huntingdonshire
1851 Colne Street, Bluntisham. Lodging with William BELDON and his family
1857-1861, and 1861-1868
Regularly in and out of St Ives Union either for being destitute, or for not being able to
find work. At the time of each visit he gave contradictory information about age and place
of birth.
1861 St Ives Union Workhouse, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdonshire
1871 St Ives Union Workhouse, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdonshire

Information from Roland ASPINALL 9.11.1993 and 22.11.1993
Between 1857 and 1861 William WHEATON was regularly in and out of the St Ives Union either for being destitute or for not being able to find work. In September 1861 he gave his age as 73. From 1861 to 1868 he was in the St Ives Union (Workhouse). He came from Bluntisham and Earith and is recorded as being born in September 1788. He was never admitted with a wife or close relatives. He is described as a Butcher and as a Labourer, also as not being “able bodied”. The early records show him to be Church of England but in 1866 he is shown as a Dissenter.

Source: (Name)
Title: 1841 Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire
Media: Book

Source: (Death)
Title: St Ives Workhouse Records from Roland ASPINALL

Source: (Burial)
Title: Microfiche of Bluntisham Parish Church Registers

Baptism: 6 DEC 1789 St John the Baptist, Somersham, Huntingdonshire

Event: Type: A Chart Number
Place: WHEATON 0700/WHEATON 0702/WHEATON 0601

Event: Type: Residences
Place: See Notes

Occupation: Place: 1825 Butcher; 1841, 1851 Ag Lab; 1861 Formery Butcher; 1871 Agricultural Labourer

Death: 15 FEB 1872 St Ives Union, St Ives, Huntingdonshire Age 84

Burial: 17 FEB 1872 Bluntisham Baptist Church, Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire

Reference: 00074

Note: Addresses
1841 High Street South, Somersham, Huntingdonshire, living in same property as William HASLOT
and family, but with John BURY (40) Thomas BURY (17) and George BURY (12) all Match Men
born outside Huntingdonshire
1851 High Street, Somersham, Huntingdonshire, lodging with his son John and family
1857 St Ives Union, St Ives, Huntingdonshire leaving on the 24th May, but returning on the 5th
June.
1861 Main Street, Somersham, Huntingdonshire
or
St Ives Union Workhouse, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdonshire
1864-1871
He could have been in the Workhouse several times between 1864 and 1871.
1871 St Ives Union Workhouse, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdonshire

In 1827 a Robert WHEATON, a butcher from Somersham, had two conflicts with the law involving three events. On each occasion he had turned sheep to graze on the Somersham Turnpike Road, in the first instance a total of fifty animals were involved. He was fined 5/-d for the first two offences and £2 for the third, with a total of £2. 12s. 6d for costs. (Elsewhere we have found that such roads were let to different individuals in the parish for grazing and in return the hirer was responsible for the upkeep of the road. Probably therefore, the grazing rights on the Somersham Turnpike road belonged to someone other than Robert).

1850 - Robert WHEATON accused Samuel THORP of stealing two waistcoats valued at 2/-s and a handkerchief valued at 3d. The crime was at Hemingford Grey on the 5th June 1850. Samueal THORP was also accused of receiving. He was found no guilty

1852 - Robert WHEATON accused Samuel THORPE of stealing from his clothing

Information from Roland ASPINALL 9.11.1993
In May 1857 Robert WHEATON was in the St Ives Union (Workhouse). He was discharged at his own request on the 24th May 1857, but was re-admitted on the 5th June 1857. He was probably in the Workhouse again from 1864 to 1871. The records show that he was born on the 10th May 1790 in Somersham and imply that he was a widower having worked in earlier years as a Farm Labourer. In 1871 he was “not able bodied. In 1867 he is recorded as being a religious dissenter, but another record shows him to be Church of England.

Source: (Name)
Title: 1841 Somersham, Huntingdonshire
Media: Book

Source: (Name)
Title: 1861 Somersham, Huntingdonshire
Media: Book

Source: (Name)
Title: 1851 Somersham, Huntingdonshire
Media: Book

Source: (Birth)
Title: 1851 Bluntisham

Source: (Death)
Title: St Ives Workhouse Records from Roland ASPINALL

Source: (Burial)
Title: National Burial Index from Findfmypast web site

Baptism: 24 JUN 1792 St John the Baptist, Somersham, Huntingdonshire

Event: Type: A Chart Number
Place: WHEATON 0700/WHEATON 0602

Event: Type: Residences
Place: See Notes

Occupation: Place: 1841 Butcher; 1851 Calf Jobber; 1861 Cattle Driver or Formerly Butcher; 1871 Butcher

Death: 12 DEC 1871 St Ives Union, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdonshire Age 80

Burial: 15 DEC 1871 St John the Baptist, Somersham, Huntingdonshire

Reference: 00076

Note: Addresses
1841 Newmarket Road, St Andrew the Less, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
1851 East Road, St Andrew the Less, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
In the same property was a daughter and grandson, a servant and 7 or 8 lodgers
1861 11 Honey Hill, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Living with them was a grandson, Joseph
PETERS

Source: (Name)
Title: 1841 St Andrew the Less, Cambridge
Media: Book

Source: (Name)
Title: 1861 St Andrew the Less, Cambridge

Source: (Name)
Title: 1851 St Andrew the Less, Cambridge

Source: (Death)
Title: Civil Registration Indexes at Family Record Centre, Myddleton House, London
Media: Book

Baptism: 5 FEB 1797 St John the Baptist, Somersham, Huntingdonshire

Event: Type: A Chart Number
Place: WHEATON 0700/WHEATON 0607

Event: Type: Residences
Place: See Notes

Occupation: Place: 1841, 1851, 1861 Butcher

Death: BET APR AND JUN 1870 Cambridge District, Cambridgeshire Age 73

Reference: 00080

Note: Addresses
1841 Sun Street, St Benedict, Cambridgeshire, living with her sister, Phoebe WESSON
née WHEATON, Phoebe's husband and family
1841 December
Newmarket Street, St Andrew the Less, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Source: (Name)
Title: 1841 St Mary the Great, Cambridge

Baptism: 18 NOV 1798 St John the Baptist, Somersham, Huntingdonshire

Event: Type: A Chart Number
Place: WHEATON 0700

Event: Type: Residences
Place: See Notes

Occupation: Place: 1841 Female Servant

Death: UNKNOWN

Reference: 00083

Baptism: 29 NOV 1800 St John the Baptist, Somersham, Huntingdonshire

Event: Type: A Chart Number
Place: WHEATON 0700

Death: DEC 1801 Somersham, Huntingdonshire Age 1 year

Burial: 17 DEC 1801 St John the Baptist, Somersham, Huntingdonshire

Reference: 00085

Note: Addresses
1851 1 Fair Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Age 47 (HO107/1760 folio 701 pg 4)
Living with them was a Samuel POWELL (21) Unmarried a Book Binder born London,
Middlesex. He is described as "son".
If he was the son of Jonathan GUNTON surely his surname would be GUNTON?
So, perhaps he is the son of Mary GUNTON née WHEATON
However, she married as Mary WHEATON, not as Mary POWELL
She married Jonathan GUNTON in 1828 and Samuel POWELL was born in 1830, after
her marriage, so why, if a son, was he called POWELL?
No marriage or death has been found for a Samuel POWELL.
(This is doubly intruiging as my mother was a POWELL before her marriage!)
Lodging with them was Peter PICTON (45) Married, Book Binder born Lancashire. No wife
was living with him.
1861 Village Street, Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire Age 56 (RG9/1033 folio 81 pg 25)
1871 Longs Farm, Harston(?(, Cambridgeshire RG10/1583 folio 23 pg 36
1881 High Street, Haslingfield, Chesterton, Cambridgeshire Age 80 (RG11/1662 folio 78 pg 9)

DESCENDANTS
No children have been found on any of the census returns, and there were no GUNTON children born before 1851 in the Cambridge District, so at present it would appear that Jonathan and Mary had no descendants.

MARRIAGE
It was originally thought that this Mary WHEATON married a Thomas CHARITY. Thomas CHARITY's wife Mary gives her birth place as Ramsey on census returns.

REASONS WHY WE THINK THIS MARY WHEATON MARRIED JONATHAN GUNTON on the
15 May 1828 at St Mary the Great, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

This Mary WHEATON was born in Somersham, Huntingdonshire and this is the village shown on the 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1881 census returns as the place of Mary's birth, not Ramsey as is shown for the wife of Thomas CHARITY.

This Mary WHEATON's mother was Ann WHEATON née GUNTON, so there is a link to the name GUNTON.

Her father, William WHEATON, died in 1780. Of his nine surviving children only two, Thomas and Elizabeth, appear to have remained in Somersham, with four of the children (Joseph, Ann, Mary and Phoebe) and their mother going to live in Cambridge and another brother, Philip living there at least in 1830 when his first child was born. (Of the others, William went to Bluntisham and then Chatteris and Robert went to Thorne in Lincolnshire)

Joseph WHEATON's second marriage took place in St Mary the Great, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire in 1819, his children was all born there between 1819 and 1832

Ann WHEATON married in December 1841 in St Andrew the Less, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. At the time of the census she was living with her sister in the parish of St Mary the Great, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

Phoebe WHEATON married on 8th November 1828 and was by 1831 at least (birth of daughter) living Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Phoebe and her family are included on the 1841 census in the parish of St Mary the Great, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

The witnesses at the Jonathan GUNTON/Mary WHEATON marriage in 1828 at St Mary the Great, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire were Ann WHEATON and Joseph WHEATON, two of the siblings mentioned above.

In 1843 their mother, Ann WHEATON née GUNTON, died on the 1st March at 34 New Square, St Andrew the Less, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Age 74 and was buried in the 5th March 1843 at St John the Baptist, Somersham, Huntingdonshire

Therefore I believe that this Mary WHEATON married Jonathan GUNTON and not Thomas CHARITY.

Source: (Death)
Title: Free BMD web site

Baptism: 28 AUG 1803 St John the Baptist, Somersham, Huntingdonshire

Event: Type: A Chart Number
Place: WHEATON 0700

Event: Type: Residences
Place: See Notes

Occupation: Place: 1881 Butcher's Wife

Death: BET OCT AND DEC 1889 Chesterton District, Cambridgeshire Age 86

Reference: 00086