Families of Ashton (near Roade), Northamptonshire,England


Uriah John Blunt [Parents] was born about 1825 in , Northamptonshire, England and was christened on 28 Apr 1825 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He married Mary.

BAPTISM from Parish Records NRO Ref 17p/3 no. 134.

CENSUS 1841 Vale Farm, Ashton, FHL film 0438873 Enumerator 2, page 16, folio 11. Born in county, age 15, a male servant.

CENSUS 1881 on CD. At 52 Tat Bank Rd, Oldbury, Worcester, England. FHL Film 1341681 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2839 Folio 48 Page 3. Age 52, a timber yard worker. Spelled Urias.

NOTE Judith Langhorn (email 15 Oct 2001) says he was also known as Uriah John and some times just as John (as in his burial record - though not on his death certificate).

Mary was born about 1830 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England. She married Uriah John Blunt.

CENSUS 1881 on CD. At 52 Tat Bank Rd, Oldbury, Worcester, England. FHL Film 1341681 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2839 Folio 48 Page 3. See note on Uriah. Age 50.

They had the following children:

  F i Mary Blunt was born about 1857.
  M ii William Blunt was born about 1860 in Oldbury, Worcestershire, England.

CENSUS 1881 on CD. At 52 Tat Bank Rd, Oldbury, Worcester, England. FHL Film 1341681 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2839 Folio 48 Page 3. Age 20, an unemployed carpenter.
  F iii Lavinia Blunt was born about 1867 in Oldbury, Worcestershire, England.

CENSUS 1881 on CD. At 52 Tat Bank Rd, Oldbury, Worcester, England. FHL Film 1341681 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2839 Folio 48 Page 3. Age 13, a scholar.
  M iv Arthur Edwin Blunt was born about 1874 in Oldbury, Worcestershire, England.

CENSUS 1881 on CD. At 52 Tat Bank Rd, Oldbury, Worcester, England. FHL Film 1341681 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2839 Folio 48 Page 3. Age 6. A scholar. Here named Edwin.

NOTE Judith Langhorn (email 15 Oct 2001) says he was christened Arthur Edwin, but also called Arther Ernest.

Underhill was born about 1855 in , , England. He married Mary Blunt.

KNOWN from wife and children in 1881 census.

Mary Blunt [Parents] was born about 1857 in Oldbury, Worcestershire, England. She married Underhill.

CENSUS 1881 on CD. At 52 Tat Bank Rd, Oldbury, Worcester, England. FHL Film 1341681 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2839 Folio 48 Page 3. . Age 23. No occupation given. Two children are here with her but no husband.

They had the following children:

  F i Jane Underhill was born about 1878 in Oldbury, Worcestershire, England.

CENSUS 1881 on CD. At 52 Tat Bank Rd, Oldbury, Worcester, England. FHL Film 1341681 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2839 Folio 48 Page 3. See note on Uriah. Age 2, with grandfather's family.
  F ii Sybil Underhill was born about Mar 1881 in Oldbury, Worcestershire, England.

CENSUS 1881 on CD. At 52 Tat Bank Rd, Oldbury, Worcester, England. FHL Film 1341681 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2839 Folio 48 Page 3. See note on Uriah. Age 1 month.

Thomas Shakeshaft [Parents] was christened on 13 Oct 1811 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He died on 9 Oct 1887 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England and was buried on 11 Oct 1887 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. Thomas married Maria.

Other marriages:
Blunt, Mary

BAPTISM from Ashton parish register, NRO ref. 17p/19, not numbered.

CENSUS 1841 The Lane, Ashton, FHL film 0438873 Enumerator 2, page 1. Born in county, age 25.

CENSUS 1881 on CD. 8 Dover Street, Northampton St Giles, Northampton, England. FHL Film 1341372 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1544 Folio 81 Page 27. Age 69, a shoe blocker.

DEATH from gravestone as recorded in the NFHS booklet, grave no. 66.

BURIAL from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p/9 no.580, aged 76. listed as resident of Ashton.

Maria was born about 1820 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She married Thomas Shakeshaft.

CENSUS 1881 on CD. 8 Dover Street, Northampton St Giles, Northampton, England. FHL Film 1341372 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1544 Folio 81 Page 27. Age 60.

NOTE since Thomas' first wife died in 1871 this must be a second wife.


Thomas Clarke [Parents] was born on 13 Jul 1826 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England and was christened on 11 Sep 1826 in Towcester Methodist Circuit. He married Ellen.

BIRTH & BAPTISM from Towcester Methodist records as researched by Mary Taylor. (e-mail 14 Jan 2001).

CENSUS 1841 The Lane, Ashton, FHL film 0438873 Enumerator 2, page 2. Born in county, age 14.

CENSUS 1851 Ashton, FHL film 0087692 Enumerator 14, folio 326 page 3, no 10. Age 24, unmarried ag.lab.

CENSUS 1881 on CD. At The Marsh, Preston Wynne, Hereford, England. FHL Film 1341624 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2590 Folio 90 Page 3. Age 54, an ag. lab.

Ellen was born about 1828 in Preston Wynne, Herefordshire, England. She married Thomas Clarke.

CENSUS 1881 on CD. At The Marsh, Preston Wynne, Hereford, England. FHL Film 1341624 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2590 Folio 90 Page 3. Age 52.

They had the following children:

  F i Selina Clarke was born about 1866 in Preston Wynne, Herefordshire, England.

CENSUS 1881 on CD. At The Marsh, Preston Wynne, Hereford, England. FHL Film 1341624 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2590 Folio 90 Page 3. Age 14.

Josiah Stimpson [Parents] was born about 1855 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He married Elizabeth Scott.

CENSUS 1861 Ashton, FHL film 0542722 Enumerator 2, folio 17 page 14, no 72. Age 5.

CENSUS 1871 Ashton, FHL film 838793 Enumerator 2, folio 60 page 12, no 65, on the third main road in the village. Age 15, a farmer's boy.

CENSUS 1881 on CD. At Lily St, Wolstanton, Stafford, England. FHL Film 1341648 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2704 Folio 31 Page 55. Age 25, a potter.

DEATH Beth Hunt has found a NSW death registration in 1903 that has the correct parents.

Elizabeth Scott was born about 1849 in Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England. She died on 3 May 1944 in Perth, West Australia, Australia. Elizabeth married Josiah Stimpson.

MAIDEN name from Beth Hunt (email June 2007).

CENSUS 1881 on CD. At Lily St, Wolstanton, Stafford, England. FHL Film 1341648 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2704 Folio 31 Page 55. Age 31.

DEATH from Beth Hunt (email June 2007), who quotes the West Australian newspaper 6 May. Died at her late residence, Duncraig Rd., Applecross, grandmother of 6, great grandmother of 4..

They had the following children:

  F i Gertrude Stimpson was born about 1875 and died on 7 Aug 1948.
  F ii Minnie Stimpson was born about 1878 and died on 10 Sep 1963.

George Clarke [Parents] was born on 15 Jan 1835 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England and was christened on 13 May 1837 in Towcester Methodist Circuit. He married Charlotte.

BIRTH & BAPTISM from Towcester Methodist records as researched by Mary Taylor. (e-mail 14 Jan 2001).

CENSUS 1841 The Lane, Ashton, FHL film 0438873 Enumerator 2, page 2. Born in county, age 6.

CENSUS 1851 Ashton, FHL film 0087692 Enumerator 14, folio 326 page 3, no 10. Age 16, an ag.lab.

CENSUS 1881 on CD. At Shucknall, Weston Beggard, Hereford, England. FHL Film 1341624 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2590 Folio 38 Page 2. Age 47, occupation listed as Maddler (Artz). The are is one year off previous census records, but his brother is also in Herefordshire so this is likely to be him.

Charlotte was born about 1836 in Weston Beggard, Herefordshire, England. She married George Clarke.

CENSUS 1881 on CD. At Shucknall, Weston Beggard, Hereford, England. FHL Film 1341624 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2590 Folio 38 Page 2. Age 44, a dressmaker.

They had the following children:

  M i Benjamin Clarke was born about 1868 in Marden, Herefordshire, England.

CENSUS 1881 on CD. At Shucknall, Weston Beggard, Hereford, England. FHL Film 1341624 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2590 Folio 38 Page 2. Age 12.
  F ii Jane Clarke was born about 1877 in Weston Beggard, Herefordshire, England.

CENSUS 1881 on CD. At Shucknall, Weston Beggard, Hereford, England. FHL Film 1341624 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2590 Folio 38 Page 2. Age 3.
  F iii Amy Clarke was born about Nov 1880 in Weston Beggard, Herefordshire, England.

CENSUS 1881 on CD. At Shucknall, Weston Beggard, Hereford, England. FHL Film 1341624 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2590 Folio 38 Page 2. Age 5 months.

Elias Baldwin [Parents] was born on 8 Mar 1803 in Potterspury, Northampton, England. He died on 30 Dec 1864. Elias married Mary Ann in 1823/1843 in , Northampton, England.

Other marriages:
Robinson, Sarah

NOTE tasklen from Ancestral File on CD.

Mary Ann married Elias Baldwin in 1823/1843 in , Northampton, England.


Elias Baldwin [Parents] was born on 8 Mar 1803 in Potterspury, Northampton, England. He died on 30 Dec 1864. Elias married Sarah Robinson.

Other marriages:
, Mary Ann

NOTE tasklen from Ancestral File on CD.

Sarah Robinson married Elias Baldwin.


George Baldwin [Parents] was christened on 15 Jan 1815 in Potterspury, Northampton, England. He married Susannah in 1835/1845 in , Northampton, England.

NOTE tasklen from Ancestral File on CD. See also the father of Elizabeth Baldwin in the Stoke Bruerne file.

Susannah married George Baldwin in 1835/1845 in , Northampton, England.


William Henry Linnell [Parents] was born on 13 Feb 1865 in Yardley Gobion, Northamptonshire, England. He died on 15 Sep 1953 in Canterbury, Kent, England. William married Katy Malins.

BIRTH from David Linnell (email Nov 2001).

CENSUS 1881 from CD at Home Farm,Addington, Buckingham, England. Source:FHL Film 1341359 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1485 Folio 155 Page 14, aged 16, a farmer's son.

DEATH from David Linnell (email Nov 2001).

Katy Malins was born about 1865 in , , England. She married William Henry Linnell.

NAME from David Linnell (email Nov 2001). Birth date my estimate.

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