Families of the parish of Roade, Northamptonshire, England


Thomas Jones was born about 1794 in St Lukes, London, England. He married Elizabeth Bennett.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 248, page 16, schedule no.66. Age 56, proprietor of land.

Elizabeth Bennett [Parents] was born about 1808 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England. was buried on 14 Dec 1856 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England. Elizabeth married Thomas Jones.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 248, page 16, schedule no.66. Age 42. Maiden name assumed as mother is with her here.

BURIAL from Roade parish records, NRO ref 281p/8, no.362, aged 49, died from "decline".


Bennett was born before 1780 in , , England. He died before 1851. married Charlotte.

DEATH from widow in 1851 census.

Charlotte was born about 1774 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England. was buried on 17 Jun 1853 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England. Charlotte married Bennett.

CENSUS 1841 of Roade, LDS film no.438873, enumerator 4, folio 13, page 20. Age 63, independent means, apparently living alone.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 248, page 16, schedule no.66. Age 76, an annuitant. Listed as mother of Thomas Jones, but presumably of his wife. If this assumption is wrong the his wif's maiden name is wrong and the family structure is wrong.

BURIAL from Roade parish records, NRO ref 281p/8, no.337, aged 78, which matches the census two years earlier.

They had the following children:

  F i Elizabeth Bennett was born about 1808 and was buried on 14 Dec 1856.

Henry Parish was christened on 18 Sep 1808 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England. He married Sarah Foddy on 26 Oct 1831 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

BAPTISM Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/11. numbers are not given in this register.

MARRIAGE Stoke Bruerne Parish Ch. Northants Rec. Off. no. 303P/14 no.104.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 248, page 16, schedule no.68. Age 42, a farm labourer. Birplace listed as Stoke, but it is known to be Stoke Bruerne.

NOTE see Stoke Bruerne file for parents.

Sarah Foddy was born before 1813 in Hartwell, Northamptonshire, England. She married Henry Parish on 26 Oct 1831 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.

MARRIAGE Stoke Bruerne Parish Ch. Northants Rec. Off. no. 303P/14 no.104.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 248, page 16, schedule no.68. Age 40, birthplace here.

NOTE see also Stoke Bruerne file.

They had the following children:

  F i Louisa Parish was christened on 7 Mar 1832 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. was buried on 7 May 1851 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/13 no.436.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 248, page 16, schedule no.68. Age 19, still at home.

BURIAL from Roade parish records, NRO ref. 281p/8, no. 318, aged 19.
  M ii George Parish was born about 1834 in Stone, Staffordshire, England.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 248, page 16, schedule no.68. Age 16, a labourer.
  F iii Anna Parish was born about 1837 in Stone, Staffordshire, England.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 248, page 16, schedule no.68. Age 13, a lace maker.
  F iv Elizabeth Parish was born about 1838 in Stone, Staffordshire, England.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 248, page 16, schedule no.68. Age 12, a lace maker.
  M v Joseph Parish was born about 1842 in Stone, Staffordshire, England.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 248, page 16, schedule no.68. Age 8, a scholar.
  F vi Maria Parish was born about 1846 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England and was christened on 14 Jul 1850 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from Roade Parish Records, NRO ref 281p/4, no. 502.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 248, page 16, schedule no.68. Age 4.
  F vii Charlotte Parish was christened on 14 Jul 1850 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from Roade Parish Records, NRO ref 281p/4, no. 501.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 248, page 16, schedule no.68. Age 1.

Hinton was born about 1785 in , , England. He died before 1851. married Ann.

DEATH from widow in 1851.

Ann was born about 1787 in Moreton Pinkney, Northamptonshire, England. She married Hinton.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 249, page 18, schedule no.72. Age 63, a widow, and an annuitant, livisiting the home of Thomas Hinton, possibly his mother.


Charles Webster [Parents] was christened on 26 Sep 1784 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England. He married Mary Clark on 31 Dec 1811 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from Roade parish registers, NRO ref. 281p/3. The date is very hard to read, Kathy Richardson read it as 8 Sept 1784 (see email 5 Aug 2003).

MARRIAGE from Ashton Parish records, NRO ref. 17p/4, no. 152, where he is listed as of Roade. Kathy Richardson (email Aug 2003) says the banns were read at Roade 27 Oct, 3 Nov, 10 November.

CENSUS 1841 of Roade, LDS film no.438873, enumerator 4, folio 14, page 21. Age 55, an ag.lab.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 249, page 18, schedule no.74. Age 67, a highway labourer, a widower.

NOTE according to Kathy Richardson (email Aug 2003) this may be another Cooper who mofved to Liverpool.

Mary Clark was born about 1790 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She married Charles Webster on 31 Dec 1811 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

NOTE name from Kathy Richardson (email 2003)

MARRIAGE from Ashton Parish records, NRO ref. 17p/4, no. 152, she may be the daughter of Edward and Ann Clark of Ashton, but is not identified in marriage records. See the Ashton file.

They had the following children:

  F i Rebecca Webster was born about 1813 in , Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1841 of Roade, LDS film no.438873, enumerator 4, folio 14, page 21. Age 27.
  M ii John Webster was born about 1815 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England. was buried on 4 Feb 1888 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1841 of Roade, LDS film no.438873, enumerator 4, folio 14, page 21. Age 23.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 249, page 18, schedule no.74. Age 33, a labourer. Unmarried living with father.

CENSUS 1861 of Roade, enumerator 4, folio 56, page 6, schedule no 29, age 45, a grocer's assistant, boarding with his brother. Unmarried.

DEATH from Roade Parish Records, NRO ref. no. 669, age 70, had been living in Hardingstone Union Workhouse.
  M iii Thomas Webster was born about 1816 and died on 26 Dec 1898.
  F iv Mary Webster was born about 1820 and died in 1894.
  M v Samuel Webster was born about 1827.
  F vi Sarah Webster was born about 1831.
  M vii Thomas Webster was christened on 25 Jun 1837 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from Roade Parish records, NRO ref 281p/4, no. 249. This birth is so much after the other children that he may not fit here, but his parents are listed as Charles (labourer) and Mary Webster.

Marriott was born about 1770 in , , England. He died before 1851. married Mary Pinckard in Hartwell, Northamptonshire, England.

DEATH from widow in 1851 census.

Mary Pinckard [Parents] was born about 1773 in Hartwell, Northamptonshire, England. She married Marriott in Hartwell, Northamptonshire, England.

NOTE maiden name from Derrek Pinckard (email Oct 2003) who identifies her as living with her brother John in 1841. He says he cannot find her baptism in Hartwell. He says she was married in Hartwell.

CENSUS 1841 of Roade, LDS film no.438873, enumerator 4, folio 15, page 23. Age 65, apparently living with John Pinkard, and her daughter.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 250, page 19, schedule no.76. Age 77, an annuitant. Head of house with a widow lodger with children.

They had the following children:

  F i Hannah Marriott was born about 1810 in , Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1841 of Roade, LDS film no.438873, enumerator 4, folio 15, page 23. Age 30. Living with Mary Marriott.

NOTE Derek Pinckard (semail Oct 2003) says she received property from her uncle John in his will. If so she married William Hiorns(sic) of Roade.

Hirons was born about 1810 in , , England. He died before 1851. married Hannah.

DEATH from widow in 1851 census.

Hannah was born about 1809 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England. She married Hirons.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 250, page 19, schedule no.76. Age 41, a widow with domestic duties, probably for Mary Marriott with whom she and her children are living.

They had the following children:

  F i Mary Hirons was born about 1846 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 250, page 19, schedule no.76. Age 4.
  M ii Thomas Hirons was born about 1828 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 250, page 19, schedule no.76. Age 2.

William Widdows was born about 1797 in Seasoncote, Gloucestershire, England. was buried on 9 Oct 1878 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England. William married Ruth.

Other marriages:
,

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 250, page 19, schedule no.78. Age 50, a victuler, with wife and family.

CENSUS 1861 of Roade, enumerator 4, folio 57, page 8, schedule no 47, age 60, a jobbing tailor, living alone, but in house of George Jones, blacksmith.

CENSUS 1871 of Roade, enumerator 4, folio 69, page 27, schedule no. 166, age 73, a tailor, married but wife not home. Had two Clarke boys living with him, the elder born Wooton the younger Paulerspury.

BURIAL from Roade Parish Records, NRO ref. 281p/8, no. 568, aged 80.

NOTE a year after his burial one of the Clark boys who had been with him in 1871 gave his name as that of his father, but listed him as a labourer..

Ruth was born about 1818 in Avivius, Dorsetshire, England. She died before 1861. Ruth married William Widdows.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 250, page 19, schedule no.78. Age 32. Birth town not clear.

DEATH from spuse a widower in the 1861 census.

They had the following children:

  M i Thomas William Widdows was christened on 25 Jul 1847 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from Roade Parish Records, NRO ref. 281p/4, no. 446, full name here.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 250, page 19, schedule no.78. Age 4. Only middle initial.
  F ii Sarah Ann Widdows was born about Jan 1851 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England and was christened on 16 Feb 1851 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England. was buried on 12 Apr 1852 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

BIRTH from 1851 census entry.

BAPTISM from Roade Parish Records, NRO ref. 281p/4, no. 513. Two names here.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 250, page 19, schedule no.78. Age 2 months.

BURIAL from Roade Parish Records, NRO ref. 281p/8, no. 324, aged 11 months. This age does not match that given at the census.

William Widdows was born about 1797 in Seasoncote, Gloucestershire, England. was buried on 9 Oct 1878 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

Other marriages:
, Ruth

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 250, page 19, schedule no.78. Age 50, a victuler, with wife and family.

CENSUS 1861 of Roade, enumerator 4, folio 57, page 8, schedule no 47, age 60, a jobbing tailor, living alone, but in house of George Jones, blacksmith.

CENSUS 1871 of Roade, enumerator 4, folio 69, page 27, schedule no. 166, age 73, a tailor, married but wife not home. Had two Clarke boys living with him, the elder born Wooton the younger Paulerspury.

BURIAL from Roade Parish Records, NRO ref. 281p/8, no. 568, aged 80.

NOTE a year after his burial one of the Clark boys who had been with him in 1871 gave his name as that of his father, but listed him as a labourer..

He had the following children:

  F i Elizabeth Widdows was born about 1822 in Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England. was buried on 23 Jan 1902 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 250, page 19, schedule no.78. Age 28, an unmarried domestic. From her age and that of her father's, she must be from a former marriage.

BURIAL from Roade Parish Records, NRO ref. 281p/8, no. 771, aged 80, had been living at the Hardingstone Union Workhouse at Wootton, but was buried in the Roade town cemetery.
  M ii George Clarke was born about 1855 in Wooton, Northamptonshire, England and was christened on 11 Feb 1872 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England. He was related to his parents by adoption; he had other parents.

CENSUS 1871 of Roade, enumerator 4, folio 69, page 27, schedule no. 166, age 15, an ag.lab., living with William Widdows.

BAPTISM from Roade Parish Records, NRO ref. 281p/5, no. 60. Age given here as 13 also, mother as Ann.

NOTE am listing him as an adopted child in view of statement at marriage of his "brother". Now I know the name of their natural mother I am unsure of this.
  M iii William Clarke was born about 1862.

William George was born about 1780 in Gaton, Northamptonshire, England. He married Ann.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 250, page 19, schedule no.78. Age 70, an annuitant.

Ann was born about 1772 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England. She married William George.

CENSUS 1851 of Roade, enumerator 2, folio 250, page 19, schedule no.79. Age 68.

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