I've been researching (or at least attempting to) this family:
1841 census, Chipping Ongar, Essex, (class HO107, piece 336, enumeration district 1, folio 12, page 18)
William Burrell, 41, labourer, born in county
Rebecca Burrell, 47, born in county
Elizabeth Crouchman, 19, born in county
William Crouchman, 15, born in county
Sarah Crouchman, 15, born in county
Emma Burrell, 9, born in county
George Burrell, 7, born in county
Jane Burrell, 5, born in county
Rebecca Burrell's maiden name was Crouchman and Elizabeth, William and Sarah were her illegitimate children. A GR member had kindly checked the parish register for me, and found the baptisms of Elizabeth and William but not Sarah. I contacted the Essex RO to ask if they had any other records which might refer to Sarah, and suggested the Overseer of the Poor's accounts book and the vestry minutes. Since I wasn't likely to be able to get to Chelmsford in the near future, and the accounts book was judged too fragile to be entrusted to the hands of an amateur anyway, I made a request of their research service, with the following results:
- Definitely no record of Sarah's baptism in the register of Chipping Ongar, nor those of Moreton or High Ongar, the only other ones I'd thought at all likely.
- No mention in the relevant Bishop's Transcripts either.
- Regular entries in the accounts book from 1828-1830 for payments to "Crouchman & Children", but no mention of individual names - I'm pretty sure it must be them though as there are no other Crouchmans in Chipping Ongar in 1841.
- No mention in the vestry minutes.
Does anyone have any bright ideas as to where else I might find a record of Sarah's birthdate and father, or should I accept that there are only two people who knew that, they evidently weren't telling and since they've both been dead for 150 years it's a bit too late to ask now?
And a little incidental question - the regular payment to the family was 5/- per week, anyone know how much that would be worth nowadays?
1841 census, Chipping Ongar, Essex, (class HO107, piece 336, enumeration district 1, folio 12, page 18)
William Burrell, 41, labourer, born in county
Rebecca Burrell, 47, born in county
Elizabeth Crouchman, 19, born in county
William Crouchman, 15, born in county
Sarah Crouchman, 15, born in county
Emma Burrell, 9, born in county
George Burrell, 7, born in county
Jane Burrell, 5, born in county
Rebecca Burrell's maiden name was Crouchman and Elizabeth, William and Sarah were her illegitimate children. A GR member had kindly checked the parish register for me, and found the baptisms of Elizabeth and William but not Sarah. I contacted the Essex RO to ask if they had any other records which might refer to Sarah, and suggested the Overseer of the Poor's accounts book and the vestry minutes. Since I wasn't likely to be able to get to Chelmsford in the near future, and the accounts book was judged too fragile to be entrusted to the hands of an amateur anyway, I made a request of their research service, with the following results:
- Definitely no record of Sarah's baptism in the register of Chipping Ongar, nor those of Moreton or High Ongar, the only other ones I'd thought at all likely.
- No mention in the relevant Bishop's Transcripts either.
- Regular entries in the accounts book from 1828-1830 for payments to "Crouchman & Children", but no mention of individual names - I'm pretty sure it must be them though as there are no other Crouchmans in Chipping Ongar in 1841.
- No mention in the vestry minutes.
Does anyone have any bright ideas as to where else I might find a record of Sarah's birthdate and father, or should I accept that there are only two people who knew that, they evidently weren't telling and since they've both been dead for 150 years it's a bit too late to ask now?
And a little incidental question - the regular payment to the family was 5/- per week, anyone know how much that would be worth nowadays?
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