Family History, Hancock Chart 0403 Nehemiah Hancock, Maria Dunkley, Rebecca Beecher, Sarah ??? and William Griffiths

6 Nehemiah Henry HANCOCK born 5th June 1840 Northampton Northants baptised 2nd November 1840 Northampton Northants. died about June quarter 1845 Maidstone, Kent	7 Eliza HANCOCK born about 1842 Northampton Northants. baptised 29th May 1842 Northampton Northants. occupation 1851 Scholar	8 William HANCOCK born about 1844 Northampton Northants. occupation 1851 Scholar 1861 Iron Moulder		9 George GRIFFITH born about 1844 Lichfield Staffs. baptised 1st September 1844 Saint Mary Lichfield Staffs.	10 Louisa GRIFFITH born about 1847 Lichfield Staffs. baptised 28th January 1847 Cathedral Lichfield Staffs. and/or 19th November 1848 Saint Michael Lichfield Staffs.	11 Matilda Ann GRIFFITH born about 1848 Lichfield Staffs. baptised 19th November 1848 Saint Michael Lichfield Staffs.	12 Henry (HANCOCK) HANCOCK GRIFFITH 1851 Lichfield Staffs. baptised 25th May 1851 Saint Michael Lichfield Staffs. occupation 1881 No Occupation	13 Jane GRIFFITH born about 1854 Lichfield Staffs. baptised 24th June 1855 Saint Michael Lichfield Staffs.	14 William GRIFFITH born about 1861 Lichfield Staffs. baptised 28th July 1861 Saint Michael Lichfield Staffs. died 21st January 1862	15 Harriet GRIFFITH born about 1863 Lichfield Staffs. baptised 3rd April 1863 Saint Michael Lichfield Staffs. occupation 1871 Scholar	16 Sarah K GRIFFITH born about 1867 Northampton Northants occupation 1871 Scholar

1841 Census - Kingswell Street, All Saints, Northampton, Northamptonshire ( I would think living with his wife's family) 1851 Census - Ashford Road, Maidstone, Kent. this is very strange as his wife is a Rebecca born 1821 Maidstone, Kent, which matches the information on the 1871 exactly but it definitely says on the 1861 Census that Nehemiah is a widower, but this does not appear to be the case. I am going to make Rebecca his first wife and Sarah his second and removed the ? for his first wife as the 1861 Census was the first one I found. Children on this Census are Eliza 9 and William 7 both born Northampton, and both scholars, there is a John YORK as a lodger and then there is a George HANCOCK a nephew aged 22 born Northampton, and a Hair Dresser. So this must be the George HANCOCK who married Elizabeth STEDMAN and was not Nehemiah nephew but his brother. So even more confusing. George born 1830 so he would be around 22 on the 1851 Census was a Barber in Northfleet, by 1854. There appears to be to many similarities not to be the same person. 1861 Census - 15 Bear Lane, Christchurch, Southwark, Surrey, Nehemiah was a widower aged 42 and born in Northampton. with him was Elizah, aged 18, Housekeeper, born Northampton, Northamptonshire and William 17 an Iron Moulder, born Northampton, Northamptonshire. 1871 Census - 13 Spring Gardens, Kettering Northamptonshire. Nehemiah was a lodger and it appears that he had moved back from London to Northamptonshire and that he had married again to a Rebecca. 1881 Census - 12 Angel Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire. It would appear that Nehemiah had married yet again. With him was a son a Henry Griffith HANCOCK aged 29 No occupation, born Litchfield, Staffordshire. There were four lodgers with the household. IGI birth submitted by a member of the IGI church The IGI shows a marriage by a member of the LDS Church which suggests the Nehemiah married a third time, it would have been his first. There is also a birth date which matches the above exactly, so I am fairly certain it is correct. On the IGI submitted by a member of the LDS Church there is a Nehemiah Henry Hancock, born 5 June 1840 Northampton, Northampton and baptised 22nd November 1840 Northampton, Northamptonshire, and died in 1845 in Maidstone, Kent. with Maria DUNKLEY as the mother, so this all ties up nicely, however I cannot find a Nehemiah and Maria HANCOCK with a son Nehemiah on the 1841 Census 1841 Census - Kingswell Street, All Saints, Northampton, Northamptonshire. Also in the same household, William DUNKLEY, aged 65 Labourer, Serby? DUNKLEY 15 Lace Maker (female) and William DUNKLEY aged 10, the Census is very feint so a job to read, 1851 Census - Ashford Road, Maidstone, Kent. Death from BMD as this is the only one that comes up in Northants and I think she died between 1871 and 1881, however it shows her age as 70 which would be completely wrong but I think this is a mistake on the index. IGI Baptism, parents William and Mary BEECHER 1851 Census - Rotten Row, St Michael, Lichfield, Staffordshire 1861 Census - Deans Croft, St Michael, Lichfield, Staffordshire There were two boarders with the family 1871 Census - 12 Angel Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire. 1881 Census - 12 Angel Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire. I cannot find Sarah on the 1891 Census - There is a death of a Sarah Smith HANCOCK in the June quarter of 1882 in Northampton district, Northamptonshire, but she is down as being born in 1815 (died aged 67) so she is about seven years older than I have on the Censuses, but it could be the correct one. Also the name Smith as her second name is new and could be either a clue to her maiden name, her first married name, or possibly to her birth name, none of which I have found. 1851 Census - Rotten Row, St Michael, Lichfield, Staffordshire 1861 Census - Deans Croft, St Michael, Lichfield, Staffordshire There were two boarders with the family 1841 Census - Kingswell Street, All Saints, Northampton, Northamptonshire IGI baptism 1851 Census - Ashford Road, Maidstone, Kent. 1861 Census - Cow Lane, Northampton All Saints, Northampton, Northamptonshire (only possible, there is an Eliza with the mother of Nehemiah who is down as 14 and a Granddaughter but she is down as 14 so born 1847, I have a baptism in 1842 so it is likely that this Eliza is a daughter of one of the other male siblings on HANCOCK Chart 0501. IGI baptism 1851 Census - Ashford Road, Maidstone, Kent. 1861 Census - 15 Bear Lane, Christchurch, Southwark, Surrey, 1851 Census - Rotten Row, St Michael, Lichfield, Staffordshire 1861 Census - Deans Croft, St Michael, Lichfield, Staffordshire IGI baptism 1851 Census - Rotten Row, St Michael, Lichfield, Staffordshire 1861 Census - Deans Croft, St Michael, Lichfield, Staffordshire IGI Baptism. There are two baptisms on the IGI for Louisa one at the Cathedral and one at St Michaels, with William and Sarah as parents, was this the same Louisa or was there two, the other children were definitely baptised as St Michaels. 1851 Census - Rotten Row, St Michael, Lichfield, Staffordshire 1861 Census - Deans Croft, St Michael, Lichfield, Staffordshire IGI Baptism 1861 Census - Deans Croft, St Michael, Lichfield, Staffordshire 1871 Census - 12 Angel Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire. 1881 Census - 12 Angel Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire. Down as Henry Griffith HANCOCK, after Sarah had remarried to Nehemiah HANCOCK IGI Baptism 1861 Census - Deans Croft, St Michael, Lichfield, Staffordshire 1871 Census - 12 Angel Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire. IGI Baptism IGI Baptism and death, does not appear on a Census 1871 Census - 12 Angel Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire. IGI Baptism 1871 Census - 12 Angel Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire.

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