Joseph Clayton-76 [Parents] was born about 1824 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England. He married Sarah Ann-77.
CENSUS 1841, ast Rushden in High Street. PRO ref. HO 107/802/11 folio 29m page 7. Age 16.
CENSUS 1851 in High Street, Rushden, PRO ref 107/1743, page 29, schedule 130, age 26, a shoemaker..
CENSUS 1861 in Little Street, Rushden. RG ref 9/952, Folio 46, page 25, schedule 129. Age 36, a shoe maker.
Sarah Ann-77 was born about 1827/1829 in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England. She married Joseph Clayton-76.
CENSUS 1851 in High Street, Rushden, PRO ref 107/1743, page 29, household 130, age 23, a lacemaker. This gives her birthplace as Rushden.
CENSUS 1861 in Little Street, Rushden. RG ref 9/952, Folio 46, page 25, schedule 129. Age 31.
They had the following children:
F i Emma Clayton-132 was born about 1848 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1851 in High Street, Rushden, PRO ref 107/1743, page 29, household 130, age 2.M ii William Clayton-78 F iii Selina Clayton-79 was born about 1854 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1861 in Little Street, Rushden. RG ref 9/952, Folio 46, page 25, schedule 129. Age 6.F iv Sarah Ann Clayton-80 was born about 1856 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1861 in Little Street, Rushden. RG ref 9/952, Folio 46, page 25, schedule 129. Age 4.M v Hardwick Clayton-81
Mary Clayton-82 was born about 1824 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England. She was not married.
CENSUS 1851 in Rushden, PRO ref 107/1743, page 29, household 131, age 28. She is listed as a visitor in the house next to family of Joseph and Sarah Ann Clayton. The head of the house is Elizabeth Denton, widow aged 61 (born Colworth, Beds) who has two male children aged 36 and 22 Mary is listed as unmarried, a lace maker. She has two children with her.
CENSUS 1861 in High Street, Rushden. RG ref 9/952, Folio 62, page 15, schedule 102. Age 36, head of house with six children and a boarder but unmarried. A shoe closer.
She had the following children:
William Whitney-189 was born before 1831 in , , England.
KNOWN from Marilyn P (NTH digest 22 May 2006) who quotes parish records of his daughter's marriage.
He had the following children:
F i Eliza Whitney-13
John Clayton-93 was born about 1815 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England. He married Maria-94.
CENSUS 1851, in Little Street, Rushden, district 7a, page 27, schedule 114, age 35.
CENSUS 1861 in High Street, Rushden. RG ref 9/952, Folio 65, page 20, schedule 137. Age 45, a shoemaker.
Maria-94 was born about 1820 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England. She married John Clayton-93.
CENSUS 1851, in Little Street, Rushden, district 7a, page 27, schedule 114, age 30.
CENSUS 1861 in High Street, Rushden. RG ref 9/952, Folio 65, page 20, schedule 137. Age 40, a lacemaker/
They had the following children:
F i Mary Clayton-122 was born about 1838 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1851, in Little Street, Rushden, district 7a, page 27, schedule 114, age 12, a shoe closer.F ii Sara A Clayton-95 F iii Jane Clayton-96 was born about 1842 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1851, in Little Street, Rushden, district 7a, page 27, schedule 114, age 7, a shoe closer.
CENSUS 1861 in High Street, Rushden. RG ref 9/952, Folio 65, page 20, schedule 137. Age 18, a shoe closer.M iv William Clayton-97 M v Arthur Clayton-98 was born about 1848 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1851, in Little Street, Rushden, district 7a, page 27, schedule 114, age 2.
CENSUS 1861 in High Street, Rushden. RG ref 9/952, Folio 65, page 20, schedule 137. Age 12, a shoe closer.M vi Herbert V Clayton-99 was born about 1858 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1861 in High Street, Rushden. RG ref 9/952, Folio 65, page 20, schedule 137. Age 2.
William Clayton-78 [Parents] was born about 1852 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England. He married Elizabeth Mills-47 about Aug 1873 in Wellingborough district, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1861 in Little Street, Rushden. RG ref 9/952, Folio 46, page 25, schedule 129. Age 8.
MARRIAGE 3rd qu 1873, ref 3b 245, in the Wellingborough Registration District, which included Rushden.
CENSUS 1881 from Familysearch.org. At the Jetty, Rushden, FHL Film 1341377, PRO ref. RG11/1568, folio 88, Page 48. Age 29, a shoemaker.
CENSUS 1901 at 66 Harborough Rd, Rushden, PRO ref RG13/1441. district 20, folio 88, page 23, schedule 137. Age 49, a shoe trade rivetter.
CENSUS 1911 at 66 Harboro Rde, Rushden PRO ref RG14PN8556. aged 59, a fitter up rough stuff. Son-in-law Arthur Taylor (aged 31, a mchine operator born Rushden) and his daughter, Marjorie (aged 2 born Rushden) was with them.
NOTE Jo Francis (email May 2005) assumes from details on his wife's death certificate that he was still alive in 1915.
Elizabeth Mills-47 was born about 1853 in Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, England. She married William Clayton-78 about Aug 1873 in Wellingborough district, Northamptonshire, England.
MARRIAGE 3rd qu 1873, ref 3b 245, in the Wellingborough Registration District, which included Rushden. Maiden name from this record.
CENSUS 1881 from Familysearch.org. At the Jetty, Rushden, FHL Film 1341377, PRO ref. RG11/1568, folio 88, Page 48. Age 27.
CENSUS 1901 at 66 Harborough Rd, Rushden, PRO ref RG13/1441. district 20, folio 88, page 23, schedule 137. Age 47, a shoe trade hand closer, working at home. Listed here as deaf.
CENSUS 1911 at 66 Harboro Rde, Rushden PRO ref RG14PN8556. aged 57, sikx children, four surviving, married 38 years.
They had the following children:
F i Nielin Clayton-48 was born about 1873 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1881 from Familysearch.org. At the Jetty, Rushden, FHL Film 1341377, PRO ref. RG11/1568, folio 88, Page 48. Age 7, a scholar. First name is transcribed here as Nielin.F ii Sarah E Clayton-49 was born about 1875 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1881 from Familysearch.org. At the Jetty, Rushden, FHL Film 1341377, PRO ref. RG11/1568, folio 88, Page 48. Age 5.F iii Kate Clayton-50 was born about 1877 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1881 from Familysearch.org. At the Jetty, Rushden, FHL Film 1341377, PRO ref. RG11/1568, folio 88, Page 48. Age 3.F iv Emily E Clayton-29 was born about Aug 1880 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1881: from index at the Jetty, Rushden, FHL Film 1341377, PRO ref. RG11/1568, folio 88, age 48. Age 1.
CENSUS 1901 at 66 Harborough Rd, Rushden, PRO ref RG13/1441. district 20, folio 88, page 23, schedule 137. Age 27, a shoe trade machinist.F v Lucy Clayton-238
Stephen Page-109 died before 1881. He married Elizabeth Ambridge-108.
KNOWN from wife remarried with children. First name from Jo Francis (email May 2005). At marriage of Sarah in 1891 she listed him as a farm labourer.
Elizabeth Ambridge-108 was born about 1848 in Newton Bromswold, Northamptonshire, England. She died on 25 Nov 1915 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England. She married Stephen Page-109.
Other marriages:Clayton, William
MAIDEN NAME from Jo Francis (email May 2005).
MARRIAGE 1st qu 1881, ref 3b 201, Jo Francis (email Jul 2005) has the certificate. It was in the Wellingborough Registratry Office. She was a widow, aged 32. Father William Ambridge, labourer, but she was now Elizabeth Page. Witnesses were Benjamin and Elizabeth Ambridge, her brother and his wife.
CENSUS 1881, in Sargents Yard, Rushden, RG11/1569, folio 38, page 15. age 32, has children with the surname Page.
CENSUS 1901 at 122 High Street South, Rushden, PRO ref RG13/1441. district 21, folio 103, page 7, schedule 43. Age 52.
DEATH from Jo Francis, at 7 South Terrace. Aged 67, diued from cancer of uterus.
They had the following children:
F i Sarah Page-110 F ii Mary A Page-111 was born about 1868 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1881, in Sargents Yard, Rushden, RG11/1569, folio 38, page 15. age 12, a nursemaid.M iii Frederick Page-112 was born about 1870 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1881, in Sargents Yard, Rushden, RG11/1569, folio 38, page 15. age 10, a scholar.F iv Emily Page-113 was born about 1874 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1881, in Sargents Yard, Rushden, RG11/1569, folio 38, page 15. age 6, a scholar.
NOTE Jo Francis (email May 2005) says she married Henry William Woodcroft on 20 Sep 1893.M v Stephen Page-114 was born about 1877 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1881, in Sargents Yard, Rushden, RG11/1569, folio 38, page 15. age 3.
William Clayton-97 [Parents] was born about 1844 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England. He married Sarah Ann Pettit-115 about Aug 1871 in Wellingborough district, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1851, in Little Street, Rushden, district 7a, page 27, schedule 114, age 5.
CENSUS 1861 in High Street, Rushden. RG ref 9/952, Folio 65, page 20, schedule 137. Age 16, a shoe closer..
CENSUS 1871, at 18 Little Street, RG 10/1498, page 38, schedule 205. Age 24, a shoe maker, brother-in-law to Thomas Mallard.
MARRIAGE 3rd qu 1871, ref 3b 245, of William Clayton in the Wellingborough Registration District, which included Rushden.
CENSUS 1881, in Sargents Yard, Rushden, RG11/1569, folio 38, page 15. age 34, a shoe finisher.
CENSUS 1891, at Manning Lane, Rushden, PRO ref RG12/1211. district 18, folio 129, page 39. Age 44, a shoe finisher.
Sarah Ann Pettit-115 was born about 1850 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England. She married William Clayton-97 about Aug 1871 in Wellingborough district, Northamptonshire, England.
MARRIAGE 3rd qu 1871, ref 3b 245, in the Wellingborough Registration District, which included Rushden. Middle name and maiden name from this record.
CENSUS 1881, in Sargents Yard, Rushden, RG11/1569, folio 38, page 15. age 30, a shoe finisher.
CENSUS 1891, at Manning Lane, Rushden, PRO ref RG12/1211. district 18, folio 129, page 39. Age 38, a shoe closer.
They had the following children:
Hardwick Clayton-81 [Parents] was born about 1859 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England. He married Mary Ann Minnie-117 in Feb 1879 in Wellingborough district, Northamptonshire, England.
Other marriages:, Gilpah J
CENSUS 1861 in Little Street, Rushden. RG ref 9/952, Folio 46, page 25, schedule 129. Age 1.
MARRIAGE 1st qu 1879, ref 3b 183, in the Wellingborough Registration District, which included Rushden.
CENSUS 1881 at Duck Street, Rushden, Northampton, FHL film 1341377, PRO ref GR11/1569, folio 27, page 48. Age 22, a shoe finisher. There were also two shoe trade workers lodging with this small family.
CENSUS 1891 at Duck Street, Rushden, PRO ref. 12/1211, district 13, folio 54, page 15, schedule 91. Age 32, a shoe finisher and a widower.
CENSUS 1901, at 56 Glassbrook Rd, Rushden, PRO ref RG13/1440, district 12, page 40, schedule 222. Age 40, a labourer.
Mary Ann Minnie-117 was born in 1859 in , , England. She died before 1891. She married Hardwick Clayton-81 in Feb 1879 in Wellingborough district, Northamptonshire, England.
MARRIAGE 1st qu 1879, ref 3b 183, in the Wellingborough Registration District, which included Rushden. Her maiden name was a common one in Yardley Hastings.
CENSUS 1881 at Duck Street, Rushden, Northampton, FHL film 1341377, PRO ref GR11/1569, folio 27, page 48. Age 21, birthplace here given as Rushden.
DEATH from her husband a widower in the 1891 census. There was an 8 year old son, so she died after 1882.
They had the following children:
William Clayton-118 was born about 1820 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England. He married Jane-119.
CENSUS 1851 index. in Rushden, page 17a, age 30. Michele Merservy's notes list an Ann Twelvetree aged 8 as a daughter-in-law (maybe meaningh step-daughter) in this family (see email Feb 2007).
Jane-119 was born about 1821 in Melchburn, Bedfordshire, England. She married William Clayton-118.
CENSUS 1851 index. in Rushden, page 17a, age 29. Michele Merservy's notes list an Ann Twelvetree, born Newton Bromswold, aged 8 as a daughter-in-law (maybe meaningh step-daughter) in this family (see email Feb 2007) was she a daughter of Jane to a previous marriage or an illigitimate daughter before he marriage?
They had the following children:
Joseph Clayton-123 was born about 1799 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England. He married Emma Wood-90.
CENSUS 1851 index. in Irchester, page 27b, age 51.
Emma Wood-90 was born about 1805 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England. She married Joseph Clayton-123.
NOTE middle name from baptismal register for baptism of Batherine.
CENSUS 1851 index. in Irchester, page 27b, age 45. Birthplace given here as Rothwell, but I am assuming that she is the same person as in the next census.
CENSUS 1861 in High Street, Rushden. RG ref 9/952, Folio 63, page 16, schedule 105. Age 53, a widow, a lacemaker. Head of house with two children and a lodger. possibly older children had left home.
They had the following children:
F i Catherine Clayton-141 was christened on 13 Jul 1828 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.
BAPTISM from parish records, page 51. (by favour of Michele Meserrvy - email Feb 2007)
CENSUS index 1851, in Stanwick, page 15b, age 23. The surname may be a married name, but she is the only one on this page.F ii Harriott Clayton-125 was born about 1829 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1851 index. in Irchester, page 27b, age 21.M iii Edward Clayton-126 was born about 1833 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1851 index. in Irchester, page 27b, age 17.M iv William Clayton-127 was born about 1835 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1851 index. in Irchester, page 27b, age 15.M v Charles Clayton-128 was born about 1837 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1851 index. in Irchester, page 27b, age 13.M vi John Clayton-129 F vii Elizabeth Clayton-130 was born about 1842 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1851 index. in Irchester, page 27b, age 8.M viii George Clayton-91 was born about 1844 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1851 index. in Rushden, page 28b, age 6, only his sister is shown with him on this page.
CENSUS 1861 in High Street, Rushden. RG ref 9/952, Folio 63, page 16, schedule 105. Age 16, an ag.lab.F ix Eliza Clayton-92 was born about 1846 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1851 index. in Rushden, page 28b, age 4, only her brother is shown with her on this page.
CENSUS 1861 in High Street, Rushden. RG ref 9/952, Folio 63, page 16, schedule 105. Age 14.