Families of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire,England


Willis-8391 was born before 1790 in , , England.

KNOWN from his daughter(s).

He had the following children:

  F i Frances Elizabeth Willis-2612 was born about 1799 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England.

CENSUS 1851 Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 087691, page 25 no. 101 Age 51, landed proprietor and fund holder.

CENSUS 1871 RG10/3856, pg 8, schedule 7, Hurst House, Huyton, aged 69, a landed proprietor. This is obviously her home.
  F ii Mary Willis-1161

William Warren-8398 [Parents] was born about 1824 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England. He married Mary Ann Powell-8404 on 26 Jun 1856 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

BIRTH and MARRIAGE from Elaine Stephens (email Feb 2004). He was her gt gt grandfather, see note on spouse.

Mary Ann Powell-8404 was born before 1836 in , , England. She married William Warren-8398 on 26 Jun 1856 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

MARRIAGE from Elaine Stephens (email Feb 2004). Mary Ann was her great great grandmother. They had nine children, the 1881 census says they were all born in Leicester.


Jabez Mallard-8413 [Parents] was born about 1848 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England. He was not married to Harriott Linnell-1975.

Other marriages:
Holding, Elizabeth M
Clement, Sarah

CENSUS 1861 at no.17 High Street, Blisworth, PRO ref RG9/925, folio 58, page 7, schedule 41. Age 12, a scholar.

MARRIAGE (1879) from Sally Edwards (email Apr 2006).

!CENSUS 1881 from familysearch.org. At the home of Jabez Mallard on the Northampton & Towcester Road in Blisworth. LDS FHL film number 1341370, PRO RG11/1535 folio 63, page 10. Aged 30, a widower. An ironstone miner.

MARRIAGE (1889) from Sally Edwards (email Apr 2006) who quotes Registration Index as 4th qu. 1889, Manchester Registration District..

CENSUS 1891 at 25 Sudell St,Manchester, PRO ref RG12/3242, folio 95, page 15, schedule 90. Age 42, a railway porter. If this is the same person then the son John aged 20 and daughter Annie Clement must be children of Sarah, and not his. A third child is obviously his (see William Thomas).

CENSUS 1901 at 143, Sudell st, Manchester folio 24, page 39, scheduyle 215. aged 52 a railways porter. There is a grand-daughter, Amy Smith aged 7, born in Manchester with him and his wife.

NOTE his first wife obviously died between 1876 and 1881 for in 1881 he was living with three young children and Harriet Chamberlain as a housekeeper. Harriet's daughter Minnie, was named Minnie Mallard Chamberlain and it is thought that the sister Sarah she mentioned was Sarah Ann Mallard.

Harriott Linnell-1975 [Parents] was born on 28 Jun 1854 in Shutlanger, Northants, England. She was christened on 27 Aug 1854 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. She died about Nov 1893 in Towcester, Nothamptonshire, England. She was not married to Jabez Mallard-8413.

Other marriages:
Chamberlain, John
Unknown

CHRISTENING Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303/P13 no.1018.

CENSUS 1861 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 542722, page 3 no.31 age 6 staying with her aunt Ann Smith (though census lists her as the aunt).

CENSUS 1871 Shutlanger, Northants. Film no. 838792, page 13 no.77 Age 16, Occupation lace maker. With her widowed mother.

MARRIAGE from John Lockely (email Apr 2006).

WORKHOUSE record, Towcester 1878. Shge was here with her child. John Chamberlain was asked for support and said he would support the child but not his wife "in her idleness". Information from John Lu=ockley (email May 2006).

CENSUS 1881 from familysearch.org. At the home of Jabez Mallard on the Northampton & Towcester Road in Blisworth. LDS FHL film number 1341370, PRO RG11/1535 folio 63, page 10. As Housekeeper (Jabez was a widower with three children under 10). Aged 27. Listed as Married so she must have been separated from her husband.

WORKHOUSE, Towcester 1883, steps were taken to affiliate 2 illigitimate childed upon Jabez Mallard of Blisworth.

WORKHOUSE, Towcester 1884. She was there from this point for 10 years. In 1894 there is a note that she needed to be removed from her "old associates" after committing acts of indecerncy in the House. (from John Lockley - email May 2006).

WORKHOUSE, Towcester, August 1886. She was apprehended for desertion of her children and sentenced to 2 months hard labour in prison.

DEATH from John Lockely (email Apr 2006), Dec qtr 1893 in Towcester aged 40..

They had the following children:

  F i Mary Mallard Chamberlain-4704
  M ii Alfred Mallard Chamberlain-8432 was born on 26 Apr 1883 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England.

BIRTH from a John Lockley (email July 2005). He obtained a copy of the birth certificate from the Towcester registry office which lists no father, but names the mother as "Harriett Chamberlain, a lacemaker"

BAPTISM from Sally Edwards (email Apr 2006). She names him as Walter Mallard Chamberlain, aged 15 months which fits Alfred.
  F iii Sarah Elizabeth Mallard Chamberlain-8433 was born on 3 Apr 1884 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England. She was christened on 9 Jul 1884 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England.

BIRTH from a John Lockley (email July 2005). He obtained a copy of the birth certificate from the Towcester registry office which lists no father, but names the mother as "Harriett Chamberlain, a lacemaker"

BAPTISM from Sally Edwards (email Apr 2006).

WORKHOUSE, Towcester, 1884 She was here with her mother. (from John Lockley - email May 2006).
  F iv Minnie Mallard Chamberlain-8411

Chamberlain-8412 [Parents].

NOTE the parent of Sophy E I (listed in the 1881 & 1891 census as grand-daughter of William and Ann). This person may have been identical with Mary A who was 18, or Samuel or Elizabeth or possibly John, though he had a child of about this age from his estranged wife..

He had the following children:

  F i Sophy E I Chamberlain-8410 was born about Jan 1881 in Gayton, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1881 from www.familysearch,org. At Gayton, Northampton, England. LDS FHL film no. 1341370, PRO Ref. RG11-1535 folio 48 Page 9. Age 3 months, living with her grandparents, assumed to be daughter of John by another woman, but could be daughter of unmarried Mary A.

CENSUS 1891 at Gayton, PRO ref RG12/1188, folio 43, page 13, schedule 91, age 10, a scholar, grand-daughter of William.

NOTE see comment on parent "Chamberlain".

Jabez Mallard-8413 [Parents] was born about 1848 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England. He married Elizabeth M Holding-8493 on 30 Mar 1869 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England.

Other marriages:
Linnell, Harriott
Clement, Sarah

CENSUS 1861 at no.17 High Street, Blisworth, PRO ref RG9/925, folio 58, page 7, schedule 41. Age 12, a scholar.

MARRIAGE (1879) from Sally Edwards (email Apr 2006).

!CENSUS 1881 from familysearch.org. At the home of Jabez Mallard on the Northampton & Towcester Road in Blisworth. LDS FHL film number 1341370, PRO RG11/1535 folio 63, page 10. Aged 30, a widower. An ironstone miner.

MARRIAGE (1889) from Sally Edwards (email Apr 2006) who quotes Registration Index as 4th qu. 1889, Manchester Registration District..

CENSUS 1891 at 25 Sudell St,Manchester, PRO ref RG12/3242, folio 95, page 15, schedule 90. Age 42, a railway porter. If this is the same person then the son John aged 20 and daughter Annie Clement must be children of Sarah, and not his. A third child is obviously his (see William Thomas).

CENSUS 1901 at 143, Sudell st, Manchester folio 24, page 39, scheduyle 215. aged 52 a railways porter. There is a grand-daughter, Amy Smith aged 7, born in Manchester with him and his wife.

NOTE his first wife obviously died between 1876 and 1881 for in 1881 he was living with three young children and Harriet Chamberlain as a housekeeper. Harriet's daughter Minnie, was named Minnie Mallard Chamberlain and it is thought that the sister Sarah she mentioned was Sarah Ann Mallard.

Elizabeth M Holding-8493 was born before 1849 in , , England. She was buried on 4 Oct 1879 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England. She married Jabez Mallard-8413 on 30 Mar 1869 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England.

MARRIAGE and BURIAL from Sally Edwards (email Apr 2006).

They had the following children:

  M i Walter Mallard-8414 was born about 1872 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1881 from familysearch.org. At the home of Jabez Mallard on the Northampton & Towcester Road in Blisworth. LDS FHL film number 1341370, PRO RG11/1535 folio 63, page 10. Aged 8, a scholar.
  F ii Sarah Ann Mallard-8415 was born about 1874 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1881 from familysearch.org. At the home of Jabez Mallard on the Northampton & Towcester Road in Blisworth. LDS FHL film number 1341370, PRO RG11/1535 folio 63, page 10. Aged 6, a scholar.

NOTE John Lockley (emails Mar 2005) thinks she is the Sarah whom his grandmother Minnie counted as one of her three sisters.
  M iii William Thomas Mallard-8416 was born about 1876 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1881 from familysearch.org. At the home of Jabez Mallard on the Northampton & Towcester Road in Blisworth. LDS FHL film number 1341370, PRO RG11/1535 folio 63, page 10. Aged 4, a scholar.

CENSUS 1891 at 25 Sudell St,Manchester, PRO ref RG12/3242, folio 95, page 15, schedule 90. Age 14, an errand lad. Born Blisworth so this is probably the same person, but see note on father.

Leonard Charles Loveridge-8417 [Parents] was born on 28 Jan 1913 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. He was christened on 9 Mar 1913 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. He died in 2000. He married Rose Langley-8418 in 1937.

BIRTH date from his grandson, Ian Loveridge (email Mar 2004).

BAPTISM Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/19 no.676.

DEATH year from his grandson, Ian Loveridge (email Mar 2004).

Rose Langley-8418 was born in Corby, Northamptonshire, England. She died in 1985. She married Leonard Charles Loveridge-8417 in 1937.

NOTE information from Iain Loveridge a descendant (email Mar 2005).


Thomas Fosscott-8419 was born before 1695 in , , England. He married Mary Stiles-8420 on 6 Oct 1713 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire England.

MARRIAGE from Stoke Bruerne Parish Records, NRO ref 303p/17, no entry numbers here.

Mary Stiles-8420 was born before 1695 in , , England. She married Thomas Fosscott-8419 on 6 Oct 1713 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire England.

MARRIAGE from Stoke Bruerne Parish Records, NRO ref 303p/17, no entry numbers here.


Richard Leah-8422 was born about 1832 in Cruckton, Shropshire, England. He married Mary A-8423.

CENSUS 1891 at Tring, Herts, at 12 Little Tring, Engine House. PRO ref RG12/1127, folio 130, page 15. Age 58. A foreman of stationary engine drivers, turner & fitter.

Mary A-8423 was born about 1840 in Shewsbury, , England. She married Richard Leah-8422.

CENSUS 1891 at Tring, Herts, at 12 Little Tring, Engine House. PRO ref RG12/1127, folio 130, page 15. Age 50.

They had the following children:

  M i Alfred Leah-8424 was born about 1870 in Crewe, Cheshire, England.

CENSUS 1891 at Tring, Herts, at 12 Little Tring, Engine House. PRO ref RG12/1127, folio 130, page 15. Age 20, a stationery engine driver, fitter & turner/
  F ii Emma Leah-8425 was born about 1875 in Little Tring, Hertfordshire, England.

CENSUS 1891 at Tring, Herts, at 12 Little Tring, Engine House. PRO ref RG12/1127, folio 130, page 15. Age 15, no occupation given.
  F iii Sarah Leah-8426 was born about 1877 in Little Tring, Hertfordshire, England.

CENSUS 1891 at Tring, Herts, at 12 Little Tring, Engine House. PRO ref RG12/1127, folio 130, page 15. Age 13, a scholar.
  M iv Gilbert Leah-5047

James Webb-6970 was born about 1814 in Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, England. He married Charlotte Clarke-8427.

Other marriages:
Wickens, Eunice

MARRIAGE - details of first marriage from Lionel Toole (email Apr 2005).

MARRIAGE (1849) information from M Ponting. A widow when married to Eunice Bignell.

CENSUS 1851 at Pury End, Paulerspury age 36, an Agricultural Labourer born at Paulerspury. (data also from M Ponting and Sandra Burge)

CENSUS 1861: Paulerspury, (from Sandra Burge). Household no.145 page 19(34). Pury end, aged 45, occupation agricultural labourer.

Charlotte Clarke-8427 was born before 1817 in , , England. She married James Webb-6970.

MARRIAGEfrom Lionel Toole (email Apr 2005).

They had the following children:

  M i John Webb-6369 was born about 1837 in Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1851 at Pury End, Paulerspury, page 23 Age 13 occupation ag.lab.
  M ii William Webb-7325 was born about 1840 in Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1851 at Pury End, Paulerspury, page 23 Age 10 occupation ag.lab.
  M iii Robert Webb-7324 was born about 1840 in Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1851 at Pury End, Paulerspury, page 23 Age 10 occupation ag.lab.

CENSUS 1861: Paulerspury, (from Sandra Burge). Household no.145 page 19(34). Pury end, aged 20, occupation labourer.
  F iv Elizabeth Webb-7543 was born about 1844 in Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1851 at Pury End, Paulerspury, page 23 Age 4 occupation scholar.

CENSUS 1861: Paulerspury, (from Sandra Burge). Household no.145 page 19(34). Pury end, aged 16, occupation lacemaker.

Robert Rush-8428 was christened on 22 Jan 1779 in Abthorpe, Northamptonshire, England. He married Jane Middleton-8429 on 22 Feb 1803 in Abthorpe, Northamptonshire, England.

DATA from Robert Rush (email June 2005) who quotes the Abthorpe Parish records. He lists their first child as Thomas, and Elizabeth as the second. OPther children were Edmund, William, Eany, Jacob (abt 1810) Hannah and Ann (abt 1818). His parents were Robert and Hannah.

Jane Middleton-8429 was born before 1783 in Abthorpe, Northamptonshire, England. She married Robert Rush-8428 on 22 Feb 1803 in Abthorpe, Northamptonshire, England.

BIRTH date my estimate, place based on marriage record, but she might not have been born in Abthorpe.

MARRIAGE from Robert Rush (email June 2005) who quotes the Abthorpe Parish records. She was a spinster of the parish.

They had the following children:

  F i Elizabeth Rush-2681

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