Other Events:

• Alternative Name: Thomas Frederick Downs
• Occupation: 1841; Harness Maker
• Census Return: 7 Jun 1841, North Street, Chelsea, Middlesex, England
• Residence: 1843, 10, Dartmouth Street, Westminster, Middlesex, England
• Occupation: 1843; Smith
• Occupation: Between 1845 and 1881; Farrier
• Residence: 1 May 1845, 8, Grantham Place, Mayfair, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England
• Census Return: 30 Mar 1851, 10, John Street, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England
• Census Return: 7 Apr 1861, 37B, Church Way, St Pancras, Middlesex, England
• Census Missing: 1871
• Occupation: Abt Sep 1877; Hop Picker in Kent, England
• Workhouse: Between 14 Apr 1880 and 22 Jul 1880, St George's Union Workhouse, Fulham Road, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England
• Workhouse: Between 30 Jul 1880 and 15 Jul 1885, Chelsea Union Workhouse, Britten Street, Chelsea, Middlesex, England
• Settlement: 5 Aug 1880
• Census Return: 3 Apr 1881, Chelsea Workhouse Infirmary, Cale Street, Chelsea, Middlesex, England

Notes:

(Medical):Senectus is a medical term for old age

Census Return:
Fredk Downes - 25 - Harness M - N.K.

Census Return:
Frederick Downs - head - married - age 33 - farrier - born Bury St Edmunds
Hannah Downs - wife - married - age 33 - born Denston, Suffolk
Benjamin Downs - son - age 6 - born St George Hanover Square
Ann Downs - daur - age 3 - born St George Hanover Square
Elizabeth Slowgrove - aunt - widow - age 38 - workwoman - born Penrith, Cornwall

Census Return:
Tho Fred Downs - head - widower - age 43 - farrier - born Bury St Ed, Suffolk

Settlement:
Settlement Examination 5th Aug 1880 at Chelsea Workhouse Britten Street
Downs Frederick 70 Wdr [Widower] Crossing Sweeper =
Ad. [Admitted] 30th July from 58 George St there 2 wks [weeks] =
bre: [before] St. Georges Union 4 mos [months]
bre: [before] 8 Cliffords Row Ebury Square 4 yrs. Lodging House left there last April =
went Hopping in Kent 3 yrs [years] ago 1 mo. [month] =
bre: [before] Haddons Lodging House Chelsea several mos [months] -
always in Lodgings -
Farrier - never appd [apprenticed] =
native of Bury St Edmunds =
son of Benjamin &
fa: [father] dead
9 yrs [years] at Bury =
fa: [father] was in business as a Farrier in High Baxter St & died there had same several years =
don't know what rent or how hired =
when pau: [pauper] 16 yrs old fa: [father] was in lodgings at Bury =
no relatives alive =
fa: [father] a native of Livermere 5 miles from Bury =
don't know where
Xd [Examined]
Enq. [Enquiry] Ebury Square
QF. [Query?] St George

Census Return:
Frederick Downs - inmate - widower - age 71 - farrier - born Suffolk

Frederick married Hannah Carter on 22 Oct 1843 in St Margaret's Church, Westminster, Middlesex, England. Hannah (daughter of Henry Carter and Ann Albon) was born in 1817 in Denston, Suffolk, England; was christened on 26 Oct 1817 in St Nicholas' Church, Denston, Suffolk, England; died on 8 Sep 1855 in 3, Bruton Place, Berkeley Square, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England; was buried on 13 Sep 1855 in St George's Church, Hanover Square, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet]

1. Benjamin Henry Downs was born on 1 May 1845 in 8, Grantham Place, Mayfair, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England; was christened on 27 Jul 1845 in St George's Church, Hanover Square, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England; died on 15 Sep 1927 in 164, St Johns Hill, Battersea, Surrey, England; was buried on 21 Sep 1927 in Wandsworth Cemetery, Magdalen And Earlsfield Roads, Wandsworth, Surrey, England.
2. Ann "Annie" Downs was born about 1847 in Paris, France; died on 6 Jan 1919 in London County Lunatic Asylum, Norwood, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England.
3. Emily Mary Downs was born on 22 Sep 1851 in Grosvenor Mews, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England; was christened on 30 Nov 1851 in St George's Church, Hanover Square, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England; died in 1942 in Fulham, Middlesex, England.
4. Downs was born in 1853; died in 1853 in Warwick Street, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England; was buried on 4 Feb 1853 in St George's Church, Hanover Square, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England.
5. George Robert Downs was born on 26 Aug 1855 in 3, Bruton Place, Berkeley Square, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England; and died.

Other Events:

• Alternative Name: Benjamin Downes
• Occupation: Between 1841 and 1843; Farrier / Blacksmith / Shoeing Smith
• Census Return: 7 Jun 1841, High Baxter Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Notes:

(Medical):Dropsy is an old term for the swelling of soft tissues due to the accumulation of excess water and would have usually been due to congestive heart failure.

Census Return:
1841 census :  High Baxter Street, St James, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
National Archive Reference: HO107/1042 Book 1 Folio 15 Page 23        
Benjamin Downs   M  50 Shoeing Smith - Born Suffolk
Theadoca Downs  F  50        Not born in Suffolk
John Downs    M  10        Born Suffolk
George  Downs      M  17        Born Suffolk
Simon Mothersole   M  20  Blacksmith journeyman -Born Suffolk
Eliza Pryke   F  15 Female Servant  Born Suffolk

Benjamin married Mary Ann Wright on 9 Feb 1815 in St Peter's Church, Hepworth, Suffolk, England. Mary (daughter of James Wright and Susanna Rye) was born in 1789 in Methwold, Norfolk, England; was christened on 13 Nov 1789 in St George's Church, Methwold, Norfolk, England; died between 1823 and 1828. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Blacksmith

John married Sarah Briggs on 8 Nov 1772 in St Peter's Church, Great Livermere, Suffolk, England. Sarah was born in 1744; died in Jul 1834 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England; was buried on 5 Jul 1834 in St Peter's Church, Great Livermere, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Farmer

James married Susanna Rye on 27 Feb 1777 in All Saints Church, Hopton, Suffolk, England. Susanna (daughter of John Rye and Mary Cooper) was born in 1747 in Hopton, Suffolk, England; was christened on 18 Mar 1746/47 in All Saints Church, Hopton, Suffolk, England; died in Oct 1820 in Hepworth, Suffolk, England; was buried on 11 Oct 1820 in St Peter's Church, Hepworth, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Blacksmith
• Apprenticeship: 1741, Ixworth, Suffolk, England

Notes:

Apprenticeship:
He was apprenticed to William Parr of Ixworth in 1741 for £4 pounds.

Francis married Mary Green on 6 Nov 1749 in St Mary's Church, Stratford St Mary, Suffolk, England. Mary was born about 1729; died in Aug 1806 in Great Livermere, Suffolk, England; was buried on 17 Aug 1806 in St Peter's Church, Great Livermere, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Alternative Name: Dray Wright
• Alternative Name: Drew Wright
• Alternative Name: Drury Right
• Occupation: Farmer
• Residence: 1724, Tuddenham St Mary, Suffolk, England
• Poll Book: 1727
• Residence: Between 1727 and 1732, Great Saxham, Suffolk, England
• Residence: 1743, Drinkstone, Suffolk, England
• Residence: 1746, Barningham, Suffolk, England
• Probate: 1777

Notes:

Poll Book:
Drewry Wright of Great Saxham was listed in the 1727 Poll for Suffolk as a freeholder in the parish of 'Bradfields' (Bradfield St George, Bradfield St Clare, Bradfield Combust).

Probate:
IC500/1/231/61 Original Will of Drury Wright of Barningham 1777

Drury married Penelope Pitches in Jun 1743 in St Peter and St Paul's Church, Ampton, Suffolk, England. Penelope (daughter of John Pitches and Penelope Marren) was born in 1706 in Barrow, Suffolk, England; was christened on 29 Apr 1706 in Barrow, Suffolk, England; died in Apr 1777 in Barningham, Suffolk, England; was buried on 15 Apr 1777 in St Andrew's Church, Barningham, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Alternative Birth: Abt 1710
• Residence: 1743, Tostock, Suffolk, England
• Residence: 1746, Barningham, Suffolk, England
• Probate: 1777

Notes:

Probate:
IC500/1/231/44 Original Will of Penelope Wright of Barningham 1777

Notes:

Marriage License:
2 June 1743, Drury Wright of Drinkstone, widower, farmer, & Penelope Cornal, of Tostock, widow, 33 years, to be married at Ampton. Bond: Mr. John Wright, of Ampton, farmer.

Other Events:

• Residence: Hopton, Suffolk, England
• Occupation: Surgeon
• Apprenticeship: 23 Jun 1722, Wymondham, Norfolk, England; to John Smith, citizen and apothecary
• Probate: 1788

Notes:

Apprenticeship:
Indenture £45  for 7 years from date, duties paid £1 2s 6d

Probate:
IC500/1/242/20 Original Will of John Rye of Hopton 1788

John married Mary Cooper on 2 Feb 1738/39 in St Stephen's Church, Norwich, Norfolk, England. Mary was born about 1708; died in 1790 in Hopton, Suffolk, England; was buried on 31 Jan 1790 in All Saints Church, Hopton, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet]