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]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1839, Stansfield, Suffolk, England
• Census Missing: 1841
• Residence: 1843, 10, Dartmouth Street, Westminster, Middlesex, England
• 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

Notes:

(Medical):A pharyngeal abscess is an infection in one of the deep spaces of the neck.  It can develop after extension of upper respiratory tract infections or as a result of trauma to the neck. Pharyngeal abscess has a high potential for airway obstruction and high mortality.

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

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:

• Literate: 1816
• Census Return: 1841, Near Bayments Farm, Stansfield, Suffolk, England
• Occupation: 1843; Clock and Watchmaker, and Jeweller
• Probate: 24 Jul 1850, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Notes:

Census Return:
Near Bayments Farm, Stansfield
Henry Carter - 45 - Clock Maker - yes born in county
Ann Carter - 55 - yes
Emily Carter - 13 - yes
Jaazaniah Carter - 8 - yes
Mary Ann Carter - 2 - yes
George Carter - 15 - Clockm Ap - yes

Probate:
Will of Henry Carter, watch and clock maker of Stansfield, Suffolk, 1850

This is the last will and testament of me Henry Carter of Stansfield, watch and clock maker.

First I give and devise unto my dear wife Ann Carter all that messuage or tenement now in my own occupation with the cottage adjoining with the yards, gardens and appurtenances to the same premises belonging. And also all those eight freehold cottages or tenements with the yards and gardens to the same premises respectively belonging which hereditaments I purchased of Daniel Creffield and Benjamin Martin. All which said premises are situate and being in Stansfield aforesaid. And also all those three copyhold cottages or tenements with the yards, gardens and appurtenances to the same respectively belonging situate and being in the parish Denston in the said county of Suffolk. And also all other my messuages or tenements and real estate whatsoever and wheresoever, to hold all the aforesaid hereditaments and premises unto my said wife Ann and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life, she keeping the same in good and tenantable repair and condition and insured against loss or damage by fire in some reputable insurance office in the sum of three hundred pounds to the intent that such sum or any part thereof which may become payable be laid out in rebuilding or repairing such part of the said premises as may be destroyed or damaged by fire.

And from and immediately after the decease of my said wife then I give and bequeath all that messuage or tenement wherein I now reside with the cottage or tenement adjoining with the yards, gardens and appurtenances to the same premises belonging unto my son Jaazaniah Carter, his heir and assigns forever.

I give and bequeath all those my three copyhold cottages or tenements with the yards, gardens and appurtenances thereto belonging situate and being in Brook Street Denston in the county of Suffolk (which said premises descended to me as heir at law of Henry Carter deceased) unto my son Samuel Carter his heirs and assigns forever.

And I give and bequeath all those eight freehold cottages or tenements with the yards, gardens and appurtenances to the same respectively belonging or appertaining situate and being in the parish of Stansfield aforesaid and which I purchased of Creffield and Martin unto my said sons Jaazaniah Carter and Samuel Carter their heirs and assigns. To hold all and singular the said hereditaments and premises unto and to the use of the said Jaazaniah Carter and Samuel Carter or the survivor of them or their heirs or assigns of such survivor do and shall as soon as conveniently may be after the decease of my said wife but within the space of twelve calendar months next after that event sell and absolutely dispose of the said hereditaments and premises by public auction or private contract and either together or in parcels as to them or him shall seem expedient for such price or prices or sum or sums of money as can reasonably be obtained for the same. And do and shall convey and assure the said hereditaments and premises unto the purchaser or purchasers thereof or otherwise as he or they shall direct. And I do hereby declare that the receipt or receipts of my executors for the time being of this my will shall be good and effectual discharge and discharges to any person or persons becoming the purchaser or purchasers their heirs, executors, administrators or assigns shall not afterwards be answerable or accountable for the loss misapplication or non application thereof, or be in anywise obliged or concerned to see to the application of or to the necessity of raising the money in such receipts acknowledged to be received or any part thereof. And as to the clear monies which shall arise from such sale or sales as aforesaid after payment of all expenses incident thereto and the rents and profits of the said hereditaments in the meantime accruing from the decease of my said wife until such sale or sales I give and bequeath the same in manner following (that is to say)

One equal fourth part thereof unto my daughter Susannah Carter, one other equal fourth part thereof unto my daughter Emily Carter, one other equal fourth part thereof unto my daughter Hannah now the wife of Frederick Downs. And the remaining fourth part thereof I give and bequeath the same unto the children of my deceased daughter Mary, late the wife of John Sarjent, equally to be divided between them share and share alike as and when they shall respectively attain their respective ages of twenty one years with all accumulations thereof.

And I give and bequeath all my household furniture and implements of household beds and bedding unto my said wife Ann for her to have the use occupation and enjoyment thereof during her life. And from and immediately after her decease I direct that the same furniture and implements of household beds and bedding shall be sold and the monies which shall arise from the sale thereof I give the same in manner following.

(Vedelicit) One equal sixth part thereof unto my son Jaazaniah Carter, one other sixth part thereof unto my son Samuel Carter, one other sixth part thereof unto my daughter Susannah Carter, one other sixth part thereof unto my daughter Emily Carter, one other sixth part thereof unto my daughter Hannah the wife of Frederick Downs, and the remaining sixth part thereof unto and equally among the children of my deceased daughter Mary, late the wife of John Sarjent, in equal shares and proportions.

And I do hereby will, order and direct that the legacies, shares and bequests hereinbefore given to such of my legatees as are or shall be females shall be paid and payable into the hands of them my female legatees only and on their respective receipts alone, and, that such legacies shall not be subject to the debts, control or engagements of any present or future husband.

And I hereby give and bequeath all my working tools and implements used in my business unto my sons Jaazaniah Carter and Samuel Carter to be equally divided between them immediately after my decease.

And I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my said sons Jaazaniah Carter and Samuel Carter executors of this my will and I direct that they pay all my just debts and funeral expenses and the charges or proving or in anyway relating to the performance of this my will out of my personal estate as soon as conveniently may be after my decease. And I do hereby declare that it shall and may be lawful for my said executors to reimburse himself and themselves respectively all such loss, costs, charges and expenses as he or they may sustain or be put to for travelling expenses, loss of time or howsoever otherwise in the execution of this my will or in anywise relating thereto. And lastly I do hereby revoke and make void all former and other wills by me at any time heretofore made and declare this only to be my last will and testament.

In witness whereof I the said Henry Carter (the testator) have to this my last will and testament contained in three sheets of paper set my hand to the first two sheets thereof and my hand and seal to this the third and last sheet thereof this twentieth day of March in the year of our Lord on thousand eight hundred and forty eight.

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Henry Carter (the testator) as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request and being together in his presence have subscribed our hands as witnesses to the same Henry Carter

William Bear, millwright, Ballingdon, Essex
Francis Eldridge Walsh, solicitor, Sudbury, Suffolk

Bury St Edmunds 24th July 1850
Jaazaniah Carter of Stansfield, watch maker and Samuel Carter of Stansfield, watch maker, the executors named in the within written will were duly sworn to the truth thereof and that the goods of the within named testator do not amount in value to the sum of one hundred pounds.
Before me Thos. G. Hickman, surrogate

Testator died 2nd July 1850
Effects sworn under 100 pounds

Henry married Ann Albon on 15 Nov 1816 in St Nicholas' Church, Denston, Suffolk, England. Ann (daughter of James Albon and Hannah Galley) was born on 11 Dec 1791 in Great Bradley, Suffolk, England; was christened on 8 Jan 1792 in St Mary's Church, Great Bradley, Suffolk, England; died on 6 May 1870 in Stansfield, Suffolk, England; was buried on 13 May 1870 in Stansfield Congregational Chapel, Stansfield, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Literate: 1816
• Census Return: 1841, Near Bayments Farm, Stansfield, Suffolk, England
• Census Return: 1851, Clare Road, Stansfield, Suffolk, England
• Occupation: Between 1851 and 1861; Proprietress of Houses
• Census Return: 1861, High Street, Stansfield, Suffolk, England

Notes:

Census Return:
Near Bayments Farm, Stansfield
Henry Carter - 45 - Clock Maker - yes born in county
Ann Carter - 55 - yes
Emily Carter - 13 - yes
Jaazaniah Carter - 8 - yes
Mary Ann Carter - 2 - yes
George Carter - 15 - Clockm Ap - yes

Census Return:
Clare Road, Stansfield
Ann Carter - Head - wid - 66 - Proprietress of Houses - born Great Bradley, Suffolk
Emily Carter - Daur - Unm - 22 - Straw Bonnet Maker - Denston, Suffolk
Samuel Carter - son - Unm - 21 - Clock & Watch Maker - Denston, Suffolk
Jaazaniah Carter - son - Unm - 18 - Clock & Watch Maker - Stansfield, Suffolk
Mary Ann Carter - Grand Daur - 12 - Stansfield, Suffolk
Henry Sergent - Grand son - 6 - scholar - Stansfield, Suffolk

Census Return:
High Street, Stansfield, Suffolk
/Samuel Carter - Head - Mar - 31 - Watch & Clock Maker - born Denston, Suffolk
Frances Carter - wife - Mar - 30 - wife - Stansfield, Suffolk
Mary E. Carter - Daur - 7 - scholar - Stansfield, Suffolk
Jeazaniah Carter - Son - 4 - scholar - Stansfield, Suffolk
Walter Carter - Son - 2 - Stansfield, Suffolk
/Ann Carter - Head - Wid - 76 - Proprietor of Cottages - born Gt Bradley, Suffolk
Emily Farrance - Daughter - wid - 32 - Straw Bonnet Maker - Denston, Suffolk
Mary An Carter - Grand Datr - Unm - 22 - School Mistress - Stansfield, Suffolk

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: Broker
• Census Return: 1841, Denston, Suffolk, England
• Occupation: 1841; Shoemaker

Notes:

Census Return:
Denston
Henry Carter - 75 - Shoemaker - yes born in county
Mary Carter - 60 - yes

Henry married Mary Ling on 10 Oct 1793 in St Nicholas' Church, Denston, Suffolk, England. Mary (daughter of John Ling and Elizabeth Smith) was born in 1772 in Barnardiston, Suffolk, England; was christened on 15 Jul 1772 in All Saints Church, Barnardiston, Suffolk, England; died on 27 Nov 1845 in Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England; was buried on 2 Dec 1845 in St Nicholas' Church, Denston, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census Return: 1841, Denston, Suffolk, England

Notes:

Census Return:
Denston
Henry Carter - 75 - Shoemaker - yes born in county
Mary Carter - 60 - yes

James married Hannah Galley in 1783 in St Mary's Church, Great Bradley, Suffolk, England. Hannah (daughter of George Galley and Alice Howard) was born in 1763 in Dullingham, Cambridgeshire, England; was christened on 19 Jun 1763 in St Mary the Virgin's Church, Dullingham, Cambridgeshire, England; died in 1798 in Great Bradley, Suffolk, England; was buried in 1798 in St Mary's Church, Great Bradley, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Alternative Name: Hannah Gally