Person:Henry Cain (8)

Henry Cain was baptised on 12th March 1786 at St Paul's Walden in Hertfordshire. He was the second of nine children of Sarah Cain formerly Archer and her husband John Cain.

Henry's signature from his marriage

Henry's father died in 1832.

Henry does not appear to have remarried. The 1841 census finds him living at Whitwell, the main village in the parish, with his daughter Mary, son Thomas and Thomas's family. The Tithe Applotment for St Paul's Walden drawn up the following year lists a "Henry Crane" as tenant of a row of cottages at the eastern end of Whitwell village, adjoining the tannery (owned by a Samuel Wellingham) which was presumably where this Henry worked. There being no "Henry Crane" in the parish in the 1841 census it therefore seems reasonable to conclude that the Tithe Applotment misrecorded Henry Cain's name. The row of cottages still stands, now called 4, 6 and 8 High Street, Whitwell. They were old cottages even when Henry lived there, dating from the 1600s or earlier.^[7]

Henry's mother died in 1844.

Henry appears to have lived with his son Thomas for the rest of his life, appearing with Thomas's family in both the 1851 and 1861 censuses. Henry died aged 75, and was buried on 5th January 1862 at St Paul's Walden.

1. ↑ Church of England. St Paul's Walden Parish Registers. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   1786: Mar[ch] 12 Henry, Son of John and Sarah Cain

   This baptism has been linked to the Henry Cain who married Mary Parsons on the basis of the birthplace and age given by the adult Henry in the censuses. Whilst no named connection has been found between the child baptised in 1783 and the adult who married in 1808, nor has any evidence has been found suggesting that the Henry baptised in 1783 died young or married anyone else.

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 438; Book 15; Folio 4; Page 5, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Village of Whitwell, St Paul's Walden, Hertfordshire
   Henry Cain, male, 55 [1781-6], Tanner, born in county
   Mary Cain, female, 14 [1826/7], born in county
   ~
   Thomas Cain, male, 25 [1811-16], Ag Lab, born in county
   Sarah Cain, female, 25 [1811-16], born in county
   Emma Cain, female, 1 [1839/40], born in county

   Next door to a household of John Cain, a 45 year old tanner, which also had a Thomas Parsons in it.

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1710; Folio 459; Page 1, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Whitewell, Paulswalden, Hertfordshire
   Thomas Cain, head, married, male, 32 [1818/9], Agricultural Labourer, b. Paulswalden, Hertfordshire
   Sarah Cain, wife, married, female, 31 [1819/20], b. Kimpton, Hertfordshire
   Emma Cain, daughter, female, 11 [1839/40], Scholar, b. Paulswalden, Hertfordshire
   Rhoda Cain, daughter, female, 9 [1841/2], Scholar, b. Paulswalden, Hertfordshire
   William Cain, son, male, 5 [1845/6], Scholar, b. Paulswalden, Hertfordshire
   Mary Cain, daughter, female, 2 [1848/9], b. Paulswalden, Hertfordshire
   Henry Cain, father, male, 73 [1777/8], Tanners Labourer, b. Paulswalden, Hertfordshire

4. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 821; Folio 60; Page 15, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Whitwell, Paulswalden, Hertfordshire
   Thomas Cain, head, married, male, 46 [1814/5], Tanners Lab, b. Paulswalden, Hertfordshire
   Sarah Cain, wife, married, female, 45 [1815/6], Platter, b. Paulswalden, Hertfordshire
   Emma Cain, daughter, unmarried, female, 21 [1839/40], Platter, b. Paulswalden, Hertfordshire
   Mary Cain, daughter, female, 11 [1849/50], Scholar, b. Paulswalden, Hertfordshire
   Nathan Cain, son, male, 6 [1854/5], b. Paulswalden, Hertfordshire
   Henry Cain, father, widower, male, 80 [1780/1], b. Paulswalden, Hertfordshire

5.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Henry CAIN, March Quarter 1862, Hitchin Registration District, Volume 3a, page 169, aged 84 [1777/8]

6. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. St Paul's Walden Parish Registers. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   BURIALS in the Parish of St Paul's Walden in the County of Hertford in the Year 1862
   No. 178
   Name: Henry Cain
   Abode: Whitewell [sic]
   When buried: 5th Jan[uar]y
   Age: 84 years [1777/8]
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: Richard H. Neate, Vicar

7. ↑ The cottages are listed buildings, described as 2 and 4 High Street in the listing description, but that pre-dates a renumbering of this part of High Street in the 1990s, when a new row of cottages was built beside this row, called Tannery Yard. The grander house owned by the tannery owner Samuel Wellingham in the 1842 Tithe Applotment also still stands, now called 16A High Street and also a listed building, along with one of the adjoining surviving barns from the tannery complex.