Person:James Hutchings (7)

Watchers
James Hoare Hutchings
m. 10 Apr 1804
  1. Elizabeth Hutchings1805 - 1842
  2. Mary Hutchings1806 - 1844
  3. Edmund Wilkins Hutchings1809 - 1891
  4. James Hoare Hutchings1812 - 1869
  • HJames Hoare Hutchings1812 - 1869
  • WMary Ann Ware1804 - 1890
m. 7 Mar 1838
  1. Margaret Catherine Hutchings1840 -
  2. Edward William Hutchings1841 - 1897
  3. James Hoare Hutchings1844 - 1867
Facts and Events
Name James Hoare Hutchings
Gender Male
Christening[1] 4 Sep 1812 Crewkerne, Somerset, England
Marriage 7 Mar 1838 Yeovil, Somerset, Englandto Mary Ann Ware
Census[2] 6 Jun 1841 Crewkerne, Somerset, EnglandWoolminstone
Census[3] 30 Mar 1851 Crewkerne, Somerset, EnglandWoolminstone
Census[4] 7 Apr 1861 Churchstanton, Devon, EnglandThe New Inn, Acombe
Burial[6] 6 Jun 1869 Churchstanton, Devon, England

James Hutchings was baptised on 4th September 1812 at Crewkerne in Somerset, son of Ann Hutchings, formerly North, and her husband William Hutchings, an agricultural labourer. He appears to have been the youngest of four children. The family appears to have lived in the hamlet of Woolminstone in the parish of Crewkerne rather than in the town itself; James sometimes gave his place of birth as Woolminstone in the censuses, and when James's mother died in 1836 her abode was given as Woolminstone.

On 7th March 1838, aged 25, James married a woman called Mary Ann Ware at Yeovil. They then returned to Woolminstone, where the 1841 census finds them were living next door but one to James's father William. They also had a young daughter named Margaret. They had another two children born in the early 1840s, sons named Edward and James. The baptisms of James's sons record a middle name of 'Hoare' for James, and in the 1851 census he is recorded with a middle initial H, but the middle name does not appear on his baptism or any other records found to date. James's father William died in 1849. The 1851 census finds James, Mary Ann and their three children still living at Woolminstone. James was described as a shepherd by this time.

Some time between 1851 and 1861 the family moved about 15 miles west to Churchstanton on the Devon / Somerset border (at the time it was in Devon but has subsequently been transferred to Somerset). The 1861 census finds them living there in a hamlet called Acombe in the former New Inn public house which had recently been turned into two homes.

James's youngest son James died as a young man aged just 22 in 1867. Two years later James died. He was buried at Churchstanton on 6th June. He was 57. His abode was given as Bakers, another hamlet in Churchstanton parish. Mary Ann outlived him by several years and appears in both the 1871 and 1881 censuses living with their son Edward.

References
  1. Church of England. Parish Church of Crewkerne. Crewkerne Parish Registers, 1558-1901. (Taunton: Somerset Heritage Service).

    1812
    BAPTISMS.
    Date: 4th September
    Aged: 9 weeks
    Name of the Child: James, Son of
    Names of the Father and Mother: William & Anne Hutchings

  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 940; Book 1; Folio 20; Page 9, 6 Jun 1841.

    Address: Woolminstone, Crewkerne, Somerset [next door but one to James's father William]
    James Hutchings, male, 25 [1811-16], Ag Lab, born in county
    Mary Ann Hutchings, female, 30 [1806-11], born in county
    Margaret Hutchings, female, 1 [1839/40], born in county

  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 1928; Folio 504; Page 29, 30 Mar 1851.

    Address: Woolminstone, Crewkerne, Somerset
    James H. Hutchings, head, married, male, 39 [1811/12], Ag Lab (Shepherd), b. Crewkerne, Somerset
    Anne Hutchings, wife, married, female, 43 [1807/8], b. Wells, Somerset
    Margaret Hutchings, daughter, unmarried, female, 11 [1839/40], Scholar, [birthplace blank]
    Edward Hutchings, son, male, 8 [1842/3], Shepherds Boy, b. Crewkerne, Somerset
    James Hutchings, son, male, 6 [1844/5], b. Crewkerne, Somerset
    William Garrett, lodger, unmarried, male, 23 [1827/8], Shepherd, b. Chillington, Somerset

  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 1613; Folio 6; Page 6, 7 Apr 1861.

    Address: The New Inn, Accombe, Churchstanton, Devon (not now kept as a Beerhouse but occupied in two private dwellings)
    James Hutchings, head, married, male, 48 [1812/13], Shepherd, b. Woolminstone, Somerset
    Mary Ann Hutchings, wife, married, female, 53 [1807/8], Empd. in house, b. Wells, Somerset
    Edward Hutchings, son, unmarried, female, 19 [1841/2], Carter having care of horses, b. Woolminstone, Somerset
    James Hutchings, son, unmarried, male, 16 [1844/5], Ag Lab, b. Furland, Somerset

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

    d. James HUTCHINGS, June Quarter 1869, Taunton Registration District, Volume 5c, page 274, aged 57 [1811/12]

  6. Burials register, in Churchstanton, Somerset, England. Parish Registers.
    BURIALS in the Parish of Churchstanton in the County of Devon in the Year 1869
    No.NameAbodeWhen buriedAgeBy whom the Ceremony was performed
    168James HutchingsBakersJune 6th57 [1811/12]H. Edwards, Rector