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Facts and Events
Samuel Singleton was baptised on 21st May 1820 at Foston in Lincolnshire, son of Elizabeth Singleton, formerly Ingram, and her husband William Singleton, a huckster. When Samuel was about eight years old, his father died.
By 1841 Samuel was working as a labourer at Potter Hanworth, nearly 25 miles north-east of Foston. He was killed in an accident there on 13th April 1841, aged 20. Having unloaded a cartload of manure, the horses started off suddenly. He managed to get hold of the reins and tried to run with the horses, but was dragged for over fifty yards before falling under the cart. He was taken back to the house but died of his injuries later that day. He was buried two days later back in his native village of Foston. His mother survived him.
References
- ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Foston (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1776-1940. (Lincoln, England: Lincolnshire Archives Office, 1993).
| BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Foston in the County of Lincoln in the Year 1820 | | No. | When Baptized | Child's Christian Name | Parents' Name | Abode | Quality, Trade, or Profession | By whom the Ceremony was performed | | Christian | Surname | | 102 | 21st May | Samuel son of | William & Elizabeth | Singleton | Foston | Huxter | Henry Boulton, Officiating Minister |
- ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
d. Samuel SINGLETON, September Quarter 1841, Lincoln Registration District, Volume 14, page 295, aged 20 [1840/1]
- ↑ Lincolnshire Chronicle, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
Page 3, Friday 23 Apr 1841.
CORONER'S INQUESTS.-On Wednesday week, Mr. Hitchins held an inquest on the body of Samuel Singleton, a labourer in the employ of Mr. Briggs, of Potter Hanworth. The deceased on Tuesday last was leading manure down a lane, and had unladen the cart, when all at once the horses started off: he got hold of the reins, and ran with the horses, but after being dragged above fifty yards, he fell, and the cart went over him. He was immediately conveyed home, where he died in the course of the day.
- ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Foston (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1776-1940. (Lincoln, England: Lincolnshire Archives Office, 1993).
| BURIALS in the Parish of Foston in the County of Lincoln in the Year 1841 | | No. | Name | Abode | When buried | Age | By whom the Ceremony was performed | | 216 | Samuel Singleton | Potter Hanworth | April 15th | 20 | G.W. Holt, Curate |
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