Person:Thomas Overton (6)

Personal History

Thomas Overton, (first) son of William Overton by Jane^[1] (Askew), was baptized on 10 February 1812 in the parish of Bardney, Lincolnshire, England.^[1] If the age stated on the marriage register (29) is accurate, Thomas would have been born by 18 August 1811. The ages on the 1851 and 1871 censuses (39 and 59) are consistent and indicate that he was born after 2 April 1811.

Marriage and Family

(see the Family page for references)

On 18 August 1840, Thomas Overton of Tadcaster, brick maker and son of William Overton, wheelwright, and Elizabeth Fowler of the same place, daughter of Richard Fowler, coachman, were married by minister W.C. Bellhouse in the parish church of St Mary, Tadcaster, Yorkshire. Their ages were stated to be 29 and 24 respectively. The marriage was witnessed by (probably Elizabeth's brother and his future wife) Richard Fowler and Jane Bateman.

In 1841, in Southrow, Bardney parish, Lincolnshire, Thomas (occ. brick maker) and Elizabeth were enumerated in the U.K. census.

By the 1851 U.K. census, the family had moved to the village of Newbiggin (in the chapelry of Newbiggin), Northumberland, where Thomas (occ. tile and brick maker), his wife Elizabeth, and his children Ann, Sarah, William, Frances, and Elizabeth were enumerated. The places of birth of the children were stated to be Bardney, in Lincolnshire, and Hebburn, Felton, and Bothal, in Northumberland.

By the 1861 U.K. census, the family had moved to Choppington in the parish of Bedlington, where Thomas (occ. brick and tile maker), his wife Elizabeth, and his children Ann, Sarah, Jane, William, Frances, Elizabeth, Thomas, and Richard were enumerated.

In 1871, in the hamlet of Scotland Gate, Bedlington parish, Thomas (occ. brick and tile maker), his wife Elizabeth, his children Sarah, Jane, and Thomas (occ. brick maker), and his granddaughter Emily Frances were enumerated in the U.K. census. Emily was the daughter of Sarah who was unmarried.

In the 1880 U.S. census, Thomas Overton (occ. brick maker), widowed, was enumerated in the household of his son William Overton (occ. brick maker), with his wife Mary and three children, at Vanderbilt Ave., Massillon, Stark co., Ohio.^[2] Even though his status was recorded as widowed, Thomas's wife Elizabeth was still living in England.

Death and Probate

Possibly the same person, Thomas Overton (age 75) then of the township of Plain, Stark co., laborer, died there on 22 April 1886.^[3]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Church of England. Parish Church of Bardney (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1653–1976. (Salt Lake City, Utah, and Lincoln, England: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974; and Lincolnshire Archives Office, 1988–1990)
   Lincolnshire Archives: BARDNEY PAR/1/6 [Baptisms and Burials, 1795–1812], p n.n., [line 5].

   Digital image (https://www.lincstothepast.com/Untitled/813966.record?ImageId=34673&pt=T : accessed 15 March 2018).
   
   Baptisms, 1812: “[Feb:] 10. Thomas, Son of W^m. & Jane Overton.”

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 ED 147, 2nd Ward Massillon, Stark, Ohio, in United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
   roll 1067 (FHL #1255067), f 188-A, p 33, dwelling 270, family 297, William Overton household, [digital image, Ancestry.com], enumerated 11 June 1880.

   At “Vanderbilt Avenue”: William Overton, age 34, brickmaker, b. England; Mary, age 32, wife, keeping house, b. England; … [3 children]; Thomas, age 67, father, widowed, brickmaker, b. England.

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Ohio. Probate Court (Stark County). Death records v. 1-4, 1867-1908. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972)
   FHL 897621 [item 2] (Death record, vol 2), p 133, no 389.

   Digital record with image in Ohio, County Death Records, 1840–2001, DGS 4017029, image 264 (https://www.familysearch.org/search/ark:/61903/1:1:F6X5-FNP : accessed 13 Aug. 2018).
   
   Under the title “Record of Deaths, Probate Court, Stark County, Ohio, From Mar. 31 1886 to Mar. 31 1887.”:
   “Overton Thomas, [d.] 1886 April 22, [Single], [age] 75, [d. at] Plain Twp, [b. at] England, laborer, white, [cause] Old age, [residence] Plain Twp, [Reported by] Joseph Arutz”