Person:Charlotte Edwards (5)

Charlotte Edwards was baptised on 25th March 1804 at Pagham on the Sussex coast, daughter of Susannah Edwards, formerly Bollard, and her husband James Edwards. Charlotte was the ninth of their ten children, although her younger brother died as a baby and one of her older siblings had died young before Charlotte was born, making her effectively the youngest of eight children who survived to adulthood.

Charlotte was married on 10th October 1824, aged 20, to an agricultural labourer named Charles Green. Charlotte's sister Mary and her husband Joseph Bailey witnessed the marriage. They married in Pagham, where they would go on to have eleven children baptised between 1825 and 1848. Most of their children's baptisms record that the family lived in the hamlet of Lagness. It seems likely that Charlotte was also from the Lagness area of Pagham, as her older brother Henry gave his place of birth as Lagness. Of Charlotte and Charles's eleven children, three died young.

Charlotte's mother died in 1832. The following year Charlotte's sister Mary Bailey died. It has yet to be established when Charlotte's father died.

The 1841 census finds Charlotte, Charles, their children and one of Charlotte's nephews, Henry Bailey (son of her late sister Mary), living at Lagness. Charlotte appears at Lagness in each census from 1841 to 1871 except 1861, when she seems to have been away from home, although she has not been found anywhere else. Charles died in 1879, aged about 82. Charlotte survived him by nearly eight years. She appears in the 1881 census living with her youngest son Thomas and his family at Lagness.

Charlotte was buried at Pagham on 20th January 1887, aged 82. Immediately before her death she was described as living at Singleton, a few miles away from Pagham.

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of Pagham (Sussex). Parish registers for Pagham, 1707-1901. (Chichester: West Sussex County Council).

   Baptisms in 1804 / March 25th Charlotte daughter of James & Susannah Edwards

   This baptism has been linked to the Charlotte Edwards who married Charles Green on the basis that in the censuses she consistently claimed to have been born around 1804 in Pagham, and the witnesses to their marriage were Joseph and Mary Bailey (formerly Edwards), with Mary being older sister to the Charlotte baptised in 1804.

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 1099; Book 4; Folio 5; Page 2, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Lagness, Pagham, Sussex
   Charles Green, male, 40 [1796-1801], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
   Charlotte Green, female, 35 [1801-6], born in county
   Harriet Green, female, 12 [1828/9], born in county
   James Green, male, 10 [1830/1], born in county
   Susanna Green, female, 8 [1832/3], born in county
   Ann Green, female, 5 [1835/6], born in county
   Stephen King, male, 55 [1781-6], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], not born in county
   Henry Bailey, male, 20 [1816-21], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], 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 1652; Folio 130; Page 2, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Lagness Hamlet, Pagham, Sussex
   Charles Green, head, married, male, 54 [1796/7], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Walberton, Sussex
   Charlott Green, wife, married, female, 47 [1803/4], b. Pagham, Sussex
   William Green, son, unmarried, male, 26 [1824/5], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Pagham, Sussex
   James Green, son, unmarried, male, 20 [1830/1], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Pagham, Sussex
   George Green, son, male, 11 [1839/40], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Pagham, Sussex
   John Green, son, male, 6 [1844/5], Scholar, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Thomas Green, son, male, 2 [1848/9], b. Pagham, Sussex

4. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 1112; Folio 71; Page 2, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Lagness, Pagham, Sussex
   Charles Green, head, married, male, 74 [1796/7], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Walberton, Sussex
   Charlotte Green, wife, married, female, 66 [1804/5], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Charles Green jun[io]r, lodger, male, 16 [1854/5], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Pagham, Sussex

5. ↑ England. 1881 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 RG11; Piece 1123; Folio 88; Page 18, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Cottage, Lagness & Chichester Road, Pagham, Sussex
   Thomas Green, head, married, male, 32 [1848/9], Groom & gardener Dom[estic] Serv[ant], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Eliza Green, wife, married, female, 31 [1849/50], b. East Grinstead, Sussex
   Allan T. Green, son, male, 10 [1870/1], Scholar, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Leonard C. Green, son, male 8 [1872/3], Scholar, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Horace J. Green, son, male, 7 [1873/4], Scholar, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Eleanor E. Green, daughter, female, 5 [1875/6], Scholar, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Arthur J. Green, son, male, 4 [1876/7], Scholar, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Spencer W. Green, son, male, 3mo [1880/1], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Charlotte Green, mother, widow, female, 77 [1803/4], Visitor, b. Pagham, Sussex

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

   d. Charlotte GREEN, March Quarter 1887, Westhampnett Registration District, Volume 2b, page 259, aged 82 [1804/5]

7. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Pagham (Sussex). Parish registers for Pagham, 1707-1901. (Chichester: West Sussex County Council).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Pagham in the County of Sussex in the Year 1887
   No	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   1247	Charlotte Green	Singleton	January 20th 1887	82 years [1804/5]	J. John Hewitt