Person:Elizabeth Hutchings (2)

Elizabeth Hutchings was born around the start of 1805 and baptised when she was said to be 22 weeks old on 7th June 1805 at Crewkerne in Somerset. She was the daughter of Ann Hutchings, formerly North, and her husband William Hutchings, an agricultural labourer, who had married about nine months before her birth. Elizabeth was the eldest of their four children.

Elizabeth was married on 18th April 1833, aged 28, to Thomas Vincent, an agricultural labourer from Thorncombe in Dorset. They had a daughter named Betsy Ann baptised later that year in Crewkerne. She was followed in 1836 by a daughter named Emma, also baptised at Crewkerne. Elizabeth's mother Ann died in 1836 in Crewkerne.

Some time between 1836 and 1839 the family left Crewkerne and moved to the hamlet of Purtington in the parish of Winsham. They had a son James whilst living there, although he was baptised in the neighbouring parish of Cricket St Thomas - the church there was nearer than that at Winsham.

The 1841 census finds Elizabeth, Thomas and their three children living at Purtington. In 1842 Elizabeth had a daughter named Mary Ann. She was baptised on 6th August 1842 in a private baptism, which is often a sign that there was a chance the child might not live long. Sadly Mary Ann did indeed die young, with her death being registered in the same quarter as her birth. She was buried at Cricket St Thomas on 10th August 1842. Elizabeth died a few weeks later. She was 37 years old. She was buried at Cricket St Thomas on 25th September 1842.

Thomas survived her by over fifty years. He married again in 1850, appearing in the 1851 census still at Purtington with his second wife and his son James.

1. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Crewkerne. Crewkerne Parish Registers, 1558-1901. (Taunton: Somerset Heritage Service).

   BAPTISMS
   Date: 1805 June 7th
   Aged: 22 weeks
   Name of the Child: Elizabeth Dau[ghte]r of
   Name of the Father and Mother: William & Ann Hutchens

   To be 22 weeks old on 7th June 1805, Elizabeth would have been born between 29th December 1804 and 4th January 1805.

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 949; Book 10; Folio 27; Page 11, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Purtington, Winsham, Somerset
   Thomas Vincent, male, 30 [1806-11], Ag Lab, not born in county
   Elizabeth Vincent, female, 35 [1801-6], born in county
   Bettsy Vincent, female, 7 [1833/4], born in county
   Emma Vincent, female, 5 [1835/6], born in county
   James Vincent, male, 2 [1838/9], born in county

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

   d. Elizabeth VINCENT, September Quarter 1842, Chard Registration District, Volume 10, page 251, aged 36 [1805/6]

4. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Cricket St Thomas (Somerset). Parish registers, 1564-1898. (Taunton: Somerset Heritage Service).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Cricket St Thomas in the County of Somerset in the Year 1842
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   45	Elizabeth Vincent	Winsham	Sept[ember] 25	36 [1805/6]	W.J. Bussell