Person:Esther Newborn (1)

Esther Newborn was baptised on Christmas Day 1796 at Barnack in Northamptonshire, daughter of Catherine Newborn, who was 22 and unmarried. When Esther was about eighteen months old her mother married a blacksmith named Thomas Cox, with whom she had three children, who were Esther's half-siblings. Esther was obviously close to her half-siblings: she witnessed her half-brother Matthew's marriage in 1821, signing herself Etty Newborn.

Esther's stepfather died in 1830. The following year, on 6th December 1831, Esther was married at Barnack to a market gardener and cottager named John Lattermore. He was about thirteen years younger than Esther. When they married she was about 35 and he was 22. They settled at Pilsgate, a hamlet in Barnack parish between Barnack village and the neighbouring town of Stamford to the north-west. John farmed six acres of land there. Today there is a modern development at Pilsgate called Lattimer's Paddock, which may well be the same piece of land. John and Esther had three children together at Pilsgate between 1832 and 1835, although their son Charles died when just a few weeks old.

The 1841 and 1851 censuses each find the family living at Pilsgate. Esther's mother died in 1851.

Esther's younger daughter, Betsy, died from scarlet fever in 1855, aged nineteen.

The following year, Esther's only surviving daughter, Mary, married a Henry Merryshaw. The 1861 census finds Esther and John living at Pilsgate with a young grandson, John Merryshaw.

Esther died at Pilsgate on 10th March 1865, aged 68. John survived her by 25 years, and remarried six months after Esther's death.

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of Barnack (Northamptonshire). Parish registers, 1695–1974. (Northampton, England: Northamptonshire Record Office).

   Baptisms / 1796 / Esther illegitimate D[aughte]r of Cath[erin]e Newborn - Dec[embe]r 25th

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 815; Book 3; Folio 2; Page 7, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Pilsgate, Barnack, Northamptonshire
   John Lattimore, male, 30 [1806-11], Farmer, born in county
   Etta Lattimore, female, 40 [1796-1801], born in county
   Mary Lattimore, female, 8 [1832/3], born in county
   Betsey Lattimore, female, 5 [1835/6], 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 2094; Folio 505; Page 3, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Pilsgate, Northamptonshire
   John Lattermore, head, married, male, 45 [1805/6], Farmer of 6 acres & market gardener, b. Ufford, Northamptonshire
   Easter Lattermore, wife, married, female, 54 [1796/7], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Betsy Lattermore, daughter, unmarried, female, 15 [1835/6], b. Pilsgate, Northamptonshire

   In both the 1851 and 1861 censuses, Pilsgate is listed as a separate parish for the purposes of the census. Vision of Britain describes Pilsgate as a hamlet within the parish of Barnack at this time. It did later become a civil parish in its own right in 1866, only to be reunited with Barnack in 1887.

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 2314; Folio 61; Page 7, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Pilsgate, Northamptonshire
   John Lattermore, head, married, male, 52 [1808/9], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer] and occupier 6 acres of Land, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Esther Lattermore, wife, married, female, 62 [1798/9], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   John H. Merryshaw, grandson, male, 3 [1857/8], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire

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

   d. Esther LATTERMORE, March Quarter 1865, Stamford Registration District, Volume 7a, page 218, aged 68 [1796/7]

6. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Barnack (Northamptonshire). Parish registers, 1695–1974. (Northampton, England: Northamptonshire Record Office).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Barnack in the County of Northampton in the Year 1865
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   103	Esther Lattermore	Pilsgate	Mar[ch] 11	68 [1796/7]	A. Jenkins, Curate

7. ↑ Lincolnshire Chronicle, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 8, 18 Mar 1865.

   DEATHS.
   On the 10th inst., at Pilsgate, Esther, wife of Mr. John Lattermore, aged 68.