Person:Francis Adams (35)

Francis Adams was born on 16th March 1835 at St Pancras in Middlesex, in the northern suburbs of London. He was the son of Harriet Adams, formerly Haydon, and her husband John Adams, a glover. He appears to have had a twin brother called Henry. The two boys were baptised twice: first in 1837 at the independent Albany Chapel on Frederick Street, then into the Church of England the following year at the newly-opened Christ Church on Albany Street. At the time of both baptisms the family was living at Cumberland Market, just east of Regents Park. The 1841 census finds the family living at nearby Munster Street.

By 1851, Francis had left London and moved to Barnack in Northamptonshire, nearly ninety miles north of London, where he worked as an apprentice wheelwright for his uncle, Francis Haydon (his mother's brother).

On 9th October 1860, aged 25, Francis married Mary Cox. She was from Barnack, but they did not marry there. Instead they married at St George's Church in Bloomsbury, in the western suburbs of London. After their marriage Francis and Mary returned to Barnack, appearing there in the 1861 census, and where they went on to have four sons between 1862 and 1868, although the second boy died when he was about two years old. Francis worked as a wheelwright.

Some time between 1868 and 1871, the family left Barnack and moved some eighty miles east to Norwich, where they appear in the 1871 census living at Coe's Yard on Upper Westwick Street.

Francis died later that same year, aged just 36. Mary survived him by nearly 37 years, although never remarried.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Frederick Street, Regents Park, Albany Chapel (Independent), in England. Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970. (Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths Surrendered to the Non-Parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857 held by The National Archives of the United Kingdom; Kew, Surrey, England: Ancestry.com )
   Class RG4; Piece 4397.

   When Baptized: 1837 9th July
   Child's Christian Name, and Sex: Henry / Francis} Boy
   In what Parish Born: St Pancras
   When Born: Mar[ch] 16 1835
   Names of both Father and Mother, with the former Name of the Mother
   Christian-Name: John Harriot / Francis
   Sir-Name [sic]: Adams / Adams
   Abode: 51 Cumberland Market
   Business or Profession: Glover
   Signature of Parents: John Adams / Harriet Adams
   Signature of the Minister by whom the Baptism is performed: W. Owen

   Frederick Street was later renamed Longford Street (was Frederick Street on 1851 Ordnance Survey Map, Longford Street on 1873 Ordnance Survey map). Albany Chapel labelled on 1873 map at corner of Longford Street and Laxton Place. Was in the civil parish of St Pancras.

2.   Baptisms register, in St Pancras, Middlesex, England. Parish Registers of Christ Church, Albany Street (London Metropolitan Archives, London).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Christ Church St. Pancras in the County of Middlesex in the Year 1838
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   209	1838 Sept[embe]r 5	Francis Son of	John & Harriet	Adams	57 Cumberland Market	Glover	E. Price

   Brother Henry baptised same day. John and Harriet went on to have a daughter, Elizabeth Henrietta, baptised at St Pancras Parish Church:
   ch. 23 Jan 1842, St Pancras, Middlesex: Elizabeth Henrietta / John & Harriet / Adams / Munster Street / Glover
   Elizabeth Henreitta was born after birth registration had been introduced, and her birth index confirms that Harriet's maiden name was Haydon:
   b. Elizabeth Henrietta ADAMS, December Quarter 1841, St Pancras Registration District, Volume 1, page 287, mother's maiden name Haydon

3. ↑ 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 684; Book 12; Folio 14; Page 22, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Munster Street, St Pancras, Middlesex
   John Adams, male, 55 [1781-6], Glover, born in county
   Harriett Adams, female, 40 [1796-1801], born in county
   Harriett Adams, female, 11 [1829/30], born in county
   Ann Adams, female, 9 [1831/2], born in county
   Francis Adams, male, 6 [1834/5], born in county

4. ↑ 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 487; Page 9, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Francis Haydon, head, married, male, 47 [1803/4], Wheelwright Master Cottager 6 Acres, b. Holywell, Lincolnshire
   Mary Haydon, wife, married, female, 43 [1807/8], Dairywoman, b. Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire
   George March, apprentice, unmarried, male, 19 [1831/2], Ap[prentice] Wheelwright, b. Stamford, Northamptonshire
   Francis Adams, nephew, male, 16 [1834/5], Ap[prentice] Wheelwright, b. London, Middlesex

5. ↑ 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 53; Page 25, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Barnack, Northamptonshire
   John F. Adams, head, married, male, 26 [1834/5], Wheelwright (Jour[neyman]), b. London, Middlesex
   Mary Adams, wife, married, female, 26 [1834/5], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire

6. ↑ 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 1818; Folio 76; Page 21, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Coe's Yard, Upper Westwick Street, Nowich, Norfolk
   Francis Adams, head, married, male, 35 [1835/6], Wheelwright, b. London
   Mary Adams, wife, married, female, 35 [1835/6], Wife, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Mathew Adams, son, unmarried, male, 8 [1862/3], Scholar, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   John W. Adams, son, unmarried, male, 4 [1866/7], Scholar, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Frank Adams, son, unmarried, male, 3 [1867/8], Scholar, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire

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

   d. Francis ADAMS, December Quarter 1871, Norwich Registration District, Volume 4b, page 130, aged 36 [1834/5]