Person:James Carford (1)

James Carford (or Carfoot) was baptised on 13th July 1821 at Barnack in Northamptonshire, son of a labourer called Mordecai Carford and his wife Elizabeth. The family lived in the hamlet of Southorpe, to the south of Barnack.

James appears in the 1841 census working for a farmer at Pilsgate, just north of Barnack. By 1851 he was living in Barnack village with his widowed mother, and working as an agricultural labourer.

On 2nd November 1852 James was married at Barnack to Elizabeth Cox. They went on to have seven children at Barnack between 1853 and 1867, although at least three of their children died young. The 1861 census finds the family living at Pilsgate. By 1871 they had moved back into Barnack village.

In both the 1881 and 1891 censuses the family was living on Main Street in Barnack. In 1891 they were living with an elderly retired postmaster and grocer, to whom Elizabeth acted as housekeeper. James was also working as a thatcher at that time.

James died at the age of 79, being buried at Barnack on 7th December 1900. Elizabeth survived him by just over a year.

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

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Barnack in the County of Northampton in the Year 1821
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   181	July 13th	James Son of	Mordecai & Elizabeth	Carfort	Southorpe	Labourer	John Lloyd, Rector

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 4; Page 10, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Pilsgate, Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Joseph Morriss, male, 65 [1771-6], Farmer, born in county
   Catherine Morriss, female, 55 [1781-6], born in county
   George Morriss, male, 25 [1811-16], born in county
   Ann Morriss, female, 20 [1816-21], born in county
   Rober [sic] Cooper, male, 20 [1816-21], M[ale] S[ervant], born in county
   James Carfitt, male, 15 [1821-6], M[ale] S[ervant], 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 498; Page 31, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Elizabeth Carford, head, widow, female, 60 [1790/1], Pauper Nurse, b. Stanground, Northamptonshire
   James Carford, son, unmarried, male, 29 [1821/2], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Southorpe, Northamptonshire

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 59; Page 3, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Pilsgate, Northamptonshire
   James Garfoot, head, married, male, 39 [1821/2], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Southorpe, Northamptonshire
   Elizabeth Garfoot, wife, married, female, 32 [1828/9], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Catherine Garfoot, daughter, daughter, female, 7 [1853/4], Scholar, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Emma Garfoot, daughter, female, 6 [1854/5], Scholar, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Mary Garfoot, daughter, female, 4 [1856/7], Scholar, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   William Garfoot, son, male, 2 [1858/9], Scholar, b. Pilsgate, Northamptonshire

   Although listed separately in this census, Pilsgate remained a hamlet in the parish of Barnack until 1866.

5. ↑ 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 3310; Folio 56; Page 22, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Barnack, Northamptonshire
   James Carford, head, married, male, 49 [1821/2], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Southorpe, Northamptonshire
   Elizabeth Carford, wife, married, female, 42 [1828/9], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Mary E. Carford, daughter, female, 13 [1857/8], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Josiah Carford, son, male, 6 [1864/5], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Henry Carford, son, male, 3 [1867/8], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire

6. ↑ 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 3194; Folio 40; Page 9, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Main Street, Barnack, Northamptonshire
   James Carford, head, married, male, 59 [1821/2], Gen[eral] Lab[ourer], b. Southorpe, Northamptonshire
   Elizabeth Carford, wife, married, female, 51 [1829/30], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Catherine Carford, daughter, unmarried, female, 27 [1853/4], Dressmaker, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Emma Carford, granddaughter, female, 1 [1879/80], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire

7. ↑ England. 1891 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 RG12; Piece 2554; Folio 37; Page 12, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Main Street, Barnack, Northamptonshire
   William Wilson, head, widower, male, 87 [1803/4], Retired Grocer & Postmaster, b. Lammas, Norfolk
   Elizabeth Carford, housekeeper, married, female, 61 [1829/30], Housekeeper & Nurse, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   James Carford, housekeeper's husband, male, 69 [1821/2], Thatcher, employed, b. Southorpe, Northamptonshire
   Emma Carford, housekeeper's granddaughter, female, 11 [1879/80], Scholar, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire

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

   d. James CARFORD, December Quarter 1900, Stamford Registration District, Volume 7a, page 194, aged 79 [1820/1]

9. ↑ 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 1900
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   669	James Carford	Barnack	December 7th	79 years	Certified to me under 43,44. Vic. C.41 by John Hannah of Stamford M. Tweddell, Rector

   The note about "43,44. Vic. C.41" refers to the Burial Laws Amendment Act 1880, which allowed for burials to take place in churchyards and cemeteries without the attendance of a Church of England priest or the Church of England burial liturgy being used. Similar wording appears for Elizabeth's burial in 1902. It seems likely that James and Elizabeth were Methodists towards the end of their lives - a newspaper article from October 1900, shortly before James died, refers to a "Mrs Carford" as being active at Barnack's Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.