Person:John Lies (1)

John Lies' origins are unknown. The age given when he died implies that he was born around 1776. His first confirmed sighting is in 1818, when he was married at Cropthorne in Worcestershire to Anna Maria Dingley.

After their marriage, they settled in the nearby town of Evesham, where they had seven children baptised between 1819 and 1832. John worked as a shoemaker, and appears in a local trade directory of 1820 as having his business on Bridge Street in Evesham. In 1826 John's house was robbed by a Ralph Stockford, who was sent to Evesham jail. Stockford escaped a few months later, and promptly returned to John's house and robbed it again, before fleeing to Leicestershire, where he was captured.

John died on 2nd July 1839 in Evesham. He was said to be 63 years old, and his children were aged between seven and twenty. Ann outlived him by about nine years, and appears in the 1841 census working as a shopkeeper on Bridge Street in Evesham, along with most of the children.

1. ↑ Lewis's Directory of Evesham, Worcestershire, 1820.

   Lies John, Shoemaker, Bridge street

2.   Worcester Journal, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Thursday 26 Jan 1826.

   Convict re-taken - Ralph Stockford, who escaped from Evesham gaol on Wednesday night, has been taken in Leicestershire. He was under sentence of transportation for robbing Mr. John Lies, of Evesham, last autumn, and on the night of his escape from prison, he broke open the house of Mr. Lies! and stole a pair of boots and other property, which have been found upon him.

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Death certificate, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   Registration District EVESHAM UNION
   1839 DEATH in the Sub-District of Evesham in the Counties of Worcester & Gloucester
   No.	When and where died	Name and surname	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
   377	Second of July 1839 Parish of All Saints Evesham	John Lies	Male	63 years [1775/6]	Cordwainer	Senilis	The mark X of Ann Maria Lies, Present at the death, Bridge Street Evesham	Tenth of July 1839	John Wadams, Registrar