Person:Rebecca Hoyes (1)

Rebecca Hoyes was baptised on 12th December 1830 at Hough on the Hill in Lincolnshire, daughter of an agricultural labourer called Matthew Hoyes and his wife Ann. The family lived at Gelston, a hamlet to the south-west of the main village of Hough on the Hill. The 1841 census finds Rebecca living with her parents and siblings at Hough on the Hill.

By 1851 Rebecca was working as a house servant for a tea dealer in the nearby town of Newark.

On 4th December 1860, aged about 30, Rebecca married a hawker called William Ingram at Foston, about five miles west of Hough on the Hill. He was nineteen years her senior, being 49 when they married. They went on to have five children between 1861 and 1869: Ann Elizabeth in 1861, who died as a baby, Martha in 1863, Annie in 1865, William in 1866 and John in 1869.

Early in 1871, both Rebecca's sons died in quick succession, suggesting probably that there was an illness in the family - her son William was buried at Foston on 12th March, aged four, followed two days later by his brother John, aged one. The census the following month finds Rebecca, William and their two surviving daughters living at Foston.

It would appear that William was sometimes violent towards Rebecca. In 1865 she charged him with assault, although the case was settled out of court. In May 1871, a couple of months after the deaths of their sons, Rebecca again charged him with assault, telling the magistrates that she was "in danger of her life", but the case was dismissed. A week later, William placed a notice in one of the local newspapers declaring that he would "not be answerable for any debt or debts my wife Rebecca Ingram may contract after this date".

Ten years later, the 1881 census finds Rebecca, William and their two daughters living at Foston.

By 1891, Rebecca was living with her daughter Martha's family in the nearby town of Grantham, and her other daughter Annie was staying there too. Martha herself was not at home on census night - she was working as a monthly nurse elsewhere in the town. William was living in the Newark Union Workhouse at Claypole on census night.

That family appears to have again been struck by an illness later that year - Rebecca's daughter Martha's husband, John Ancliff, died at Grantham on 1st June 1891, aged 36, and Rebecca died there the very next day, aged 60. One of Martha's sons died aged one around the same time. William survived Rebecca by a few months, but died later that same year.

1. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Hough-on-the-Hill (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1646-1895. (Lincoln, England: Lincoln Archives Office, 1993).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Hough in the County of Lincoln in the Year 1830
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   292	Dec[embe]r 12	Rebecca Daughter of	Matthew & Ann	Hoyse	Gelston	Labourer	R.G. Andrews, Vicar

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 619; Book 17; Folio 4; Page 2, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Hough on the Hill, Lincolnshire
   Matthew Hoyes, male, 45 [1791-6], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
   Ann Hoyes, female, 45 [1791-6], born in county
   Elizabeth Hoyes, female, 12 [1828/9], born in county
   Rebecca Hoyes, female, 10 [1830/1], born in county
   Robert Hoyes, male, 8 [1832/3], born in county
   Martha Hoyes, female, 5 [1835/6], born in county
   Thomas Hoyes, male, 1 [1839/40], 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 2137; Folio 100; Page 38, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: North Gate, Newark, Nottinghamshire
   Robert Menzies, head, married, male, 31 [1819/20], Tea Dealer, b. Enterkinfoot, Scotland
   Eliza Menzies, wife, married, female, 34 [1816/17], b. Newark, Nottinghamshire
   Agnes Menzies, daughter, unmarried, female, 6 [1844/5], Scholar, b. Newark, Nottinghamshire
   Eliza Menzies, daughter, unmarried, female, 4 [1846/7], b. Newark, Nottinghamshire
   Robert Menzies, son, unmarried, male, 1mth [1851], b. Newark, Nottinghamshire
   Angers Henderson, assistant, unmarried, male, 25 [1825/6], Tea Dealer Assistant, b. Fort William, Scotland
   Rebecca Hoys, servant, unmarried, female, 20 [1830/1], House Servant, b. Gelston, Lincolnshire
   Ann Esam, servant, unmarried, female, 15 [1835/6], Nurse Maid, b. Newark, Nottinghamshire

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 2481; Folio 110; Page 14, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Foston, Lincolnshire
   William Ingraham, head, married, male, 48 [1812/13], Licenced Hawker, b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Rebecca Ingraham, wife, married, female, 33 [1827/8], b. Foston, Lincolnshire

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 3544; Folio 47; Page 13, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Foston, Lincolnshire
   William Ingraham, head, married, male, 58 [1812/13], Hawker, b. Bennington, Lincolnshire
   Rebecca Ingraham, wife, married, female, 35 [1835/6], b. Hough, Lincolnshire
   Martha Ingraham, daughter, female, 8 [1862/3], Scholar, b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Ann Ingraham, daughter, female, 5 [1865/6], Scholar, b. Foston, Lincolnshire

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 3378; Folio 102; Page 6, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Foston, Lincolnshire
   William Ingram, head, married, male, 58 [1822/3], Ag Lab, b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Rebecca Ingram, wife, married, female, 47 [1833/4], b. Gelstone, Lincolnshire
   Martha Inrgam, daughter, female, 20 [1860/1], Servant, b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Annie Ingram, daughter, female, 18 [1862/3], Servant, b. Foston, Lincolnshire

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 2584; Folio 77; Page 20, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 26 Middlemore Yard, Grantham, Lincolnshire
   3 rooms occupied
   John Ancliff, head, married, male, 35 [1855/6], Corn Merchants Porter, employed, b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   John W. Ancliff, son, male, 5 [1885/6], Scholar, b. Grantham, Lincolnshire
   May Ancliff, daughter, female, 3 [1887/8], b. Grantham, Lincolnshire
   Harry Ancliff, son, male, 1 [1889/90], b. Grantham, Lincolnshire
   Rebecca Ingram, mother in law, married, female, 61 [1829/30], Charwoman, employed, b. Hough, Lincolnshire
   Annie Ingram, sister in law, single, female, 24 [1866/7], Charwoman, employed, b. Foston, Lincolnshire

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

   d. Rebecca INGRAM, June Quarter 1891, Grantham Registration District, Volume 7a, page 430, aged 61 [1829/30]

9. ↑ Stamford Mercury, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 4, 5 Jun 1891.

   Deaths.
   GRANTHAM... June 1, John Ancliff,36... 2d, Rebecca Ingram, 61

10.   Stamford Mercury, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
    Page 6, 11 Aug 1865.

    SPITTLEGATE PETTY SESSION, Aug. 4...
    Rebecca Ingram charged her husband, Wm. Ingram, with assaulting her on the 22d ult. Arranged our of court.

11.   Lincolnshire Chronicle, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
    Page 6, 26 May 1871.

    SPITTLEGATE PETTY SESSIONS, FRIDAY, MAY 19...
    Rebecca Ingram charged her husband, William Ingram, of Foston, with assaulting her, and said she was in danger of her life. The Chairman dismissed the case, but cautioned defendant against appearing again on a similar charge.

12.   Grantham Journal, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
    Page 5, 3 Jun 1871.

    I, WILLIAM INGRAM, of Foston, will not be Answerable for any Debt or Debts my Wife REBECCA INGRAM may Contract after this Date.
    May 27th, 1871. WILLIAM INGRAM.