Person:Samuel Chaffer (1)

Samuel Chaffer was baptised on 11th May 1845 at Sidlesham in Sussex, son of Sarah Chaffer, formerly Artlett, and her husband William Chaffer, an agricultural labourer. He appears in both the 1851 and 1861 censuses living with his parents at Sidlesham, where they lived in the Highleigh (or Highley) area. By 1861, Samuel and his father and brother William were all working as brickmakers. Samuel's mother Sarah died in 1868, and his brother William died early in 1869, leaving Samuel the only surviving one of his parents' four sons.

A couple of months after his brother's death, Samuel married a Harriet Fullinger at Sidlesham. The 1871 census find Samuel living next door to his widowed father at Brickyard Cottage in Sidlesham. Samuel's father was by then described as a farmer of eight acres and brickmaker employing two men, one of whom was quite likely Samuel. Samuel and Harriet had several children through the late 1860s and 1870s. Samuel's father died in 1879, aged 79. The 1881 census finds Samuel and Harriet living at an unnamed farm house in Sidlesham and sees Samuel described as a farmer of eight acres, suggesting he had taken over the land his father had previously farmed. Samuel has yet to be researched after 1881.

1. ↑ Sidlesham (St Mary) baptisms, in Sussex, England. Online Parish Clerks.

   No. 1081
   When baptised: 11 May 1845
   Name: Samuel
   Parents: William & Sarah
   Surname: Chaffer
   Abode: Sidlesham
   Occupation: Labourer
   Conducted by: S.R. Maskew

2. ↑ 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 1652; Folio 65; Page 7, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Sidlesham, Sussex
   William Chaffer, head, married, male, 50 [1800/1], Agr Labourer, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Sarah Chaffer, wife, married, female, 46 [1804/5], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   William Chaffer, son, unmarried, male, 19 [1831/2], Labourer, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Thomas Chaffer, son, unmarried, male, 13 [1837/8], Labourer, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Samuel Chaffer, son, unmarried, male, 5 [1845/6], Scholar, b. Sidlesham, Sussex

3. ↑ 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 617; Folio 58; Page 18, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Highley, Sidlesham, Sussex
   William Chaffer, head, married, male, 61 [1799/1800], Brickmaker, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Sarah Chaffer, wife, married, female, 56 [1804/5], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   William Chaffer, son, unmarried, male, 30 [1830/1], Brickmaker (Journeyman), b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Samuel Chaffer, son, unmarried, male, 15 [1845/6], Brickmaker, b. Sidlesham, Sussex

4. ↑ 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 1111; Folio 50; Page 4, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Brickyard Cottage, Sidlesham, Sussex [next door to Samuel's father at Brickyard House]
   Samuel Chaffer, head, married, male, 25 [1845/6], Brickmaker, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Harriett Chaffer, wife, married, female, 25 [1845/6], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Arthur S. Chaffer, son, male, 1 [1869/70], b. Sidlesham, Sussex

5. ↑ 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 1122; Folio 50; Page 3, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Farm House [listed after Boxham Lane], Sidlesham, Sussex
   Samuel Chaffer, head, married, male, 35 [1845/6], Farmer occupying 8 acres, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Harriett Chaffer, wife, married, female, 35 [1845/6], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Arthur S. Chaffer, son, unmarried, male, 11 [1869/70], Scholar, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Ada Chaffer, daughter, unmarried, female, 8 [1872/3], Scholar, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Ernest Chaffer, son, unmarried, male, 6 [1874/5], Scholar, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Leonard Chaffer, son, unmarried, male, 3 [1877/8], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Margaret Chaffer, daughter, unmarried, female, 1 [1879/80], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
   Louisa Winter, servant, unmarried, female, 13 [1867/8], General servant, b. Felpham, Sussex