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Facts and Events
Name |
Sarah Forsey |
Gender |
Female |
Christening[1] |
30 Apr 1797 |
Winsham, Somerset, England |
Marriage |
2 Jan 1823 |
Crewkerne, Somerset, Englandto William Hodges |
Census[2] |
6 Jun 1841 |
Drayton, Somerset, EnglandBurton Pynsent |
Census[3] |
30 Mar 1851 |
Drayton, Somerset, EnglandBurton Pynsent |
Burial[5] |
15 May 1853 |
Drayton, Somerset, England |
Sarah Forsey was baptised on 30th April 1797 at Winsham in Somerset, daughter of Sarah Forsey, formerly Hawkins, and her husband Francis Forsey, a labourer. She was the second of their five children. In 1821, when Sarah was 24 years old, her mother Sarah died.
Sarah was married on 2nd January 1823, aged 25, to a shepherd named William Hodges. They married at the nearby town of Crewkerne, but returned to Winsham soon after their marriage, having their eldest child, James, baptised there three months after their marriage. James was followed by William in 1825 and John in 1826.
Some time between 1826 and 1830 Sarah and William left Winsham and moved about fourteen miles north to the hamlet of Burton Pynsent. At that time Burton Pynsent straddled the parishes of Curry Rivel and Drayton. They lived in the Drayton part of Burton Pynsent, but used the church at Curry Rivel, which was nearer. They had another three children baptised at Curry Rivel: Charles and Mary who were baptised on the same day in 1830, then Susannah in 1833. Although baptised on the same day, Charles and Mary were not twins; the censuses make clear that Charles was a couple of years older than Mary.
In 1834 Sarah's husband William died. He was buried back at Winsham on 10th September 1834. He was said to be 34 years old. Sarah was left with the six children to look after, who ranged from in age from eleven to less than a year at the time of their father's death.
Both the 1841 and 1851 censuses finds Sarah and all six of her children living at Burton Pynsent. In both censuses Sarah was working as an agricultural labourer (in 1851 she was called an "agricultural labouress"). In 1841 they also had a Sarah Scriven living with them, who was Sarah's niece, being her sister Elizabeth's daughter.
Sarah died in 1853, aged 56. She was buried at Drayton, which was the parish church covering the part of Burton Pynsent where she had lived.
References
- ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of Winsham. Winsham Parish registers, 1559-1944. (Taunton: Somerset Heritage Service).
Baptizms [sic] in The Year 1797 / Sarah of Frances and Sarah Forsey April the 30
This baptism has been linked to the Sarah Forsey who married William Hodges in 1823 at Crewkerne on the basis that in the 1851 census the adult Sarah Hodges gave her place of birth as Winsham, and one of the witnesses to Sarah and William's marriage was a John Scriven, who went on to marry Sarah's sister Elizabeth later that same year. The ages quoted for Sarah in 1841, 1851 and at her burial are slightly too young, but not radically different, and there is no sign of any other Sarah Forsey baptism at Winsham who could be the one who married William Hodges in 1823. Moreover no alternative explanation for what happened to the Sarah baptised in 1797 has been found.
- ↑ 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 929; Book 15; Folio 14; Page 2, 6 Jun 1841.
Address: Burton Pynsent, Drayton, Somerset Sarah Hodges, female, 38 [1802/3], Ag Lab, born in county James Hodges, male, 18 [1822/3], born in county William Hodges, male, 16 [1824/5], born in county John Hodges, male, 15 [1825/6], born in county Charles Hodges, male, 13 [1827/8], born in county Mary Hodges, female, 11 [1829/30], born in county Susan Hodges, female, 8 [1832/3], born in county Sarah Scriven, female, 8 [1832/3], born in county
- ↑ 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 1926; Folio 565; Page 11, 30 Mar 1851.
Address: Burton Pynsent, Drayton, Somerset Sarah Hodge, head, widow, female, 49 [1801/2], Agricultural Labouress, b. Winsham, Somerset James Hodge, son, unmarried, male, 28 [1822/3], Agricultural Labourer, b. Winsham, Somerset William Hodge, son, unmarried, male, 25 1825/6], Agricultural Labourer, b. Winsham, Somerset John Hodge, son, unmarried, male, 24 [1826/7], Agricultural Labourer, b. Winsham, Somerset Charles Hodge, son, unmarried, male, 22 [1828/9], Agricultural Labourer, b. Drayton, Somerset Mary Hodge, daughter, unmarried, female, 19 [1831/2], Glover, b. Drayton, Somerset Susan Hodge, daughter, unmarried, female, 17 [1833/4], Glover, b. Drayton, Somerset
- Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
d. Sarah HODGES, September Quarter 1853, Langport Registration District, Volume 5c, page 269, aged 50 [1802/3]
- ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Drayton Parish Registers, 1558-1901. (Taunton: Somerset Heritage Service).
BURIALS in the Parish of Drayton in the County of Somerset in the Year 1853 | No. | Name | Abode | When buried | Age | By whom the Ceremony was performed | 356 | Sarah Hodges | Drayton | May 15th | 49 years [1803/4] | Walter Alford |
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