Person:Sarah Speed (3)

Sarah Speed was baptised on 5th July 1817 at Muston in Leicestershire, daughter of Ann Speed. Her baptism record does not name her father, but when she married she reported that he was a labourer called Charles Birch.

On 25th June 1838, Sarah was married at Muston to John Singleton, an agricultural labourer from Foston, about six miles away and across the county boundary into Lincolnshire. After their marriage they settled in Foston, having nine children there between 1839 and 1861.

The 1841 finds John, Sarah and the two children they had at the time each living in a separate house in Foston. Each census from 1851 to 1871 finds John and Sarah living together in Foston with a selection of their children. By 1881 all the children had left home.

John died in 1889, aged 82. The 1891 census finds Sarah living alone in Foston on the Great North Road. Her name was given as Sally on that occasion, which may therefore have been how she was known.

By 1901 Sarah had left Foston and moved to the neighbouring village of Long Bennington to live with her youngest daughter, who had married a farmer.

Sarah died at Long Bennington in 1902, aged 85. She was buried back at Foston on 21st September 1902.

1. ↑ Baptisms register, in Muston, Leicestershire, England. Parish Registers (Leicestershire and Rutland Record Office).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Muston in the County of Leicester in the Year 1817
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   22	July 5th	Sarah Dau[ghter] of	Ann	Speed	Muston	base born	H[enr]y Byron, 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 618; Book 13; Folio 4; Page 2, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Foston, Lincolnshire
   Jonathan Bell, male, 40 [1796-1801], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
   Elizabeth Bell, female, 35 [1801-6], born in county
   Sarah Singleton, female, 20 [1816-21], not born in county
   Ann Bell, female, 13 [1827/8], born in county
   Lucy Bell, female, 10 [1830/1], born in county
   Elizabeth Bell, female, 5 [1835/6], 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 2138; Folio 130; Page 24, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Foston, Lincolnshire
   John Singleton, head, married, male, 42 [1808/9], Farm Labourer, b. Bennington, Lincolnshire
   Sarah Singleton, wife, married, female, 32 [1818/19], Labourers Wife, b. Muston, Leicestershire
   Lucy Singleton, daughter, female, 11 [1839/40], Scholar, b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   George Singleton, son, male, 9 [1841/2], Scholar, b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   John Singleton, son, male, 6 [1844/5], Scholar, b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   William Noris Singleton, son, male, 2 [1848/9], b. Foston, Lincolnshire

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 104; Page 2, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Foston, Lincolnshire
   John Singleton, head, married, male, 52 [1808/9], Agricultural Labourer, b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Sarah Singleton, wife, married, female, 44 [1816/17], b. Muston, Leicestershire
   Hanah Singleton, daughter, female, 6 [1854/5], b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Charles Singleton, son, male, 9 [1851/2], b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Naomi Singleton, daughter, female, 4 [1856/7], 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 44; Page 7, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Foston, Lincolnshire
   John Singleton, head, married, male, 63 [1807/8], Agricultural Labourer, b. Bennington, Lincolnshire
   Sarah Singleton, wife, married, female, 53 [1807/8], b. Muston, Leicestershire
   Naomi Singleton, daughter, female, 14 [1856/7], Scholar, b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Ruth Singleton, daughter, female, 9 [1861/2], 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 101; Page 4, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Foston, Lincolnshire
   John Singleton, head, married, male, 74 [1806/7], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Long Bennington, Lincolnshire
   Sarah Singleton, wife, married, female, 63 [1817/18], b. Muston, Leicestershire

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 2715; Folio 93; Page 6, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Great North Road, Foston, Lincolnshire
   Sally Singleton, head, widow, female, 75 [1815/16], Receiving Parish Relief, neither employer nor employed, b. Musson, Lincolnshire [sic]

8. ↑ England. England. 1901 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 RG13; Piece 3200; Folio 52; Page 2, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Grotes Row Farm, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire
   Thomas Dolby, head, married, male, 45 [1855/6], Farmer, employer, b. Sleaford, Lincolnshire
   Ruth Dolby, wife, married, female, 39 [1861/2], b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Thomas Dolby, son, single, male, 16 [1884/5], Farmers Son, worker, b. Stapleford, Lincolnshire
   Florence Dolby, daughter, female, 13 [1887/8], b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   William Dolby, son, male, 11 [1889/90], b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   John Dolby, son, male, 9 [1891/2], b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   William Cutts, stepson, male, 9 [1891/2], b. Timberlanddales, Lincolnshire
   Emma Dolby, daughter, female, 8 [1892/3], b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   George Dolby, son, male, 6 [1894/5], b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Albert Dolby, son, male, 4 [1896/7], b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Leonard Cutts, stepson, male, 2 [1898/9], b. Timerlanddales, Lincolnshire
   Joseph Dolby, son, male, 6mo [1900], b. Long Bennington, Lincolnshire
   Sarah Singleton, mother in law, widow, female, 90 [1810/11], b. Muston, Lincolnshire [sic]
   James Gedney, servant, single, male, 18 [1882/3], Waggoner on Farm, worker, b. Gosberton Clough, Lincolnshire

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

   d. Sarah SINGLETON, September Quarter 1902, Newark Registration District, Volume 7b, page 237, aged 92 [1809/10]

10. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Foston (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1776-1940. (Lincoln, England: Lincolnshire Archives Office, 1993).

    BURIALS in the Parish of Foston in the County of Lincoln in the Year 1902
    No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
    695	Sarah Singleton	Long Bennington	September 21 1902	92 years	E.H. Wilgress, Ass[istan]t Curate