Person:Stephen Miles (5)

Stephen Miles was baptised on 11th December 1763 at Broadway in Worcestershire, son of Ann Miles, formerly White, and her husband Stephen Miles. The couple had married just two months before Stephen’s baptism. Stephen was the eldest of nine children.

Stephen’s mother died in 1790.

On 19th July 1792, aged 28, Stephen married Elizabeth Rastall at Broadway. They went on to have seven children between 1793 and 1808, all baptised at Broadway. Their first three children were baptised in Broadway’s Anglican parish church, but the later four children were all baptised at the newly opened Independent Chapel in Broadway. The baptisms of the children at the Independent Chapel record that Stephen worked as a slater and plasterer. Their eldest son died when only six years old in 1799.

Stephen’s father died in 1802.

The 1841 census finds Stephen and Elizabeth both in their seventies, living on the High Street in Broadway. Stephen was described as being of independent means. They were living next door to their son (another Stephen) and grandson Richard Keyte.

Elizabeth died later in 1841, when she was said to be 71 years old. Stephen outlived her by nine years and died in 1850, aged 87.

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish Registers of Broadway, 1539-1966. (Worcester: Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service).

   1763: Stephen son of Stephen & Ann Miles, Dec[em]b[e]r 11

   Whilst no named connection has been found, this baptism has been linked to the adult Stephen Miles who married Elizabeth Rastall on the basis that it is at about the time implied by his age in the 1841 census and in the parish in which he married, had his children and appears to have lived the rest of his life. No evidence has been found to suggest that the Stephen baptised in 1763 died young or was anyone other than the man who married Elizabeth Rastall.

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 1204; Book 10; Folio 34; Page 8, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: High Street, Broadway, Worcestershire
   Stephen Miles, male, 75 [1761-6], Ind[ependent], born in county
   Elizabeth Miles, female, 70 [1766-71], not born in county

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

   d. Stephen MILES, December Quarter 1850, Evesham Registration District, Volume 18, page 265, aged 87 [1762/3]