Person:Thomas Hedworth (1)

Thomas Hedworth was baptised on 22nd March 1789 at Sapperton in Lincolnshire, son of John and Mary Hedworth (which was sometimes given as Edworth or Headworth).

On 30th June 1814, aged 25, he married Mary Ingram at Londonthorpe, about six miles north-west of Sapperton. She was about eight years his junior, being seventeen years old when they married.

Thomas and Mary went on to have at least six children together between 1815 and 1833. Their eldest was baptised in 1815 at Heydour, which lies a couple of miles north of Sapperton and a couple of miles east of Londonthorpe. Some time between 1815 and 1822 they moved to Wilsford, about three miles further north again, where they had five children baptised between 1822 and 1830 and where they appear to have stayed for the rest of their lives.

The 1841 and 1851 censuses each find Thomas, Mary and some of their children living in Wilsford, with Thomas working as an agricultural labourer. By 1861 all their children had left home and it was just Thomas and Mary living together.

Mary died in 1869, aged 72. The 1871 census finds Thomas living with his widowed daughter-in-law Sarah (her husband, Thomas's son William, had died in 1863).

Thomas died on 3rd December 1871 at Wilsford, aged 82.

1. ↑ England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast).

   ch. 22 Mar 1789, Sapperton, Lincolnshire: Thomas son of John & Mary Edworth

   Needs to be confirmed at Lincolnshire Archives. The film numbers indicate that this record has been indexed from the Bishop's Transcripts. Lincolnshire Archives do not list any surviving parish register for Sapperton before 1814, and GENUKI notes that the earlier registers were destroyed.

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 624; Book 10; Folio 8; Page 10, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Wilsford, Lincolnshire
   Thomas Hedworth, male, 50 [1786-91], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
   Mary Hedworth, female, 40 [1796-1801], born in county
   John Hedworth, male, 25 [1811-16], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
   Eliza Hedworth, female, 20 [1816-21], born in county
   Henry Hedworth, male, 8 [1832/3], born in county
   George Hedworth, male, 6 [1834/5], 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 2101; Folio 118; Page 11, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Wilsford, Lincolnshire
   Thomas Headworth, head, married, male, 62 [1788/9], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Saperton, Lincolnshire
   Mary Headworth, wife, married, female, 54 [1796/7], b. Grantham, Lincolnshire
   Charles Headworth, son, unmarried, male, 26 [1824/5], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Wilsford, 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 2344; Folio 97; Page 10, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Wilsford, Lincolnshire
   Thomas Headworth, head, married, male, 72 [1788/9], Agr[icultural] Lab[oure]r, b. Sapperton, Lincolnshire
   Mary Headworth, wife, married, female, 64 [1796/7], b. Grantham, 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 3351; Folio 91; Page 4, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Town Street, Wilsford, Lincolnshire
   Sarah Hedworth, head, widow, female, 45 [1825/6], Charwoman, b. Swaton, Lincolnshire
   Sarah A. Hedworth, daughter, unmarried, female, 11 [1859/60], Scholar, b. Wilsford, Lincolnshire
   Charles Hedworth, son, male, 9 [1861/2], Scholar, b. Wilsford, Lincolnshire
   Thomas Hedworth, father, widower, male, 82 [1788/9], Labourer, b. Sapperton, Lincolnshire

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

   d. Thomas HEDWORTH, December Quarter 1871, Sleaford Registration District, Volume 7a, page 263, aged 82 [1788/9]

7. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Wilsford (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1668-1938. (Lincoln, England: Lincoln Archives Office, 1993).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Wilsford in the County of Lincoln in the Year 1871
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   489	Thomas Hedworth	Wilsford	Dec[embe]r 6th	82 y[ea]rs	J.P.B. Younge, Rector

8. ↑ Grantham Journal, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 4, 23 Dec 1871.

   DEATHS.
   HEDWORTH.-At Wilsford, on the 3rd inst., Mr. Thomas Hedworth, aged 82.