Person:William Horton (81)

William Horton was baptised on 15th October 1810 at North Mundham in Sussex, son of Elizabeth Horton, formerly Edwards, and her husband John Horton, an agricultural labourer. William was the eldest of the couple's nine children. In 1813 the couple's second child was also baptised at North Mundham, with his baptism indicating that the family lived in the hamlet of Runcton. Some time between 1813 and 1814 the family moved to the nearby village of Merston.

William married when he was 25 to a Harriet Port, who was from Heyshott, a few miles inland. They married at Pagham, on the coast, where they went on to have several children over the next few years. Harriet also had a daughter born in 1832 who appears with them in the 1841 census, when they were living at Aldwick in the east of the parish of Pagham, near the seaside town of Bognor. By 1851 they had moved to Nyetimber in the west of the parish. William worked as an agricultural labourer and carter.

In 1861 they were living the opposite side of Pagham Harbour at Sidlesham. In 1871 they were a little way inland at Merston, and in 1881 they were in South Bersted, the parish which contained Bognor.

Harriet died aged 71, and was buried at South Bersted on 25th January 1883. William survived her by about twenty years, appearing in the 1891 census at Westhampnett Union Workhouse just outside Chichester. That workhouse burned down in 1899 and its inmates were transferred to the Chichester Workhouse, where William appears in the 1901 census.

William died in 1903, aged 92.

1. ↑ Parish Register Transcription Society. North Mundham Parish Register Transcript.

   ch. 15 Oct 1810: William son of John & Elizabeth Horton

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 1099; Book 4; Folio 9; Page 11, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Aldwick, Pagham, Sussex
   William Horton, male, 30 [1806-11], Ag lab, born in county
   Harriet Horton, female, 25 [1811-16], born in county
   Caroline Horton, female, 9 [1831/2], born in county
   John Horton, male, 4 [1836/7], born in county
   Harriet Horton, female, 1 [1839/40], born in county
   Harriet Horton, female, 20 [1816-21], born in county
   Charlotte Horton, female, 20 [1816-21], 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 1652; Folio 149; Page 6, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Nyetimber tything, Pagham, Sussex
   William Horton, head, married, male, 40 [1810/11], Ag lab, b. North Mundham, Sussex
   Harriet Horton, wife, married, female, 39 [1811/12], b. Heyshott, Sussex
   John Horton, son, male, 13 [1837/8], Farm Boy, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Harriet Horton, daughter, female, 11 [1839/40], b. Pagham, Sussex
   William Horton, son, male, 9 [1841/2], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Jane Horton, daughter, female, 6 [1844/5], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Ann Horton, daughter, female, 9m [1850], b. Pagham, Sussex

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 617; Folio 66; Page 6, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Snookes Cott., Sidlesham, Sussex
   William Horton, head, married, male, 50 [1810/11], Carter, b. Northmundham, Sussex
   Hariett Horton, wife, married, female, 49 [1811/12], Carter's wife, b. Heyshott, Sussex
   William Horton, son, unmarried, male, 19 [1841/2], Shepherd, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Ann Horton, daughter, female, 10 [1850/1], Scholar, b. Pagham, Sussex

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 1112; Folio 47; Page 5, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Park Farm Ho., Merston, Sussex
   William Horton, head, married, male, 60 [1810/11], Agr Laborer, b. Northmundham, Sussex
   Harriet Horton, wife, married, female, 59 [1811/12], b. Heyshott, Sussex
   Charles Horton, brother, unmarried, male, 45 [1825/6], Agr Laborer, b. Merston, Sussex

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 1124; Folio 101; Page 4, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Chalcraft Lane, South Bersted, Sussex
   William Horton, head, married, male, 70 [1810/11], Ag lab, b. North Mundham, Sussex
   Harriett Horton, wife, married, female, 69 [1811/12], b. Heyshott, Sussex
   George Grant, lodger, married, male, 67 [1813/14], Ag lab, b. South Bersted, Sussex

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 844; Folio 114; Page 1, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Westhampnett Union Workhouse, Westhampnett, Sussex
   [Many inmates, including:]
   William Horton, widower, male, 80 [1810/11], Inmate of Workhouse, b. North Mundham, Sussex

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 971; Folio 87; Page 4, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: District Workhouse, Chichester, Sussex
   [many inmates, including:]
   William Horton, pauper, widower, male, 91 [1809/10], Agricultural Laborer Retired, b. North Mundham, Sussex

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

   d. William HORTON, March Quarter 1903, Chichester Registration District, Volume 2b, page 253, aged 92 [1810/11]