Person:William Nancarrow (1)

William Nancarrow was baptised on 2nd December 1793 in the parish of Creed in Cornwall, son of David and Ann Nancarrow. William later gave his place of birth as the town of Grampound, which was mostly in the parish of Creed at the time.

On 13th July 1819, aged 25, William married Emma Courtney Sawle. She was from the nearby parish of Probus, where they married. They had a daughter called Mary Ann baptised in Probus in 1821.

Some time between 1821 and 1824 they left Cornwall and moved to London, having another daughter called Mary Ann baptised there at St Sepulchre Newgate in 1824 (presumably indicating that their first daughter had died). They had another daughter, Emma Eliza, baptised at St Giles Cripplegate in 1826. Emma Eliza's baptism described William as a carpenter and gives the family's abode as White Street.

Some time between 1826 and 1837 it appears that William and Emma separated. From at least April 1837 onwards, William seems to have been closely associated with a Mary Evans, formerly Cassanet, who was probably a widow. William witnessed one of Mary's daughter's marriages in April 1837. In 1840 another of Mary's daughters gave her address as 24 Tabernacle Row in the parish of St Luke, Middlesex. William appears at that address in the following year's census, described as a journeyman carpenter, living with a "Mary Nancarrow" who is presumably Mary Evans. William also witnessed another of Mary's daughter's marriages in 1846.

Mary died in Southwark in 1850, aged 52. Her death was registered as "Mary Nancarrow", reinforcing the impression that they were considered to be husband and wife.

The 1851 census finds William, his daughter Emma and a servant living at 24 St Thomas Street in Southwark. William was working as a foreman carpenter at this time. He described himself as married; his estranged wife Emma was living in Stepney at the time. She died in 1856, aged 58.

Two years later, William married again, on 1st May 1858 to a Sophia Smith in Shoreditch. William was 64 when they married, and Sophia was over thirty years his junior. They had a daughter, Eleanor, born the following year.

William died on 26th February 1862 at Great Leonard Street in Shoreditch, aged 68. Sophia survived him.

1. ↑ Creed, Cornwall, England. Parish Registers (Cornwall Record Office).

   Baptisms 1793 / William Son of David & Ann Nancarrow - Dec[em]b[e]r 2d

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 667; Book 5; Folio 26; Page 5, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: 28 Tabernacle Row, St Luke, Middlesex
   Will[ia]m Nancarrow, male, 45 [1791-6], J[ourneyman] Carpenter, not born in county
   Mary Nancarrow, female, 40 [1796-1801], 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 1559; Folio 200; Page 21, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: 24 St Thomas Street, Southwark (St Thomas), Surrey
   William Nancarrow, head, married, male, 59 [1791/2], Carpenter Foreman, b. Grampound, Cornwall
   Emma Nancarrow, daughter, unmarried, female, 23 [1827/8], b. London, Middlesex
   Elizabeth Shaw, servant, unmarried, female, 16 [1834/5], House Serv[ant], b. Ireland

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

   d. William NANCARROW, March Quarter 1862, Shoreditch Registration District, Volume 1c, page 105, aged 70 [1791/2]

5. ↑ England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).

   1862
   NANCARROW William.
   Effects under £450.
   7 May. The Will with a Codicil of William Nancarrow late of Great-Leonard-street Finsbury in this County of Middlesex who died 26 February 1862 at Great-Leonard-street aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of Sophia Nancarrow of 32 Great-Leonard-street aforesaid Widow the Relict and John Henry Harmsworth of 71 Milton-street Finsbury aforesaid Tallow Chandler two of the Executors.