Person:William Piggott (10)

William Piggott was baptised on 19th October 1783 at Stevenage in Hertfordshire, son of a labourer called John Piggott and his wife Sarah.

William was married on 4th August 1804 to Mary Everitt, who was from the nearby town of Hitchin. They married at Hitchin and had their first son baptised there in 1806, before returning to Stevenage where they had another eight children baptised between 1807 and 1829. All the children's baptisms after 1817 record that the family lived at Letchmore Green in Stevenage. William was also recorded as being a labourer.

William died at Stevenage on 29th August 1840, aged 56. Mary survived him by nearly 21 years.

1. ↑ Church of England. Stevenage Parish registers, 1538-1928. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   Baptized 1783 / October 19 / William Son of John & Sarah Pigot / Labourer

2. ↑ Death certificate, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   Registration District The Hitchin Union
   1840 DEATH in the Sub-District of Baldock in the County of Hertford
   No.	When and where died	Name and surname	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
   472	Twenty ninth of August 1840 at Stevenage	William Piggott	Male	56 years	Labourer	Apoplexy	Mary Izzard her X mark Inmate Present at the Death	Second of September 1840	John Smith, Registrar

3. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Stevenage Parish registers, 1538-1928. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Stevenage in the County of Hertford in the Year 1840
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   1024	William Pyggott	Stevenage	Sept[embe]r 2	56 [1783/4]	J.O. Seager