See also
Husband:
Henry SPRATT (c. 1793- )
Wife:
Elizabeth HART (1792- )
Children:
Marriage:
25 Feb 1817
Newton Flotman1
Henry from Shotesham; witnesses were Ann HART and Isaac HART
Name:
Elizabeth HART
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
26 Feb 1792
Tharston4
Baptism:
13 Dec 1807 (age 15)
Hapton4
At the start of the register: The annexed or accompanying Book is the Register Book of Births, Baptisms and Burials which have been kept for the Chapel or Meeting-house, called Hapton Meeting House being of the Presbyterian or Unitatrian denomination, situate in Hapton in the County of Norfolk founded about the year 1741.
Census:
1841 (age 48-49)
Heigham5
Address: Julian Place Vauxhall Street, Heigham
widow, 45, independent, living with children Henry (20, miller's ?????), Andrew (15, harness maker's apprentice) and Susan (9)
Name:
Henry Hart SPRATT
Sex:
Male
Birth:
c. 1817
Census:
1841 (age 23-24)
Heigham5
Address: Julian Place Vauxhall Street, Heigham
20, miller's ?????, living with mother Elizabeth (widow, 45, independent) and siblings Andrew (15, harness maker's apprentice) and Susan (9)
Name:
Thomas Hart SPRATT
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Birth:
30 Dec 1819
Tharston6
Baptism:
20 Feb 1820 (age 0)
Tharston6
Census:
1841 (age 21-22)
Tharston7
20, farm labourer, living in the household of Rhoda HART (69, farmer)
Census:
1851 (age 31-32)
Mulbarton8
Address: The Lodge, Mulbarton
31, butcher, living with wife Hannah (28), son Thomas (1), sister-in-law Seely DAVY (18, dressmaker) and lodger Elizabeth GRAVES (38, annuitant)
Census:
1861 (age 41-42)
West Ham, London9
Address: 6 Francis Place, West Ham, London
40, pork butcher, living with wife Hannah (36, pork butcher) and children Henry (11, scholar), Frederick (9, scholar), George (7, scholar), Lucy (5, scholar) and Arthur (2, scholar)
Census:
1871 (age 51-52)
West Ham, London10
Address: Maryland Point, West Ham, London
51, pork butcher employing 1 man and 2 boys), living with wife Hannah (47), children Charles J (20, pork butcher's asistant), Frederic G (18, pork butcher's asistant), George H (16, scholar), Louisa E (12, scholar), Arthur E (11, scholar), William H (9, scholar) and Catharine A (7, scholar), and servant Caroline EDWARDS (15, domestic)
Census:
1881 (age 61-62)
West Ham, London11
Address: 10 High Street, West Ham, London
60, pork butcher, living with wife Hannah (56), children George (25, pork butcher's assistant), Arthur (21, carriage builder), William (18, pork butcher's assistant) and Annie (17, pork butcher's assistant), and Ellen SPILLER (36, domestic servant) [Note: Census return used Thomas' middle name, Hart, as the surname of the family]
Death:
1 Jun 1884 (age 64)
Address: 10 Broadway, Stratford, Essex
Burial:
5 Jun 1884
Newham, London13
Probate:
5 Sep 1884
Principal Registry14
SPRATT Thomas. 5 September. The Will of Thomas Spratt formerly of Mulbarton in the County of Norfolk but late of 10 Broadway Stratford in the County of Essex Butcher who died 1 June 1884 at 10 Broadway was proved at the Principal Registry by Hannah Spratt of 10 Broadway Widow the Relict the sole Executrix. Personal Estate £289 6s. 6d.
Name:
Andrew William SPRATT
Sex:
Male
Birth:
c. 1824
Tharston15
Baptism:
21 Nov 1824 (age 0)
Tharston15
Census:
1841 (age 16-17)
Heigham5
Address: Julian Place Vauxhall Street, HeighamJulian Place Vauxhall Street, Heigham
15, harness maker's apprentice, living with mother Elizabeth (widow, 45, independent) and siblings Henry (20, miller's ?????) and Susan (9)
Census:
1871 (age 46-47)
Lambeth, London16
Address: 34 Wandsworth Road, Lambeth, London
45, coach builder, lodging in the household of William TURNER (44, photographic artist)
Census:
1891 (age 66-67)
West Ham, London17
Address: Vicarage Road, West Ham, London
widower, 67, coach trimmer and care taker
Name:
Susan SPRATT
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
c. 1832
Norwich, Norfolk
Census:
1841 (age 8-9)
Heigham5
Address: Julian Place Vauxhall Street, Heigham
9, living with mother Elizabeth (widow, 45, independent) and brothers Henry (20, miller's ?????) and Andrew (15, harness maker's apprentice)
27 February 1827, The London Gazette, Issue 18339, Page 479 - "THE Creditors who have proved their debts under a Commission of Bankrupt awarded and issued forth against Henry Spratt, of Tharston, in the County of Norfolk, Miller, Dealer and Chapman, are requested to meet the Assignees of the estate and effects of the said Bankrupt, on Monday the 2d day of April next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, at the Norfolk Hotel, in the City of Norwich, to assent to or dissent from the said Assignees commencing, prosecuting, or defending any action or actions, suit or suits at law or in equity, for the recovery of any part of the said Bankrupt's estate and effects; or to the compounding, submitting to arbitration, or otherwise agreeing any action or suit to be- commenced, prosecuted or defended as aforesaid, upon such terms and in such manner as they shall think proper; and also to assent to or dissent from the said Assignees selling and disposing of the household furniture, stock in trade and utensils of the said Bankrupt, or any part thereof, either by private contract or by public auction, and either for ready money or on credit, and with security or otherwise, as they shall think proper; and also to confirm the sales made and other acts done by the said Assignees, or by the provisional Assignee of the said Bankrupt's estate and effects, or any of them, or of touching the same estate and effects; and also to assent to or dissent from the said Assignees employing a person to collect in the outstanding debts due to the said Bankrupt, and paying such person a reasonable compensation; and to authorise the said Assignees to compound or submit to arbitration any of such debts as they shall think proper, and to dispose of such debts, or any of them, in one gross ????? otherwise; and on other special affairs."
4 December 1827,The London Gazette, Issue: 18420, Page: 2500 - "THE Commissioners in a Commission of Bankrupt, bearing date the 5th day of January 1827, awarded and issued forth against Henry Spratt, of Tharston, in the County of Norfolk, Miller, Dealer and Chapman, intend to meet on the 1st day of January next, at Five o'Clock in the Afternoon, at the Norfolk Hotel, situate in the City of Norwich, in order to make a Dividend of the estate and effects of the said Bankrupt; when and where the Creditors, who have not already proved their debts, are to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be excluded the benefit of the said Dividend, And all claims not then proved will be disallowed."
Henry Spratt appears to have left Norfolk in 1836, on his own leaving his family behind. First stopping at Boston and then New York on his way to Ohio. Ship Barque James. He subsequently went to Toronto, Canada. Wife shown as widowed in 1841 Census so did he die in the U.S. or wife had disowned him due to the disgrace of bankruptcy? (Possible death in 1843 in either Ohio or Toronto - unproven.)
Parish register - marriage. Newton Flotman. Cit. Date: 25 February 1817.
London Gazette Notice. Cit. Date: 27 February 1827.
Parish register - baptism. Shotesham. Cit. Date: 12 November 1793.
Ibid. Hapton. Cit. Date: 13 December 1807.
1841 Census. HO107 787 16 25. Cit. Date: 1841.
Parish register - baptism. Tharston. Cit. Date: 20 February 1820.
1841 Census. HO107 757 4 2. Cit. Date: 1841.
1851 Census. HO107 1818 146 24. Cit. Date: 1851.
1861 Census. RG09 1055 81 40. Cit. Date: 1861.
1871 Census. RG10 1626 5 5. Cit. Date: 1871.
1881 Census. RG11 1704 36 3. Cit. Date: 1881.
Civil Registration - death. 1884 Q2 West Ham Essex 4A 10. Cit. Date: Q2 1884.
Parish register - burial. Newham, London. Cit. Date: 5 June 1884.
Probate Death Index. 1884 Page 145. Cit. Date: 5 September 1884.
Parish register - baptism. Tharston. Cit. Date: 21 November 1824.
1871 Census. RG10 675 67 45. Cit. Date: 1871.
1891 Census. RG12 1332 60 49. Cit. Date: 1891.
Parish register - baptism. Tharston. Cit. Date: 23 December 1827.
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