See also

Family of Thomas SWORD and Rebecca WRIGHT

Husband: Thomas SWORD

  • Name:

  • Thomas SWORD

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • c. 1786

  •  

  • Census:

  • 1841 (age 54-55)

  • Tharston1

  •  

  • farmer, living with wife Rebecca (50), daughters Rebecca (20) and Jane (20), Richard STEELE (35, Minister), and Charles EVERETT (15, agricultural labourer)

  • Death:

  • 20 Nov 1848 (age 61-62)2,3

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 25 Nov 1848

  • Tharston3

  • MI:

  •  

  • St. Mary's Church; Tharston2

  •  

  • SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF • THOMAS SWORD • LATE OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOVEMBER 20TH 1848 AGED 65 YEARS [SIX LINES ILLEGIBLE] WHERE ALL IS ASSURANCE AND PEACE AND SORROW AND SIN NO MORE [Very indistinct]

Wife: Rebecca WRIGHT

  • Name:

  • Rebecca WRIGHT

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • John WRIGHT ( - )

  • Mother:

  • Rebecca GOODRUM ( - )

  • Birth:

  • c. 1788

  • Tasburgh

  • Census:

  • 1841 (age 52-53)

  • Tharston1

  •  

  • living with husband Thomas (55, farmer), daughters Rebecca (20) and Jane (20), Richard STEELE (35, Minister), and Charles EVERETT (15, agricultural labourer)

  • Census:

  • 1861 (age 72-73)

  • Forncett St. Peter4

  •  

  • living with son-in-law George ALBOROUGH (46, farmer of 32 acres employing 1 man), daughter Jane (40), and granddaughter Rebecca (10, scholar)

  • Death:

  • 22 Jan 1873 (age 84-85)

  • Tharston2,5

  • Burial:

  • 28 Jan 1873

  • Tharston5

  • MI:

  •  

  • St. Mary's Church; Tharston2

  •  

  • SACRED • TO THE MEMORY OF• REBECCA • RELICT OF THE LATE • THOMAS SWORD • WHO DIED JAN. 22ND 1873 • AGED 83 YEARS [Very indistinct]

Child 1: John SWORD

  • Name:

  • John SWORD

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Ann JEFFRIES (c. 1810-1889)

  • Birth:

  • c. 1814

  • Tasburgh6

  • Baptism:

  • 18 Dec 1814 (age 0)

  • Tasburgh6

  • Census:

  • 1851 (age 36-37)

  • Tharston7

  •  

  • Address: Parish House, Tharston

    farmer of 55 acres employing 1 labourer and 1 boy, living with wife Ann (41), daughter Matilda (10, scholar), and servants Robert MEAR (23, house servant) and Charlotte MEEK (17, general servant)

  • Census:

  • 1861 (age 46-47)

  • Tharston8

  •  

  • Address: Farm House, Tharston

    farmer of 54 acres employing 2 men and 1 boy, living with wife Ann (51) and daughter Matilda (20)

  • Census:

  • 1871 (age 56-57)

  • Forncett St. Peter9

  •  

  • Address: Forncett Grove, Forncett St. Peter

    farmer in part of 135 acres employing 3 men and 2 boys, living with wife Ann (61), son-in-law and daughter Henry BUCK (27, farmer in part of 135 acres employing 3 men and 2 boys) and Matilda BUCK (30), and their son Ellis Sword BUCK (3)

  • Death:

  • 8 Jun 1873 (age 58-59)

  • Forncett2,10

  • Burial:

  • 8 Jun 1873

  • Tharston10

  • MI:

  •  

  • St. Mary's Church; Tharston2

  •  

  • In Affectionate Remembrance of • JOHN SWORD OF FORNCETT ST PETER & FORMERLY OF THIS PARISH • WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JUNE THE 5TH 1873 • AGED 59 YEARS • IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH • In Loving emembrance of • ANN THE WIFE OF THE LATE JOHN SWORD • WHO DIED JAN. 26TH 1889 • AGED 79 YEARS • LOOKING FOR THAT BLESSED HOPE AND THE GLORIOUS APPEARING OF THE GREAT GOD AND OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST

Child 2: Rebecca SWORD

  • Name:

  • Rebecca SWORD

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • John Locke PERFITT (c. 1818-1895)

  • Birth:

  • c. 1816

  • Tasburgh11

  • Baptism:

  • 24 Mar 1816 (age 0)

  • Tasburgh11

  • Census:

  • 1841 (age 24-25)

  • Tharston1

  •  

  • living with parents Thomas (55, farmer) and Rebecca (50), sister Jane (20), Richard STEELER (35, Minister), and Charles EVERETT (15, agricultural labourer)

  • Census:

  • 1851 (age 34-35)

  • Stratton St. Mary12

  •  

  • Address: By Turnpike, Stratton St Mary

    living with husband John Locke (32, stone mason) and Frederick WANT (18, stone mason's apprentice)

  • Death:

  • 22 Mar 1856 (age 39-40)

  • Long Stratton2,13,14

  • Burial:

  • 28 Mar 1856

  • Tharston14

  • MI:

  •  

  • St. Mary's Church; Tharston2

  •  

  • SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF REBECCA THE AFFECTIONATE WIFE OF JOHN LOCKE PERFITT OF STRATTON ST MARY & SECOND DAUGHTER OF THE LATE THOMAS SWORD OF THIS PARISH & REBECCA HIS WIFE [TWO LINES ILLEGIBLE] MARCH 22ND 1856 AGED 40 YEARS

Child 3: Jane SWORD

  • Name:

  • Jane SWORD

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • George ALBOROUGH (c. 1815-1896)

  • Birth:

  • c. 1817

  • Tasburgh

  • Baptism:

  • 18 Apr 1819 (age 1-2)

  • Tasburgh15

  • Census:

  • 1841 (age 23-24)

  • Tharston1

  •  

  • living with parents Thomas (55, farmer) and Rebecca (50), sister Rebecca (20), Richard STEELE (35, Minister), and Charles EVERETT (15, agricultural labourer)

  • Census:

  • 1851 (age 33-34)

  • Forncett St. Mary16

  •  

  • living with husband George (36,carpenter) and daughter Rebecca (9mths), parents-in-law William (60, carpenter and farmer 32 employing 3 men) and Abigail (60), brothers-in-law Jeremiah (26, carpenter) and John (16), and sisters-in-law Hannah (24) and Elizabeth (20)

  • Census:

  • 1861 (age 43-44)

  • Forncett St. Peter4

  •  

  • living with husband George (46, farmer of 32 acres employing 1 man), daughter Rebecca (10, scholar), and mother Rebecca SWORD (71)

  • Census:

  • 1871 (age 53-54)

  • Forncett St. Peter17

  •  

  • Address: Mill Lane, Forncett St. Peter

    living with husband George (55, farmer of 37 acres employing 2 men), daughter Rebecca J (20), mother Rebecca SWORD (81, annuitant), and visitor John Q SANDALL (23, clerk, son-in-law to be)

  • Census:

  • 1881 (age 63-64)

  • Forncett St. Peter18

  •  

  • living with husband George (66, farmer of 65 acres employing 2 men and 1 boy), and daughter Rebecca J SANDALL (widow, 30, annuitant)

  • Census:

  • 1891 (age 73-74)

  • Forncett St. Peter19

  •  

  • living with husband George (76, farmer), and daughter Rebecca J SANDALL (widow, 40)

  • Census:

  • 1901 (age 83-84)

  • Forncett St. Peter20

  •  

  • Address: Mill Lane, Forncett St. Peter

    widow, living on her own means, living with daughter Rebecca Jane SWORD (widow, 50, living on her own means)

  • Death:

  • c. 1903 (age 85-86)

  • Forncett St. Peter21,22

  • Burial:

  • 23 Oct 1903

  • Forncett St. Peter21

Sources

1.

1841 Census. HO107 757 6 6. Cit. Date: 1841.

2.

Memorial. Tharston.

3.

Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 25 November 1848.

4.

1861 Census. RG09 1234 26 6. Cit. Date: 1861.

5.

Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 28 January 1873.

6.

Parish register - baptism. Tasburgh. Cit. Date: 18 December 1814.

7.

1851 Census. HO107 1821 658 9. Cit. Date: 1851.

8.

1861 Census. RG09 1233 167 2. Cit. Date: 1861.

9.

1871 Census. RG10 1837 30 7. Cit. Date: 1871.

10.

Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 8 June 1873.

11.

Parish register - baptism. Tasburgh. Cit. Date: 24 March 1816.

12.

1851 Census. HO107 1821 691 22. Cit. Date: 1851.

13.

Civil Registration - death. 1856 Q1 Depwade 4B 147. Cit. Date: Q1 1856.

14.

Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 28 March 1856.

15.

Parish register - baptism. Tasburgh. Cit. Date: 18 April 1819.

16.

1851 Census. HO107 1821 767 1. Cit. Date: 1851.

17.

1871 Census. RG10 1837 32 12. Cit. Date: 1871.

18.

1881 Census. RG11 1970 35 21. Cit. Date: 1881.

19.

1891 Census. RG12 1546 32 1. Cit. Date: 1891.

20.

1901 Census. RG13 1864 27 9. Cit. Date: 1901.

21.

Parish register - burial. Forncett St. Peter. Cit. Date: 23 October 1903.

22.

Civil Registration - death. 1903 Q4 Depwade 4B 155. Cit. Date: Q4 1903.

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Tharston Past

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