Inn Keepers where location of Inn is not recorded
| Thomas Gear & Mary Eames Samuel Lawrence Charles Hooper |
Osbornes Miscellaneous Surnames |
THOMAS GEAR & MARY EAMES & FAMILY (married 1798)
- John (bapt 1802)
- Thomas (bapt 1802, buried 1835)
- Susanna (bapt 1802)
- Sarah (bapt 1804, married Samuel LAWRENCE 1833, died 1843 – see below for further details
- Eliza (bapt 1806, married Robert LAWRENCE 1837, died 1885)
- Anna (bapt 1808)
- John (bapt 1810)
- Robert Eames (bapt 1814)
| 1814 | Location not given | GEAR, Thomas (Noted as a Publican at Baptism of son Robert Eames GEAR) |
| 1841 census | Church St, Merriott | GEAR, Mary 60 |
| 1851 census | Higher St, Merriott | GEAR, Mary 75 (widow); Robert Lawrence 39 (son-in-law); Eliza Lawrence 43 (daughter). |
| 1868 & 1870 | King’s Head Inn, Higher St/Church St, Merriott | LAWRENCE, Robert Eames Gear (Noted as an Inn Keeper at time of Baptisms of children.) Noted as a Farmer of 30 acres at time of 1871 census. See Kings Head Inn entry. |
SAMUEL LAWRENCE & SARAH GEAR & FAMILY (married 1833; Sarah died 1843 & Samuel remarried Elizabeth unknown)
- Samuel (baptised & buried 1836)
- Samuel (bapt 1837, married Mary Anna ?, died 1895) – see detail below
- Thomas Gear (1840 -1841)
- Robert Eames Gear (born 1842, married Ann MITCHELL 1864) – see King’s Head Inn
| 1836, 1837, 1840, 1842,1847 | Broadway, Merriott | LAWRENCE, Samuel (noted as a Publican at time of Baptisms of Children) |
| 1841 census | Broadway, Merriott | LAWRENCE, Samuel 35 (Publican); Sarah 35; Samuel 4 |
| 1851 census | Broadway, Merriott | LAWRENCE, Samuel 46 (Maltster); Elizabeth 42 (Samuel’s second wife) ; Robert Eames Gear 9 (son of Samuel & first wife Sarah Gear); Mary Ann 3 (daughter of Samuel & second wife Elizabeth); JAMES, Elizabeth 17 (step daughter) |
| 1861 census | Broadway, Merriott | LAWRENCE, Samuel 55; (Maltster & Brewer); Samuel 24; Robert 18 |
| 1861 Kelly’s Directory | Broadway, Merriott | LAWRENCE, Samuel, Farmer & Brewer |
| 1871 census | Broadway, Merriott | LAWRENCE, Samuel, 65 Landowner, Widower; Mary Ann 22 (daughter). Note: Samuel died in 1878) |
| 1871 census | Broadway, Merriott | LAWRENCE, Samuel 33 (son of Samuel above, Brewer); Mary Ann 25; Samuel 16 m; Benjamin 2 m |
| 1881 census | Broadway, Merriott | LAWRENCE, Samuel 44 (Brewer employing 31); Mary Anna 35; Samuel Goodland 11; Benjamin 10; Sarah Mary 5 |
| 1891 census | Broadway, Merriott | LAWRENCE, Samuel 54 (Brewer & Maltster); Mary Anna 45 (born Lopen); Samuel G 20; Benjamin 20; Sarah Mary 15; Ethel May 2 (niece) |
| CHARLES HOOPER & MARY ANN EASON & FAMILY |
| 1861 census | Broadway, Merriott | HOOPER, Charles 32; Maryann 30; George 9; William 6; Emma 4; John 2 |
| 1861 Kelly’s Directory | Merriott | HOOPER, Charles (Beer Retailer) |
| 1864 & 1875 | Broadway, Merriott | HOOPER, Charles (at time of Baptisms of children) |
| 1873 | Merriott | HOOPER, Charles – Inn Keeper at time of Marriage of son George |
| OSBORNES – Inn Keepers/Publicans/ Brewers & their families |
| 1838 | Hitchen, Merriott | OSBORNE, Samuel (noted as Gardener & Publican at time of Baptism of daughter Emma) |
| 1891 census | Broadway, Merriott | OSBORNE, Josias 45 (Inn Keeper & Farmer) ; Ann 43; EASON Rose 9 (niece) |
| 1851 census | Lower St, Merriott | OSBORNE, Richard 69 (late Maltster); Joseph 19 (son) |
| 1851 census | Lower St, Merriott | OSBORNE, Richard 23 (Brewer’s Labourer; son of Richard aged 69 above) |
| 1861 census | Lower St, Merriott | OSBORNE, Alfred 30 (Brewer); Elizabeth 30 |
| MISCELLANEOUS SURNAMES – Inn Keepers |
| YEAR | INNKEEPER & FAMILY | LOCATION |
| 1841 census | GIBBS, Elizabeth 55 | Broadway, Merriott |
| 1845 | WEBB, William Simeon (noted as a Publican for baptism of son Robert Benjamin; by 1848 noted as a Plumber & Glazier) | Merriott’s Ford, Merriott |
| 1854, 1855 | HIGGINS, Thomas (at time of Baptisms of Children. Noted in 1851, 1858 & 1862 Baptisms & in censuses as a Tailor, Higher St, Merriott). Living at the Blair Athol Hotel at the time of the 1881 census. | Broadway, Merriott |
| 1891 census | PATTEMORE, Henry 28; Lucy 29 (born Crewkerne); Edward Victor 2; Annie 1 | Shiremoor Hill |
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