The England Family in Merriott
Earliest Records – the 17th Century
1672 shows the earliest record of an ENGLAND in the Merriott Parish Registers. Georg, son of Thomas England was baptised 4 August 1672.
Other BAPTISMS (and Burials if indicated) in the late 17th Century:
| Thomas England | 4 August 1672 Georg | 16 January 1675 Henry |
| Thomas & Ann England | 1 January 1678 Elizabeth 7 July 1682 Robert |
8 January 1684 Sarah |
| Thomas & Martha England | 9 July 1693 John 19 December 1694 Katharine 18 March 1695 John 11 February 1697 Elizabeth |
1 March 1699 Martha (Burial 25 November 1711) February. 1701 Thomas 4 April 1703 Jane |
| George & Fortune England | 10 August 1694 Elizabeth 13 March 1697 Robert 2 June 1700 Mary |
26 September 1703 Anne 5 April 1707 Mary 22 December 1708 Mary |
John & Mary England * |
Baptism 13 July 1693 Prudence Birth 8 October 1699 Susanna (Burial 12 Dec 1711) |
Birth 8 November 1702 John Birth & Baptism 18 March 1705 Martha |
| Henery/Henry & Elizabeth England | 22 August 1697 Anne | |
The South Petherton Information website at www.southpethertoninformation.org.uk lists the following baptisms for children of John & Mary England.
Old Presbyterian Meeting House registers of baptisms, South Petherton:
Feb 13 1694/5 Mary daughter of Jno England of Merriott
Oct 16 1699 Susannah daughter of Jno England at his house in Merriott.
Dec 7 1702 Jno son of Jno & Mary England at their house in Merriott
Apr 4 1706 Martha daughter of Jno & Mary England at their house in Merriott.
Apr 7 1708 Martha daughter of Jno England at his house in Merriott.
BURIALS
Burial in Woollen 23 February 1684 Thomas England
Burial in Woollen 20 November 1686 Anne England
Burial in Woollen 11 May 1695 John England
Burial 14 May 1695 John England
Burial 9 October 1706 Martha England
Burial 2 February 1706 Honory England
Burial 7 November 1711 John England
ENGLANDs in Merriott in the 18th Century:
MARRIAGES:
| MALES – 8 | FEMALES – 7 |
| 13 December 1731 Thomas England m Susan Patten 13 June 1749 Stephen England (Kingsborow) m Joan Gundry (Petherton) 8 February 1750 Thomas England m Elizabeth Tiber (Lopen) 17 May 1756 George England m Sarah Hooper 6 October 1766 Robert England m Anne Churchill 30 October 1780 John England m Sarah Lawrence 21 June 1789 Thomas England m Ann Sprouting 6 May 1792 John England of Lopen m Ann Lawrence |
21 October 1718 Mary England m Bernard Thatcher 23 November 1718 Ann England m William Meddens? 27 August 1721 Elizabeth England m George Belt 14 November 1723 Eliz England of Merriott m John Moor of Merriott. 26 May 1751 Joan England m John Lawrence 5 April 1752 Ann England m John Pattemore 25 October 1790 Martha England m George Osband |
BAPTISMS (or Burials if indicated):
| Thomas & Susan (nee Patten) England | 25 February 1733 Robert (Burial 20 Sept 1735 ) 14 July 1732 John (Burial 2 June 1745) |
14 December 1736 Martha |
| Robert & Mary England | 31 March 1741 Joseph | |
| Thomas & Sarah England | Burial 28 March 1750 Mary | |
| George & Sarah (nee Hooper) England | 27 June 1756 Susana 13 October 1758 John 5 July 1761 Mary Burial 15 November 1761 Sarah |
Burial 7 February 1762 Sarah 28 March 1763 George 23 April 1769 Samuel (Burial 12 March 1771) |
| Robert & Anne (nee Churchill) England | 6 September 1767 Thomas | 27 August 1769 John |
| John & Sarah (nee Lawrence) England [Note: John noted as a Pauper in 1793] | 26 December 1780 Mary (Burial 16 Dec 1781) 27 December 1782 Samuel 26 August 1785 John 25 May 1789 Elizabeth |
8 March 1793 Robert 9 March 1796 Mary 27 December 1801 Susanna 22 January 1804 Joseph |
| Thomas & Ann (nee Sprouting) England [Note: Thomas noted as a Pauper in 1793] | 16 May 1790 Robert 8 March 1793 Mary 30 December 1798 Hannah 31 May 1802 Maria |
23 May 1803 Joseph 26 May 1805 Charles 25 December 1806 Charlotte 29 May 1808 Jesse |
| John (of Lopen) & Ann (nee Lawrence) England | 6 October 1793 Grace 9 March 1796 John 26 May 1800 George |
14 May 1804 William 15 May 1809 Frederick |
BURIALS (Alphabetical order by Forename)
| MALES | FEMALES |
| Burial 15 May 1785 George England Pauper Burial 7 November 1711 John? England Burial 15 April 1733 John England Burial 20 December 1741 George England Burial 22 July 1729 Robert England Burial 15 April 1742 Robert England Burial 23 March 1745 Thos England Burial 22 February 1784 Thomas England Burial 26 December 1784 Thomas England |
Burial 30 April 1738 Ann England A Base Child Burial 4 November 1729 Fortune England Burial 15 September 1720 Martha England Burial 17 September 1732 Martha England Burial 22 November 1741 Mary England Burial 13 July 1743 Mary England Burial 8 July 1793 Sarah England Pauper Burial 18 April 1742 Susannah England |
The Somerset Record Office holds the following:
DDSB/31/2 Litigation papers, Rodbard v England (1839), concerning Merriott tenants, including copy wills of Thomas England of Merriott, yeoman, (dated 1781 proved 1785) and John England of Merriott (dated 1824, proved 1838).
ENGLANDs in Merriott in the 19th Century
MARRIAGES 1801 – 1837
| MALES – 5 | FEMALES – 5 |
| 3 September 1807 Samuel England m Charlotte Pattemore 15 May 1820 John England m Mary Young 23 May 1822 Robert England m Elizabeth Daw 22 February 1831 Frederick England m Hannah Trask 11 April 1831 Joseph England m Susanna Lacey |
17 June 1817 Mary England m John Cridge 27 December 1819 Hannah England m Robert Warry 26 March 1825 Grace England m Joseph Gange 19 March 1829 Maria England m Samuel Shutler 13 November 1834 Charlotte England m Jesse Rodgers |
MARRIAGES post 1837 (extra detail)
|
Date |
Year |
Forename |
Surname |
Spouse |
Age |
Condition |
Signed? |
Abode |
Occupation |
Father |
Father’s Occ |
Witness |
|
4-Nov |
1838 |
Hannah |
England |
Richard Mabb |
27 |
Spinster |
No |
Lower Street |
Flax Reeler |
Samuel England |
Labourer |
Mary Cooper |
|
4-Nov |
1838 |
Richard |
Mabb |
Hannah England |
27 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Tail Mill |
Flax Spinner |
John Mabb |
Flax dresser |
Simeon Mabb |
|
16-Dec |
1838 |
Mary Ann |
England |
John Rendall |
25 |
Spinster |
No |
Lower Street |
Weaver |
William England |
Weaver |
William England |
|
16-Dec |
1838 |
John |
Rendall |
Mary Ann England |
23 |
Bachelor |
No |
Lower Street |
Hackler |
Jonathan Rendall |
Hackler |
William Rendall |
|
12-May |
1839 |
Elizabeth |
Rousell |
William England |
19 |
Spinster |
No |
Lower St |
Reeler |
Robert Rousell |
Pauper |
Mary Ann Rendall |
|
12-May |
1839 |
William |
England |
Elizabeth Rousell |
19 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Lower St |
Turner |
William England |
Weaver |
John Rendall |
|
29-Jun |
1841 |
Elizabeth |
England |
Simeon Lawrence |
22 |
Spinster |
No |
Broadway |
Glove sewer |
Robert England |
Labourer |
Ann Lawrence |
|
29-Jun |
1841 |
Simeon |
Lawrence |
Elizabeth England |
22 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Broadway |
Lime-Burner |
Samuel Lawrence |
Lime-Burner |
George Drayton |
|
19-Nov |
1843 |
Susanna |
England |
John Osborne Parker |
25 |
Spinster |
No |
Lower St |
Flax Bundler |
Samuel England |
Labourer |
Hannah Mabb |
|
19-Nov |
1843 |
John Osborne |
Parker |
Susanna England |
22 |
Bachelor |
No |
Lower St |
Malter |
Richard Osborne |
Malter |
Richard Mabb |
|
22-May |
1847 |
Jane |
England |
Robert Witheyman |
21 |
Spinster |
No |
Lower St |
Glove Sewer |
William England |
Weaver |
Elizabeth England |
|
22-May |
1847 |
Robert |
Witheyman |
Jane England |
21 |
Bachelor |
No |
Lower St |
Hackler |
Thomas Witheyman |
Hackler |
William England |
|
23-Apr |
1848 |
Mary |
Dawe |
Robert England |
20 |
Spinster |
No |
Nursery Gate |
Labourer |
Joseph Dawe |
Labourer |
William Dawe |
|
23-Apr |
1848 |
Robert |
England |
Mary Dawe |
24 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Lower Street |
Labourer |
Robert England |
Labourer |
Fanny Pattemore |
|
25-Dec |
1849 |
Simeon |
Higling |
Mary Sweet |
22 |
Bachelor |
No |
Higher St |
Labourer |
Robert Higling |
Weaver |
Robert England |
|
25-Dec |
1849 |
William |
Mitchell |
Ann Pattemore |
35 |
Widower |
No |
Crewkerne |
Gardener |
Thomas Mitchell |
Thresher |
Thomas England |
|
21-Feb |
1850 |
Thomas Dawe |
England |
Mary Pattemore |
27 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Town’s End |
Gardener |
Robert England |
Gardener |
Jesse England |
|
21-Feb |
1850 |
Mary |
Pattemore |
Thomas Dawe England |
27 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Sherrimore Hill |
Dairymaid |
John Pattemore |
Gardener |
Mary Ann Scriven |
|
17-Sep |
1853 |
John |
England |
Isabella Holt |
28 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
School Corner |
Labourer |
John England |
Farm Gardener |
Matthew Cox |
|
17-Sep |
1853 |
Isabella |
Holt |
John England |
26 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Broadway Naps |
Servant |
John Holt (late) |
Baker |
Samuel Rousell |
|
30-Sep |
1856 |
George |
England |
Catherine Hooper |
full |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Garden |
John England |
Gardener |
Sidney Hooper |
|
30-Sep |
1856 |
Catherine |
Hooper |
George England |
full |
Spinster |
Yes |
Crewkerne Road |
Joseph Hooper |
Gardener |
Emma Eason |
|
|
17-Apr |
1858 |
Louisa |
England |
John Butcher |
21 |
Spinster |
No |
Merriott |
Joseph England |
Labourer |
Ellen Pattemore |
|
|
17-Apr |
1858 |
John |
Butcher |
Louisa England |
21 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Labourer |
Thomas Butcher |
Labourer |
George Butcher |
|
13-May |
1861 |
John |
England |
Elizabeth Lawrence |
22 |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Labourer |
Robert England |
Labourer |
Charles Wills |
|
13-May |
1861 |
Elizabeth |
Lawrence |
John England |
20 |
Spinster |
No |
Merriott |
George Lawrence |
Labourer |
Georgiana Sweet |
|
|
29-May |
1865 |
Daniel |
Lawrence |
Ellen England |
22 |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Labourer |
Henry Lawrence |
Labourer |
Alfred England |
|
29-May |
1865 |
Ellen |
England |
Daniel Lawrence |
23 |
Spinster |
No |
Merriott |
Base Born |
Ellen Lawrence |
||
|
5-May |
1868 |
John |
Old |
Eliza England |
22 |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Labourer |
Charles Old |
Labourer |
John Butcher |
|
5-May |
1868 |
Eliza |
England |
John Old |
22 |
Spinster |
No |
Merriott |
Joseph England |
Labourer |
Mary Ann Old |
|
|
19-Apr |
1869 |
William |
Pattemore |
Hannah Eliz. England |
26 |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Labourer |
Samuel Pattemore |
Labourer |
John England |
|
19-Apr |
1869 |
Hannah Elizabeth |
England |
William Pattemore |
27 |
Spinster |
No |
Merriott |
Robert England |
Labourer |
Elizabeth England |
|
|
6-Sep |
1869 |
Samuel |
Lacey |
Elizabeth England |
22 |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Labourer |
Samuel Lacey |
Labourer |
Thomas Mitchell |
|
6-Sep |
1869 |
Elizabeth |
England |
Samuel Lacey |
27 |
Spinster |
No |
Merriott |
Susan England |
Single Woman |
Mary Ann Mitchell |
|
|
26-Jun |
1883 |
Alfred |
England |
Emma Shutler |
23 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Knapp |
Tailor |
George England |
Tailor |
John Shutler |
|
26-Jun |
1883 |
Emma |
Shutler |
Alfred England |
24 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Higher St |
Robert Shutler |
Gardener |
Esther England |
|
|
16-Oct |
1886 |
Selina |
England |
Robert Lawrence |
23 |
Spinster |
No |
Sockety |
Robert England |
Labourer |
Elizabeth Shepherd |
|
|
16-Oct |
1886 |
Robert |
Lawrence |
Selina England |
20 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Lower St |
Labourer |
James Lawrence |
Labourer |
John England |
|
27-Dec |
1897 |
Herbert Newton |
Batstone |
Alice England |
32 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Hornsey Cr of Middlesex |
Baker’s Traveller |
William Stark Batstone |
Baker & Grocer |
George England |
|
27-Dec |
1897 |
Alice |
England |
Herbert Newton Batstone |
25 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
George England |
Tailor |
Susan & Ada England |
|
BAPTISMS to early 1876:
| Samuel & Charlotte (nee Pattemore) England | 26 May 1811 Hannah 19 July 1818 Susanna |
21 August 1821 Samuel 15 October 1826 Eliza |
| Robert (a Labourer/ Husbandman) & Susan England | 25 December 1818 Elizabeth 4 June 1821 Mary 25 December 1824 Robert 18 May 1828 Sarah 24 October 1830 Ann |
7 October 1832 Hannah 11 June 1835 George 15 October 1837 John 8 May 1842 Hannah Elizabeth |
| John (a Gardener) & Mary (nee Young) England | 5 August 1821 Mary Ann 14 September 1823 Elizabeth 16 May 1825 John 16 September 1827 Robert |
15 March 1829 Hannah 13 January 1832 James 16 June 1833 Eliza |
| Robert (a Gardener) & Elizabeth (nee Daw) England | 14 September 1823 Thomas Daw 26 December 1825 Robert |
7 May 1829 Jesse 25 December 1831 Charles |
| George (a Carpenter, of West Chinnock) & Mary Ann England | 16 September 1827 Edwin | |
| Mary (a Labourer) England | 1 January 1832 Henry, BB | |
| Joseph (a Labourer/Gardener/Carter) and Susanna (nee Lacey) England: | 27 March 1836 Louisa 29 July 1838 Hannah 4 July 1841 Eliza 4 October 1846 Eliza |
20 November 1831 Charles 10 January 1836 Mary Ann 4 August 1844 Hannah |
| Thomas ( a Yeoman) & Susan England | 29 June 1835 Georgiana | 6 April 1837 Emma |
| Charles (a Yeoman) & Ellen/Elinor England | 12 November 1838 Joseph 20 August 1835 Maria |
8 March 1837 Jesse 11 August 1840 Henry |
| Frederick (a Labourer/ Coal Carrier) & Hannah (nee Trask) England | 22 September 1838 William | 25 December 1836 James |
| Mary (a Reeler/Spinster) England | 18 February 1838 Alfred, BB 5 February 1843 Elinor, BB |
29 November 1846 Elizabeth |
| William (a Turner or Twiner) & Elizabeth (nee Rousell) England | 29 September 1839 George | 27 March 1842 Sarah Avice |
| Susan (a Labourer) England | 16 December 1842 Elizabeth, BB | |
| Robert (a Labourer) & Mary (nee Daw) England | 3 September 1848 William 25 December 1850 George 5 February 1854 John 10 January 1858 Emma 12 February 1860 Sarah |
10 August 1862 Selina 14 January 1866 Dorcas 8 November 1868 Francis 13 August 1871 Bessey |
| Jesse (a Gardener/Labourer) & Mary Ann England | 25 December 1853 Charles | 6 September 1857 Mary Elizabeth |
| George (a Tailor) & Catherine (nee Hooper) England: | 4 July 1857 George 14 November 1858 Alfred 11 March 1860 Alfred 9 February 1862 Hester 13 December 1863 Mary Jane |
10 September 1865 Annie 27 September 1867 James 10 September 1871 Alice 12 October 1873 Susan 12 December 1875 Mary Jane |
| George (a Labourer/Weaver) & Elizabeth England | 13 July 1862 Samuel 9 April 1865 Joseph 8 November 1868 Alfred |
14 September 1873 Jane 9 April 1876 William |
| Charles (a Tranter) & Ann England | 8 September 1867 Thomas | |
| John (a Labourer) & Dinah England | 10 January 1875 James | |
BURIALS 1801 – 1900
| MALES | FEMALES |
| 18 March 1859 Alfred England 5 mo 4 July 1884 Edgar England 6 mo 24 November 1801 George England 27 November 1825 George England 1 25 March 1832 Henry England 3 mo 13 January 1832 James England 19 30 November 1826 Jesse England 19 8 November 1808 John England 29 October 1809 John England 2 November 1824 John England 57 29 October 1826 John England 3 w 19 May 1836 John England 77 11 December 1890 John Lawrence England 3 mo 3 May 1877 Joseph England 73 9 July 1879 Joseph England 14 8 March 1860 Robert England 70 26 July 1862 Robert England 70 23 March 1900 Robert England 70 7 March 1841 Samuel England 57 14 December 1826 Thomas England 61 2 April 1881 Thomas England 85 13 July 1893 Thomas Daw England 70 |
3 July 1825 Ann England 89 7 March 1834 Ann England 69 9 January 1837 Ann England 71 6 May 1893 Catharine England 58 24 March 1844 Charlotte England 61 10 July 1890 Dorcas England 24 5 November 1845 Eliza England 4 27 March 1875 Eliza England 54 15 April 1861 Elizabeth England 78 17 February 1880 Elizabeth England 37 27 June 1834 Hannah England 2 30 January 1843 Hannah England 4 24 October 1845 Hannah England 1 1 February 1849 Mary England 28 6 December 1867 Mary England 72 13 January 1891 Mary England 82 18 June 1887 Mary England 57 31 December 1847 Mary Ann England 14 5 April 1875 Mary Jane England 11 19 April 1878 Mary Jane England 2.5 yr 5 January 1823 Sarah England 3 w 21 September 1824 Sarah England 62 9 April 1849 Sarah England 20 8 September 1900 Sarah England 38 15 August 1885 Susan England 80 10 December 1885 Susan England 90 16 April 1900 Susan England 84 5 June 1817 Susanna England 1 |
CENSUSES
By the time of the 19th century censuses, the surname ENGLAND was ranked as the 11th most common in Merriott. Go to: England in Merriott Censuses Page.
Transcriptions from other Parishes
Marriage Banns 1755 – 1888 West Coker Somerset – transcribed by Diane Ellisor:
Charles England, bachelor of the parish of Merriott and Ann Lane, spinster of this parish. 1866 28 January, 4 February and 11 February.
Estate Duty Wills at the Somerset Record Office
ENGLAND John 1828 Merriott [Not sure who this might be?]
1873 Returns of Owners of Land of more than one acre
ENGLAND, Thomas of Merriott; over 27 acres of land.
ENGLANDs in 20th Century Merriott
The surname ENGLAND was still in evidence in early 20th Century Parish Registers of All Saints, Merriott.
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