A HISTORY OF THE HESKINS FAMILY FROM THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE

GENERATION 1

FRANCIS HESKINS

? - He married (?).
5 November 1751 - He married Mary Wyer in Bisley parish church (IGI).

Bisley Parish Church

He was a broadweaver and lived in Horsley, Gloucestershire.
18 February 1767 - He made his last will and testament (see copy).
11 April 1767 - He added a codicil to his will.
C 1784/85 - He died.
11 January 1785 - His will was proved "before the worshipful James Benson Doctor of Laws Vicar General in spiritual of the Right Revd. Father in God Samuel by divine permission Lord Bishop of the diocese of Gloucester and his episcopal consistory official principal…"

Known child/children - John and Joseph.

(?) HESKINS (NÉE (?))

? - She married Frances Heskins.
Pre 5 November 1751 - she died.

MARY HESKINS (NÉE WIRE (WYRE)) (daughter of James Wire)

28 March 1731 - She was baptised at Bisley, Gloucestershire.
5 November 1751 - She married Francis Heskins at Bisley, Gloucestershire (IGI).
18 February 1767 - In his will (not proved until 11 January 1785), her husband Francis left her the sum of £20 payable over three years as well as "all the household goods that I had with her".
1792 - A Mary Heskins was buried at Shortwood Baptist Church (NBI).

GENERATION 2

JOHN HESKINS (son of Francis and (?) Heskins)

C 1741/42 - He was born.
? - He married (?).
19 May 1775 - "On which day appeared personally John HESKINS of the parish of Horsley in the County and Diocese of Gloucester, clothier, and being sworn by the holy evangelist made oath that he is of the age of thirty three years and upwards and a widower and that he intends to marry with Mary BLISS of the parish of Minchinhampton in the county and diocese of Gloucester , spinster, aged twenty eight years and upwards and that he knoweth of no lawful lett or impediment by reason of any pre-contract consanguinate affinity or any other lawful cause whatsoever to hinder the said intended marriage, and that he prayed a licence to solemnize the said marriage in the parish church of Minchinhampton aforesaid in which said parish of Minchinhampton the said John HESKINS further made oath that the said Mary BLISS hath had her usual abode for the space of four weeks last past.

Let licence pass as prayed

Thos PARKER Jun.

(Signed) John HESKINS" (marriage licence info from Janet Heskins 5/10/05).

6 July 1775 - He married Mary Bliss in Minchinhampton parish church (info from Margaret J Muntz 5/10/05).
24 November 1778 - His son John was born (extract from a history of the Flint family from Janet Heskins 30/8/01).
31 May 1781 - Their daughter Sarah was born in Horsley (BVRI).
26 November 1817 - He was a clothier when he was appointed the sole executor of his brother, Joseph's will.
15 April 1818 - In his role as sole executor of his brother Joseph’s will, he was sworn before Charles Palmer senior.
25 July 1824 - A John Heskins aged 79 was buried at Shortwood Baptist Church (info from Janet Heskins 8/9/05).

Known child/children - Mary (died aged 18), Sarah (who married Edward Barnard), Hannah (who married Abraham Flint and died possibly of a miscarriage) and John (who married Sophia Francis).

(?) HESKINS (NÉE (?))

? - She married John Heskins.
Pre 19 May 1775 - She died.

MARY HESKINS (NÉE BLISS) (daughter of Samuel and Mary Bliss)

30 November 1746 - She was baptised in Minchinhampton parish church (IGI).
19 May 1775 - She was aged about 28 (marriage allegation info from Janet Heskins 5/10/05).
6 July 1775 - She married John Heskins in Minchinhampton parish church (info from Margaret J Muntz 5/10/05).

JOSEPH HESKINS (son of Francis and Mary Heskins)

9 September 1744 - He married Margaret Erwin in Horsley parish church (info from Wendy Manning 6/2/02).
C 1754 - His son Joseph was born.
1794 - He made his will. He left bequests to his children Joseph, John, Francis (who was his executor), William, George, Betty (Cole), and Ann (Harbutt) (info from Janet Heskins 5/5/03).
6 May 1802 - He was a former yeoman from Hillsley when probate of his will was granted in favour of his executor (his son Francis). He left bequests to his sons William, £20, George, 1/-, and Francis, the residue of his estate (see probate register).

Known child/children - Joseph, John, William, Elizabeth, Ann and Francis.

MARGARET HESKINS (NÉE ERWIN

9 September 1744 - She married Joseph Heskins in Horsley parish church (info from Wendy Manning 6/2/02).

GENERATION 3

JOSEPH HESKINS (son of Joseph Heskins)

C 1754 – He was born (based on age at burial).
1802 - In his father's will, he was left his father’s house and garden along with two adjoining leasehold properties and all his father’s wearing apparel (info from Janet Heskins 13/9/05).
26 November 1817 – He was a clothworker living in Horsley, Gloucestershire when he made his will. (See copy). There is no mention of his wife in his will.
29 December 1817 – He was buried, aged 63, at Shortwood Baptist Church (information from Janet Heskins 16/5/01).
15 April 1818 – His will was proved. He left to his son John two leasehold tenements, gardens and premises situated in Horsley; those occupied by Hannah Gill and those he had previously occupied himself, as well as all the contents of his house at the time of his decease. He left to his daughter Elizabeth Wilkins the properties occupied by Mary Newth and Samuel Walkly (see will).

Click to see a transcription of his will

Known child/children - John and Elizabeth.

JOHN HESKINS (son of Joseph Heskins)

1 July 1771 - He was a butcher from Nailsworth in the parish of Horsley in the county of Gloucester when he signed a licence to marry Hannah Pitt. The licence gave his name as Haskins although he signed as Heskins (see marriage licence).
2 July 1771 - He was from Horsley in the county of Gloucester when he married Hannah Pitt in the parish church at Hankerton, Wilts by licence. He was shown as John Haskins although he signed his name as John Heskins (see parish register).
4 December 1780 - In the will of Joseph Pitt he was left "the bed, bedstead and every thing thereto belonging lying in the little chamber next by the best chamber.
14 April 1781 - He was a joint executor of the will of his wife's Uncle, Joseph Pitt.
1802 - In his father's will, he was left the house, garden and orchard where Isaac Wakefield lived (info from Janet Heskins 13/9/05).
17 May 1803 - He was present when his daughter Sarah Hooper was granted the administration of her late husband’s estate. He made his mark on the document (see administration documents). 15 April 1818 - He inherited from his father two leasehold tenements, gardens and premises situated in Horsley; those occupied by Hannah Gill and those previously occupied by his father, as well as all the contents of his house at the time of his decease.
C 1828 - He died.
1 November 1828 - Letters of administration for his estate were granted (see copy).

Known child/children - Sarah, Francis and Thomas.

HANNAH HESKINS (NÉE PITT) (daughter of Samuel and Mary Pitt)

See also the Pitt family history.
2 July 1771 - She signed the register when she married John Heskins by licence in the parish church at Hankerton, Wiltshire (see parish register).
1 November 1828 - She was appointed, along with James Clarke, a clothier of Horsley and Charles Avery Moore, gentleman, of Dursley, as an executor of her late husband's estate.
23 September 1833 - A Hannah Heskins aged 83 was buried at Shortwood Baptist Chapel (info from Janet Heskins 7/9/02).

WILLIAM HESKINS (son of Joseph Heskins)

29 October 1777 - He was a scribbler when he married Elizabeth Chapman in Horsley parish church. The witnesses were John Harbutt and Jonathan Cole (see parish register).
11 January 1785 - He inherited from his grand father Francis Heskins "all that cottage tenement wherein Richard Ricketts now dwelleth" (in 1767) "with the garden thereto…"
? - He married Elizabeth Chapman (info from Janet Heskins 5/5/03).
6 May 1802 - Probate was granted to his father's will in which he was left £20 (see probate register).

ELIZABETH HESKINS (NÉE CHAPMAN)

29 October 1777 - She married William Heskins in Horsley parish church (see parish register).

ELIZABETH COLE (NÉE HESKINS) (daughter of Joseph Heskins)

28 September 1775 - She married Jonathan Cole in Horsley parish church (info from Janet Heskins 5/5/03).
6 October 1776 - She was in attendance at the birth of Elizabeth daughter of John and Ann Herbert (Dr William's Library non-conformist events info from Janet Heskins 5/5/03).
11 January 1785 - She inherited from her grand father Francis Heskins "one cottage or tenement adjoining the last mentioned cottage or tenement" (i.e. the one inherited by William -see above)) "wherein William Lewis now (in 1767) "liveth…"
1802 - In her father's will, she received his best bed and all its bedding (info from Janet Heskins 13/9/05).

JONATHAN COLE (son of Jonathan and Sarah Cole)

13 January 1754 - He was baptised in Horsley parish church (IGI).
28 September 1775 - He was a weaver when he married Elizabeth Heskins in Horsley parish church (info from Janet Heskins 5/5/03).
? - His son George was born.
29 October 1777 - He was a witness to the wedding of William Heskins and Elizabeth Chapman in Horsley parish church (info from Janet Heskins 5/5/03).
? - His daughter Anne was born.
18 September 1809 - His daughter Anne married Charles Rudders in Horsley parish church (IGI).
1810 - He paid Land Tax for a house and garden he owned and occupied (info from Janet Heskins 5/5/03).
12 June 1826 - He was a weaver from Horsley when he signed his will. He appointed his son George as his sole executor. He appointed his brother William and nephew Joseph Heskins as trustees.
14 July 1826 - He was a member of Shortwood Baptist church when he was buried aged 76 in their burial ground (info from Elizabeth Jack 19/12/06).
26 October 1826 - Probate was granted to his will. He left everything to his son George, including his leasehold estate in Walkley wood, Horsley, his tools and cash. He left 1/- to his daughter Anne Ruthers (?) (see will).

Click to see a transcription of his will

Known child/children - George and Anne.

ANN HERBERT (NÉE HESKINS (daughter of Joseph and Margaret Heskins)

8 July 1776 - She married John Herbertt in Horsley parish church (IGI).
November 1779 - John Herbett's wife received an allowance of 12/6d as a Militia Payment (info from Horsley parish accounts received from Janet Heskins 5/5/03).
11 January 1785 - She inherited from her grand father Francis Heskins "all that my cottage or tenement adjoining to the last mentioned cottage or tenement" (i.e. the one inherited by Elizabeth - see above) "with the garden thereto belonging situate at Walkly Wood aforesaid…"
1802 - In her father's will, she received his next best bed and all its bedding (info from Janet Heskins 13/9/05).

JOHN HERBERT

28 September 1775 - He was a witness at the wedding of Elizabeth Heskins and Jonathan Cole in Horsley parish church (info from Janet Heskins 5/5/03).
8 July 1776 - He married Ann Heskins in Horsley parish church (IGI). 6 October 1776 - Their daughter Elizabeth was born in Horsley (Dr William's Library non-conformist events info from Janet Heskins 5/5/03).
29 October 1777 - He was a witness to the wedding of William Heskins and Elizabeth Chapman in Horsley parish church (info from Janet Heskins 5/5/03).
March 1780 - John Herbett's wife's children received payment of 4/6d (info from Horsley parish accounts received from Janet Heskins 5/5/03).
1810 - He paid Land Tax on a house and garden he owned and occupied (info from Janet Heskins 5/5/03).
1813 - A John Herbert was in the volunteers (info from Janet Heskins 5/5/03).
1815 - He paid Land Tax on a house and garden he owned but was occupied by William Wilkins (info from Janet Heskins 5/5/03).
1815 - He paid Land Tax on a house and garden he owned but was occupied by Jonathan Cole (info from Janet Heskins 5/5/03).
1826 - He paid Land Tax on a house and garden he owned but was occupied by Jonathan Cole (info from Janet Heskins 5/5/03).

GEORGE HESKINS(son of Joseph Heskins)

? - He married Catherine (?).
C 1783 - Their son George was born in Salisbury (info from Janet Heskins 9/5/03).
? - Their son William was born (info from Janet Heskins 9/5/03).
10 May 1790 - He was summoned to the Fleece Inn Sessions, being paid one shilling for having to leave his work to honour the appointment. Jane WINDOW was also summoned to the sessions and paid one shilling. George and Jane were both examined with respect of Jane having borne George's child (info from Janet Heskins 9/5/03).
1795 - Jane was receiving a payment of four shillings under a bastardy order (info from Janet Heskins 9/5/03).
6 May 1802 - Probate was granted to his father's will in which he was left 1/- (see probate register).

Known child/children - (with his wife Catherine) - George and William.
(with Jane Window) - child's name not known.

CATHERINE HESKINS (NÉE (?))

C 1753 - She was born (based on age at burial).
? - She married George Heskins.
2 May 1789 - She and her children received a shilling parish relief (info from Janet Heskins 9/5/03).
April 1790 - She was paid sixpence by the parish for a coffin and worsted for her child's funeral. Presumably she had already separated from George at this stage as she was receiving an additional payment of one shilling (info from Janet Heskins9/5/03).
30 May 1790 - She received an extra sixpence for her lodging (info from Janet Heskins 9/5/03).
Until at least April 1796 - Two guineas were sent to George HESKINS' wife and family at Salisbury. Various letters from Salisbury were paid for on receipt. Payments were being sent to Salisbury until at least April 1796 (info from Janet Heskins 9/5/03).
1806 - She received a payment from the parish. No mention was made of any children (info from Janet Heskins 9/5/03).
1811 - She was lodging in Horsley. She had "two sons absent" (info from Janet Heskins 9/5/03).
2 May 1813 - Aged 60, she was buried in Horsley (info from Janet Heskins 9/5/03).

FRANCIS HESKINS (son of Joseph Heskins)

C 1758/59 - He was born (based on age at burial).
? - He married Mary (?).
11 January 1785 - He inherited from his grand father Francis Heskins "all that my tenement or dwelling house with garden and one orchard lying above the said tenement in Walkly Wood aforesaid now" (in 1767) "in the possession of Edward Kemish…"
He was a carpenter.
1802 - As part if the will of his father Joseph, he received the new house lately built by his grandfather Francis, the land formerly James Antill’s, the great house where Thomas Weaving was living, and the two properties adjoining the middle orchard providing he paid sixty pounds principal momey and interest due on the property, the residue of the estate goods and chattels (info from Janet Heskins 13/9/05).
6 May 1802 - He was from Hillsley when probate was granted in his favour as sole executor of his father's will in which he was left the residue of the estate (see probate register).
C 1802 - His daughter Ann was born (based on age at burial).
1810 - He paid Land Tax on a house and garden he owned and occupied (info from Janet Heskins 5/5/03).
1815 - He paid Land Tax on a house and garden he owned and occupied (info from Janet Heskins 5/5/03).
8 December 1825 - His daughter Ann aged 23 was buried at Shortwood (info from Janet Heskins 7/9/02).
1826 - He paid Land Tax on a house and garden he owned and occupied (info from Janet Heskins 5/5/03).
6 April 1834 - He was buried aged 75 at Shortwood Baptist Church (info from Janet Heskins 7/9/02).

Known children - Ann.

MARY HESKINS (NÉE (?))

C 1770/71 - She was born.
? - She married Francis Heskins.
31 May 1827 - She was buried aged 56 at Shortwood Baptist Chapel (info from Janet Heskins 7/9/02).

GENERATION 4

SARAH CLAYFIELD FORMERLY HOOPER (NÉE HESKINS) (daughter of John and Hannah Heskins)

C 1776 - She was born in Horsley, Gloucestershire (see 1851 census).
10 June 1796 - She signed her name when she married William Hooper in Horsley parish church. John Heskins was a witness (see parish register).
17 May 1803 – “On which day appeared personnally Sarah Hooper and alleged thet William Hooper late of the parish of Nailsworth in the County and Diocese of Gloucester clothworker lately died intestate and that she the said Sarah Hooper was and is the natural and lawful widow of the said deceased. Whereof she prayed that the administration of all and singular goods chattelles and xcredits of the said deceased might be granted and committed to her on giving such good and sufficient and security as in this behalf is required and so forth –“. The value of the estate was less than £100 (see administration document).
15 July 1804 - She was a widow when she married John Clayfield in Horsley parish church. She signed the register (see parish register).
? January 1810 - She received a Militia payment of £0-15s-0d (info from Janet Heskins 21/8/02).
6 June 1841 - She was living (probably lodging), aged 60 (rounded), with (her husband) John in Lower Castle St, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol (see 1841 census).
30 March 1851 - She was a (former) burler aged 75, on parish relief and living in Sym Lane, Wotton-under-Edge with her husband John (see 1851 census).
5 December 1856 - She died aged 80, "of old age, not certified" at Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. Her husband John was present at her death (death certificate).

WILLIAM HOOPER (son of William and Elizabeth Hooper)

10 June 1796 - He was from Woodchester when he married Sarah Heskins in Horsley parish church. He signed the register (see parish register).
(?) March 1797 - Their daughter Hester was baptised in Nailsworth parish church (info from Janet Heskins 4/7/04).
27 October 1799 - Their daughter Elizabeth was baptised in Nailsworth parish church (info from Janet Heskins 4/7/04).
27 December 1802 - He signed his name when he was a witness to the wedding of Francis Heskins and Sarah Evans in Horsley parish church (see parish register).
2 June 1802 - Their daughter Martha was baptised in Horsley parish church (see parish register).
Pre 17 May 1803 - He died intestate (see administration document).

Click to see a transcription of his administration documents

Known child/children - Hester, Elizabeth and Martha.

JOHN CLAYFIELD (son of Samuel and Susanah Clayfield)

22 February 1786 - He was born (IGI).
13 January 1790 - He was baptised in the Forest Green Independent Chapel, Avening, Nailsworth (IGI).
15 July 1804 - He married the widowed Sarah Hooper in Horsley parish church. He signed the register (see parish register).
23 February 1806 - Their son Edward was baptised in Horsley parish church (IGI).
January 1810 - He was in the Militia (info from Janet Heskins 21/8/02).
1 October 1815 - He signed the register when he was a witness at to the wedding of Charles Heskins and Hannah Stephens in Horsley parish church (see parish register).
6 June 1841 - He was a commercial t (traveller?) aged 54 living (probably lodging), with (his wife) Sarah in Lower Castle St, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol (see 1841 census).
30 March 1851 - He was a former carding engineer aged 70, on parish relief and living in Sym Lane, Wotton Under Edge with his wife Sarah (see 1851 census).
5 December 1856 - He was present at the death of his wife, Sarah, and notified the registrar the same day (SC's death certificate).
26 December 1857 - He was a former carding engine engineer when he died aged 76 in Wotton Under Edge of diarrhea (7 days) and exhaustion. John Davis of Wotton Under Edge, who had been present at his death, advised the registrar (death certificate).

Known child/children - Edward.

FRANCIS HESKINS (son of John and Hannah Heskins)

C 1781 - He was born (based on age at death).
27 December 1802 - He married Sarah Evans in Horsley parish church. The witnesses were William Hooper and John Heskins (see parish register).
6 June 1841 - He was a brushmaker aged 50 (rounded) living in Oldham Place Clerkenwell, with (his wife) Sarah, Henry Heskins aged 35 (rounded), (Henry’s wife) Maryan aged 30 (rounded), and (Henry and Ann’s children) Fanny aged 9, Sarah aged 7, Maryan aged 3 and Clara aged 1 (see 1841 census. Info from Janet Heskins 9/11/06).
3 February 1842 - He was a brushmaker and a widower of full age living at 109 St Johns Street Road, Shoreditch when he married Sarah Teakell. His father John was a butcher (info from Janet Heskins 7/11/06).
1847 - He died in Witham, Essex (info from Janet Heskins 7/11/06).

SARAH HESKINS (NÉE EVANS)

27 December 1802 - She married Francis Heskins in Horsley parish church (see parish register).
6 June 1841 - Aged 60 (rounded), she was living in Oldham Place, Amwell, Clerkenwell, with (her husband) Francis, Henry Heskins, (Henry’s wife) Maryan, and (Henry and Ann’s children) Fanny, Sarah, Maryan and Clara (see 1841 census. Info from Janet Heskins 9/11/06).
September qtr 1841 – He death was registered in Holborn (info from Janet Heskins 7/11/06).

SARAH HESKINS (formerly TEAKELL NÉE (?))

? - She married (?) Teakell.
3 February 1842 - She was a widow living at 109 St Johns Street Road, Shoreditch when she married Francis Heskins (info from Janet Heskins 7/11/06).

THOMAS HESKINS (son of John and Hannah Heskins)

C 1790 - He was born (based on age at burial).
18 July 1820 - He was from Stonehouse when he married Hannah Fowler by licence in Stonehouse parish church. He signed the register (see parish register).

Stonehouse Parish Church

The Land Tax returns for Horsley show that he was tenant of The Boot Inn in 1822 and continued as such until 1831. He also leased land in the village.
19 July 1829 - He was an innkeeper from Horsley when their son Thomas George Fowler was baptised in Horsley parish church (see parish register).
1830 – He was the landlord of The Boot, Horsley (GENUKI transcription of Pigot’s Directory of Minchinhampton 1830).
26 June 1831 - He was an innkeeper from Horsley when their son Samuel Pitt was baptised in Horsley parish church (see parish register).
20 May 1840 - He was an innkeeper living in Horsley when he registered the death of his wife Hannah.
1840 - He held lots 144 and 145 in Horsley (1840 Horsley landowners information from Ros Fornaro 1/8/03).
1841 - The Tithe Map shows that he owned two small plots of land in the centre of Horsley and rented two larger fields away from the centre of the village.
6 June 1841 - He was a butcher aged 50 (rounded) living alone at Rockness Hill, Horsley (see 1841 census).
2 January 1845 - He was a butcher when he was a witness to the wedding of his daughter Hannah Fowler to Henry Dowdeswell in the parish church at Stonehouse. He signed the register (HFH/HD's marriage certificate).
1849 - He was a butcher in Stonehouse (see entry on page 159 of Hunt & Co's 1849 directory).
1859 - He was an innkeeper.
16 April 1860 - He was a butcher aged 69 when he died in Stonehouse of bronchitis 6 days with natural debility from age (death certificate).
19 April 1860 - Mary Osborn, of Chapel Row, Stonehouse, who had been present at his death, advised the registrar (death certificate).
20 April 1860 - He was from Stonehouse when he was buried aged 70 at Kings Stanley parish church (see parish register).

Known child/children - Thomas George Fowler, Hannah Fowler and Samuel Pitt.

HANNAH HESKINS (NÉE FOWLER) (daughter of George and Hannah Fowler)

31 March 1789 - She was baptised at King Stanley.
18 July 1820 - She was from Stonehouse when she married Thomas Heskins by licence in Stonehouse parish church. She signed the register (see parish register).
17 May 1840 - She died aged 51 at Horsley. The cause of her death was "paralytic" (death certificate).
24 May 1840 - She was from Horsley when she was buried aged 51 at Kings Stanley parish church (see parish register).

GENERATION 5

THOMAS GEORGE FOWLER HESKINS (son of Thomas and Hannah Heskins).

19 July 1829 - He was baptised in Horsley parish church (see parish register).
6 June 1841 - Aged 11, he was living in Stonehouse St, Stonehouse with his aunt Catherine Fowler and his siblings Hannah, Catherine and Samuel (see 1841 census).
12 October 1848 - He was a licensed victualler aged 20 living in Stonehouse when he married Anne Richings by licence in Stonehouse parish church. Catharine Heskins was a witness (marriage certificate).
21 August 1849 - Their son Frederick Thomas Elias was born at Ryeford, Stonehouse (FTEH's birth certitifctae).
20 September 1849 - He was a hallier when he registered the birth of his son Frederick Thomas Elias. He signed his name (FTEH's birth certificate).
30 March 1851 - He was an inn-keeper and haulier aged 21 living at Ryeford Wharf, Stonehouse, with his wife Ann, their son Frederick, aged 1, and their un-named daughter , aged 2 weeks (see 1851 census).
27 April 1851 - Their daughter Mary Ann Tryphona was baptised.
September qtr 1852 - Their son Frederick Thomas Elias died.
15 August 1852 - Their son Frederick Thomas of Ryeford was buried aged 3 at Kings Stanley parish church (see parish register).
C 1852/53 - Their son George T was born in Stonehouse (see 1861 census).
C 1854/55 - Their son Elias J(ohn) was born in Bagpath (see 1861 census).
C 1856/57 - Their sons William and Frederick were born in Bagpath (see 1861 census).
C 1857/58 - Their son Thomas F was born in Wotton-under-Edge (see 1881 census).
C 1859/60 - Their son Alfred was born in Bagpath (see 1861 census).
7 April 1861 - He was a waggoner aged 31 living in Back Lane, Wottonunderedge (sic) with his wife Ann and their children Mary Ann aged 10, George T aged 8, Elias J aged 6, William aged 4, Frederick aged 4, and Alfred aged 1 (see 1861 census).
February 1863 - He was a farm labourer when Ann died (AH's death certificate).
17 February 1869 - He was aged 39, a widower and a labourer living in Dursley when he married Adelaide White at Dursley parish church. Witnesses at the wedding were Daniel White and Elizabeth Craddock (marriage certificate).
C 1869 - Their daughter Clara was born in Dursley (1901 census transcription by Janet Heskins 22/2/02).
2 April 1871 - He was a carter aged 42 living in Union St, Dursley, with his wife Adelaide, and children William, a carter aged 14, Clara L, aged 12, and Emily White, aged 8 (see 1871 census).
4 April 1871 - Their son Arthur Edward was born in Dursley (info from Janet Heskins 24/6/04).
4 August 1873 - Their son Frank Ernest was born at Littleworth, Minchinhampton (info from Janet Heskins 24/6/04).
23 July 1875 - Their daughter Florence Mary was born in Watledge, Minchinhampton (info from Janet Heskins 24/6/04).
3 April 1881 - He was a general labourer aged 52 living in Little London, Rodborough with his wife Adelaide and children Alfred a plasterer aged 23, Emily White a cloth weaver aged 18, Clara aged 12, Arthur aged 10, Frank aged 7, and Florance aged 5 (see 1881 census).
5 April 1891 - He was a garden labourer aged 66 living in Little London, Rodborough, with his wife Adelaide and daughter Florence, aged 15, a tailoress (see 1891 census).
March qtr 1900 - The death of a Thomas Heskins aged 74 was registered in Stroud (GRO ref Stroud 6a 286).

Known child/children - with Ann - Frederick Thomas Elias, Mary Ann Tryphona, George T, Elias John, William, Frederick, Thomas F and Alfred.
- with Adelaide - Clara, Arthur Edward, Frank Ernest and Florence May.

ANNE HESKINS (NÉE RICHINGS) (daughter of Elias Richings)

C 1821 - She was born in Ewen, Wiltshire.
? - She married Thomas George Fowler Heskins.
30 March 1851 - Aged 30 she was living at Ryeford Wharf, Stonehouse with her husband and 2 children (see 1851 census).
7 April 1861 - Aged 41, she was living in Back Lane, Wottonunderedge (sic) with her husband Thomas and their children Mary Ann, George T, Elias J, William, Frederick, and Alfred (see 1861 census).
February 1863 - She died in the lunatic asylum at Wootton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire.

ADELAIDE HESKINS (NÉE WHITE) (daughter of Daniel White)

C 1837/8 - She was born in Cam, Gloucestershire (see 1881 census).
7 April 1861 - She was a single woman aged 23 lodging with Samuel (?) and Celia Malpass in Ockenhill, Cam. An Ellen White aged 3 was with her (see 1861 census).
C 1862/63 - Her illegitimate daughter Emily was born in Cam (see 1871 census).
17 February 1869 - She was a spinster, aged 32, living in Dursley when she married Thomas George Fowler Heskins at Dursley parish church.
2 April 1871 - She was a carter’s wife aged 35 living in Union St, Dursley, with her husband Thomas, and his children William, Clara L, and Emily White (probably her child and not his) (see 1871 census).
3 April 1881 - Aged 43, she was living with her husband and children in Little London, Rodborough (see 1881 census).
5 April 1891 - Aged 51, she was still living in Little London, Rodborough with her husband and their daughter Florence (see 1891 census).
31 March 1901 - She was a widow aged 64 living at Little London, Rodborough with her daughter Clara aged 32, a cloth worker (see 1901 census).
11 August 1911 - She died, aged 74, of myocardial degeneration and cardiac failure at Little London, Rodborough, Gloucestershire. Her daughter Florence M. Brinkworth, who had been present at her death, notified the registrar of her death (death certificate).

CATHERINE FOWLER SPARROW (NÉE HESKINS) (daughter of Thomas and Hannah Heskins).

C 1834 - She was born at Horsley.
6 June 1841 - Aged 9, she was living in Stonehouse St, Stonehouse with her aunt Catherine Fowler and her siblings Hannah, Thomas and Samuel (see 1841 census).
2 January 1845 - She signed her name when she witnessed the wedding of her sister Hannah Fowler to Henry Dowdeswell in the parish church at Stonehouse (HFH/HD's marriage certificate).
12 October 1848 - She signed her name when she witnessed the wedding of her brother Thomas George Fowler to Anne Richings in the parish church at Stonehouse (TGFH/AR's marriage certificate).
30 March 1851 - Aged 17, she was living with her aunt, Catherine Fowler in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire (see 1851 census).
19 June 1859 - She was a spinster aged 25 living in Stonehouse when she married Edwin Sparrow at the Parish Church, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. The witnesses were George Fowler (her uncle or cousin) and Elizabeth Fowler (her aunt or cousin) (marriage certificate).
7 April 1861 - Aged 26, she was living with her husband Edwin, their niece Hannah Dowdeswell aged 13, and Joseph Gardner, a general servant aged 15, in Street, Leonard Stanley (see 1861 census).
2 April 1871 - She was a baker's wife aged 36 living at 1 Bloomsbury St, Cheltenham, with her husband Edwin and daughter Anne (see 1871 census).
3 April 1881 - Aged 46, she was living at 33 Sun St, Cheltenham with her husband Edwin, their daughter Ann M., her niece Florence Heskins and William Smalley, a boarder and railway clerk (see 1881 census).
5 April 1891 - Aged 57, she was living at Granhills (?) Rd, Cheltenham, with her husband Edwin, their daughter Annie M, a vest ???, and their niece Florence Heskins (see 1891 census).

EDWIN SPARROW (son of James and Hannah Sparrow)

13 March 1831 - His father was an inn-keeper from Stonehouse when he was baptised in Stonehouse parish church (see parish register).
6 June 1841 - Aged 10, he was living in Stonehouse St, Stonehouse with (his father) James, an inn-keeper aged 45, (his sister) Helen aged 15 (rounded) and (his aunt) Esther Jenner aged 40 (rounded) (see 1841 census).
30 March 1851 - Aged 20, he was a baker living in Leonard Stanley with Samuel (a grocer) and Esther Jenner (his Uncle and Aunt) (see 1851 census).
19 June 1859 - He was a baker, a bachelor, aged 26 living in Leonard Stanley when he married Catherine Heskins in Stonehouse parish church (marriage certificate).
7 April 1861 - He was a baker and grocer aged 27 living with his wife Catherine, their niece Hannah Dowdeswell aged 13, and Joseph Gardner, a general servant aged 15, in Street, Leonard Stanley (see 1861 census).
C 1869/70 - Their daughter Ann M. was born in Stonehouse (see 1871 census).
2 April 1871 - He was a baker aged 40 living at 1 Bloomsbury St, Cheltenham, with his wife Catherine and daughter Anne aged 1 (see 1871 census).
3 April 1881 - Aged 50, he was a baker, living at 33 Sun St, Cheltenham with his wife Catherine, daughter Ann M., niece Florence Heskins and William Smalley, a boarder (see 1881 census).
5 April 1891 - He was a baker aged 60 living at Granhills (?) Rd, Cheltenham, with his wife Catherine, their daughter Annie M, a vest ??? aged 21, and their niece Florence Heskins (see 1891 census).

Known child/children - Ann M.

HANNAH FOWLER DOWDESWELL (NÉE HESKINS) (daughter of Thomas and Hannah Heskins).

C 1821 - She was born in Stonehouse (1851 census transcription by Gordon Beavington web-site).
6 June 1841 - She was a servant aged 15 (rounded down) living in Stonehouse St, Stonehouse with her aunt Catherine Fowler and her siblings Catherine, Thomas and Samuel (see 1841 census).
2 January 1845 - She married Henry Dowdeswell at Stonehouse Parish Church (marriage certificate).
30 March 1851 - Aged 29, she was living in Stonehouse with her husband Henry and their children (see 1851 census).
7 April 1861 - Aged 39, she was living in Harscombe Bottom, Haresfield with her husband Henry and children Peter, Samuel and George (see 1861 census).
2 April 1871 - Aged 50, she was living in Haresfield with her husband Henry and children Samuel T, George F, and Alice (see 1871 census).
3 April 1881 - She was a retired farmer and a widow aged 63 living in Albion Villa, Haresfield, with her son Samuel aged 24 and Mary Ann King, a servant (see 1881 census).
5 April 1891 - She was a farmeress and a widow aged 70 living at Orchard, Haresfield, with her children Peter, a farmer aged 38, and Alice aged 24, Agnis Butcher and Fred Wintle, both visitors (see 1891 census).
31 March 1901 - She was a widow aged 79 living on her own means at 2a Suffolk St, Cheltenham, with her unmarried daughter Sarah aged 55 (see 1901 census).

HENRY DOWDESWELL (son of Joseph Dowdeswell)

C 1821/22 - He was born in Standish, Gloucestershire (see 1851 census).
2 January 1845 - He was a yeoman farmer from Stonehouse when he married Hannah Fowler Heskins in the Parish Church at Stonehouse (marriage certificate).
30 March 1851 - Aged 29, he was a farmer of 15 acres living in Stonehouse with his wife Hannah and children Sarah aged 5, Hannah aged 3, and Hester aged 7 months (see 1851 census).
C 1853/54 - Their son Peter was born in Haresfield (see 1861 census).
C 1855/56 - Their son Samuel was born in Haresfield (see 1861 census).
C 1859/60 - Their son George F was born in Haresfield (see 1871 census).
C 1866/67 - Their daughter Alice was born in Haresfield (see 1871 census).
7 April 1861 - He was a farmer of 7 acres aged 41 living in Harscombe Bottom, Haresfield with his wife Hannah and children Peter aged 7, Samuel aged 5 and George aged 1 (see 1861 census).
2 April 1871 - He was a farmer of 7 acres aged 50 living in Haresfield with his wife Hannah F and children Samuel T aged 14, George F aged 11, and Alice aged 4 (see 1871 census).
Pre 3 April 1881 - He died.

Known child/children - Sarah, Hannah, Hester, Peter, Samuel T, George F and Alice.

SAMUEL PITT HESKINS (son of Thomas and Hannah Heskins).

26 June 1831 - He was baptised in Horsley parish church (see parish register).
6 June 1841 - Aged 8, he was living in Stonehouse St, Stonehouse with his aunt Catherine Fowler and his siblings Hannah, Catherine and Thomas (see 1841 census).
30 March 1851- He was a shop boy aged 19 living at 5 Manchester Terrace, Hampstead, London. He was living with a family called Humphries. Also living in the same house was a William Furley, also from Gloucestershire (see 1851 census).
7 May 1855 - He was a butcher aged 23 living in Temple, Bristol when he married Emma Maria Organ at Temple Parish Church (marriage certificate).
November 1855 - Their son Edwin George Samuel was born (see parish register).
20 January 1856 - He was a butcher from Bread St when their son Edwin George Samuel, aged 8 weeks, was baptised in St Philip and Jacob parish church, Bristol (see parish register).
10 May 1857 - Their son John Thomas was baptised in Holy Trinity parish church, Bristol (BVRI).
13 October 1859 - Their daughter Eliza Ann was born (see parish register).
7 April 1861 - He was a beer housekeeper and butcher aged 29 living at 28 Bread St, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol with his wife Emma, thier children Edwin, John and Eliza, his father-in-law George Organ and his brother-in-law Edwin Organ (see 1861 census).
March/April 1862 - Their son William Henry was born (see parish register).
4 May 1862 - He was a butcher from Bread St when their children William Henry, aged 1 month, and Eliza Ann, were baptised in St Philip and Jacob parish church, Bristol (see parish register).
1864 - He was a butcher at the Red Cow, Bread St, Bristol (street directory transcription).
15 Jul 1868 - He was adjudged bankrupt in the County Court of Gloucestershire at Bristol and was sentenced to prison (see The London Gazette dated 17 July 1868).
12 o’clock, noon, 31 July 1868 - “Samuel Heskins, of No. 3, Bread-street, Saint Philip’s, in the city of Bristol, Butcher and Beer retailer, now a Prisoner for Debt in the Gaol at Bristol, having been adjudged bamkrupt (in forma pauperis) by the Judge of the County Court of Gloucestershire, holden at Bristol on the 15th day of July, 1868, is hereby required to surrender himself to Edward Hartley and James Gibbs, Esqrs, the Registrars of the said Court, at the first meeting of creditors to be held before the said Registrars, on the 31st day of July instant, at twelve o’clock at noon precisely, at the Guildhall. Bristol. Edward Harley and James Gibbs, Esqrs, are the Official Assignees” (see The London Gazette dated 17 July 1868).
10 o’clock in the forenoon, 24 August 1868 - “Samuel Heskins, of No. 3, Bread-street, Saint Philip’s, in the city of Bristol, Butcher and Beer retailer, having been adjudged bamkrupt (in forma pauperis) by the Judge of the County Court of Gloucestershire, holden at Bristol on the 15th day of July, 1868, a public sitting, for the said bankrupt to pass his Last Examination, and make application for his Discharge, will be held at the said Court, at Bristol, on the 24th day of August instant, at ten o’clock in the forenoon precisely, the day last aforesaid being the day limited for the said bankrupt to surrender. Edward Harley and James Gibbs Esqrs., are the Offficial Asignees” (see The London Gazette dated 7 August 1868).
2 April 1871 - He was a butcher aged 40 living at 1 Grafton St, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol, with his wife Emma and children Edwin, John, Eliza, Henry and Catherine (see 1871 census).
30 March 1877 - He was living at Cottage Place, Freeston Rd, Bristol when his wife Ann died. He was present at her death (AH's death certificate).
4 November 1877 - He was a butcher, a widower and aged 46 living at 13 Challeston Square, Bristol when he married Ann Bayden formerly Tiley in St Mary Redcliffe Parish Church, Bristol (marriage certificate).
3 April 1881 - He was a butcher aged 49 living with his wife Ann and children John and Kitty at 2 Gloster Rd, Bristol. Laura Morgan (who later married John) was with them (see 1881 census).
1885 - He was a pork butcher at 2 Gloucester Rd (Bristol directory transcription).
5 April 1891 - He was a widower, aged 64 and a pork butcher, living at 2 Gloucester Rd, Bristol with his son John and daughters Kate and Florence (see 1891 census).
6 January 1892 - He died, aged 58, of pneumonia, nine days and exhaustion, at his home, 2 Gloucester Rd, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol (death certificate).
19 January 1892 - An advertisement was placed in The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post offering for sale the well-established pork butchers and bacon-curers busines including a large shop, slaughter house, outbuildings and a dwelling house located at 2 Gloucester Rd, Lawford’s Gate. Applications were to be made to the premises (see advertisement).

Known child/children (with wife Emma Maria) - Edwin Samuel George, John Thomas, Eliza Ann, William Henry, Samuel, Catherine and Florence.

EMMA MARIA HESKINS (NÉE ORGAN) (daughter of George and Ann Organ)

See also the ORGAN family history.
7 May 1855 - She was aged 21 and living in Temple, Bristol when she married Samuel Pitt Heskins in Temple Parish Church (marriage certificate).
29 April 1860 - She was present at the death of her mother Ann Organ in Bread St, Bristol (AO’s death certificate).
2 May 1860 - She was living in Unity St, Bristol, when she registered the death of her mother (AO’s death certificate).
7 April 1861 - Aged 24, she was living at 28 Bread St, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol with her husband Samuel, their children Edwin, John and Eliza, her father George Organ and her brother Edwin Organ (see 1861 census).
2 June 1865 - She registered the death of her son Samuel, who died on 28 May (SH's death certificate).
23 April 1870 - She was living at 1 Grafton St, Bristol when she registered the birth of her daughter Catherine (CH's birth certificate).
2 April 1871 - Aged 35, she was living at 1 Grafton St, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol, with her husband Samuel Pitt and children Edwin, John, Eliza, Henry and Catherine (see 1871 census).
30 March 1877 - She died, aged 40, of Phlhisis at her home in Cottage Place, Freeston Rd, Bristol (death certificate).

ANN HESKINS (FORMERLY BAYDEN) (NÉE TILEY/TILLEY) (daughter of William Tiley)

C 1829/30 - She was born at Bath Easton, Somerset.
6 June 1841 - Aged 10, she was living in White Hart Gardens, Batheaston with (her parents) William, an agricultural labourer aged 30 (rounded) and Martha aged 30 (rounded), and (her sisters) Jane aged 7, Emma aged 3, and Matilda aged 1. Three railway labourers were living with her and several more lived nearby (the railway from London to Bristol was nearing completion at this time) (see 1841 census).
30 March 1851 - She was a servant aged 20 working for Thomas and Rebecka Fisher and family at 13 Beaufort Buildings West, Walcot (see 1851 census).
9 November 1856 - She was aged 26 and living at the Bell Inn, Cathay, when she married Francis Bayden in St Mary Redcliff parish church, Bristol. She signed the register (marriage certificate).
7 April 1861 - Aged 31, she was living with her husband Francis Alfred at 26 Chatterton Square, St Mary Redcliff, Bristol (see 1861 census).
2 April 1871 - She was a laundress aged 40 living with her husband F (sic) and Thomas Hatch, a lodger, at 16 Chatterton Square, St Mar Redcliff, Bristol (see 1871 census).
9 September 1874 - She was present when her husband Francis died at their home, 16 Chatterton Square, Bristol (FB’s death certificate).
10 September 1874 - She was living at 10 Chatterton Square, Bristol when she registered the death of her husband Francis (FB’s death certificate).
4 November 1877 - She was a widow aged 47 living at 16 Challeston Square, Bristol when she married Samuel Pitt Heskins at St Mary Redcliffe Parish Church, Bristol (marriage certificate).
3 April 1881 - Aged 51, she was living at 2 Gloucester Rd, Bristol with her husband Samuel, her step-children John and Kitty and Laura Morgan (see 1881 census).
4/5 October 1890 - She fell down the stairs at her home (death certificate).
7 October 1890 - She died, aged about 60, at her home 2 Gloucester Rd, St Philip & Jacob, Bristol of compression of the brain caused by an accidental fall down stairs on the night of 4th instant (death certificate).
8 October 1890 - Henry S Wasbrough, Coroner for Bristol held an inquest into the causes of her death (death certificate).

ALFRED FRANCIS BAYDEN (son of James and Hannah Bayden)

September 1826 - He was baptised in Walcot parish church. His father was a porter living at Gays Buildings (info from Bev 7/12/06).
6 June 1841 - Aged 13, he was living in Lower Dover St, Walcot, with (his mother) Hannah aged 30 (rounded) and (his siblings) Emma aged 9, James aged 5 and Mary Ann aged 2 (see 1841 census).
30 March 1851 - He was a grocer’s porter aged 24 living at 4 Dover St, Walcot, with his widowed mother Hannah, a laundress aged 53, and his siblings Emma, a servant aged 21, James, an errand boy aged 16, and Mary Ann, an errand girl aged 13 (see 1851 census).
9 November 1856 - He was a porter aged 30 living at the Bell Inn, Cathay, when he married Ann Tiley in St Mary Redcliff parish church, Bristol. He signed the register (marriage certificate).
7 April 1861 - He was a porter in a provisions warehouse aged 34 living with his wife Ann at 26 Chatterton Square, St Mary Redcliff, Bristol (see 1861 census).
2 April 1871 - He was a warehouseman aged 44 living with his wife Ann and Thomas Hatch, a lodger, at 16 Chatterton Square, St Mar Redcliff, Bristol (see 1871 census).
9 September 1874 - He was a warehouseman aged 48 when he died of phthisis at (his home) 16 Chatterton Square, Bristol (death certificate).

GENERATION 6

EDWIN SAMUEL GEORGE HESKINS (son of Samuel Pitt and Emma Maria Heskins)

November 1855 - He was born (see parish register).
20 January 1856 - He was aged 8 weeks when he was baptised in St Philip and Jacob parish church, Bristol. He was shown as Edwin George Samuel (see parish register).
7 April 1861 - Aged 5, he was living at 28 Bread St, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol with his parents Samuel and Emma, his siblings John and Eliza, his grandfather George Organ and his uncle Edwin Organ (see 1861 census).
2 April 1871 - He was a scholar aged 14 living at 1 Grafton St, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol, with his parents and siblings John, Eliza, Henry and Catherine (see 1871 census).
16 May 1880 - He, along with his future wife, Sarah Ann Mudon, were witnesses to the wedding of his sister Eliza Ann Heskins and Thomas Melhuish Wilson in Temple parish church. He signed the register).
3 April 1881 - He was a pork butchers assistant, living as a boarder with Esther Clements, an 82 year-old widow, at 6 Farrs Yard, St Phillips, Bristol (see 1881 census).
28 May 1882 - He was aged 27, a bachelor and a packer living in St Silas, Bristol when he married Sarah Ann Mudon in St Silas' Church, St Silas (marriage certificate).
24 July 1883 - He was a witness to the wedding of his brother John Thomas to Laura Morgan in Temple parish church. He signed the register (see parish register & JTH/LM's marriage certificate).
30 June 1884 - He was a packer in a provision warehouse when his wife registered the birth of their daughter Emma (EH's birth certificate).
5 April 1891 - He was a general labourer aged 34, living at 13 Union Rd (a grocer's shop), St Philip and Jacob Out, Bristol, with his wife Sarah and children Emma, Edith A and Lewis (see 1891 census).
20 December 1891 - He was present at the death of his Uncle Edwin Farr at Cornwall House, Stapleton Rd, Bristol (EF's death certificate).
22 December 1891 - He was living at 13 Union Rd, St Philip's Out, Bristol when he registered the death of Edwin Farr (EF's death certificate).
1901 – He was a general dealer living at 13 Union Rd, St Philip’s, Bristol (1901 Bristol directory information from Barbara Robinson 9/4/02).
31 March 1901 - He was a labourer in a provisions warehouse aged 43 living at 13 Union Rd, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol, with his wife Sarah and their children Emma, Edith and Edwin (see 1901 census).
12 May 1907 - He was a builder when his daughter Edith Ann married Thomas Oswell Parry (EAH/TOP's marriage certificate).
7 March 1909 - He was a butcher when his daughter Emma married Henry William Hudson (HWH/EH's marriage certificate).
29 December 1910 - He was a witness to the marriage of Elsie Mudon and Frederick Augustus Hitchings in Nailsea parish church (FAH/EM's marriage certificate).
2 April 1911 - Aged 54, he was living in Bristol (Official 1911 census web-site).
13 January 1918 - He died at 61 Oxford St, Bristol, aged 62 years, on of villous carcinoma of the bladder (death certificate).
He was buried in grave number 326 Green B of Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol. His wife Sarah Ann, his daughter Emma Hudson and her husband Henry William Hudson were buried later in the same grave (e-mail from Linda Britton, Bristol City Council 15 February 2005).

Extracts from the will of Edwin Samuel George Heskins, retired provision merchant's warehouseman of 61 Oxford St, The Dings, St Phillip's, Bristol dated 1918 are as follows: -

He appointed his wife, Sarah Ann Heskins and Charles Henry Blackwell, a solicitor, as his executors.

To his daughter Edith Ann Parry, wife of Oswell Thomas Parry, of 172 Nantygarrow Rd, Caerphilly, Glamorgan, he left the freehold dwellings of 6 and 7 William St, Sussex St, St Phillips, Bristol.

To his son, Edwin Lewis Heskins of Eden Cottage, Brook Rd, Fishponds, Bristol, he left the freehold dwelling houses of 8 William St and 11 Barton Vale, St Phillips.

To his daughter, Emma Hudson, wife of Henry Hudson, of 5 Ayers Buildings, Commercial Rd, Redcliffe, Bristol, he left the freehold dwellings of 9 and 10 Barton Vale, St Phillips.

To his wife, Sarah Ann Heskins, he left the freehold dwelling houses of 61 Oxford St and 15 Queen Victoria St, Kingsland Rd, St Phillips plus furniture, personal estate and a number of other houses.

Known child/children - Emma, Edith Ann and Edwin Lewis.

Edwin Samuel George Heskins

Photograph provided by Betty Mason

Edwin Samuel George Heskins and family

Photograph provided by Betty Mason

SARAH ANN HESKINS (NÉE MUDON) (daughter of James and Mary Ann Mudon)

See also the Mudon family history.
28 May 1882 - She married Edwin Samuel George Heskins in St Silas' Church, St Silas, Bristol (marriage certificate).
She was a dressmaker and modelled wedding gowns etc for Jolly's of Bath.
24 July 1883 - She was a witness to the wedding of her brother-in-law John Thomas Heskins to Laura Morgan in Temple parish church. She signed the register (see parish register & JTH/LM's marriage certificate).
5 April 1891 - She was a shopkeeper aged 32 living at 13 Union Rd (a grocer's shop), St Philip and Jacob Out, Bristol with her husband and children Emma, Edith A and Lewis (see 1891 census).
31 March 1901 - She was a self-employed general shopkeeper aged 40 living at 13 Union Road, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol, with her husband Edwin and their children Emma, Edith and Edwin (see 1901 census).
2 April 1911 - Aged 52, she was living in Bristol (Official 1911 census web-site).
9 October 1912 - She notified the registrar of the death of her brother John (JH's death certificate).
10 September 1913 - She was present at the death of her father James Mudon (JM's death certificate).
11 September 1913 - She notified the registrar of the death of her father (JM's death certificate).
14 March 1916 - She was present at the birth of her grandson Percival James Hudson at 5 Ayres Buildings, Commercial Rd, Bristol (PJH's birth certificate).
5 April 1916 - She registered the birth of her grandson Percival James Hudson (PJH's birth certificate).
15 March 1940 - She was living at 15 Queen Victoria St, St Phillips, Bristol, when she notified the registrar of the death of her sister-in-law Florence Heskins (FH's death certificate).
6 January 1944 - She died at home. She died intestate and her son Edwin Lewis Heskins was granted letters of administration. Her estate amounted to £555 11s 6d (£329 2s 0d nett). Estate duty amounted to £10 12s 1d.
She was buried in grave number 326 Green B of Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol. Her husband, her daughter Emma Hudson and her daughter's husband Henry William Hudson were buried in the same grave (e-mail from Linda Britton, Bristol City Council 15 February 2005).

Sarah Ann Heskins (née Mudon)

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JOHN THOMAS HESKINS (son of Samuel Pitt and Emma Maria Heskins)

10 May 1857 - He was baptised at Holy Trinity Church, Bristol.
7 April 1861 - Aged 4, he was living at 28 Bread St, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol with his parents Samuel and Emma, his siblings Edwin and Eliza, his grandfather George Organ and his uncle Edwin Organ (see 1861 census).
2 April 1871 - He was a scholar aged 13 living at 1 Grafton St, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol, with his parents and siblings Edwin, Eliza, Henry and Catherine (see 1871 census).
4 November 1877 - He was a witness to the marriage of his father Samuel Pitt Heskins to Ann Bayden in St Mary Redcliffe parish church, Bristol (SPH/AB's marriage certificate).
3 April 1881 - Aged 23, he was a butcher living at 2 Gloster Rd, Bristol with his father, his step-mother, his sister Kitty and (his future wife) Laura Morgan (see 1881 census).
24 July 1883 - He was a butcher aged 23 living in Temple, Bristol when he married Laura Morgan in Temple Parish Church, Bristol. He signed the register. His brother Edwin Samuel George and sister-in-law Sarah Ann were the witnesses (see parish register & marriage certificate).
31 August 1887 - He was a butcher living at 2 Gloucester Rd, Bristol, when his wife Laura died (LH's death certificate).
5 April 1891 - He was a widower aged 33 and a pork butcher, living at 2 Gloucester Street, Bristol with his father Samuel and sisters Kate and Florence (see 1891 census).
1901 – He was living at 63 Twinnell Rd, Stapleton, Bristol (1901 Bristol directory information from Barbara Robinson 9/4/02).
31 March 1901- He was a butcher and a widower aged 44 living with his sisters Catherine and Florence at 63 Twinnell Rd, Bristol (see 1901 census).
18 February 1906 - He died aged 48 of pneumonia in the Bristol Lunatic Asylum (death certificate).
He left £700 to his daughter Florence Amelia and £400 to his cousin Annie Maria Sparrow, who had cared for Florence Amelia as she grew up. He left £150 to Edwin Samuel George Heskins.

Known child/children - Florence Amelia and Samuel John (his death aged 0 was registered in Barton Regis during the June quarter of 1887).

LAURA HESKINS (NÉE MORGAN) (daughter of William and Harriet Morgan)

C 1858/59 - She was born in Trevethin, Pontypool, Monmouthshire (see 1871 census).
2 April 1871 - She was a scholar aged 12 living with her parents William, a shoemaker aged 60 (?), and Harriet aged 56, and her nephew Henry aged 5, in Trevethin, Pontypool (see 1871 census).
3 April 1881 - She was a domestic servant aged 21 staying with the Heskins family at 2 Gloster Rd, Bristol (see 1881 census).
24 July 1883 - She was aged 22 and living in Temple when she married John Thomas Heskins in Temple Parish Church, Bristol. She signed the register. Her father was a shoemaker (see parish register & marriage certificate).
31 August 1887 - She died, aged 29, of "Phthsis Some months Exhaustion" at 2 Gloucester Rd, Bristol (death certificate).

ELIZA ANN WILSON (NÉE HESKINS) (daughter of Edwin Samuel George and Sarah Ann Heskins)

13 October 1859 - She was born (see parish register).
7 April 1861 - Aged 1, she was living at 28 Bread St, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol with her parents Samuel and Emma, her siblings Edwin and John, her grandfather George Organ and her uncle Edwin Organ (see 1861 census).
4 May 1862 - She was baptised in St Philip and Jacob parish church, Bristol, along with her younger brother William Henry (see parish register).
2 April 1871 - She was a scholar aged 11 living at 1 Grafton St, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol, with her parents and siblings Edwin, John, Henry and Catherine (see 1871 census).
16 May 1880 - Aged 20 and living in Temple, she married Thomas Melhuish Wilson in Temple parish church. She made her mark in the register (marriage certificate).
3 April 1881 - She was a visitor aged 23 with her husband Thomas in the household of Thomas Spicer at 14 Treharne St, Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan (see 1881 census).
24 October 1889 - She died aged 29 at 4 Brick Fronts, Union Rd, Bristol, of parturition and metro peritonitis (i.e. she died in or as a result of childbirth) (death certificate).

THOMAS MELHUISH WILSON (son of Thomas and Harriet Wilson)

C 1854/55 - He was born in Bradninch, Devon (see 1861 census).
7 April 1861 - Aged 6, he was living with his parents Thomas, a paper maker aged 26, and Harriet, a paper sorter aged 25, his sister Elizabeth aged 2, and his grandparents Elizabeth and William Wilson, in Hele Square, Bradninch, Devon (see 1861 census).
2 April 1871 - Aged 16, he was living with his parents Thomas, a paper maker aged 36, and Harriet aged 35, and his siblings Elizabeth May aged 12, Harriet Melhuish aged 9, Lucy aged 5, and William Harry aged 1, in Crigglestone, Yorkshire (see 1871 census).
16 May 1880 - He was a paper maker aged 23 living in Temple, Bristol when he married Eliza Ann Heskins in Temple Parish Church. He signed the register (marriage certificate).
3 April 1881 - He was a coal miner and visitor aged 25 with his wife Eliza Ann in the household of Thomas Spicer at 14 Treharne St, Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan (see 1881 census).
C 1881 - Their son Thomas M was born in Pershore (see 1891 census).
C 1882/83 - Their daughter Harriet was born in Cridgatow (?), Somerset (see 1891 census).
24 October 1889 - He was present at the death of his wife Eliza Ann at their home at 4 Brick Fronts, Union Rd, Bristol (EAW's death certificate).
25 October 1889 - He was a journeyman paper maker living at 4 Brick Fronts, Union Rd, Bristol, when he registered the death of his wife Eliza Ann (EAW's death certificate).
5 April 1891 - He was a paper finisher and a widower aged 36 living at 3 Taylor's Buildings, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol with his children Thomas M, aged 10 and Harriet, aged 8 (see 1891 census).
29 May 1898 - He was a labourer and a widower aged 42 living at 1 Gas Lane, St Silas, Bristol when he married Eliza Amelia Wilson (née Longden) in St Silas’ parish church, Bristol (marriage certificate).
31 March 1901 - He was a general labourer aged 44 living at 16 Aberdare St, St Silas, Bristol, with his wife Eliza and his children Thomas aged 18, a labourer in a paper mill, Harriet aged 17, William aged 10, John aged 8, Eliza aged 5, Alice aged 3, and Annie aged 1 (see 1901 census).
2 April 1911 - A Thomas Wilson aged 55 was living in Bristol (Official 1911 census web-site).

Known child/children - Thomas M, Harriet, William, John, Eliza, Alice and Annie.

ELIZA AMELIA WILSON (formerly WILSON) NÉE LONGDEN (daughter of William Longden)

C 1870/71 - She was born (based on age at marriage).
? - She married (?) Wilson.
29 May 1898 - She was a widow aged 27 living at 18 Waterloo Square, St Silas, Bristol when she married Thomas Melhuish Wilson in St Silas’ parish church, Bristol (marriage certificate).
2 April 1911 - An Eliza Wilson aged 40 was living in Bristol (Official 1911 census web-site).

(?) WILSON

? - He married Eliza Amelia Longden.
Pre 29 May 1898 - He died.

WILLIAM HENRY HESKINS (son of Samuel Pitt and Emma Maria Heskins)

March/April 1862 - He was born (see parish register).
4 May 1862 - He was baptised in St Philip and Jacob parish church, Bristol along with his sister Eliza Ann (see parish register).
2 April 1871 - He was a scholar aged 7 living at 1 Grafton St, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol, with his parents and siblings Edwin, John, Eliza, and Catherine (see 1871 census).
Late Saturday night 20 October 1883 - He was found drunk and making a disturbance along with George Fisher and John Bennett in Minchinhampton by PC Thomas. They refused to go away and PC Thomas was assaulted and the three men escaped (see The Bristol Mercury and Post Saturday 27 October 1883).
Thursday 25 October 1883 - He, along with George Fisher and John Bennett, appeared in court at the Nailsworth Petty Sessions charged with assaulting PC Thomas the previous Saturday. Having offered no defence, he was found guilty of assault and was committed for three months whilst Fisher and Bennett, who had claimed merely to be onlookers, were fined (see The Bristol Mercury and Post Saturday 27 October 1883).
5 April 1891 - He was an inmate and a lunatic aged 30 living in Bristol workhouse (see 1891 census).
Saturday 24 September 1892 - He was from Bristol when he appeared at Warminster police court charged that on 8 September he stole a pair of trucks valued at 30/-, the property of Edward Pike of Heytesbury. He had been “on the tramp” with an old dilapidated pair of trucks and when passing through Heytesbury had seen the prosecutor’s trucks, which were more valuable than his own, beside the road, and had made an exchange without first consulting Mr Pike on the matter. Information was at once given to the police and the prisoner was traced to Thornbury where he was apprehended on Thursday by the Bristol police. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 14 days imprisonment (see The Bristol Mercury Monday 26 September 1892).
31 March 1901 - He was an inmate and a general labourer aged 39 living in Bristol Workhouse (see 1901 census).
2 April 1911 - A William Haskins aged 49 was living in Bristol (Official 1911 census web-site).
16 July 1933 - He was a general labourer from 4 Ridgway Road, Fishponds, Bristol when he died aged 72 in Bristol Mental Hospital from chronic interstitial nephritis and aortic incompetence (death certificate).
18 July 1933 - His sister F Heskins of 4 Ridgway Road, Fishponds, Bristol notified the Registrar (death certificate).

SAMUEL HESKINS (son of Samuel Pitt and Emma Maria Heskins)

15 February 1865 - He was born in Bread St, Bristol (birth certificate).
28 May 1865- He died aged 3 months, of atrophy at Bread St, Bristol (death certificate).

CATHERINE HESKINS (daughter of Samuel Pitt and Emma Maria Heskins)

21 March 1870 - She was born at 1 Grafton St, Bristol (birth certificate).
2 April 1871 - Aged 1, she was living at 1 Grafton St, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol, with her parents and siblings Edwin, John, Eliza, and Henry (see 1871 census).
3 April 1881 - Known as Kitty, she was aged 12 and living with her father, her stepmother Ann, her brother John and his future wife Laura Morgan at 2 Gloster Rd, Bristol (see 1881 census).
5 April 1891 - Known as Kate, she was aged 18 and living at 2 Gloucester Road, Bristol with her father Samuel, her brother John and sister Florence (see 1891 census).
31 March 1901- She was unmarried, aged 30 and living with her siblings John and Florence at 63 Twinnell Rd, Bristol (see 1901 census).
2 April 1911 - Aged 40, she was living in Bristol (Official 1911 census web-site).
She never married but lived with her sister Florence at 4 Ridgeway Rd, Fishponds, Bristol.
3 August 1937 - She died at home of a cerebral haemorrhage (death certificate).
In her will, she left nearly £200 to Florence and Edward Herbert Atchley, a solicitor.

FLORENCE HESKINS (daughter of Samuel Pitt and Emma Maria Heskins)

11 November 1872 - She was born at 1 Grafton St, Bristol (birth certificate).
3 April 1881 - She was visiting her uncle and aunt (Edwin and Catherine Sparrow) at 33 Sun St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (see 1881 census).
5 April 1891 - Aged 17, she was living at 2 Gloucester Road, Bristol with her father Samuel, brother John and sister Kate (see 1891 census).
31 March 1901- She was unmarried, aged 28 and living with her siblings John and Catherine at 63 Twinnell Rd, Bristol (see 1901 census).
2 April 1911 - Aged 38, she was living in Bristol (Official 1911 census web-site).
Florence never married. She lived with her sister Catherine at 4 Ridgeway Rd, Fishponds, Bristol.
1923 - She was living at 4 Ridgeway Rd, Fishponds (Kelly's 1930 Directory info from Ann Parfitt 13/9/03).
1930 - She was living at 4 Ridgeway Rd, Fishponds (Kelly's 1930 Directory info from Reg Harris 13/9/03).
18 July 1933 - She was living at 4 Ridgway, Fishponds, Bristol when she registered the death of her brother William Henry (WHH’s death certificate).
15 March 1940 - She died at 100 Fishponds Rd, Stapleton, Bristol of (1) myocardial degeneration and (2) arteris sclerosis (death certificate).
In her will she left just over £200 to Edward Herbert Atchley, a solicitor.

Florence Heskins

Photograph provided by Wendy Manning

FLORENCE AMELIA HESKINS (daughter of John Thomas and Laura Heskins)

C 1885 - She was born.
Her mother died when she was 4 and her father's cousin, Annie Maria Sparrow became her guardian until she reached the age of 21. After her mother died, she went from one relation to another. Whilst playing she fell down some steps and damaged her back. The children she was playing with didn't say that she had fallen and the adults thought she was crying for her mother. She grew to about 4'10" - 5' 0" tall and with an increasing hump on her back as she grew older. (See photograph). She never married. She died in a house fire in Cheltenham, aged 95, in early 1980 (see extract from newspaper). (Information from Wendy Manning 11/8/00).

12 May 1907 - She was a witness to the wedding of Thomas Oswell Parry and Edith Ann Heskins in the parish church of St Silas, Bristol (TOP/EAH's marriage certificate).

SAMUEL JOHN HESKINS (son of John Thomas and Laura Heskins)

July 1886 - He was born and died shortly thereafter.

GENERATION 7

EMMA HUDSON (NÉE HESKINS) (daughter of Edwin Samuel George and Sarah Ann Heskins)

30 May 1884 - She was born at 28 St Silas' Place, St Phillip's, Bristol (birth certificate).
5 April 1891 - Aged 6, she was living at 13 Union Rd, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol with her parents and siblings (see 1891 census).
31 March 1901 - She was a cigar sorter aged 17 living at 13 Union Road, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol, with her parents and two siblings (see 1901 census).
7 March 1909 - She was a spinster aged 24 living at 2 Altringham Rd, Bristol when she married Henry William Hudson in the parish church of St George, Bristol. Her brother, Edwin Lewis Heskins was one of the witnesses (marriage certificate).
2 April 1911 - Aged 26, she was living in Stroud (Official 1911 census web-site).
5 February 1912 - She was living at 38 Warden Rd, Bedminster when she registered the birth of their son Leslie William George (LWGH's birth certificate).

Henry & Emma Hudson with their children Millicent & Leslie

Photograph provided by James R Hudson

6 March 1915 - She was living at 5 Ayre's Buildings, Commercial Rd, Bristol when she registered the birth of their daughter Millicent Evelyn Beatty (MEBH's birth certificate).
29 October 1917 - She was living with her husband Henry at 5 Ayers Buildings, Commercial Rd, Bristol (ESGH's will).
19 December 1934 - She was a witness to the wedding of her niece Marjorie Louise Heskins (daughter of Edwin Lewis Heskins) to Henry Ernest Roe in the Parish Church of St Paul, Bedminster, Bristol. At the time she was living with her husband in Merrywood Rd, Bedminster. Henry Ernest and Marjorie Louise Roe lodged with them for a while (info from Wendy Manning 11/8/00).
20 December 1967 - She was a widow when she died aged 83 of influenza and senility at 2 Whitefields, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire (death certificate).
21 December 1967 - Her son, L W G Hudson, of Derry Hill Vicarage, near Calne, Wiltshire, advised the registrar (death certificate).
She was buried in grave number 326 Green B of Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol. Her parents and her husband Henry William Hudson were buried in the same grave (e-mail from Linda Britton, Bristol City Council 15 February 2005).

HENRY WILLIAM HUDSON (son of William Hudson)

18 January 1884 - He was born at 1 Princess Terrace, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol (birth certificate).
18 February 1884 - His mother was living at 1 Princess Terrace, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol, when she registered his birth. She signed the register. His father was a journeyman hatter (birth certificate).
5 April 1891 - He was a scholar aged 7 living at 5 Kingstanley St, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol, with his parents and siblings Florence M, Thomas G and Martha (see 1891 census).
31 March 1901 - He was a blacksmith aged 18 living with his parents at 22 Regent Terrace, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol (see 1901 census).
7 March 1909 - He was a fitter aged 25 living at 224 Church Rd, Bristol when he married Emma Heskins in the parish church of St George, Bristol. His father was deceased (marriage certificate).
2 April 1911 - Aged 27, he was living in Stroud (Official 1911 census web-site).
29 December 1911 - He was a journeyman blacksmith when their son Leslie William George was born at 38 Warden Rd, Bedminster (LWGH's birth certificate).
26 January 1915 - He was a blacksmith when their daughter Millicent Evelyn Beatty was born (MEBH's birth certificate).
14 March 1916 - He was a private in the 4th Battalion, Gloucester Regiment when their son Percival James was born at 5 Ayre's Buildings, New Cut (PJH's birth certificate).
He was a mechanical engineer (EM's death certificate).
15 December 1954 - He was a retired fitter in and engineering works when he died aged 70 at Iona, High St, Wickwar of a cerebral haemorrhage, cardio vascular degeneration and hypertension (death certificate).
17 December 1954 - His son P J Hudson, of 98 Kingshill Rd, Bristol 4, advised the registrar (death certificate).
He was buried in grave number 326 Green B of Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol. His wife Emma and her parents were buried in the same grave (e-mail from Linda Britton, Bristol City Council 15 February 2005).

Known child/children - Leslie William George, Millicent Evelyn Beatty and Percival James.

EDITH ANN PARRY (NÉE HESKINS) (daughter of Edwin Samuel George and Sarah Ann Heskins)

27 February 1886 - She was born in St Phillips, Bristol (birth certificate).
5 April 1891 - Aged 5, she was living at 13 Union Rd, St Philip and Jacob Out, Bristol, with her parents and siblings (see 1891 census).
31 March 1901 - She was an apprentice dressmaker aged 15 living with her parents and two siblings at 13 Union Road, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol (see 1901 census).
12 May 1907 - She was a dressmaker living in Oxford St, Bristol when she married Thomas Oswell Parry at St Silas' Church, Bristol (marriage certificate).
See also the Parry family history.

THOMAS OSWELL PARRY (son of Jenkin and Elizabeth Parry)

See PARRY family history.

EDWIN LEWIS HESKINS (son of Edwin and Sarah Ann Heskins)

19 February 1888 - He was born at 28 St Silas' Place, Bristol (birth certificate).
5 April 1891 - Aged 4, he was living at 13 Union Rd, St Philip and Jacob Out, Bristol, with his parents and siblings (see 1891 census).
31 March 1901 - Aged 15, he was living with his parents and two siblings at 13 Union Road, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol (see 1901 census).
7 March 1909 - He was a witness to the wedding of his sister Emma and Henry William Hudson in the parish church of St George, Bristol (HWH/EH's marriage certificate). 25 December 1909 - He married Louisa Bella Honor (info from Wendy Manning 11 August 2000).
17 December 1911 - His daughter Louisa was born at 9 Clive St, Caerphilly, Glamorgan (LH's birth certificate).
18 December 1911 - He was a railway porter living at 9 Clive St, Caerphilly when he registered the birth of his daughter Louisa was born (LH's birth certificate).
1914-18 War - He had injured his leg playing football so he did not serve in WW1. He worked for W D & H O Wills (the cigarette manufacturers) (info from Wendy Manning 11/8/00).
13 January 1918 - He was present at the death of his father at 61 Oxford St, Bristol (ESGH's death certificate).
14 January 1918 - He advised the registrar of the death of his father (ESGH's death certificate).
16 September 1929 - He was of full age, a widower and an engineer mechanic of 35 Brook Road, Fishponds when he married Valinda Millicent Annie Court, at St Mary's Church, Fishponds, Bristol (info from Janet Heskins 4/9/00).
1930 - He was living at 35 Brook Rd, Fishponds (1930 Kell's Directory info from Reg Harris 13/9/03).
19 December 1934 - He was a witness to the wedding of his daughter Marjorie Louise Heskins to Henry Ernest Rowe in the Parish Church of St Paul, Bedminster, Bristol.
He kept a petshop, Bowrings Stores, in Gloucester Rd, Bristol (info from Wendy Manning 11/8/00). (See photograph of the shop).
February 1944 - he was living at 360 Gloucester Rd, Bishopston, Bristol. Letters of administration were granted for him to settle the estate of his mother, Sarah Ann, who had died intestate.
19 April 1952 - He died, aged 64, in Southmead Hospital, Bristol, of cerebral haemorrhage and acute myetoid leukaemia (death certificate).
6 October 1952 - Probate was granted to his widow, Millicent. Lewis' address, as shown on the letter of administration was 360 Gloucester Rd, Horfield, Bristol. His estate was valued at over £4000 (info from Janet Heskins 4 September 2000).

Known child/children - (with Louisa Bella) Marjorie Louise.

360 Gloucester Rd, Bishopston, Bristol

Photograph provided by Betty Mason

 

LOUISA BELLA HESKINS (NÉE HONOR) (daughter of John Thomas and Ann Eliza Honor)

23 November 1889 - She was born in St Gabriels School House, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol. Her father was an army pensioner and the caretaker of St Gabriel's School (birth certificate).
1 January 1890 - Her mother, Ann Eliza Honor, late Harley, formerly Parker, of St Gabriel's School House, registered her birth (birth certificate).
5 April 1891 - Aged 1, she was living at St Gabriel's School House, St Philip and Jacob, Bristol, with her parents and brother Thomas. Her father was an army pensioner and school caretaker (see 1891 census).
31 March 1901 - Aged 11, she was living in St Gabriel's Rd, St Gabriel, Bristol with her parents and siblings John T, William H and Edwin J. Her father, born in Ireland, was a school caretaker and a pensioner (see 1901 census).
25 December 1909 - She married Edwin Lewis Heskins (info from Wendy Manning 11 August 2000).
24 June 1928 - She died of a growth in the bowel (info from Wendy Manning 11 August 2000).

VELINDA HESKINS (NÉE COURT) (daughter of Henry Newton Court)

28 September 1899 - She was born in St George, Long Ashton, Somerset (birth certificate). NB The 1901 census shows that she was born in Pill (see 1901 census).
2 November 1899 - Her mother was living in St George when she registered her birth. Her father was a general labourer (birth certificate).
31 March 1901 - She was a boarder aged 1 living with George and Jane Parker, and George Haynes, a boarder, in Hewish, Puxton (see 1901 census).
16 September 1929 - She was a spinster of full age, a district nurse, living at 59 New Station Road, Fishponds, and the daughter of Henry Newton Court, a farmer, when she married Edwin Lewis Heskins in St Mary's Church, Fishponds, Bristol (info from Janet Heskins 4 September 2000).
4 September 1975 - She died (info from Janet Heskins 4/9/00).
6 November 1975 - Probate was granted in Bristol. Her last address was 710 Fishponds Rd, Fishponds, Bristol. Her estate was valued at over £9000. (info from Janet Heskins 4/9/00).

OTHER HESKINS FAMILY INFORMATION

6 December 1755 - John Heskins, a weaver, married Hannah Horwood in Horsley parish church. Francis Heskins was a witness (see parish register).

28 September 1774 - Jonathan Coles, a weaver, married Elizabeth Heskins in Horsley parish church (see parish register).

8 July 1775 - John Harbutt, a weaver, married Ann Heskins in Horsley parish church (see parish register).

23 June 1776 - William Pavey, a labourer, married Jane Heskins in Horsley parish church (see parish register).

29 October 1777 - William Heskins, a scribbler, married Elizabeth Chapman in Horsley parish church. The witnesses were John Harbutt and Jonathan Cole (see parish register).

12 November 1792 - Joseph Roberts married Mary Heskins in Horsley parish church (IGI).

26 March 1800 - Abraham Flint, from Ashford, Kent, married Hannah Heskins in Horsley parish church. Sophia Francis was a witness (see parish register).

13 April 1801 - John Heskins married Sarah Orchard in Horsley parish church. Samuel Heskins was a witness (see parish register).

30 July 1802 - On which day appeared personally John HESKINS of the parish of Horsley in the county and diocese of Gloucester, Clothier, and being sworn on the Holy Evangelists made oath that he is of the age of twenty three years and upwards and a bachelor and that he intends to marry with Sophia FRANCIS of the parish of Horsley, spinster, aged eighteen years ……………………………. ( Next part left blank) he prayed a licence to solemnize the said marriage in the parish church of Horsley …… (Next part summarised: Sophia has her usual abode four weeks past.)

(Signed)John HESKINS

At the same time appeared personally Mary FRANCIS and being sworn on the Holy Evangelists alleged and made oath that she is the natural and lawful mother of the said Sophia FRANCIS and she is consenting to the intended marriage between her and the said John HESKINS.

Licence passed as prayed.

(Signed Mary FRANCIS)

Chas Palmer Sen.

12 August 1802 - John Heskins married Sophia Francis in Horsley parish church. John Heskins senior was a witness (see parish register).

25 October 1802 - Samuel Heskins married Margaret Castleman Powell in Horsley parish church. John Heskins was a witness (see parish register).

8 May 1803 - John Heskins married Hannah Heskins in Horsley parish church. The witnesses were Francis and Simon Heskins (see parish register).

24 July 1805 - "On which day appeared personally Edward BARNARD of the parish of Avening in the County and Diocese of Gloucester Clothier and being sworn on the holy evangelists alleged and made oath that he is of the age of twenty one years and upwards and a bachelor and that he intends to marry with Sarah HESKINS of the parish of Horsley an the county and diocese of Gloucester, spinster, aged twenty two years and upwards and he knoweth ………………. (this part was blank)

He prayed a licence to solemnize the said marriage in the parish church of Horsley aforesaid in which said parish of Horsely the said Edward Barnard further made oath thatb the said Sarah HESKINS hath her usual abode for the space of four weeks last past.

Pass as prayed

Ths. Rudge

(Signed) Edward BARNARD (marriage licence info from Janet Heskins 9/10/05).

30 July 1805 - Edward Barnard married Sarah Heskins in Horlsey parish church (IGI).

22 August 1806 - John Heskins, gentleman, was appointed lieutenant in the Corps of United Tetbury and Horsley Volunteer Infantry. Rent (?) only to be used when the regiment was called into actual service (info from Wendy Manning 11/8/00).

28 January 1808 - Thomas Clark married Hester Heskins in Horsley parish church. Thomas Heskins was a witness (see parish register).

5 June 1810 - Benjamin Wilkins married Elizabeth Heskins in Horsley parish church (IGI).

1813 - Thomas Heskins was excluded from membership of the Shortwood Baptist Church since he belonged to the Gloucester Militia (register of members information from Wendy Manning 11/8/00).

1 October 1815 - Charles Heskins married Hannah Stephens in Horsley parish church. John Clayfield was a witness (see parish register).

21 February 1817 - John Brown married Sarah Heskins in Horsley parish church. Margaret Heskins was a witness (see parish register).

1 February 1818 - Margaret Heskins aged 20 was buried at Shortwood Baptist Church (info from Janet Heskins 8/9/05).

9 August 1818 - Elizabeth Heskins aged 14 was buried at Shortwood Baptist Church (info from Janet Heskins 8/9/05).

4 May 1819 - John Heskins' infant was buried at Shortwood Baptist Church (info from Janet Heskins 8/9/05).

10 April 1823 - John Dauncey married Ann Heskins in Horsley parish church. The witnesses were Mary and Martha (?) Heskins (see parish register).

5 April 1824 - John Milsom of Minchinhampton married Mary Heskins in Horsley parish church. The witnesses were Elizabeth and John Heskins (see parish register).

7 May 1829 - Francis Heskins aged 22 was buried at Shortwood Baptist Church (info from Janet Heskins 8/9/05).

11 January 1832 - Solomon Smith married Elizabeth Heskins in Horsley parish church (see parish register).

27 December 1835 - Joseph Heskins aged 66 was buried at Shortwood Baptist Church (info from Janet Heskins 8/9/05).

12 February 1838 – Thomas Heskins’ female child aged 3 was buried at Shortwood Baptist Church (info from Janet Heskins 8/9/05).

24 October 1838 - John Heskins had been a deacon when he was buried aged 59 at Shortwood Baptist Church (info from Janet Heskins 8/9/05).

2 July 1848 - Sarah Heskins, a widow aged 65, was buried at Shortwood Baptist Church (info from Janet Heskins 8/9/05).

20 November 1848 - Sarah Heskins aged 67 was buried at Shortwood Baptist Church (info from Janet Heskins 8/9/05).

4 July 1850 - John Heskins aged 74 was buried at Shortwood Baptist Church (info from Janet Heskins 8/9/05).

30 March 1851 - Charles Heskins, a butcher aged 60, was living in Horsley with his wife Hannah aged 55. Charles was born in Horsley and Hannah in Plymouth (see 1851 census).

20 January 1853 - Susannah Heskins aged 20 was buried at Shortwood Baptist Church (info from Janet Heskins 8/9/05).

5 February 1854 - John Heskins aged 78 was buried at Shortwood Baptist Church (info from Janet Heskins 8/9/05).

23 January 1857 - Hannah Heskins aged 76 was buried at Shortwood Baptist Church (info from Janet Heskins 8/9/05).

9 May 1857 - Sophia Heskins was a member of Shortwood Baptist Chapel when she was buried at Shortwood aged 73 (info from Janet Heskins 8/9/05).

4 October 1870 - Charles Heskins aged 78 was buried at Shortwood Baptist Church (info from Janet Heskins 8/9/05).

10 November 1879 - Thomas Heskins aged 64 was buried at Shortwood Baptist Church (info from Janet Heskins 8/9/05).

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