John Newth

c1797-1858

John was baptised on the 4^th June 1797, in Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, the son of John and Elizabeth Newth, (nee Jackson) who were married on the 10^th January 1791, in Wootton Bassett.

John and Elizabeth also had the following children baptised in Wootton Bassett:

Sarah, 26^th January 1794

Robert, 23^rd February 1800

Jemima, 19^th June 1803

Mark, 20^th April 1806

William, 6^th December 1807

George. 16^th May 1813    (dad recorded as a Labourer)

John married Susannah Barrett on the 23^rd October 1820, at St James with St Stephen, Trowbridge, Wiltshire.

(Susannah Barrat was baptised on the 8^th August 1802, in Hilperton, near Trowbridge, Wiltshire, the daughter of James and Ann Barrett (nee Longstreet) who were married on the 24^th December 1801, at St James, Trowbridge).

John and Susanna had the following three sons:

William, baptised 17^th February 1822, in Hilperton (abode: Hilperton, father a bargeman) (died aged 9 years 10 months, buried 11^th December 1831, in Hilperton).

Richard, baptised 14^th August 1824, in Hilperton (abode: Staverton, Trowbridge, father a Bargeman)

John, baptised 25^th December 1827, in Hilperton (abode: Staverton, father a Bargeman)

The 1841 census records Susannah (35) as a Weaver, living in Hilperton, with her sons, Richard (15), a Carpenter’s Apprentice and John (13). (No records found for John in the 1841 or 1851 census).

By 1858 John and Sarah were living in Newbury, Berkshire.

John died aged 61, in 1858, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 4^th August.

Susannah after John’s death:

In 1861 Susannah (57) was recorded as a Nurse, living at 5, King John’s Almshouses, Newbury, Berkshire, with Mary Church (75) and Ann Church (82).

The 1871 census also records Susannah (66) as a Nurse. She was living at 8 Staple’s Yard, Newbury with two lodgers, George Fisher (26) and Edwin Trodd (20)

In 1881 Susanna (78), was living in Northbrook Place, Newbury. Also recorded in the household was a lodger, an Ann Brides (50), a Dressmaker. (Surname recorded as Nuth on ancestry)

Susannah Newth died aged 80, on the 24^th September 1882, in the Newbury Workhouse, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 27^th September.

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