William & Mary Allison of Field Dalling
William Allison, a son of John and Ann, was baptised in Hindringham, Norfolk, on 7th November 1786.
Mary Lee, a daughter of William and Pheobe, was born on 20th May and baptised in Hindringham on 23rd May 1784.
William Allison married Mary Lee in Hindringham on 16th July 1811 and they are known to have had nine children, six of whose baptisms have been traced:
John Lee
24 Nov 1811
Hindringham
James
28 July 1816
Hindringham
Hannah Maria
ca. 1820
Robert
23 Jan 1822
Field Dalling
Edward
6 Jan 1824
Field Dalling
Ann
14 Jan 1826
Field Dalling
Richard
ca. 1828
Rebecca
ca. 1830
William
ca. 1836
The family must have moved to Field Dalling in about 1820, where William and Mary lived for the rest of their lives.
It seems likely that Mary died in the late 1830’s although no burial has been found, nor a second marriage for William. At the 1841 census William was in Field Dalling with his wife Mary and six of his children, but this Mary was recorded as not born in Norfolk and her age was given as 45 (so 45 – 49 as adult ages were rounded down in the 1841 census) whereas Mary Lee would have been 57 and therefore shown as 55. At the 1851 census Mary was recorded as Mary Ann, her age was given as 57 and her place of birth as Plymouth in Devon. This is probably the most reliable record we have of her. In 1861 she was a widow shown as 64, born in Berkshire!
William was buried in Field Dalling on 5th July 1851, aged 65, and Mary was buried there on 1st April 1871 aged 73.
Of William and Mary’s children:
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John married Frances Coe in Field Dalling on 25th December 1838 and they are known to have had three children:
Naomi
bapt. 30 Aug 1840
Field Dalling
Hephzibah
Q2 1842
Leah
Q1 1844
born 20 Feb in Field Dalling
In 1851 John was a farm bailiff and the family were living in Benham Road, Field Dalling. They emigrated to Canada and settled in Ontario, sailing on the ‘New World’ which docked in New York on 21st July 1857.
- Martha married Robert Cornwell and lived in Glandford.
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Hannah married John Middleton in Bale on 18th August 1844 and they had six children, all baptised in Saxlingham:
Albert
16 July 1845
Alfred
8 Nov 1846
Arthur
20 May1849
Walter John Dyer
9 Feb 1854
born 28 Dec 1853
Elijah Hammond
13 Apr1856
Delilah Lucy
22 Jan1859
born 21 Nov 1859
John was an agricultural labourer and they lived in Saxlingham. They must have emigrated to Canada soon after 1871 and several of their children are known to have married there.
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Robert married Sarah Rix in Field Dalling on 30th November 1845. They were there in 1851 and 1861 but apparently had no children. They may have emigrated to Canada in the 1860s.
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Edward married Catherine Ann Middleton in Saxlingham on 21st April 1842. They lived in Field Dalling and are known to have had 9 children:
Edward
ca. 1842
Matilda Ann
Q3 1844
Elizabeth Ann
Q41845
John
Q3 1849
bap. 16 Feb 1850 Field dalling
Margaret
ca. 18526
bap. 30 Jun 1852 Aylsham
Mary Ann
Q3 1855
bap. Jun 1855 Aylsham
William
Q3 1858
Dennis
Q3 1862
Catherine Ann
Q2 1866
bap. 18 Apr 1866 Aylsham
Edward was usually recorded as an agricultural labourer but in 1871 he was shown as a vermin destroyer. They emigrated to Canada in the 1870s.
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Ann married William Spooner in Bale on 4th April 1844. They are known to have had the following children:
Mary Ann
Q2 1846
Leah
ca. 1847
Phillis
ca. 1848
Amelia
Q3 1850
John
Q4 1852
Alfred
ca. 1855
William was a blacksmith and they were living in Thornage in 1851. Ann died, probably in 1863, and William re-married in 1869, emigrated to Canada and had further children, although Ann’s children appear to have stayed in England.
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Richard married Sarah Ann Peck in Field Dalling on 29th June 1851 and they had at least 3 children before emigrating to Canada:
Georgiana
22 May 1853
Bale
Hannah Louise
20 Aug 1854
Field Dalling - buried 20 Jan 1855 in Bale
Leah
1857
They emigrated to Canada and settled in Ontario, sailing on the ‘New World’ which docked in New York on 21st July 1857. Sarah was shown on the ship’s manifest as an infant and her birth was not registered in England so she may have been born on the journey or shortly before they embarked. They had further children in Canada before Richard died in 1875 and Sarah in 1892.
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Rebecca married John Hammond Bangay in Field Dalling in October 1849. They are known to have had the following children:
Elizabeth
born 18 July 1849
bap. 9 Dec 1855 Saxlingham
William
22 Mar 1851
Field Dalling
John William
5 Jun 1853
Field Dalling
Robert Hammond
15 Apr 1855
Saxlingham
Naomi
12 May 1857
Saxlingham
Thomas Alfred Hammond
25 Mar 1860
Saxlingham
Herbert Algernon / Angelo
26 Mar 1863
Saxlingham, d. 1880, aged 15
Hephzibah
9 Sep 1868
Saxlingham
Lucy
ca. 1871
Mary
Q1 1873
Herbert Algernon
Q3 1881
John was a blacksmith and they were living in Mill Street, Field Dalling in 1851 but they appear to have moved to Saxlingham in about 1854 where they were recorded in 1861 and 1871. By 1881 they had moved to Bale where John was working as a vetinary surgeon’s assistant, but by 1891 they were in Langham and John was again working as a blacksmith. John was often referred to by his middle name, Hammond, rather than John.
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William married Elizabeth Claxton in Bale on 10th April 1858. They are known to have had the following children, all baptised in Bale, the first three with the surname Claxton:
Rebecca Alison Claxton
31 May 1857
buried 15 July 1859
Dorcas Claxton
7 July 1859
Amelia Rebecca Claxton
21 Oct 1860
John Allison
2 Mar1862
Henry
3 May 1863
Selina
27 Nov 1864
Richard
24 Jun 1866
died Q1 1868
William
8 Dec 1867
Elizabeth Lucy
3 Apr 1870
Richard
24 Dec 1871
Edith Elizabeth
17 Aug 1873
James Edward
24 Jan 1875
Florence Mary
21 Jan 1877
Charles Alfred
29 Feb 1880
William was a carter and they lived in Bale in 1871 and 1881. By 1891 they had moved to Sharrington, where William was recorded as a farmer in 1901. They were still in Sharrington in 1911 when they were both recorded as old age pensioners.
William died in 1921 and Elizabeth in 1923.