Paul Briant (b 1775 Ashwell, m Mary Bailey 1795 Ashwell, d 1851
Ashwell)
Mary Bailey (b 1778 Ashwell, d 1823
Ashwell)
Bathsheeba Briant (b 1796 Ashwell, m William
Harradine 1813 Ashwell, d 1873 Royston District)
Deborah Briant (b 1798 Ashwell, d 1807
Ashwell) James Briant
(b 1799 Ashwell, m Phyllis Picking 1823
Ashwell, d Tewin) George
Briant (b1824 Ashwell, m Emma Pateman
1851 Ashwell, d 1900 Ballarat) Louisa Jane Briant (b 1861 Ballarat, m Edwin Farr 1884 Presb Manse
Ballarat, d 1945 Northcote) Winifred Emma Farr (b 1890
Northcote, m Norman Thompson
1918 , d 1994 Preston)
Jonas Briant (b 1802 Ashwell, m Mary Ann Carter
1822 Ashwell, d 1851 Ashwell)
Rebecca Briant (b 1804 Ashwell, m Peter Bailey
1823 Ashwell, d 1859 Ashwell)
Plumer Briant (b 1806 Ashwell, d 1807 Ashwell)
William Briant (b 1808 Ashwell, m Margaret
Covington 1827 Ashwell, d 1872 Ashwell)
m Jane Burr 1840
Deborah Briant (b 1810 Ashwell, m Jesse Burr 1834
Ashwell, d 1886 Ashwell)
Eliza Briant (b 1812 Ashwell, m Thomas Betts 1831
Ashwell, d 1844 Royston District)
m John Moss
Mary Ann Briant (b 1814 Ashwell, m Joseph Worboys
1840 Ashwell, d aft 1850)
Henry Paul Briant (b 1817 Ashwell, m Sarah Harradine
1837 Ashwell)
The census information below is interesting for a few reasons
(1) Various of the families are living very close together in
Ashwell
(2) The empty houses in High St Ashwell in 1851 indicating difficult
times economically. George and Emma Briant left for Australia in
1854
(3) It looks as if Paul Briant did well to marry into the Bailey
family. Paul was a 76 year old pauper living with his daughter in
1851, but Mary's brother Peter was employing family members in his
business
1841 Census
An interesting set of neighbours on the page (a line
reprtesents a dwelling boundary) - everone is born in county Lime Kilns (lane)
Peter Bailey 36 Bricklayer, Rebecca Bailey 36, Elizabeth Ann
Bailey 16, Eliza Bailey 9. Naomi 2
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Joseph Worborys 23 Ag L, Mary Ann Worborys 25, Paul Briants
64, George Briants 13
--------------------------------- one intervening house
Sarah Harradine 45 Schoolmistress
--------------------------------- two intervening houses
Gabriel Picking 25 Carpenter, Susannah Picking 25
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to
High St at this point
Jonas Briants 35 Ag L, Mary Ann Briants 40, William Briants 15 Ag L,
Rebecca Briants 14
John Briants12, George Briants 8, Mary Ann Briants 6, Thomas Briants
1
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Willliam Harradine 45 Ag L, Jane Harradine 45,
Lavinia Harradine 16, Henry Harradine 13,
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Thomas Bailey 28, Ag L, William Bailey 7
1851 Census
In neighbouring houses - everone is born in Ashwell except Mary
Betts (Steeple Morden)
Lime Kiln Lane Lane/Baileys buildings
Joseph Worborys head 34 Ag Lab
Mary Ann Worborys wife 33
Paul Briants father, widower 76 pauper Ag Lab
Mary Ann Betts neice 12 scholar
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Peter Bailey head 45 Bricklayer emp 7 men
Rebecca Bailey wife 45
Naomi Bailey dau 12 scholar
Thos Pack son-in-law widower 28 blacksmith
Wm Pack grandson 5 scholar
James Briants serv unmar 20 Bricklayer Lab
William Bailey serv unmar 20 Bricklayer Lab
<<<>>>
Sarah Harridine, widow, schooltmistress, is still living in Lime
Kiln lane but has aged 21 years . Teaching can do that.
Mary Ann Briants is widowed and living with the younger children at
Carters Pond Ashwell
One census page for Ashwell shows two uninhabited houses in the High
St, indicating Ashwell had fallen on hard times?
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Gwen and Harry Smalley, Glenis Crocker, Kel Ellis, Elinor
Moore, Valerie Woodgate and Patricia Hone for their contributions to
this part of our tree
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