John Hitchcock (b. ~1748)
John Hitchcock worked as a cooper in Dedham, Essex.
Genealogy
- son of John Hitchcock (b. ~1722) and Susannah Ham (b. ~1723)
- second great granduncle of director Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (b. 1899)
Siblings
Birth
- born around 1748
- baptised 09/Feb/1775 at Dedham Street Independent Chapel
Marriages
Martha Nevard (b. ~1749)
- born around 1749 in Harwich
- married 1775 to John Hitchcock
- died 1805 aged 55
- buried 09/Mar/1805
Children
Martha Hitchcock (b. 1776)
- born 1776
- baptised 04/Apr/1776
- married in 1798 to Thomas Jones (b. ~1776)
- mother of Thomas Jones (b. 1796), Hannah Jones (b. 1799), Charles Jones (b. 1802) and George Jones (b. ~1810)
- died 1854
John Hitchcock (b. 1777)
- born 23/Sep/1777
- baptised 20/Oct/1777 at Dedham Street Independent Chapel
Thomas Hitchcock (b. 1779)
- born 03/Aug/1779
- baptised 07/Jun/1780 at Dedham Street Independent Chapel
- very likely married Mary ? (b. ~1778)[1]
- very likely died 1838 in Manningtree, Essex[2]
Enoch Hitchcock (b. 1781)
Not to be confused with his cousin Enoch Hitchcock (b. ~1780), son of Enoch Hitchcock (b. ~1752) and Rose Hitchcock.
- born 13/Jan/1781
- baptised 08/Feb/1781
- lived on Dedham Street and worked as a cooper[3]
- married Harriet ? (b. ~1800)[4]
- father of Ebenezer Hitchcock (b. ~1825)[5]
- 1844 auction: EssexStandard17May1844
- 1844 auction: EssexStandard09August1844
- 1845 auction: TheIpswichJournal18October1845
- died 1860 aged 79
- buried 26/May/1860 at St. Mary the Virgin, Dedham
Hannah Hitchcock (b. 1783)
- born 03/Jan/1783
- baptised 08/Nov/1784 at Dedham Street Independent Chapel
- died 1819 aged 35
- buried 09/Apr/1819 at St. Mary the Virgin, Dedham
William Hitchcock (b. 1784)
- born 24/Aug/1784
- baptised 08/Nov/1784
- probably married 1805 to Elizabeth Sharp (b. ?)
- likely father of Elizabeth Hitchcock (b. 1810)[6]
- died 1836 aged 53
- buried 09/Jun/1836 at St. Mary the Virgin, Dedham
Mary Hitchcock (b. ~1785)
- born around 1785
- died 1850 aged 65
- buried 04/Oct/1850 at St. Mary the Virgin, Dedham
Henry Hitchcock (b. ~1787)
- born about 1787 in Dedham, Essex
- married 25/Aug/1811 to Sibley Bradley Martin (b. ~1788) in Deal, Kent
- father of Caroline Hitchcock (b. ~1812), Henry Hitchcock (b. ~1814), Thomas Hitchcock (b. ~1819), Mary Hannah Hitchcock (b. ~1821), William Hitchcock (b. ~1823), Mary Anne Hitchcock (b. ~1826), Elizabeth Hitchcock (b. ~1827), Jane Hitchcock (b. ~1829) and George Hitchcock (b. ~1830)
- died 1862 aged about 75
Ebenezer Hitchcock (b. 1790)
Married 3 times, with his children being born to his first wife, Mary.
- lived on Dedham Street and worked as a cooper and by the 1840s was later also the clerk at the parish church (St. Mary the Virgin)[7]
- married Mary ?[8]
- married 1841 to Mary White[9]
- married 1862, probably to Mary Barber (b. ~1800)[10]
- father of Henry Hitchcock (b. 1827)[11], John Hitchcock (b. 1831)[12] George Hitchcock (b. 1825) and Ebenezer Hitchcock (b. 1822)
- died 30/Jan/1872 aged 81
- buried 06/Feb/1872 at St. Mary the Virgin, Dedham
Death
- died 1825 aged 77
- death reported in the Bury and Norwich Post (13/Apr/1825)
- buried on 07/Apr/1825 at St. Mary the Virgin, Dedham
Family Tree
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Research Notes
- The Ipswich Journal (18/May/1793) carried details of an auction (to be held on 24/May/1793) of several houses on "Compaffes-lane" in Dedham. "Mr. John Hitchcock of Dedham, cooper" is named as the contact for enquiries.
Notes & References
- ↑ Mary died in 1830 and was buried 14/Mar/1830 in Manningtree, Essex.
- ↑ Recorded in Index to Death Duty Registers 1796-1903 (IR27/245)
- ↑ Listed as a cooper of Dedham in Pigot's Directory 1839. Listed as a "cooper and shopkeeper" in the 1851 Post Office Directory of the area.
- ↑ Born in Hadleigh, Suffolk (approx. 20 miles north of Dedham). Died 19/Mar/1836.
- ↑ Worked as a cooper. Married 1851 to Charlotte Ann Walter (b. ~1829) and then moved to Sudbury. Father of Ann Hitchcock (b. 1852) who died in 1911 aged 58, Charlotte Ellen Hitchcock (b. 1854) who married Frederick William Taylor in 1880 and who died in 1832 aged 78, and Ebenezer Walter Hitchcock (b. 1856) who died in 1873 aged 16. He died 1911 aged 87, the same year as his daughter Ann and his grandson Robert Taylor, possibly in an event which killed them all such as a house fire.
- ↑ Born 01/Nov/1810.
- ↑ The 1851 Post Office Directory lists him as a "glass dealer and cooper".
- ↑ She died before 1841, when Ebenezer was listed as a widower in the Census. Possibly Mary Jerry who married an Ebenezer Hitchcock in December 1821 in Whitechapel, London?
- ↑ Daughter of Alexander White. She died 1850.
- ↑ She was a local unmarried grocer who lived with her sister Susan Barber. Ebenezer definitely got remarried in 1862 and his wife is given as Mary Hitchcock in the 1871 Census. The strongest candidate is Mary Barber, who was also married that year, but Mary's age varies in the census returns, placing her year of birth between 1795 and 1801.
- ↑ Worked as a tailor and later became Parish Clerk.
- ↑ Worked as a cooper.
