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Hunt ~ Second Generation

    Issue of John Hunt and Tracy Bland  
1.   Tracy HUNT
Bap of Tracy Hunt 16 Jun 1782 at Saint Margaret, Rochester, Kent, dau of John Hunt & Tracy (ref IGI & Ancestry England Select Births and Christenings).
Burial of Tracy Hunt 6 Dec 1782 at St Margaret, Rochester, dau of John & Tracy Hunt (ref fmp, Medway Archives).
IGI records
2.   John James HUNT (1)
Bap of John James Hunt 11 Apr 1784 at Chatham, Kent, son of John Hunt & Tracey (ref Ancestry England Select Births and Christenings).
Presumably died young.
Possible burial of John Hunt 7 May 1786 at St Mary, Chatham, no age or parents (ref fmp Parish Burials). 		 
3.   William John HUNT
Bap of William John Hunt 1 Apr 1787 at Chatham, Kent, son of John Hunt & Tracy (ref Ancestry England Select Births and Christenings).
No further information found.		  
4.   Catherine HUNT
Bap of Catherine Hunt 24 May 1789 at Chatham, Kent, dau of John Hunt & Tracy (ref Ancestry England & Wales Christening Index).

Married 18 Apr 1813 at Frindsbury, Kent to James WILDISH (ref IGI which has Wildash). James was born c1783 at Biddenden, Kent (ref census).

Ref 1841 census. Kent, England. Civil Parish of Gillingham. Registration district of Medway. Address: Wellington Place, Gillingham, Chatham.
Together with children Thomas (19), Robert (16), Elizabeth (10), Sarah (7):
James Wildish. Age 55. Labourer. Born in Kent.
Catherine Wildish. Age 52. Born in Kent.

Ref 1851 census. Kent, England. Parish of Gillingham. Municipal Borough of Chatham. Registration district of Medway. Address: Chance Place, Gillingham, New Brompton, Chatham.
Together with children Thomas (28), Sarah (17):
James Wildash. Head. Mar. Age 68. Superannuated Shipwright. Born Biddenden, Kent.
Catherine Wildash. Wife. Mar. Age 61. Born Chatham, Kent.

Death reg of James Wildish Jun qtr 1859 at Medway dist age 77 (ref GRO Index).

Ref 1861 census. Kent, England. Parish of Gillingham. Registration district of Medway. Address: 20 Skinner Street, Gillingham, New Brompton.
Together with daughter Elizabeth and her husband Joseph Adams and family and another person:
Wildish, Catherine. Mother In Law. Widow. Age 71. Born Chatham, Kent. [indexed Urldish in findmypast]
Sarah J Godden. Niece [of Joseph]. Age 6. Scholar. Born Gillingham, Kent. [relationship not known, she was supposed to be dau of William Cornelius Godden and Elizabeth but this may not be so, ref Ancestry Public Tree]

Ref 1871 census. Kent, England. Civil Parish of Gillingham. Registration district of Medway. Address: 29 Skinner Street, Gillingham.
Together with daughter Elizabeth and her husband Joseph Adams and family:
Catherine Wildish. Mother in Law. Widow. Age 81. Born Chatham, Kent.

Catherine's death reg Dec qtr 1874 at Medway dist aged 85 (ref FreeBMD).
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1871 census
    Children:  
  1. Harriet WILDISH bap 1814 at Chatham, Kent  
  2. James Thomas WILDISH bap 1816 at Gillingham, Kent  
  3. William WILDISH bap 1818 at Gillingham, Kent  
  4. Thomas WILDISH (1) bap 1820 at Gillingham, Kent  
  5. Thomas WILDISH (2) bap 1822 at Gillingham, Kent  
  6. Robert WILDISH bap 1825 at Gillingham, Kent  
  7. Richard WILDISH bap 1827 at Gillingham, Kent  
  8. Elizabeth WILDISH bap 1831 at Gillingham, Kent  
  9. Sarah Ann WILDISH bap 1833 at Gillingham, Kent
  
5.   Sarah Ann HUNT
Bap of Sarah Ann Hunt 27 Apr 1791 at Chatham St Mary, dau of John & Tracey (ref findmypast).		  
6.   John HUNT (2)
Birth of John Hunt 21 Jan 1794, bap 10 Aug 1794 at St Margaret, Rochester, Kent, son of John Hunt & Tracy (ref Ancestry England Select Births & Christenings).
No further information found. 		 
7.   Elizabeth Ann HUNT
Birth of Elizabeth Ann Hunt 14 Mar 1796, bap 19 Jun 1796 at St Margaret, Rochester, Kent England; age at Christening 0; dau of John Hunt & Tracy (ref Ancestry England & Wales Christening Index & IGI).

It seems likely that this was the Elizabeth who married Joseph Blackman, supported by information from C.Hanlon 2018. In the absence of other information we have agreed to go with this hypothesis.

Marriage 12 Jan 1812 at St Margaret, Rochester, Kent of Elizabeth Hunt to Joseph BLACKMAN (ref Ancestry England & Wales Marriages).
Elizabeth was only 15 years 10 months old, and became pregnant about the following month.
Bap of Joseph Blackman 5 Sep 1790 at St Nicholas, Rochester, Kent, son of Thomas Blackman & Thomasine (ref Ancestry England Select Births & Christenings).

Ref 1841 census. Kent, England. Civil Parish of Wrotham. Registration district of Malling. Address: Wrotham Town.
Together with daughters Eliza (20), Emma (15), James Blackman (3) [actually about 8] and Eliza Blackman (3 months), believed to be Eliza's daughter:
Joseph Blackman. Painter. Age 50. Born in Kent.
Elizabeth Blackman. Age 45. Born in Kent.

Ref 1851 census. Kent, England. Parish of West Malling. Registration district of Malling. Institution: Malling Union.
Together with many others:
Joseph Blackman. Pauper. Married. Age 64. Ag Labourer. Born Kent Wrotham.
AND
Ref 1851 census. Kent, England. Parish of Wrotham. Registration district of Malling. Address: Wrotham.
Together with son James Blackman (12) [believed to be 18]:
Elizabeth Blackman. Head. Mar. Age 53. Painter's Wife. Age 53. Born Kent Shoreham. [Unexplained difference of detail.]

Death reg of Joseph Blackman Sep qtr 1852 at Malling dist, Kent age 64 (ref GRO Index). No probate found.
Burial of Joseph Blackman 27 Sep 1852 at Wrotham, Kent (ref Ancestry England Select Deaths & Burials).

Death reg of Elizabeth Blackman Sep qt 1856 at Malling dist, Kent age 60 (ref GRO Index). No probate found.
Burial of Elizabeth Blackman 25 Jul 1856 at Wrotham, Kent (ref Ancestry England Select Deaths & Burials).
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1851 census
    Children:  
  1. Joseph BLACKMAN born 1812, bap 1812 at Rochester, Kent  
  2. Ann BLACKMAN born 1815, bap 1815 at St Margaret, Rochester, Kent  
  3. Eliza BLACKMAN bap 1819 at St Nicholas, Rochester, Kent  
  4. Jane BLACKMAN born 1821, bap 1822 at St Margaret, Rochester, Kent  
  5. Emma Elizabeth BLACKMAN born 1825, bap 1825 at Rochester, Kent  
  6. James BLACKMAN bap 1828 at Ightham, Kent  
  7. Richard James BLACKMAN born 1833 at Ightham, Kent
 
8.   Ann HUNT
Bap of Ann Hunt 13 May 1803 at St Mary's Chatham, Kent, dau of John Hunt & Tracy (ref IGI & Ancestry England Select Births & Christenings).

Ann married Thomas BURTON, born c1802 in Scotland (SEE BURTON TREE). They had 9 children.

Thomas died 28 Oct 1864 at Union Workhouse, Chatham, Kent of "paralysis" (ref Thomas Burton 2012). His death reg Dec qtr 1864 at Medway dist age 62 (ref GRO Index).

Ann died 24 Feb 1866 at Union Workhouse, Chatham, Kent, and her cause of death was "Old age. Certified" which fits in with her mental condition (ref Thomas Burton 2012). Her death reg Mar qtr 1866 at Medway Dist aged 64 (ref GRO Index). The records of the Workhouse and hospital have been lost for this period. St Mary's Chatham has now been made redundant and deconsecrated (ref Thomas Burton 2012).


FROM WHOM ELIZABETH SHADE NEE GRIERSON IS DESCENDED.
IGI records

BURTON FAMILY TREE

Updated 23 Oct 2023