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The Shakespeares of Northamptonshire,

And Their Descendants

 

From the Helmdon Village Website: Monumental Inscriptions
This is Harriet nee SHAKESPEAR of Whitfield, chr 1813:
Dc 1 (Flat slab)

Sacred / to the memory of / WILLIAM PAINTER / who departed this life / November the 7th / 1850 / in the 49th year of his age / also of / HARRIET PAINTER / relic of the above / who died Sept 29th 1889 / in the 74th year ---[age] /

P.R.31. 1889 Harriet Painter Fringford Sept 28th age 75
P.R.406 1850 William Painter of Helmdon Nov 13th age 48'

This fits 1851 census where she is on her own with three children in Helmdon, and 1881, the widow Hannah PAINTER with sister Jemima HORWOOD / HARWOOD in Fringford, OXON) census data,  and  marriage in 1837

William and Harriett appear in the 1841 Northamptonshire census:

 

PLACE NAME (1)

PLACE NAME (2)

PARISH / TOWN

FORENAME

SURNAME

AGE

PROFESSION, TRADE, EMPLOYMENT OR OF INDEPENDENT MEANS

WHETHER BORN IN THIS COUNTY

WHETHER BORN IN SCOTLAND, IRELAND, OR FOREIGN PARTS

 

STOCKING FARM

HELMDON

HELMDON PARISH

WILLIAM

PAINTER

35

FARMER

Y

 

 

STOCKING FARM

HELMDON

HELMDON PARISH

HARRIET

PAINTER

25

 

Y

 

 

STOCKING FARM

HELMDON

HELMDON PARISH

BETSEY

PAINTER

3

 

Y

 

 

STOCKING FARM

HELMDON

HELMDON PARISH

MARY

PAINTER

7 M

 

Y

 

 

STOCKING FARM

HELMDON

HELMDON PARISH

THOMAS

HUMPHREY

20

M S

Y

 

 

STOCKING FARM

HELMDON

HELMDON PARISH

SARAH

SANDERS

15

F S

Y

 

 

An incomplete listing of the 1871 Northamptonshire census reveals only one Shakespeare entry (it is known that by this time members of this family had moved 'over the border' into Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire):

HOUSE NUMBER (OR MICROFILM NUMBER)

THOROUGHFARE NAME

PLACE / PARISH

FORENAME(S)

SURNAME

AGE

 

 

NORTHAMPTON UNION WORKHOUSE, WELLINGBOROUGH ROAD

NORTHAMPTON

MARY

SHAKESPEARE

49

June 2004

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