ENGLISH ANCESTORS by Diane Cummings

OUR MULLETT FAMILY
lived in London

It seems likely the Mullett family
originally came from Kent,
as James Mullett married Fanny Millar
on March 24, 1805
at Saint Mary, Lewisham, Kent.
Note: Lewisham (in Kent)
is about three miles from
Rotherhithe (in Surrey)

St Marys Church, Rotherhithe, London c.1824
Fanny Wargan Millar, daughter of John and Catherine Millar
was christened in 1783
at the church of St.Mary in Rotherhithe, London.
Fanny Millar married James Mullett
on March 24, 1805 at Saint Mary, Lewisha, Kent.

As their children were all baptised at this church,
it seems clear that
James Mullett and his wife Fanny
moved from Kent to London
(possibly to be near her family).

Rotherhithe c.1746
In 1824 Rotherhithe was still virtually
an island, having two swing-bridges connecting it to the rest of Bermondsey/Southwark.
95% of the industry in Rotherhithe
was shipbuilding and breaking,
and trades directly allied to this.
It was (and still remains) a secular,
almost independent part of Southwark.
Up to this time (1838) it had been
a wealthy area with much open space
and garden meadows, the occupied areas
being only along the riverfront.

Booth's Poverty Map some years later shows a more densely populated area,
people having been drawn to the tanning industry of neighbouring Bermondsey,
and the new railway which had a major terminus in that area - this had attracted the construction workers who settled in both areas.
JAMES and FANNY MULLETT had seven children:-


James Robert (b.1807)

Henry (b.1809),

Thomas John (b.1811),

WILLIAM (b.1813) was christened in December 19, 1813 at St.Mary, Rotherhithe.

Jane (b.1816),

Mary Eliza (b.1819)

John (b.1822),

Robert (b.1824),

twins Catherine and Robert (b.1824), and

JOHN (b.1826), was christened in 1826 at St.Mary, Rotherhithe.

LONDON IN 1837. Click the map for a more modern view of London, Bermondsey and Rotherhithe
 graphic source: http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/greenwood/map_e7u.html


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