DESCENDANTS OF HENRY WESTON,

TAILOR (1771-1850)

Henry Weston (born about 1771) was my great great great grandfather. He married Sarah (Sally) Drinkwater on June 28th 1792, according to Potterspury Parish records.

In the 1841 Census he is recorded at Yardley Gobion, a tailor, aged 70, living with his wife Sally, also 70 and their son Henry (though the 1841 Census does not record relationships). who was farmer, aged 35.

Sally died on 22nd May 1842, aged 72, of “Debility”, according to her Death Certificate.

Henry Weston the father died on 9th October 1850, aged 84, of “Natural decay” according to his Death Certificate.

Henry and Sally had nine children:

Christopher (1793-1827) Thomas (1795-1868)

William (1796-1847) Joseph (1798-1849)

John (1801-1866) Henry (1804-1854)

Ann(1806-1824) James(1809/11-1879) [my great great grandfather]

Elizabeth (1811-1890).

They had forty grandchildren.

Christopher’s children:

Ann Collins Weston (1820-22) Ann[e] Weston (1823-1867)

Thomas’s children:

Anne Weston (1829-?) George Weston (1831-1875)

James Weston (1834-1889) Jane Weston (1837-1901)

Elizabeth Weston (1840-?) Samuel Weston (1842-1893)

William’s children:

Henry Weston (1819-1900) Sarah Weston (1823-1889)

Thomas Weston (1827-1849) Emma Weston (1830-?)

John Weston (1834-1852) Matilda Weston (1836-1855)

George Weston (1838-1870) Helen/Ellen Weston (1840-?)

Joseph’s daughter: John’s son:

Sarah Weston (1823-39) Henry Weston (1829/31-1900)

Henry’s children:

Henry Joseph Weston (1844-1885) William Weston (1845-?)

Mary Ann Weston (1847-?) Sarah Jane Weston (1849-?)

Caroline Weston (1850-1890) Elizabeth Emma Weston (1852-1901)

Christopher Francis Whiston Weston (1853-1901)

James’s children:

John Weston (1837-1910) Frederick Weston (1837-1906)

Robert Weston (1839-1867) Alfred Weston (1840-1878)

James Weston (1843-1904) [my great grandfather], Joseph Weston (1844-1888)

Septimus Thomas Weston (1846-1877) Octavius Charles/William Charles (1849-?)

Elizabeth’s children:

Eleanor Brown (1831-?) William Brown (1833-?)

Ann Brown (1834-?) Jacob Brown (1837-?)

Ketty Brown (1837-?) Mary Brown (1839-?)

Elizabeth Brown (1841-?)