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William Aldous

Born: 1767 in Denham St John, Suffolk, England

Father: John Aldous (1738 to 1809)
Mother: Hannah Fuller (1745 to 1785)

Spouse: Jane Mills (1774 to 1848)

Married: 14 DEC 1795 at the St Peter and St Paul Church in Hoxne, Suffolk, England

Children:

William Aldous (1796 to 1879)
John Aldous (1799 to 1887)
Sarah Aldous (1801 to Unknown)
Jane Aldous (1803 to 1860)
Hannah Aldous (1803 to 1843)
James Aldous (1806 to 1891)
Martha Aldous (1808 to 1878)
Geoffrey Aldous (1810 to 1886)
Edward Aldous (1811 to 1901)

Died: 1852 in Denham St John, Suffolk, England

Timeline:

1785 Death of mother, Hannah
1795 Marriage to Jane
1796 Birth of son, William
1799 Birth of son, John
1801 Birth of daughter, Sarah
1803 Birth of twin daughters, Hannah and Jane
1806 Birth of son, James
1808 Birth of daughter, Martha
1809 Death of father, John
1810 Birth of son, Geoffrey
1811 Birth of son, Edward
1841 Denham St John, Suffolk County, England
1848 Death of wife, Jane
1851 Denham St John, Suffolk County, England
1852 Death and Burial

Occupation: agricultural laborer

Records:

1841 and 1851 England Census Records
England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Pallot’s Marriage Index for England: 1780 – 1837
Suffolk, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1850
Suffolk, England, Extracted Parish Records
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915

Variations of Surname: none

Spouse:

Jane Mills:

Jane was born in 1774 in Cratfield, Suffolk, England. She died in 1848 in Denham St John, Suffolk, England.

Jane’s father was Simon Mills. He was born in 1732 in Walsham Le Willows, Suffolk, England. I do not know when he died.

Jane’s mother was Eunice Lenney. She was born in 1744 in Westhall, Suffolk, England. She died in 1823 in Cratfield, Suffolk, England.

Jane had five brothers and sisters:

Elizabeth Mills (1767)
William Mills (1769)
Alderman Mills (1770)
John Claydon Mills (1772)
Charlotte Mills (1774)

Daughters:

Sarah Aldous:

Sarah was born in 1801 in Denham St John, Suffolk, England. I do not know if Sarah married or when she died.

Jane Aldous:

Jane was born in 1803 in Denham St John, Suffolk, England. She died in 1860 in Denham St John, Suffolk, England.

Jane married James Hawes on 31 MAR 1828 in Denham St John, Suffolk, England. No known children were born during their marriage.

James Hawes was born in 1805 in Denham St John, Suffolk, England. He died in 1853 in Denham St John, Suffolk, England.

Hannah Aldous:

Hannah was born in 1803 in Denham St John, Suffolk, England. She died in 1843 in Fressingfield, Suffolk, England. She was buried in St Peter and St Pauls Churchyard.

Hannah married Benjamin Mills on 30 APR 1822 in Fressingfield, Suffolk, England. Eight known children were born during their marriage:

Alfred Mills (1825)
Elijah Mills (1827)
Seymour Mills (1832)
Alonzo Mills (1834)
Arthur Mills (1836)
Emma Mills (1838)
George Mills (1840)
Thomas Mills (1842 to 1845)

Benjamin Mills was born in 1796 in Fressingfield, Suffolk, England. He died on 3 JAN 1878 in Syleham, Suffolk, England.

After Hannah died, Benjamin married Elizabeth Brighton in 1853 in Laxfield, Suffolk, England. No known children were born during their marriage.

Elizabeth Brighton was born in 1812 in Washingborough, Lincolnshire, England. I do not know when Elizabeth died.

Elizabeth appears on the 1881 England census. She was living with her sister, Sarah, and her husband, Walter Saunders, in Dickleburgh, Norfolk, England.

Probate Record:

Martha Aldous:

Martha was born in 1808 in Denham St John, Suffolk, England. She died on 10 SEP 1878 in Kenninghall, Norfolk, England.

Martha married George Witham on 18 NOV 1829 in Mendham, Suffolk, England. Nine known children were born during their marriage. The oldest child was born in Needham. The other children were born in Kenninghall.

John Witham (1830)
George Witham (1832)
Elizabeth Witham (1834)
Jonas Witham (1835)
Richard Witham (1837)
Damaris Witham (1839)
Jane Witham (1841)
William Witham (1846)
Martha Ann Witham (1851)

Probate Record:

George Witham was born in 1810 in Mendham, Suffolk, England. He died on 19 MAR 1870 in Kenninghall, Norfolk, England.

Probate Record:

Update 15 AUG 2024:

Eight years after I created this profile, I received a message from another Ancestry.com member named Witchetty. This person informed me that the 1852 death record index was for a man who died when he was 70 years old. William would have been 85 years old in 1852.

The death record index came from Ancestry.com’s “England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915” database. This index does not list the age of death for entries between 1837 and 1865.

Witchetty helped me find the ages for these early records on the GRO website. I signed into my account and selected the menu entitled “Search the GRO Indexes”.

I entered the information from the death index into the search menu.

The age of death appeared at the bottom of the page.

Witchetty also provided documentation that shows William and Jane were married in Hoxne.

Thank you, Witchetty, for all your help! This profile has been corrected and is now complete.

Notes:

Here are some links to websites that helped with my Aldous family research:

Aldous.net (Aldous family history and family tree)
Ancestors of Tim Farr, Descendants of Stephen Farr (family tree)
Reid-Schroeder Genealogies (family tree)
The Tree of Us (family tree)
Family Search (family tree website)
The Internet Surname Database (surname meaning and origins)
House of Names (coat of arms)

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