At some point Richard (see last post) moved from Enfield to Tottenham, he was certainly there by 1781. Whether he actually married Sarah in church seems a moot point, it could have been one of the informal marriages quite common at the time. I certainly have not found any likely marriage entry yet. It does seem likely that Sarah’s maiden name was Roberts however, the surname used as the Christian name (so common at the end of the 18th cent.) being a good clue.
All Hallows, Tottenham in the 19th century
Richard Ginn was a labourer. He lived in Tottenham “proper” but I have no
idea where and his birth and death are pretty much all the facts known about him.. He died in 1810, being
buried on December 9th. The Parish Clerk
has my undying thanks as he took his duties very seriously, noting that Richard
was “aged 63”, exactly correct and confirming my long held theory of the Enfield / Tottenham link.
Sarah was buried in January 1823, she was quoted as being 64 years of age.
Richard and Sarah had eight children:
Richard - Richard Jnr married Mary Cockett at Tottenham in 1802; Mary
being a spinster and able to sign her name. Richard was a Labourer and the couple always
seem to have lived in Tottenham proper, in 1841 being at North Row (nr Scotland
Green). They seem to have been missed
from the index of the 1851 Census, though as both were alive it seems certain
that their surname was misread by the indexer
Richard has the distinction of being the last in a continuous long line of Richard's in his branch of the family that stretched back 300 years to 1572.
As far as I am aware they only had one daughter, Mary, who died in 1806.
However, in 1841 a certain Mary Ginn Maynard was living with them; she was 12. She was not part of the household and was clearly visiting. This was a mystery to me for twenty years - all I knew was that Mary Ginn Maynard continued to live in Tottenham and married a Henry Marriage at Hackney in 1857 - Richard Ginn was a witness. She and her husband had a large family. What link(blood, affection or both) there was between Richard, Mary and her was completely unknown. Then in 2016 something turned up on Ancestry. I mention it in full here because descendants may well not make the link otherwise. A Matilda Maynard was born in Hackney in 1804 to a Thomas and Mary. How and why is unknown, presumably the parents died, but Mary Ginn stated in 1829 that she and Richard brought Matilda Maynard up, certainly from her teens, as in 1818 or so Mary accompanied her when she went to work for a Richard Taylor gent of Finsbury Square as a servant. She subsequently left there, and went to work in the lace mills in Tottenham where in 1829 she became pregnant by a William Welch who worked there and lodged in Lordship Lane near the Red Lion. His family were said to come from Edmonton. Matilda, having worked in Shoreditch was removed to Shoreditch workhouse where she gave birth. Although she stayed there for some time it is said that almost from birth the child, baptised Mary (Mary Ginn Maynard - QED) Richard and Mary Ginn brought the baby up as well. These people were a good couple. Unfortunately Matilda's saga continued, she was out of the workhouse by 1833 and working at Bruce Castle Tottenham (Moss Hill) as a kitchen maid, but sadly by 1836 she was pregnant again. She was an inmate in Tottenham workhouse in 1881
However, in 1841 a certain Mary Ginn Maynard was living with them; she was 12. She was not part of the household and was clearly visiting. This was a mystery to me for twenty years - all I knew was that Mary Ginn Maynard continued to live in Tottenham and married a Henry Marriage at Hackney in 1857 - Richard Ginn was a witness. She and her husband had a large family. What link(blood, affection or both) there was between Richard, Mary and her was completely unknown. Then in 2016 something turned up on Ancestry. I mention it in full here because descendants may well not make the link otherwise. A Matilda Maynard was born in Hackney in 1804 to a Thomas and Mary. How and why is unknown, presumably the parents died, but Mary Ginn stated in 1829 that she and Richard brought Matilda Maynard up, certainly from her teens, as in 1818 or so Mary accompanied her when she went to work for a Richard Taylor gent of Finsbury Square as a servant. She subsequently left there, and went to work in the lace mills in Tottenham where in 1829 she became pregnant by a William Welch who worked there and lodged in Lordship Lane near the Red Lion. His family were said to come from Edmonton. Matilda, having worked in Shoreditch was removed to Shoreditch workhouse where she gave birth. Although she stayed there for some time it is said that almost from birth the child, baptised Mary (Mary Ginn Maynard - QED) Richard and Mary Ginn brought the baby up as well. These people were a good couple. Unfortunately Matilda's saga continued, she was out of the workhouse by 1833 and working at Bruce Castle Tottenham (Moss Hill) as a kitchen maid, but sadly by 1836 she was pregnant again. She was an inmate in Tottenham workhouse in 1881
Mary died in February 1854: she was quoted as being 77. Richard (whose surname was always spelled Ginn) died in 1863 aged 82.
Thomas - I believe I have found him - details of the research will form the subject of a later post
William- see later
Martha - the Edmonton Banns book says that she married a
Richard Hutchinson there in 1815. The
marriage register says that this was a James Hutchinson. Yet two correspondents (descendants of the
couple) say that the husband was a James Hutchin who came from Albury in Herts,
the couple soon moving there.
Lucy - two of these died in infancy
John Roberts - died in infancy
Elizabeth - is untraced
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