Sarah (Cramp) Tomlin (1771 - 1846)

Born 16 Sep 1771 in St Peter in Thanet, Kent

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Tomlin — married 29 Jul 1789 in St Peter in Thanet

Descendants

Died 7 Jul 1846 at age 74 in Thanet

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Biography

Sarah was baptized at St Peter's Church on 15 October 1771.

Their marriage, which took place just a few days before Sarah's grandfather, Richard Sackett, signed his will, making her his heiress, was announced in the London Morning Star in terms boastful both of the couple's wealth and of their youthfulness: Yesterday, at St. Peter's Margate, Mr. TOMLIN, jun. of North Down, to Miss CRAMP, with a fortune of, at least, £60,000. Taking their ages together, two-and thirty will be the amount.

Although both young at marriage, their combined ages would have been 36 rather than 32. The £60,000 would be quite a few millions in today's money. Sarah was named as a beneficiary in her grandfather Richard Sackett's will made in East Northdown, St John's, Thanet, on 4 August 1789. Sarah was the main beneficiary and was to inherit absolutely a house in St Lawrence and was also bequeathed a life interest in all of Richard's other realty with reversion to her own children after her death.

Her Grandfather's Will

Abstract of will of Richard Sackett of East Northdown, St John in Thanet, Kent. Date: 4 August 1789. Proved: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, 5 September 1789. Source: Kent Archives Office, PRC 17-101-420. Testator: Richard Sackett, gentleman, East Northdown, St John the Baptist, Thanet, Kent Beneficiaries: Servant Elizabeth Goodson, spinster, for life, "my Mansion House … wherein I now dwell & have for many years dwelt" & great stable, etc., garden, orchard, 1½ acres of pasture, & all furniture, etc. except plate & linen, & £40 annual rent from Dane Court farm. Granddaughter Sarah, wife of John Tomlin ygr. [but see correction in Codicil], house & garden in St Lawrence, now in tenure of George Long. Cousin Sackett Wood of Street, St John's, yeoman, and "much esteemed friend" Mr John Abbott of St Dunstan, nr. Canterbury, brewer, appointed trustees of residue of real estate in trust for granddaughter Sarah for her life & then reversion to her children. Reversion: If granddaughter dies without living children, then reversion as follows: Late wife's sister Mary, wife of Thos Thurston of Willesborough, gent., Manor of Dane Court, St Peter's, now occupied by Peter Cramp. John Cleveland of St Peter's, yeoman, Sackett's Hill house & farm, which he now occupies. Cousin John Underdown of Joss, St Peter's, Mansion House, cottages, land etc. at East Northdown occupied by myself & John Tomlin elder, subject to bequest to Elizabeth Goodson. Cousin Sackett Wood, house, farm, etc. at West Northdown, now occupied by John Tomlin elder, lately purchased from heirs of Roger Omer. Cousin Friend Tomlin, house, farm, etc. at West Northdown, now occupied by John Tomlin, partly purchased from George Tomlin & Friend Tomlin, & partly inherited from uncle Cornelius Tomlin. Mary, wife of Thomas Thurston, & James & Samuel Flint, sons of late wife's sister Sarah Flint, dec., late wife of James Flint, half shares each as tenants in common in Martin Farm, East Langdon, now occupied by James Denne, & in my quarter part of marshland at Cheine[?] Court, Ivychurch, Liberty of Romney Marsh. John Tomlin elder, 6 acres woodland at Swacliffe [sic], & house & farm at East Northdown in occupation of John Baker, lately purchased from John Perkins. John Cleveland of Sackett's Hill, house & garden at West Northdown, occupied by Stephen Faseham[?]. John Underdown, residue of Real Estate. Beneficiaries (continued): Servant Thomas Cleveland, £20. Trustees & executors Sackett Wood & John Abbott, £20 each. They are not to be excused any debts due, but John Abbott is not to be troubled to pay his debt before it is convenient. To receive the rents until Sarah and/or her husband are 21 years old & to manage the estate for them. Leases are not to exceed 14 years, except for Dane Court to Peter Cramp. When John Tomlin ygr [see Codicil] is 21 years old, Sarah & John Tomlin are to have full possession of Dane Court. Witnesses: Sladden Wells, William _?_, John Daniel. Codicil dated 21 August 1789 Thomas Cleveland, revoke bequest of £20; instead give him and his wife house & land at East Northdown now occupied by Thomas Cleveland, & £20 per year to be paid from the real estate bequeathed to John Tomlin. Had mistakenly called husband of granddaughter Sarah, John Tomlin ygr, but his name is really Robert Tomlin. Witnesses: Sladden Wells, William Barwick, John Daniel

Sources

• Baptism, St Peter the Apostle, Thanet, Kent (IGI), "Sarah Cramp, b. 16 September 1771, bp 15 October 1771, d. Peter Cramp & Susanna."

GRO Indexes to Deaths, 1837 to date, "Sep qtr 1846. Tomlin, Sarah, 75. Isle of Thanet. 5:403."

• Marriage, St Peter the Apostle, Thanet, Kent (IGI), "29 July 1789 Robert Tomlin & Sarah Cramp."
• Baptism, St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent (IGI), "Robert Tomlin, bp 17 July 1770, s. John Tomlin & Sarah."
• Morning Star, (London), Friday, July 31, 1789, "Yesterday, at St. Peter's Margate, Mr. TOMLIN, jun. of North Down, to Miss CRAMP, with a fortune of, at least, £60,000. Taking their ages together, two-and thirty will be the amount."
• Will of Richard Sackett of East Northdown, St John in Thanet, Kent, 4 August 1789, proved at Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, 5 September 1789 (Kent Archives Office, PRC 17-101-420).
• https://sackettfamily.info/g5/p5142.htm