Rebecca (Clifton) Payton (abt. 1825 - abt. 1891)

Born about 1825 in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England

Wife of John Payton — married 11 Feb 1880 in St James', Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England

Died about Dec 1891 at about age 66 in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England

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Biography

Rebecca Clifton was born about 1825 in Bethnal Green, Middlesex^[1]

No birth/baptism record found for her as Rebecca Clifton

John Payton married Rebecca Clifton on 11 Feb 1880 at St James', Bethnal Green^[2]

Marriage solemnized St James the Great, Middlesex

P182 E364 11 Feb 1880

John Payton, Full age, Widower, Porter, Bethnal Green

Father John Payton, Deceased

Rebecca Torris (Thomas crossed through), Full age, Widow, , Bethnal Green X signed as Rebecca Torris (Thomas crossed through)

Father William Clifton (Rebecca Thomas, Torris, crossed through), Deceased

Witnesses Amelia Torris X, Louis Torris

(Witnesses Louis and Amelia Torris - Rebecca's son and daughter in law, married 1877)

(No previous marriage found, or any records for her as Rebecca Clifton.)

Rebecca died, registered in Dec qtr 1891, Bethnal Green, Middlesex^[3]

Death Bethnal Green, Payton Rebecca, 63, Dec qtr 1891 1c185

Census

1841, 1851 census - not found

1861 Census^[4]

Rebecca Porres, Head, Wid, F, 34, Black Lead Box Maker, Middlesex, Shoreditch

Lewis Porres, Son, Unm, M, 9, Scholar, Middlesex, Shoreditch

John Porres, Son, Unm, M, 2, Middlesex, Bethnal Green,

Ann Kempster, Boarder, Unm, F, 17, Blk Lead Box Maker, Middlesex, Hoxton

Susan Kempster, Boarder, Unm, F, 15, Mantle Maker, Middlesex, Finsbury

Elizabeth King, Lodger, Unm, F, 25, Charwoman, Middlesex, Hoxton

Address 1, Willow Court, Shoreditch

Class: RG 9; Piece: 235; Folio: 96; Page: 24

(Rebecca's son John was fathered by a John Kempster, deceased by 1859, possibly Ann and Susan related to John Kempster)

1871 census: Not found

1881 Census^[1]

John Payton, Head, Mar, M, 68, Labourer, Berkshire, Wantage

Rebecca Payton, Wife, Mar, F, 56, Box Maker, Middlesex, Bethnal Green

Address 20, Henrietta Street, Bethnal Green

Class: RG11; Piece: 411; Folio: 104; Page: 38

1891 Census^[5]:

Rebecca Payton, Sick inmate, Wid, F, 65, Retd Fancy Box Maker, (Not known)

Address Bethnal Green Workhouse, Bethnal Green, Middlesex

Class: RG12; Piece: 272; Folio: 85; Page: 6

Acknowledgements

This profile was created by M Wilkinson, Thursday, July 3, 2014.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "1881 Census Returns of England and Wales." Database. Publication: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Original data imaged from The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO) Kew, Surrey. www.ancestry.co.uk
2. ↑ London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, Database on line, (Provo, UT, USA: Operations Inc, 2009). Original data: Church of England Parish Registers, 1754-1921. London Metropolitan Archives and Guildhall Library Manuscripts, London.
3. ↑ "FreeBMD," database. Publication: (www.freebmd.org.uk: © 1998 - 2008)
4. ↑ "1861 Census Returns of England and Wales." Database. Publication: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data imaged from The National Archives of the UK; Public Record Office (PRO), Kew, Surrey, England. www.ancestry.co.uk : 2005
5. ↑ "1891 Census Returns of England and Wales." Database. Publication: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data imaged from The National Archives of the UK; Public Record Office (PRO), Kew, Surrey, England. www.ancestry.co.uk : 2005