Thomas Pavis Sr (bef. 1818 - 1879)

Born before 12 Apr 1818 in Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Tilley) Pavis — married 8 Nov 1841 in Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England

Descendants

Died 5 Dec 1879 after age 61 in Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Thomas Pavis was born in 1818 in Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England to Thomas Pavis and Sarah.

Thomas Pavis, son of Thomas, a labourer, & Sarah, was christened on 12 Apr 1818 at St Mary in Wood Ditton.^[1][2]

In 1841 Thomas Pavis [mistranscribed as Parrs] (age 20-24, Ag Lab) lived at Little Ditton in Wood Ditton with his father Thos (50-54, Ag Lab), mother Sarah (45-49), and seven siblings: John (25-29, Ag Lab), James (15-19, Ag Lab), Joseph (15-19, Ag Lab), Ellen (13), Sarah (12), Richard (9), and Charlotte Jeffery (20-24), as well as niece Dorithy Jeffery (2).^[3]

Thomas Pavis (age 22, Bachelor, Labourer, son of Thomas Pavis, Labourer) and Mary Tilbrook [aka Tilley, Tilly] (age 21, Spinster, daughter of William Tilbrook, Labourer) were married on 8 Nov 1841 at St Mary in Wood Ditton - the witnesses were John Pavis & Thomas Purvis.^[4][5] The marriage was registered in Newmarket, Cambridgeshire in the last quarter of the year.^[6]

Thomas and Mary had six children:

1. Thomas Pavis (1842-1914)
2. Charlotte (Pavis) Gadd (1844-1891)
3. Ellen (Pavis) Hawkes (1849-)
4. Joseph "Joe" Pavis (1851-)
5. Sarah (Pavis) Mackey (1854-1940)
6. William Pavis (1856-)

In 1851 Thomas Pavis Jr [mistranscribed as Pairs] (age 32, Ag Lab) lived at Ditton Green in Wood Ditton with his wife Mary (31) and four children: Thomas (9, Scholar), Charlotte (6, Scholar), Ellen (2), and Joe (1 month), as well as mother[-in-law] Mary Tilley (66, Nurse).^[7]

In 1861 Thos Pavis (age 41, Chalk Pit Labourer) lived in Upper Halling, Kent with his wife Mary (41) and six children: Thos (19), Charlotte (17), Ellen (11), Joseph (10), Sarah (7), and William (5), as well as visitor John Hack (27, Wood Cutter).^[8]

In 1871 Thomas Pavis (age 49, Lime Labourer) lived at Upper Halling Road in Halling with his wife Mary (49) and three children: Joe (20, Lime Lab), Sarah (17), and William (15, Lime Lab).^[9]

Thomas and his family emigrated to the United States in 1871. Thos Pavis [mistranscribed as Paris] (age 49, Labr), along with his wife Mary (49, Wife) and three children - Joe (20, Labr), Sarah (17, Spinster), and William (15, Labr) - sailed steerage aboard the steamship France, which departed from Liverpool and arrived in New York in May 1871.^[10] Thomas' three older children also emigrated at some point.

Thomas Pavis was crushed by a wagon that toppled over on him and died on 5 Dec 1879 in Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut, aged about 59 years.^[11] He is buried in the Pavis family plot at Whitneyville Cemetery in Hamden.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ Cambridgeshire : Wood Ditton : St Mary : Parish Register : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5817ca90e93790ec8b261a8b : viewed 4 Sep 2021) baptism Thomas Pavis 12 Apr 1818
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N8KT-5JX : 18 September 2020), Thomas Pavis, 1818.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQRD-C77 : 22 May 2019), Thomas Parrs in household of Thos Parrs, Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. [additional details from the same record on findmypast (paid account needed): https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1841/0000952011]
4. ↑ Cambridgeshire : Wood Ditton : St Mary : Register of unspecified type : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5817b4d2e93790eb7f6c0e61 : viewed 4 Sep 2021) marriage Thomas Pavis to Mary Tilbrook 08 Nov 1841
5. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVCK-21L : 13 March 2020), Thomas Pavis, 1841.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2D4D-P1Z : 13 December 2014), Thomas Pavis, 1841; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1841, quarter 4, vol. 14, p. 241, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
7. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGCR-5D1 : 8 November 2019), Thomas Pairs, Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England; citing Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England, p. 3, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey. [additional details from the same record on findmypast (paid account needed): https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1851/0007640506]
8. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MP-H66F : 3 March 2021), Thos Pavis, Halling, Kent, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. [full household & additional details from the same record on findmypast (paid account needed): https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1861/0003153673]
9. ↑ "1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census" on findmypast - entry for Thomas Pavis (paid account needed): https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBC/1871/0013899317
10. ↑ "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9Q-ZVMG : 20 February 2021), Thos Paris, 1871; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 175,698.
11. ↑ "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F723-858 : 16 September 2020), Thomas Pavis, 1879.
12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62385274/thomas-pavis : accessed 04 September 2021), memorial page for Thomas Pavis (unknown–5 Dec 1879), Find a Grave Memorial ID 62385274, citing Whitneyville Cemetery, Hamden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by a2 (contributor 46812011) .

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