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Name:
Ann Flower1
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
1823, Register Entry for Burial of Ann Thornton
Birth:
Sep 1769
Stepney, Middlesex2
The Baptismal Register does not give her date of birth but it assumed that she was born a few weeks before she was baptised as this was the normal practice at the time.
Baptism:
8 Oct 1769 (age 0)
Address: Stephney, Middlesex
Ann was a minor when she married in Sep 1787. The Allegation for her marriage gives her age as 18 which means she was born in 1769. The Allegation and the Marriage Register gives her father's name as William. A search of the FamilySearch (LDS) website for the baptism of an Ann Flower with her father's name William produced 7 matches. All except this one took place in counties some way from London. The selection of Stepney is reinforced by the fact that her father was a witness at her marriage which took place in the adjacent parish of Whitechapel.
Residence:
frm Sep 1787 to 1806 (age 17-37)
The evidence comes from the Baptismal Register entries for their children William (b. 1788), Sarah (b.1789)
Parent:
27 Jul 1788 (age 18)
Baptism of son William
Parent:
30 Nov 1789 (age 20)
Baptism of daughter Sarah
Parents:
4 May 1792 (age 22)
Abraham and Ann Thornton were present at the burial of their child Sarah on 4 May 1792 in St Mary's Churchyard, Whitechapel, Middlesex according to the Church of England rite. Her parents would have been present and they probably took Sarah's older brother Wiliam with them. Who else was present is not known.
Parent:
27 Jun 1792 (age 22)
Baptism of son Abraham George
Parent:
11 Oct 1795 (age 26)
Baptism of daughter Hannah
Parent:
12 Nov 1797 (age 28)
Baptism of son Samuel
Parent:
4 Apr 1800 (age 30)
Baptism of daughter Catherine
Parent:
21 Aug 1801 (age 31)
Baptism of daughter Elizabeth
Parent:
18 Jan 1807 (age 37)
Baptism of son Joseph
Death:
1 Mar 1823 (age 53)
Thraiol Street, Spitalfields, Middlesex10
As deaths were not registered at the time there is no way of knowing exactly when she died but it is assumed that a few days elapsed between her death and her burial, the date of which is known.
Burial:
5 Mar 1823 (age 54)
Christ Church graveyard11
Address: Spitalfields, Middlesex
She was almost certaily buried in a common grave. Her husband Abraham was probably present and maybe some of her children.
Spouse:
Children:
Marriage:
23 Sep 1787 (age 18)
St Mary's Church12
Address: Whitechapel, Middlesex
Ann was underage at the time and married with her father's consent. The witnesses were the bride's father and a Samuel Gioton whose relationship to either the groom or the bride is unknown. Ann's mother was probably there. Also Abraham's parents whose names are not known. Who else was there is not known.
As Ann was a minor and the marriage was by licence she may have been pregnant. Their first child William, presumably named after Ann's father, was baptised on 30 July 1788 (his date of birth is not recorded) so she was either pregnant or the child was conceived very shortly after they were married.
Church of England, Register Entry for Baptism of Abraham George Thornton, (Ancestry website). London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: P93/MRY1/003, 005, 071-08.
Church of England, Register Entry for Baptism of Anny Flower, St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, (FamilySearch (LDS) website). Custom Id: Baptisms 1769; Date of baptism. Cit. Date: September 1796 (estimated). London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: P93/DUN/061.
Ibid. Cit. Date: 8 October 1769. London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: P93/DUN/061.
Rev. Edward Robson, Register Entry for Marriage of Abraham Thornton and Ann Flower. St. Mary's Church, Whitechapel , (Ancestry website for LMA call no.: P93/MRY1/003, 005, 071-081.). Custom Id: Marriages 1787, Page 299, No. 880; Bride's NameAnn FlowerBride's ConditionSpinster a minorBy Consent ofWilliam Flower, her natural and lawful father. London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: P93/MRY1/003, 005, 071-08.
Church of England, Register Entry for Baptism of William Thornton. St. Mary's Church, Whitechapel, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Baptisms 1784; Ann and Abraham Thornton resided at Thomas's Street. London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: P93/MRY1/003, 005, 071-08.
Church of England, Register Entry for Baptism of Catherine Thornton at St Mary's Church, Whitechapel, (Ancestry website of LMA Call no.: P93/MRY1/003, 005, 071-081.). Custom Id: Baptisms 1800; London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: P93/MRY1/003, 005, 071-08.
Church of England, Register Entry for Baptism of Elizabeth Thornton at St. Mary's Church, Whitechapel, (FMP website). London Metropolitan Archives.
Register Entry for Baptism of Joseph Thornton. St. Mary's Church, Whitechapel. London Metropolitan Archives.
Church of England, Register Entry for Baptism of Sarah Thornton. St. Mary's Church, Whitechapel, (FMP website transcript only). Custom Id: Baptisms 1789; The register gives the residence of Abraham and Ann Thornton as Thomas's Street. London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: P93/MRY1/003, 005, 071-08.
Rev. Thomas Gregory, Register Enrtry for Burial of Ann Thornton, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Burials 1823 Page 174 No. 1408; Abode. Cit. Date: 5 March 1823. London Metropolitan Archives.
Ibid. Cit. Date: 5 March 1823. London Metropolitan Archives.
Rev. Edward Robson, Register Entry for Marriage of Abraham Thornton and Ann Flower. St. Mary's Church, Whitechapel , (Ancestry website for LMA call no.: P93/MRY1/003, 005, 071-081.). Custom Id: Marriages 1787, Page 299, No. 880; Cit. Date: 23 September 1787. London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: P93/MRY1/003, 005, 071-08.