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| 1777-1787 | Richard Benn was born in about 1783 in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. (The age he gave to officials at different times of his life suggest a range limit of between 1777 and 1787.) | Censuses etc (see below) | ||||||
| 21 Jun 1784 | A Richard Benn, son of Richard, was christened at Lutterworth. | IGI | ||||||
| 13 Nov 1797 | When he was about 14 'Ann, the wife of Richard Benn', possibly his mother (but see 1821 below), was buried at Lutterworth aged 45. | Lutterworth parish register | ||||||
| 13 Oct 1807 | At the age of about 24, he married Mary Murby at Newbold on Avon, Warwickshire. (Newbold on Avon is 6 miles SW of Lutterworth.) | IGI | ||||||
| 14 May 1809 | His first recorded son, Joseph, was christened in Newbold on Avon. | IGI | ||||||
| 1811 | His second son, William, was born. | Lutterworth workhouse register, 1813 | ||||||
| 1811 | 'Richd Benn, Mrs Benn + 2 children' were living in Bakehouse Lane, Lutterworth. | Lutterworth census , 1811 | ||||||
| Feb 1813 | His third son, John, was born. (Recorded in March as 'an infant son, one month old, not yet baptised, intended to be called John'.) | Removal order, 1813 | ||||||
| Mar 1813 | The family were ordered to leave Long Lawford (Newbold on Avon), being sent back to Overseers of the Poor in Lutterworth. (This event confirms he was born in Lutterworth.) | Removal Order, 1813 | ||||||
| 6 Mar 1813 | The family were admitted to Lutterworth House of Industry (the Workhouse). (His age was recorded as 36, which would give a birth in 1777.) | Lutterworth workhouse register | ||||||
| 5 Apr 1813 | The family left the Workhouse. | Lutterworth workhouse register | ||||||
| 25 Apr 1813 | His son John was christened in Lutterworth. | IGI | ||||||
| 9 May 1813 | His son William was buried. | Lutterworth parish register | ||||||
| 0 Aug 1815 | His first daughter (fourth child), Ann, was christened in Lutterworth | IGI | ||||||
| (1815 | A Richard Benn was buried in Church Lawford aged 52. Church Lawford and Long Lawford are the villages next to Newbold on Avon on the Warwicks/Leics border, so this could be his father. However, a more likely candidate is probably the Richard Benn who died in Lutterworth in 1819 - see below.) | National burial register (NBI) | ||||||
30 Mar 1817 |
The burial of Ann Benn, aged 1, probably his daughter. | NBI | ||||||
| 11 May 1817 | His second daughter (fifth child), Hannah, was born in Lutterworth. | Family birthday book | ||||||
| 15 Oct 1817 | Now 34, he was again recorded as one of the residents at Lutterworth Workhouse. | Workhouse register | ||||||
| 1 Jun 1818 | He left the Workhouse. | Workhouse register | ||||||
| 21 Feb 1819 | A Richard Benn, probably his father, died in Lutterworth. | Lutterworth parish register | ||||||
| 16 Jul 1820 | His third daughter (sixth child), Elizabeth, was christened. | Lutterworth parish register | ||||||
| 1821 | A woman identified as 'Widow Benn', possibly his mother, was living in Lutterworth, her occupation 'trade' (probably stocking maker). | Lutterworth census, 1821 | ||||||
| 23 Apr 1821 | His daughter, Elizabeth, was buried at St Mary's, Lutterworth, aged 1. | Lutterworth parish register | ||||||
| Abt May 1822 | His fourth son (seventh child), William, was born. | Lutterworth parish register (burials) | ||||||
| 25 Aug 1822 | William was christened in Lutterworth. | Lutterworth parish register | ||||||
| 10 Mar 1823 | William was buried at St Mary's, Lutterworth, aged 10 months. | Lutterworth parish register | ||||||
| 31 Jul 1825 | His fourth daughter (eighth and last child), Elizabeth, was christened. | Lutterworth parish register | ||||||
| 25 Apr 1826 | His daughter Elizabeth buried at St Mary's, Lutterworth. (Two sons and two daughters were still living.) | Lutterworth parish register | ||||||
| 6 Jun 1841 | He was still living in Lutterworth, working as an agricultural labourer. He told the enumerator he was 54 (giving a birth date of 1786-1787). At the same address on census night was his daughter, Hannah (22). His wife, Mary, was staying in Conduit Street, Leicester, with their eldest son, Joseph and his family. | Census | ||||||
| 30 Mar 1851 | Ten years later he was living with his wife at 136 Bakehouse Lane, Lutterworth; occupation - labourer, stone breaker. | Census | ||||||
| 17 Jan 1856 | He died in Lutterworth of 'chronic bronchitis'. The certificate recorded his occupation as farm labourer, and his age as 71 (giving a birth date of 1785). | Death certificate | ||||||
| 20 Jan 1856 | He was buried at
St Mary's, Lutterworth, aged 73. |
NBI |