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John & Hannah Appleyard
John Shepherd's wife Eliza Appleyard was the daughter of William Appleyard and Ann Major and she was baptised on 6 August 1809 at Aldenham (parish church at left) following the marriage of Ann and William at Aldenham in 1808.
William Appleyard's life seems to have been a hard one. He was the child of John, a taylor (sic) and Hannah Appleyard of Aldenham and was born on 31 March 1782 at New Brentford Middlesex not far from Aldenham. Unfortunately John died the December before William was born, being buried in Aldenham on 30 December 1781. Hannah, being unable to support herself, applied for parish relief in New Brentford. However, under the laws of settlement which were introduced by the Poor Law Act of 1601, people were only entitled to claim poor relief in their legal place of settlement, that is, the parish where they had been living for at least one month. After the Settlement Act of 1662, people could obtain a settlement in any parish through marriage, apprenticeship, domestic service for over a year or by occupying property worth more than £10 per annum. Anyone not fulfilling these criteria was liable to be removed to their original parish. After 1697, poorer people had to carry a settlement certificate with them to show that their parish of legal settlement would take them back if necessary. If they requested poor relief, the parish they had moved to would examine them to see where their legal right of settlement lay.
Hannah Appleyard's place of legal settlement was Aldenham and following a settlement examination in New Brentford, it was ordered that she be sent back to Aldenham. The terms of the order were as follows:
Middlesex to Wit To the Church Wardens & Overseers of the Poor of the Township of New Brentford in the said County and to the Church Wardens & Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Aldenham in the County of Hertford and to each and every one of them
Upon the Complaint of the Church Wardens & Overseers of the Poor of the Township of New Brentford aforesaid in the County of Middlesex unto us whose names are hereunto set and Seals affixed being two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace in the said County of Middlesex and one of us of the Quroum, that HANNAH APPLEYARD, widow of John Appleyard and her three children, one named George aged Eleven years, another named Mary aged two years and a half and another named William aged two months have come to inhabit the said Township of New Brentford not having gained a legal settlement there, nor produced any certificate owing themselves to be settled elsewhere, and that the said HANNAH APPLEYARD and her three children are become chargeable to the said Township of New Brentford we the said justices upon due proofmade hereof as well upon the examination of the said Hannah Appleyard upon Oath, as otherwise and likewise upon due consideration had of the premises do adjudge the same to be true; and we do likewise adjudge that the lawful settlement of them the said Hannah Appleyard and her three children is in the said Parish of Aldenham in the County of Hertford.
We do therefore in his Majesty's name require and authorise you the said Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said towship of New Brentford or one of you, to convey the said Hannah Appleyard and her three children from and out of the Parish of Aldenham and them deliver to the Churchwardens & Overseers of the Poor, there, or to some or one of them, together with this our Order, or a true copy thereof; and we do also hereby require you the said Churchwardens & Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Aldenham to receive and provide for them as Inhabitants of your said parish. Given under our Hands and Seals the 7th day of May in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eightytwo.1
On 14 September 1784 at Aldenham, Hannah married John Dannells or Daniels. On 6 December 1785 there is at Aldenham a burial of George, son of Hannah Appleyard from the workhouse. I have been unable to locate a burial record for Hannah.
On 2 December 1808 at Aldenham William Appleyard, bachelor married Ann Major, spinster both of the parish by banns
On 3 September 1809 their daughter Eliza, born 6 August, was baptised. On 7 January 1812 their son William was born at Aldenham On 26 June 1814 their daughter Lucy, born 13 May, was baptised. William is a Labourer of Delrow On 21 March 1819 their daughter Sarah, born 23 February was born. William is labourer of Delrow On 20 Sept 1828, their son George was baptised. William is a labourer, abode Aldenham On 26 October their son John was baptised On 12 December 1824 their son Richard, born 12 November, was baptised
William died in the Aldenham Workhouse, aged 54,and was buried at Aldenham on 20 April 1836
John Shepherd's wife Eliza Appleyard was the daughter of William Appleyard and Ann Major and she was baptised on 6 August 1809 at Aldenham (parish church at left) following the marriage of Ann and William at Aldenham in 1808.
William Appleyard's life seems to have been a hard one. He was the child of John, a taylor (sic) and Hannah Appleyard of Aldenham and was born on 31 March 1782 at New Brentford Middlesex not far from Aldenham. Unfortunately John died the December before William was born, being buried in Aldenham on 30 December 1781. Hannah, being unable to support herself, applied for parish relief in New Brentford. However, under the laws of settlement which were introduced by the Poor Law Act of 1601, people were only entitled to claim poor relief in their legal place of settlement, that is, the parish where they had been living for at least one month. After the Settlement Act of 1662, people could obtain a settlement in any parish through marriage, apprenticeship, domestic service for over a year or by occupying property worth more than £10 per annum. Anyone not fulfilling these criteria was liable to be removed to their original parish. After 1697, poorer people had to carry a settlement certificate with them to show that their parish of legal settlement would take them back if necessary. If they requested poor relief, the parish they had moved to would examine them to see where their legal right of settlement lay.
Hannah Appleyard's place of legal settlement was Aldenham and following a settlement examination in New Brentford, it was ordered that she be sent back to Aldenham. The terms of the order were as follows:
Middlesex to Wit To the Church Wardens & Overseers of the Poor of the Township of New Brentford in the said County and to the Church Wardens & Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Aldenham in the County of Hertford and to each and every one of them
Upon the Complaint of the Church Wardens & Overseers of the Poor of the Township of New Brentford aforesaid in the County of Middlesex unto us whose names are hereunto set and Seals affixed being two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace in the said County of Middlesex and one of us of the Quroum, that HANNAH APPLEYARD, widow of John Appleyard and her three children, one named George aged Eleven years, another named Mary aged two years and a half and another named William aged two months have come to inhabit the said Township of New Brentford not having gained a legal settlement there, nor produced any certificate owing themselves to be settled elsewhere, and that the said HANNAH APPLEYARD and her three children are become chargeable to the said Township of New Brentford we the said justices upon due proofmade hereof as well upon the examination of the said Hannah Appleyard upon Oath, as otherwise and likewise upon due consideration had of the premises do adjudge the same to be true; and we do likewise adjudge that the lawful settlement of them the said Hannah Appleyard and her three children is in the said Parish of Aldenham in the County of Hertford.
We do therefore in his Majesty's name require and authorise you the said Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said towship of New Brentford or one of you, to convey the said Hannah Appleyard and her three children from and out of the Parish of Aldenham and them deliver to the Churchwardens & Overseers of the Poor, there, or to some or one of them, together with this our Order, or a true copy thereof; and we do also hereby require you the said Churchwardens & Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Aldenham to receive and provide for them as Inhabitants of your said parish. Given under our Hands and Seals the 7th day of May in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eightytwo.1
On 14 September 1784 at Aldenham, Hannah married John Dannells or Daniels. On 6 December 1785 there is at Aldenham a burial of George, son of Hannah Appleyard from the workhouse. I have been unable to locate a burial record for Hannah.
On 2 December 1808 at Aldenham William Appleyard, bachelor married Ann Major, spinster both of the parish by banns
On 3 September 1809 their daughter Eliza, born 6 August, was baptised. On 7 January 1812 their son William was born at Aldenham On 26 June 1814 their daughter Lucy, born 13 May, was baptised. William is a Labourer of Delrow On 21 March 1819 their daughter Sarah, born 23 February was born. William is labourer of Delrow On 20 Sept 1828, their son George was baptised. William is a labourer, abode Aldenham On 26 October their son John was baptised On 12 December 1824 their son Richard, born 12 November, was baptised
William died in the Aldenham Workhouse, aged 54,and was buried at Aldenham on 20 April 1836