Saddingtons buried in Abney Park Cemetery, London

The majority of information in this post comes courtesy of The Abney Park Cemetery Index, which has been created by The Abney Park Trust.

Abney Park Cemetery was opened in May 1840, and was a commercially owned cemetery specifically for Non Conformists (e.g. Methodists, Baptists, Congregationalists, Quakers etc). It was intended to contain some of the ever increasing population of London, who could no longer be accommodated in the existing churchyards of the city. The cemetery is located in Stoke Newington and covers about 32 acres.

The intention is to list the graves in date order of the first Saddington to be buried in it. Where non-Saddingtons are buried in the same grave, this will be indicated.

Grave B05 013938

Thomas Saddington, aged 82, of 8 John Street, Commercial Road East - buried 2 August 1855 (1773 - 1855)

Ann Saddington, aged 77, of 12 Arborn Square, Commercial Road - buried 14 May 1856 (1779 - 1856)

[Thomas and Ann were husband and wife. Also buried in this grave is Susannah Bradford Watson 1801 - 1866]

Grave K06 015341

Mary Saddington, aged 17, of 129 St John Street, Smithfield - buried 14 March 1856 (1839 - 1856)

Caroline Ann Knight, aged 29 - buried 28 March 1862 (1833 - 1862)

Samuel Saddington, aged 71 - buried 4 July 1872 (1801 - 1872)

[Caroline Ann Saddington married William Knight in the September quarter of 1861 in the Clerkenwell Registration District - Volume 1b, Page 799. Both Mary and Caroline Ann were daughters of Samuel Saddington, who shares their grave.]

Grave F07 017574

Joseph Saddington, aged 66 - buried 4 February 1857 (1791 - 1857)

[This is probably a public grave, and contains 8 other persons, buried between 30 January 1857 and 7 February 1857.]

Grave D02 015346

Elizabeth Saddington, aged 56, of St John Street - buried 21 April 1859 (1803 - 1859)

[I believe this to be Elizabeth, nee Scrivener, the first wife of Samuel Saddington, who died in 1872 and is buried in Grave K06 015341.]

Grave K06 025025

Elizabeth Saddington, aged 18 - buried 11 April 1860 (1842 - 1860)

[This could be Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel (Grave K06 015341) and Elizabeth (Grave D02 015346), who I last found in the 1851 census, aged 9, and living with her parents and an older brother at 129 St John Street, St Sepulchre. She does not appear with the family in the 1861 census at 25 Arundel Square, Islington.]

Grave B06 044129

Sarah Saddington, aged 21 - buried 20 August 1869 (1848 - 1869)

[This is a public grave, containing 7 other persons buried between 16 August and 20 August 1869.]

Grave K06 045607

Ann Saddington, aged 65 - buried 28 March 1870 (1805 - 1870)

Sarah Saddington, aged 64 - buried 7 September 1881 (1817 - 1881)

[Ann and Sarah were the spinster sisters of Samuel Saddington in Grave K06 015341.]

Grave B04 046395

Sarah Saddington, aged 1 - buried 11 August 1870 (1869 - 1870)

[This is a public grave, containing 13 other persons buried between 6 August and 20 August 1870.]

Grave K06 068848

Mary Ann Saddington, aged 36 - buried 3 February 1881 (1845 - 1881)

Grave M07 082157

Ellen Saddington, aged 36, of "The Eagle", 143 Farringdon Road, EC - buried 16 August 1888 (1852 - 1888)

Joseph Saddington, aged 49, of 143 Farringdon Road, EC - buried 13 May 1890 (1841 - 1890)

Herbert Charles Saddington, aged 26, of 59 Hazelbourne Road, Balham, SW - buried 6 February 1906 (1880 - 1906)

[Ellen and Joseph were husband and wife, and Herbert Charles was one of their four children.]

Grave G04 101234

Frederick Priestman Saddington, aged 47 - buried 2 April 1900 (1853 - 1900)

[This is a private grave, shared with two members of the Williamson family of 23 Bayston Road, Stoke Newington. Clifton Ernest Williamson, aged 10, was buried on the same day as Frederick Saddington. Alfred Ebenezer Williamson, aged 45, was buried on 29 June 1900.]

Grave K06 105069

Samuel Saddington, aged 65, of 164 Lordship Road, Stoke Newington - buried 27 August 1902 (1837 - 1902)

[Samuel was the son of Samuel (Grave K06 015341) and Elizabeth (Grave D02 015346), and the brother of Mary and Caroline Ann (Grave K06 015341).]

Grave L07 113353 - possibly renumbered as 3353

Susan Saddington, aged 56, of 20 Kersley Road, Stoke Newington - buried 14 January 1908 (1852 - 1908)

[This is probably a public grave, containing 23 other persons buried between 10 January 1908 and 13 February 1908.]

Grave No K04 128074 - possibly renumbered as 18074

Winifred Saddington, age unknown - buried 26 April 1917

[This is a public grave, containing 18 other persons buried between 19 April 1917 and 9 May 1917. Winifred is probably Winifred G Saddington, born in the March quarter of 1917 in the Hackney Registration District, Volume 1b, Page 691, and died in the June quarter of 1917, also in the Hackney Registration District, Volume 1b, Page 513. Her mother's maiden name was Asser.]

Grave C02 142714 - possibly renumbered as 32714

John Saddington, aged 32, of Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, Isleworth - buried 1 May 1925 (1893 - 1925)

[This is a public grave, containing 11 other persons buried between 29 April 1925 and 18 May 1925.]

Grave C04 145336 - possibly renumbered as 35336

Ellen Catherine Saddington, aged 25, of 48 Hyde Road, Shoreditch - buried 22 December 1926 (1901 - 1926)

[This is a public grave, containing 8 other persons buried between 17 December and 22 December 1926.]

Grave A04 156196 - possibly renumbered as 46196

Frederick John Saddington, aged 50, of 230 High Street, Homerton - buried 3 April 1933 (1883 - 1933)

[This is a public grave, containing 8 other persons buried between 21 March 1933 and 3 April 1933. I believe that 230 High Street, Homerton is likely to be the official address of the Hackney Union Workhouse - see The Workhouse website.]

Grave C05 161131 - possibly renumbered 51131

Marjorie Jean Saddington, aged 12, of Eastern Hospital, Homerton - buried 26 October 1936 (1924 - 1936)

[Marjorie was born in the December quarter of 1923 in the Hackney Registration District, Volume 1b, Page 695, and her mother's maiden name was Asser.]

If you are related to any of the people mentioned above, I would be delighted to hear from you.

Joseph Saddington of Great Bowden, LEI - Farmer and Grazier (c. 1761 - 1843)

This post consists of an extracted version of the Will of Joseph Saddington, farmer and grazier of Great Bowden, Leicestershire. Joseph was possibly the son of John Saddington and Susanna Clark, baptised on 29 October 1761 at Great Bowden, but as yet there is no definite proof of this. Nor is it known whether he married, but certainly there are no children or grandchildren mentioned in the Will.

Joseph's Will can be found on microfiche at Leicestershire and Rutland Record Office. The microfiche series is called Probate Records Wills & Inventories. Joseph's Will is on Fiche 64 and 65 of 88 for 1843 and the reference is PR/T/1843/124. The Will was far too long to transcribe in full, so I have extracted all references to individuals.

Joseph described himself in his Will as a farmer and grazier of Great Bowden. This indicates that there was a recognised difference between the two occupations. It is unclear what sort of farming Joseph did, but the term 'grazier' is defined as 'one who grazes cattle or sheep for market'. Whether Joseph raised the animals himself, or whether he bought them in and just fattened them up, it is impossible to say.

Starting at the beginning of his Will, Joseph left his 'wearing apparell and cloaths' to John Day, the son of Henry Day of Great Bowden, currier. His household goods were left to Hannah Day, the wife of Henry Day.

Joseph's cousin, John Sharman, a lunatic, was 'to be accommodated'.

John Cort of Great Bowden, grocer and cordwainer, was left 19 guineas.

John West of Great Bowden, baker, Thomas Mansfield of Great Bowden, cattle dealer, and William Russell of Great Bowden, innkeeper, were appointed as Joseph's Trustees and were to receive 19 guineas each for their trouble.

Joseph's own messuage (the house that he lived in, its outbuildings and surrounding land) was to be held in trust for the natural life of Joseph's cousin, John Sharman, lunatic, 'who resides with the testator'. The Trustees were to appoint a suitable person to care for John Sharman.

Upon John Sharman's death, the messuage was to pass to William Russell, one of the Trustees, but £50 each was to be paid to William's brothers, John and Thomas Russell of Great Bowden, higglers.

The messuage occupied at the time of Joseph's death by Thomas Hobie was left to Joseph's housekeeper, Sarah Patrick, for her natural life as long as she remained single and unmarried. When she died, it was to pass to John Hart, the son of Edward Hart of Laughton Lodge.

Two other messuages in Great Bowden, occupied by William Williamson and William Seal, were also left to John Hart, but he had to pay £29 to the Trustees within 12 months of Joseph's death.

Sarah Patrick was also to receive £10 per annum for the rest of her life.

Two further messuages in Great Bowden, occupied by Henry Day and John Plant, and the 6 acres of land adjoining them were left to Hannah Day for her life, and then were to be divided between the children of Henry and Hannah Day.

The Will then mentioned an Indenture of Settlement relating to a messuage etc in Marston Trussell, Northamptonshire, which was to be held in trust for John Sharman the lunatic. The parties to the Indenture were John Sharman and Elizabeth his wife, Joseph Saddington, William Higgs and Thomas Geordon(?). The Will states that Joseph Saddington was the nephew of John Sharman the elder.

Then came the monetary bequests.

£100 to Matthew Ravens of Wilbarston, Northamptonshire, horse dealer
£100 to Edward Ravens of Hallaton, Leicestershire, yeoman
£50 to Elizabeth Coleman, wife of Benjamin Coleman the Elder of Foxton, Leicestershire, grazier
£50 to Sarah Edens, wife of John Edens of Medburne, Leicestershire, gardener
These last three were described as the brother and sisters of Matthew Ravens.

£50 to Daniel West of Great Bowden, baker
£50 to Mary West of Great Bowden, spinster

£50 to Joseph Saddington, son of Hannah Saddington of Market Harborough, widow
£50 to Sarah Saddington
£50 to Mary Saddington
These last two were described as daughters of Hannah Saddington.

£200 to Benjamin Coleman the Younger of Marston Trussell, butcher
£50 to Thomas Coleman of Foxton, miller

19 Guineas to Mary Seal, wife of Thomas Seal of Great Bowden, baker
19 Guineas to Elizabeth Wymant of Great Bowden, widow

The witnesses to the Will were John Plant of Great Bowden, framework knitter, Charles Carter of Great Bowden, grocer, and Robert Lowe, Clerk to Mr Adams, Attorney of Market Harborough.

Joseph Saddington died on 20 January 1843 and was buried in Great Bowden Churchyard on 23 January 1843, apparently aged 81 years. His gravestone is visible in the Churchyard today.

As yet I do not know what relationships existed between Joseph Saddington and his beneficiaries, other than John Sharman, who was certainly living with his cousin and the housekeeper, Sarah Patrick, at the time of the 1841 census. If anyone has any information or suggestions regarding the people mentioned in this post, please do not hesitate to contact me.