Here is a challenge!
I wonder if anyone can find William Barfoot 1788 or his wife Martha 1795 (as Barfoot or her previous names of Balls or Wesley) after 1851 alone or with any of their children??
I am not certain of their deaths but the most suitable are;
Martha Barford born 1794 death reg 1876 Q3 Ampthill?? But she is not on 1861 or 1871 census?
William Barfoot born 1785 death reg 1868 Q1 Berkhampstead Herts (? Out of the area??) but I should have found him on the 1861 census??
William Barfoot was born 1788 in North Kilworth Leics, but was a Tailor in Ampthill and there are references to him trading there;
In 1839 ‘a Tailor of Dunstable Str. Ampthill.
In 1847 two references ‘a Linen and Woolen Draper at Dennels End. Flitwick, Ampthill and ‘a Tailor and Draper of East End. Flitwick’ and
In 1864 ‘a Tailor and Draper at East End. Flitwick‘.
William Barfoot’s son Richard born 1811 Millbrook was also a Tailor in Evershot, Maulden and Ampthill who died in Luton in 1884.
William Barfoot’s son John born 1822 Ampthill was also a Tailor and Draper in Ampthill from 1861
William Barfoot’s son William born 1828 was a Tailor in Luton from 1851 where he married and his children baptised and died in 1880.
After his first wife’s death William Barfoot married Martha Balls in 1846 at Flitwick.
Martha Balls a widow was born 1795 was named Martha Wesley at the Baptist Chapel in Boston Lincs. Martha was the widow of John Balls they married 21 Jan 1817 at Flitwick and had 7 children baptised there 1822-1837. Joseph 1822, Eleanor 1825, Charlotte 1829, William 1831, Hannah 1833, Mary 1835, James 1837.
Martha Wesley born 18 Feb 1795 d of Henry and Eleanor reg at High Street Baptist Boston Lincs
The last time I have found William and Martha Barfoot in on the 1851 census when they were both lodgers of Martha’s son Joseph BALLS born 1823 Flitwick a widow and dealer in Plait and his children plus lodgers William Balls 1830 and James Balls 1837 both Flitwick (who were also Martha sons) living Dennel End Flitwick. In 1841 Martha Balls a widow was with her children in Dennel End, Flitwick
The only other ‘evidence’ I have is
"Reference BMB4/1/5/28 Title Notebook containing inventory of stock in trade of grocery and drapery at Wilstead. William Barfoot. Date Free Text 15 Aug 1879.
(I have not found either William or his son William in Wilstead although I believe there were earlier Barefoots there. Which William does this was this refer to unlikely to be William 1789 his son died in 1880 but in Luton.)
