You noted in your first post that they were 16 when they had the first child. Is it then possible they lied about their ages or Louisa's in Census data ? Trish
I appreciate this thread is nearly 5 years old but I thought I'd rise to the challenge as I've seen some sophisticated websites that have floundered and killed off Samuel way before his time!
If the head of household observed regulations, ages should have been ‘rounded down’ to the nearest 5 years when recording adults in June 1841. For subsequent censuses age at last birthday should apply to households on a pre-determined Sunday night in late-March or early-April, viz.
30 March 1851; 07 April 1861; 02 April 1871; 03 April 1881; 05 April 1891; 31 March 1901; 02 April 1911.
The British Library Newspaper Archive reveals that Samuel SUMMERHAYES died in 1880 and there is wonderful biographical detail in contemporaneous local newspapers:
Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser - Wednesday 01 September 1880
Western Times - Tuesday 07 September 1880
and similarly for Edward JEBOULT:
Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser - Wednesday 21 June 1893
I'm no closer to locating a marriage or birth/baptismal records for Samuel and Louisa but my 'gut' instinct is that they could be steeped in Non-conformism, a possible explanation for a 'late' baptism for Louisa if her parents became needy for relief from the parish.
There were HICKMAN mercers of Taunton hit by bankruptcies in 1815 and there were loads of HICKMAN bakers to feel the pinch when rocketing bread prices caused riots.
I noted several deaths/burials in the name 'William Brown HICKMAN', and there was a strong contingent of BROWN clothiers in Chard district, so these are pointers to marriages by licence such as that on 05 Jul 1836 at Orchard Portman between William Brown HICKMAN bachelor of Taunton St Mary Magdaline [sic] and Elizabeth HILL spinster of Orchard Portman. It appears likely the groom's parents died in 1834 and his wife in 1840: see burials at Taunton St James.
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dee-jay