Samuel Mayor agent for Honourable Corporation of Trinity House

[Tom Piper]

Samuel Mayor was born in Harwich around 1808, I haven't found his baptism, but his father,Captain Samuel was the agent for the honourarable Corporation of the Trinity House for the port of Harwich married I believe to a Mary(maiden name unknown) who died in Colchester in 1837.
The Ipswich Journal Saturday, January 28, 1837

Died, Mrs Mayor, wife of Mr. Samuel Mayor, agent to Trinity Board at Harwich.

Samuel born 1808, Samuel's son married Mary Elizabeth Durrant also of Harwich I think, sometime before 1836 because that's when their first born son James Samuel Mayor was born.

So can anyone help with Samuel's birth around 1808 and his marriage before 1836 please?

Samuel went on to follow his father's footsteps in Harwich, Mistley, Blyth and Grimsby.

Tom

[t mo]

hello tom
not what you asked for but found this in family search
james samuel mayor  born 5 sep 1836 baptised 8 apr 1837
bath side chapel of st nicholas -ind congharwichnal harwich
fathers name samuel
mothers name mary elizabeth durrant
this i think needs a look up at essex record office or colchester library local studies sec
hope this helps
trevor

[Tom Piper]

Thanks t mo,

Yes that's how I know of James Samuel and his Samuel's wife as Mary Elizabeth Durant/durrant. Following the same rule, as first son being named after his grandfathers that would mean as I know already that James Mayor's grandfathers were Samuel Mayor and James Durrant/Durant.

I have a feeling the Durrant's were butchers in Harwich at the time, certainly a James Durrant and Samuel Mayor were eligible to vote in Harwich elections:

In the Ipswich Journal of 2nd January 1836, James Durrant is a butcher a Conservative, and Samuel Mayor, the Trinity Agent, was a Whig. Does anyone know anything about the role of the Trinity House men in Harwich at the time. Samuel Mayor, father of the above Samuel seems to have been Harwich since 1808.

Anyone able to do the look up or is that a different board?

Tom

[t mo]

hi tom
will do some more diggingtomorrow but for now a couple of bits of info re look up,s there is a lady on here who may well help i,ll ask her if she,s about tomorrow also try this site for trinity house
www.trinityhouse.co.uk/about_us/history/genealogy  it gives you help in where to go for records and such but it looks like it,s all well spread and they lost a lot of personnel records due to fire so it says also trinity house harwich is the main headquarters for the organisation .
i know that harwich was the main base for2 of there service ships one the patricia i remember from way back in the sixties when i,ve been down to harwich looking at the ferries and such ( i know a real anorak  )  and apparently they still have one by the same name i,ll check out historical directories as well see if there are any for the era your looking at .
speak soon
trevor

[t mo]

hi tom
well haven,t found hardly anything only that a j durrant still had a butchers in harwich in 1857 have tried to get info from trinity house site but it seems that most records are at guild hall library in london .
trevor

[Tom Piper]

Hi t mo

Yes that's what I found about the Trinity House records, so it looks like a trip there sometime, which makes a good excuse for a visit to the capital. I notice on the same website that they also have records in Hull & Newcastle, so I think a letter to Hull to see if they have the records for Harwich there, and then the Guildhall. I seem to remember a "Who do you think you are" researcher with a celebrity looking into the same records, only they were allowed to look at the original documents, as opposed to us plebs who have to be content with microfilm! Ho Hum!

It looks like Samuel was certainly living in the Parish of St Nicholas as his son was baptised there in 1837. His father, also Samuel, was also a resident of the same parish, his second wife, Mrs. Ann Till, who was then married to husband John Till, was in the same parish as John was a beadle of the said church. It looks like that the Mayor family were non-conformist, I wonder if it was true of the Durrant family?

Anyway thanks for your help and I will puzzle onwards.

Tom

[t mo]

whato tom
iwonder if these will give ou a clue from the register of bpt at the congregational churchof protestant  dissenters
1783-1826
james durrant bpt 31 aug 1810 date of birth 8 june 1810  father james & mother barbara

mary elizabeth  bpt 2 apr 1812 born 10 oct 1811  = james & barbara

thomas bpt 22 apr 1814 born 6 nov 1813  = james & barbara

sarah bpt 14 dec 1815  born 2 mar 1815 = james & barbara

barbara bpt 11 aug 1817  born 14 jan 1817  = james & barbara

eliza bpt 21 june 1819 born 6 oct 1818 = james & barbara

thomas bpt 23 aug 1821 born 10 feb 1821 = james & barbara

hannah bpt 23 june 1823 born 27 nov 1822 = james & barbara

bathside independant chapel 1827-1837
ann eliza bpt 7 jan 1836 born 12 sep 1835 = james  occupation butcher & ann

so we,ll take that as a yes then 
trevor

[Tom Piper]

t mo

That's pretty good, so he was a butcher, that was a good guess. That 's smashing, lots to work with there.

Thanks very much.

Tom

[t mo]

hi tom found some more for you to sort out but different durrants probably brother of your james
congregational chapel of protestant dissenters

william durrant bpt 11 jan 1813 born 30 oct 1812

father william mum eleanor

john bpt 21 jun 1819 born 5 feb 1819
william & eleanor

samuel felgate durrant bpt 23 aug 1821 born 3 apr 1821
william & eleanor

wesleyan chapel in parish of st nicholas
john bpt11 nov 1822  born 18 dec 1817
john ( mariner ) & sarah

susannah bpt 11 nov 1822  born 3 may 1822

john (mariner ) & sarah

mary ann bpt 26 dec 1824  born 28 nov 1824
john ( mariner ) & sarah

bathside independant chapel
sarah ann bpt 15 dec 1827 born 8 jan 1827
joseph ( butcher ) & sarah


wesleyan chapel

pleasnt bpt 23 sep 1827 born 15 aug 1827
john (mariner ) & sarah

bathside independant chapel
ann lennard bpt 12 aug 1829  born 14 sep 1829
william ( schoolmaster) eleanor

joseph burton  bpt 15 jun 1830 born 12 jan 1830
joseph ( butcher ) & sarah

william  bpt 19 jun 1833  born 26 dec 1832
joseph  ( butcher )  & sarah

this should keep you out of mischief for a while 

trevor