1845 burial but no certificate

[melba_schmelba]

The burial register actually reads - On board a barge in the Rivers Thames & Medway. Perhaps on or around the canal? Chelsea seems unlikely.

The burial register records where someone lived ('Abode'), not where they died. This entry suggests that he was a waterman living on a barge who regularly plied those two rivers - which could easily include any parts of London adjacent to the river.

Agreed, watermen could have travelled anywhere between Rochester and the eastern Berkshire parts of the Thames. There is a deaths at sea register, now merged into the British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths on findmypast, but he doesn't appear there
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials

I agree that the Nathaniel Hadley could be him, even if the age and spelling differs slightly.

[ShaunJ]

Wikipedia article on the Thames/Medway sailing barges: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_sailing_barge

[nanny jan]

Thanks ShaunJ; that looks to be an interesting read.

[nanny jan]

Just spoken with Medway RO (very helpful) but he is not registered there. So perhaps he is the one at Chelsea......

As I am helping a friend I will ask if they want to risk £7 on a PDF.

[nanny jan]

Update!

£7 risked on a PDF......it is the right man!  Died on 1st July in Chelsea on his barge but not registered until 28th August......long after he was buried back in Rochester.

[BumbleB]

So worth the £7    Always good to get a result.

[arthurk]

Thanks for letting us know - good result.