Stephen Minter

Bef 1805 - 1873  (68 years)

• Name	Stephen Minter
  Birth	Bef 3 Feb 1805	Goodnestone next Wingham, Kent
  Christening	3 Feb 1805	Goodnestone next Wingham, Kent
  Gender	Male
  _UID	65BBD16BFFA442CCB377BE0E1CDC3DC0F8B3
  Death	Sep 1873	Eastry RD   [1]
  Notes	1841 census: in Spring Place, St Mary Dover, Stephen (30, publican), Susannah (25), Harriet (9), Sarah (5) and Jane (3). Appeared in the 1845 Post Office Directory (Kelly's) at the Regent Tap, Dover. The following was found on Ancestry in November 2012, posted by Paul Silk: the Dover Telegraph and Cinque Ports General Advertiser, Saturday 5 January, 1850. Price 5d DOVER PETTY SESSIONS FRIDAY - Before the Mayor, and C. B. Wilkins, W. P. Elsted, and G. Graham Esqrs. Barzillai Birch (Lord Warden), Thomas Hobday (Ancient Druids), and Stephen Minter (Royal Arms), were each charged upon information with three several offences:- 1st for selling beer, 2nd for selling spirits, and, 3rd for selling tobacco, in booths upon a certain ground on which a fair was recently held without being licensed so to do. John Lewis, Esq. Collector of the license, attended to watch proceedings; and the prosecution was conducted by Mr. S. Chalk, the defendants being supported by Mr. Tapley. Birch was first arranged, on the charge of selling beer. Mr. Goodall, of the Excise, supported the information, and the evidence adduced being satisfactory to the Bench, defendant was convicted on this charge in the mitigating penalty of £5. The charge of selling spirits was then proffered against Birch. Mr. Tapley took an objection to the information, on the ground that the charge was not made either in the words or substance of the Act, and that the negative exceptions had not been distinctly enumerated. Several cases were cited in support of the objections; to which Mr. Chalk replied by adopting citation in support of the information. The Bench ultimately ruled that the objection was fatal, and the charge was quashed. The charge for selling tobacco being about to be proceeded with, Mr. Tapley stated that his client would admit the charge; that the other defendants admitted the charges against them, and the whole threw themselves upon the mercy of the court, and praying that the magistrates in addition to conviction in the mitigating penalty on all the offences, would recommend to the Board of Excise a further mitigation, so as to reduce the penalty to £6 upon each defendant, as had been suggested by the prosecution. The Bench assented to the proposition, and judgement being taken on all the cases the defendants were severely fined in the mitigated penalty of £30, with the understanding that a recommendation would be forwarded for a further mitigation as suggested." 1851 census: at the 'Royal Arms', Council House Street, Dover, Stephen (40, licensed victualler), Susanna (39), Harriet (18, dress maker), Sarah A (16) and Jane (13). All are shown as born Ash. Appeared in the 1852 Post Office Directory of Kent (Kelly's) at the Royal Arms, Council House Street, Dover. 1861 census: in Ash Street, Ash, Stephen (46, ag lab), second wife Mary A (35), Mary's three children (shown incorrectly as 'in - law') Ann E SPINNER (12), Mary A SPINNER (7) and James SPINNER (5) and an unnamed infant son 6 days old. There is no sign of the registration of a marriage between Mary Ann and a Mr Spinner and Mary Ann's first child Ann was probably fathered by someone else, possibly an Edward Cowell with whom Mary was living as a servant in 1851 at Garlinge, St John the Baptist, Margate. At that time Mary was recorded as Mary Ann PIERCE, 24, born Birchington and Ann was recorded as Ann Elizabeth PIERCE, 2, born Minster. The name PEARCE was given as Mary's previous name when she married Stephen in 1861, which also lends weight to the idea that she did not marry Mr Spinner. 1871 census: in New Street, Ash, Stephen (60, ag lab), Mary Ann (43), Mary Ann (19), James (16, ag lab), Sarah A (10, scholar), Eliza J (7, scholar), Ellen J (4, scholar) and grandson John H (1 month). Sarah A must be the child who was entered in 1861 as a male infant. The identity of John H is unknown. 1881 census: Mary Ann, now a widow age 54, was living in Bishopbourne with her brother in law Robert Minter (qv).
  Person ID	I11	Goodnestone, Kent
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2012

  
  

  Father	George Minter,   b. Bef 23 Jul 1775, Woodnesborough, Kent d. Bef 17 Sep 1820 (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth KEMP,   b. 1777, Ash or Woodnesborough, Kent d. Dec 1871, Eastry RD (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	11 Oct 1798	Goodnestone, Kent   [2]
  	George Minter of Goodnestone and Elizabeth Kemp of this parish, banns called on the 16th, 23rd and 30th September 1798 at St Peter, Sandwich. Married by banns as a bachelor of Goodnestone; Elizabeth a spinster of St Peter Sandwich, born 1777 at Ash/Woodnesborough.
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Susannah Sarah Ellen HARRISON,   b. 1812, Ash, Kent d. 1 Aug 1854 (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	5 Dec 1829	Woodnesborough, Kent   [2]
  	Married by banns as a bachelor of Woodnesborough; Susannah a spinster of Preston born 1812 at Ash.
  Children	1. George Minter,   b. Bef 6 Feb 1831, Woodnesborough, Kent d. Bef 22 May 1831, Woodnesborough, Kent (Age 0 years)   2. Harriet Minter,   b. Bef 10 May 1832, Woodnesborough, Kent d. Yes, date unknown   3. Sarah Ann Minter,   b. Bef 26 Jul 1835, Woodnesborough, Kent d. Yes, date unknown   4. Jane Minter,   b. Bef 20 May 1838, Dover, Kent d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Ann PEARCE,   b. Abt 1826, Birchington, Kent d. Jun 1887, Bridge RD (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	16 Mar 1861	Ash, Kent   [1]
  	Married by banns as a widower labourer of Ash; Mary Ann a widow of Ash, the daughter of Robert Pearce.
  Children	1. Ann Elizabeth PIERCE\MINTER,   b. Bef 7 Jan 1849, Minster, Kent d. Yes, date unknown   2. Mary Ann SPINNER\MINTER,   b. Bef 12 Mar 1854, St Nicholas, Kent d. Yes, date unknown   3. James SPINNER\MINTER,   b. Bef 26 Oct 1855, St Nicholas, Kent d. Yes, date unknown   4. Sarah Ann Minter,   b. Jun 1861, Ash, Kent d. Dec 1873, Eastry RD (Age 12 years)   5. Eliza Jane Minter,   b. Mar 1864, Ash, Kent d. Jun 1927, West Ashford RD (Age 63 years)   6. Ellen J Minter,   b. Abt 1867, Ash, Kent d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F12	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2012

  
  

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  [S3] BMD index. [S2] Cliff Minter.