William Minter

1805 - 1895  (89 years)

• Name	William Minter
  Birth	13 Apr 1805	Boyton, Suffolk   [1]
  Christening	23 Apr 1805	Boyton, Suffolk   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	AFD7601E2E1B498DA01AEC88C92C598F2E3E
  Death	2 Jan 1895	Boyton, Suffolk   [2]
  Burial	5 Jan 1895	St Andrew, Boyton, Suffolk   [3, 4, 5]
  Notes	When children Mary Ann and Frederick were baptised William's occupation was labourer. 1841 census: at Cottage, Boyton, Suffolk, William (35, ag lab), Elizabeth (35), David (9), John (6), Elizabeth (3) and William (6 months). 1851 census (indexed as MENTER by ancestry.com: in Boyton, Suffolk, William (56 (sic), ag lab), Elizabeth (49), David (17, ag lab), John (15, ag lab), Elizabeth (12) and William (10). 1861 census: in Boyton Street, Boyton, Suffolk, William (56, farm steward), Elizabeth (59) and William (20, ag lab). 1871 census: in Boyton, Suffolk, William (66, farm bailiff), Elizabeth (69) and grandson Frederick (15, ag lab). 1881 census: in Cottage, Boyton, William (widower, 76, retired farm bailiff) with a domestic servant, Mary HART (unmarried, 49). 1891 census: in White House, The Street, Boyton, William (widower, 87, retired farm bailiff), son-in-law Henry GILLESPIE (71, retired policeman) and his wife Mary Ann (65). Son David (qv) was in the same house. Buried aged 89 of Boyton. From William's headstone (thanks to Stuart Lee, October 2011): Memory of WILLIAM MINTER WHO DIED IN HIS ?? YEAR JANRY 2ND 1895 HE WAS A FAITHFUL SERVANT OF -- DOCK FARM FOR 70 YEARS - --- ING FOR THE MERCY OF -- ---S CHRIST UNTO ETERNAL --- Stuart thinks this is possibly: "Looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life" (Jude 21).
  Person ID	I31	Boyton, Suffolk
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	William Minter,   b. Bef 1803   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Hannah GARROD,   b. 1770   d. Bef 26 Dec 1823, Boyton, Suffolk (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	19 Nov 1803	Boyton, Suffolk   [1]
  	William Minter of this parish single man and Hannah Ling of this parish widow. Both marked. Witnesses William Dayns (sign) and Ann Flurry (mark)
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth SNOWLING,   b. 20 Sep 1801, Butley, Suffolk d. 9 May 1878, Boyton, Suffolk (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	14 Nov 1824	Boyton, Suffolk
  Children	1. Mary Anne Minter,   b. Bef 2 Dec 1824, Boyton, Suffolk d. 8 May 1910, Boyton, Suffolk (Age ~ 85 years)   2. Frederick Minter,   b. Bef 21 Jan 1827, Boyton, Suffolk d. Bef 27 Mar 1836, Boyton, Suffolk (Age ~ 9 years)   3. William Minter,   b. 28 Feb 1827, Boyton, Suffolk d. Bef 3 Oct 1837, Boyton, Suffolk (Age 10 years)   4. David Minter,   b. Bef 19 Jan 1834, Boyton, Suffolk d. 3 Jun 1901, Boyton, Suffolk (Age ~ 67 years)   5. John Minter,   b. Abt 1835, Boyton, Suffolk d. 9 Mar 1899, Boyton, Suffolk (Age ~ 64 years)   6. Elizabeth Minter,   b. Bef 22 Apr 1838, Boyton, Suffolk d. Dec 1912, Plomesgate RD (Age ~ 74 years)   7. William Minter,   b. 24 Dec 1840, Boyton, Suffolk d. Jun 1941, Leicester (Age 100 years)
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Apr 1805 - Boyton, Suffolk Christening - 23 Apr 1805 - Boyton, Suffolk Marriage - 14 Nov 1824 - Boyton, Suffolk Death - 2 Jan 1895 - Boyton, Suffolk  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  William Minter 1805 - 1895 Detail of William's headstone which stands in the graveyard at St Andrews, Boyton, Suffolk

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Stella Herbert, from Boyton/Capel St Andrew Parish Register, September 2006. [S17] Boyton church graveyard, September 2009, Aged 89, Q1 1895 Woodbridge 4a/6_3 (Reliability: 4). [S33] http://www.gravestonephotos.com, March 2012 and later. [S38] Stella Herbert, June 2015. [S48] St Andrew, Boyton Register of Burials via Steve Irwin.