Ebenezer HEMPSTEAD

Abt 1835 - 1919  (84 years)

• Name	Ebenezer HEMPSTEAD
  Birth	Abt 1835	Glemsford, Suffolk   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	CB8FCE6ED7D54B45AE58185787A3E30F6376
  Death	Jun 1919	Billericay RD   [2]
  Notes	1861 census (indexed as HAMSTEAD and recorded as such), lodging at The Dial in Bradford Street, Bocking, Essex, Ebenezer HAMSTEAD (lodger, married, 26, mat maker, born Glemsford, Suffolk). Ebenezer's wife Sophia and two daughters were with Sarah DOWNEY, widow of William DOWNEY. It seems that Ebenezer and Sophia's marriage didn't last and that they had separated by the time of the 1861 census. By the time of the 1871 census, Ebenezer (using the alias James) was living with his wife-to-be Mary Ann COBB: 1871 census: in Brewhouse Green, Roydon, Norfolk, James HEMPSTEAD (head, unmarried, 36, mat maker, born Glemsford, Suffolk), Mary Ann COBB (housekeeper, unmarried, 30, born Didd, Norfolk, Eliza J HEMPSTEAD (daughter, 12, scholar, born Melford, Suffolk), Sarah HEMPSTEAD (daughter, 10, scholar, born Melford, Suffolk), Emily COBB (daughter, 6, scholar, born Pulham, Norfolk), Alice COBB (daughter, 4, born Diss, Norfolk) and Caroline COBB (daughter, 2, born Roydon, Norfolk). Ebenezer and Mary Ann got married in 1875. I haven't discovered what became of Sophia. 1881 census: in Diss, Norfolk (all HEMSTEAD (sic)), Ebenezer (head, 45, mat maker, born Glemsford, Suffolk), Mary Ann (wife, 40, born Diss, Norfolk), Alice (daughter, 14, mat factory worker, born Diss, Norfolk), Caroline (daughter, 12, brush factory worker, born Roydon, Norolk), Edward J (son, 9, scholar, born Roydon, Norfolk), Hannah (daughter, 7, scholar, born Diss, Norfolk) and William (son, 5, scholar, born Diss, Norfolk). 1891 census: in Bocking, Essex, Ebenezer HEMPSTEAD (head, widower, 55, mat maker, born Glemsford, Suffolk). Ebenezer was by himself and called himself a widower but it's clear from the following 1891 census entry that he wasn't really a widower: in Shelfanger Road, Roydon, Norfolk, Mary A OSBORNE* (head, married, 49, mat binder, born Diss, Norfolk), James E H COBB (son, 20, mat maker, born Roydon, Norfolk) and Wm. HEMSTEAD (sic) (son, 15, loom assistant, born Diss, Norfolk). * I haven't found why Mary adopted the name OSBORNE and haven't found her or Ebenezer in later censuses.
  Person ID	I4042	Great Horkesley, Essex
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2020

  
  

  Family 1	Sophia ANDREWS,   b. Abt 1836, Suffolk d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	18 Aug 1858	Liston, Essex   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F1343	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 May 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Ann COBB,   b. Sep 1840, Diss, Norfolk d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Jun 1875	Norwich RD   [5]
  Family ID	F1344	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 May 2020

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] 1861 census. [S178] BMD index, aged 83, Q2 1919 Billericay 4a/465. (Reliability: 3). [S434] Essex Marriages And Banns 1537-1935 at findmypast.co.uk. [S178] BMD index, Q3 1858 Sudbury 4a/560a. (Reliability: 3). [S178] BMD index, Q2 1875 Norwich 4b/256. (Reliability: 3).