SARAH WHITE

THOMAS WHITE

IN

Memory of

SARAH WIFE OF

THOMAS WHITE

who died Feb 12th 1847

Aged 67 Years

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by the light of the righteous

and let

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Also of

THOMAS WHITE

who died Oct 3rd 1858

Aged 75 Years.

Thomas White was born in Beaulieu to Charles and Ann (nee White) in 1784. He was baptised at Beaulieu church on 19th September 1784.

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It appears he married Sarah Brisco in Brockenhurst in 1807, although few records have been found for her. They had a daughter Sarah White in 1808 who was baptised privately in Beaulieu on 17th May  1808.

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The 1841 census shows Thomas and Sarah living in Hatchett Lane, Beaulieu. Thomas was working as a hemp comber, probably at the rope factory in Factory (Masseys) Lane, East Boldre.

 

The census implies Thomas was born in about 1786 rather than 1783 as his gravestone suggests but it is not unusual to find small discrepancies in ages between records. Incorrect ages (within reason) are actually very common in census records as often times the registrar was misinformed or made a guess if not told or forgot information. A surprising number of people at this time did not know their own age as it was not something they needed to know for any practical reason.

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Sarah was buried at the chapel by the Rev John Bartlett Burt on 15th February 1874.

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The 1851 census shows 68 year old Thomas, a widower,  living alone in Beaulieu and now working as an agricultural labourer.

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Thomas was buried at the chapel by the Rev John Bartlett Burt on 6th October 1858.​

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The epitaph on this gravestone is one of the very few inscriptions on the gravestones at the chapel that we have not been able to fully decipher despite using advanced digital imaging techniques.​