Children of Thomas Plaisted (General)

by unknown, Tuesday, December 20, 2011, 15:16 (4796 days ago) @ davidp

I have a copy of the census of 1871 showing Thomas Playsted as innkeeper aged 75 with his wife Sophia, aged 39 plus 2 grown up children from the first marriage living with them along with 4 of their own children including Sophia's eldest son Moses Playsted aged 14.

Priscilla Playsted (nee Sainsbury from Pontypool) married Moses ( his name was Albert Moses Playsted). Blanche Playsted was their eldest daughter and my great granny. They emigrated to Tasmania in the 1880's.

Blanche said that Priscilla carried on like a great wrong was done to her mother who was thrown out of her home by her husband's children from a first marriage, after the husband died, but she may well have been referring to her mother in law i.e. Sophia.( since Priscilla's own father only married once). Blanche also said this lady who was removed from the house by the children was much younger than her husband that died.

If you know when Thomas died, how he came to be an innkeeper in the first place or where the inn was located,( or anything else about them) I would be most interested. I saw a document suggesting Henry Playsted was an innkeeper in the 1890's somewhere on line, so perhaps he did kick his stepmother out!

Kind regards,

Amber