Comfort LEIGHTON nee HIAM born abt 1801, Pauntley nr Newent. (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Friday, November 24, 2017, 00:22 (2557 days ago) @ MPGriffiths

Used the 1841 Census on the Forest of Dean for the first time, as was struggling to find them on Ancestry

Listed on Ancestry as COMBERT LAYTON and living in Pauntley

LAYTON

Thomas - 35
Combert - 40
Charles - 10
Mary - 7
Thomas - 3
Smuel - 14 2 Mo

Hi M,
I don't currently subscribe to Ancestry, but even when I did, my go-to backup site was LDS aka FamilySearch. Despite sometimes having inaccurate transcriptions, and being laborious to copy-across to other documents or webpages, it's always very good at dealing with tricky spelling variations and offering possible alternatives.

In this case I entered "Tho Laiten Newent" and the search immediately gave the following Census which matches the one you found of course.

1841 Pool Hill, Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England
Household Role Age Birthplace
Thomas Layton M 35-39 Gloucestershire
Comfort Layton F 40-44 Gloucestershire
Charles Layton M 10 Gloucestershire
Mary Layton F 7 Gloucestershire
Thomas Layton M 3 Gloucestershire
Samuel Layton M 1 Gloucestershire

https://www.familysearch.org

As it seems likely that Amie already has the later Census transcripts, I won't post them again here, but I will say their info shows perfect agreement with the following PRs from this site's database.
eg the 1871 Census for Thomas showed Thomas senior as a carrier. This is matched by his son Thomas Junior's Marriage Record here, to Selina as per his own 1871 Census.

Record_ID: 45347
Entry_Number: 45
Year: 1863
Month: Nov
Day: 9
Grooms_Surname: LEIGHTON
Grooms_Forenames: Thomas
Grooms_Age: 27
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Labourer
Grooms_Residence: Pauntley
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Leighton
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Carrier
Brides_Surname: BURLOW
Brides_Forenames: Selina
Brides_Age: 26
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Newent
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Burlow
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: George
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: He marks she signs
Witness_1: George Lewis
Witness_2: Mary Ann Leighton
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: T P Little
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P246 IN 1/5
Page_Number: 23
Parish_Chapel: Pauntley
Soundex_Groom: L235
Soundex_Bride: B640

The Census' also indicate the following death records are correct.

Record_ID: 131430
Entry_Number: 328
Year: 1884
Month: Mar
Day: 16
Surname: LEIGHTON
Forenames: Thomas
Residence: Pauntley
Age_at_death: 8[?]4
Officiating_Minister: L. Priestley Foster Vicar
Event: [not stated]
Cause_of_death: Burial
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P246 IN 1/7
Page_No: 41
Parish_Chapel: Pauntley
Soundex: L235

Record_ID: 131415
Entry_Number: 313
Year: 1879
Month: Dec
Day: 15
Surname: LEIGHTON
Forenames: Comfort
Residence: Pauntley
Age_at_death: 84
Officiating_Minister: T. P. Little Vicar
Event: [not stated]
Cause_of_death: Burial
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P246 IN 1/7
Page_No: 40
Parish_Chapel: Pauntley
Soundex: L235

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Another of the first results from FamilySearch was this, possibly Thomas' father & maybe brother too ?

1841 Pool Hill, Pauntley, Gloucestershire, England
Household Role Age Birthplace
Birthplace
Thomas Layton M 67-71 Gloucestershire
James Layton M 30-34 Gloucestershire
Ann Layton F 25-29
Caroline Layton F 8 Gloucestershire
Francis Layton F 6 Gloucestershire
John Layton M 1 Gloucestershire

Record_ID: 131266
Entry_Number: 164
Year: 1850
Month: Apr
Day: 3
Surname: LEIGHTON
Forenames: Thomas
Residence: Pool Hill
Age_at_death: 79
Officiating_Minister: T P Little Incumbent
Event: [not stated]
Cause_of_death: Burial
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P246 IN 1/7
Page_No: 21
Parish_Chapel: Pauntley
Soundex: L235

So born abt 1771 ?.

Son James' Baptism fits the census,

Record_ID: 72374
Entry_Number: 299
Year: 1807
Month: Sep
Day: 20
Parents_Surname: LAYTON
Child_Forenames: James
Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Mothers_Forenames: Sarah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P225 IN 1/3
Page_Number: 62
Parish_Chapel: Newent
Soundex: L350

Record_ID: 12198
Entry_Number: 693
Year: 1802
Month: Nov
Day: 7
Grooms_Surname: LAYTON
Grooms_Forenames: Thomas
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: Newent
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames:
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: STARLING
Brides_Forenames: Sarah
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition:
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Newent
Brides_Fathers_Surname:
Brides_Fathers_Forenames:
Brides_Fathers_Occupation:
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both mark
Witness_1: Eliz White
Witness_2: Stephen Skynner
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P225 IN 1/8
Page_Number: 80
Parish_Chapel: Newent
Soundex_Groom: L350
Soundex_Bride: S364

Record_ID: 131194
Entry_Number: 92
Year: 1835
Month: Nov
Day: 13
Surname: LAYTON
Forenames: Sarah
Residence: Pauntley
Age_at_death: 62
Officiating_Minister: A. Sayers
Event: [not stated]
Cause_of_death: Burial
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P246 IN 1/7
Page_No: 12
Parish_Chapel: Pauntley
Soundex: L350

So born abt 1773, so fits the Census, but cannot find a baptism yet.

Record_ID: 311713
Entry_Number:
Year: 1772
Month: Mar
Day: 22
Parents_Surname: STARLING
Child_Forenames: Sarah
Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Mothers_Forenames: Mary
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: Samuel Sergeant
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P246 IN 1/1
Page_Number: 81
Parish_Chapel: Pauntley
Soundex: S364

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