Noah Cutter (General)

by shepway , Saturday, July 28, 2018, 15:23 (2309 days ago) @ MPGriffiths

" ? is Selina CUTLER, Amelia's half-sister "

A good question!

We now endeavour to establish that Ann Gough and Sarah Gough are one and the same and that when she married Noah Cutter she was a Widow and her maiden name is EVANS.

We have this marriage:
Year: 1812
Month: Feb
Day: 4
Grooms_Surname: GOUGH
Grooms_Forenames: William
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition: bachelor
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: of this parish
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames:
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: EVANS
Brides_Forenames: Sarah
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition: spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: of this parish
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both mark
Witness_1: Margaret Evans
Witness_2: Philip Richards
Parish_Chapel: Monmouth

and this baptism:
Year: 1815
Month: Apr
Day: 30
Parents_Surname: GOUGH
Child_Forenames: Harriet
Fathers_Forenames: William
Mothers_Forenames: Sarah
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: of this parish
Occupation: labourer
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference:
Page_Number:
Parish_Chapel: Monmouth

followed by this burial:
Year: 1814
Month: Dec
Day: 7
Surname: GOUGH
Forenames: William
Residence: Monmouth
Age_at_death: 36
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference:
Page_No:
Parish_Chapel: Monmouth

On 29 January 1841 Harriet GOUGH married George LANE by Licence at Monmouth. Harriet's father is given as William.

In the 1841 Census at Jacob's Well is the following household:
Given Name Surname Age Estimated Birth Year Gender Birth City Birth County Birth Country
James Albert Cutler 18 1823 Male Gloucestershire England
George Lane 24 1817 Male Gloucestershire England
Harriet Lane 24 1817 Female Gloucestershire England
Sarah Robbins 55 1786 Female Gloucestershire England
John Morgan 20 1821 Male Gloucestershire England

It has already been established that Selina was also resident in Jacob's Well and the above household suggests we have Sarah together with 2 children by different fathers, James and Harriet. It should also be noted that Selina Cutler is the last entry on a page of the Census and James Albert the first entry on the following page so they were in the same house or neighbours.

There is a record of a death for Sarah in 1846:
Name: Age at Death (in years):
ROBBINS, SARAH 60 Order
GRO Reference: 1846 D Quarter in THE CLIFTON UNION Volume 11 Page 216

Age at date of death suggests a date of birth around 1785. We have this possible baptism:

Year: 1782
Month: Mar
Day: 24
Parents_Surname: EVANS
Child_Forenames: Sarah
Fathers_Forenames: Thos
Mothers_Forenames: Anne
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Newland
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: BTs
Page_Number:
Parish_Chapel: Penallt Monmouth

Witnesses at the marriage of Noah Cutter to Anne Gough were Thomas Howell and Anne Howell. On 10 November 1796 Thomas Howell married Ann EVANS at Monmouth. Could Ann Howell be Sarah's mother? There are a number of burials for Thomas Evans but not possible to establish from the records available to us if anyone of them is the father of Sarah.

As far as I am aware the only entry which states Noah married ANNE is the marriage entry in Staunton Registers. Both Noah and Ann signed with a Mark suggesting they could not read or write and perhaps giving the name as Anne is a clerical error.

Mike