The descendants of
George Flint and Elizabeth (Lee) Flint,
of Holbeach, Lincolnshire

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Chapter 3
George Flint (II), of Holbeach, Lincolnshire, and of Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire

George Flint (II), son of George and Elizabeth (Lee) Flint, of Holbeach, Lincolnshire (see Chapter 1) was bapt. 2 May 1801 in Holbeach parish church, and d. (intestate) 26 Dec. 1891, aged over 90 years, at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, of “natural decay.”^[1] He m. (1) 1 Jan. 1821 in Holbeach parish church, following publication of banns, Mary Inkley, b. between May 1797 and May 1798, probably at Gosberton, bapt. 3 June 1798 in Money Bridge Lane Chapel, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, d. 4 May 1838 at Wisbech, of a “strangulated umbilical hernia,”^[2] daughter of Edward and Ann (Fountain) Inkley, of Gosberton, Lincolnshire. He m. (2) 17 June 1838 in the parish church of Walsoken, Norfolk, by licence,^[3] Mary Ann Etherington Marwick,^[4] b. between April 1815 and April 1816 at Leverington, Cambridgeshire, d. 17 May 1884 at no. 8 Ryan Street, Wisbech, of a concussion of the brain,^[5] daughter of Abraham Marwick, of Walsoken, farmer.^[6] He m. (3) 10 Dec. 1884 in the Methodist Free Church, Wisbech, as her third husband, Mary (Mackinder) (Fletcher) Shaw, b. probably in April-Dec. 1816 (age given as 74 in the 1891 census, and as 82 at her death) at Tydd St. Giles, Cambridgeshire, d. 26 Dec. 1898 at Wisbech, of “senile gangrene” of the foot,^[7] widow of John Fletcher and of George Shaw, and daughter of the late Joseph Mackinder, a baker. Helen Reid, of Loughborough, Leicestershire, a great-great-great-granddaughter by the first husband, provides the following information concerning Mary Mackinder: “She was first married to John Fletcher, a baker like her father. They were together nearly 40 years and had six children, living in Elm, Cambs and then in Emneth, Norfolk. After John’s death in 1872, she married George Shaw in 1875 (in Manchester where she was staying with her eldest daughter, my great-great-grandmother), but he died in 1878.”^[8]
     George Flint and his first wife were both single and of Holbeach at the time of their marriage. He signed his name in the register but she made a mark instead. The witnesses were a Mary Biggadike and a Francis Birch. Various records refer to George Flint as a carpenter or joiner (1821-1840, 1884), a builder (1826, 1836, 1861-1891), a wholesale dealer (1838), a furniture broker (1841-50, 1873), a cabinet or furniture maker (1851-56), a contractor (1891), and a master carpenter.
     George Flint and his first wife Mary Inkley became Methodists by 1836, when they had their son John baptized in the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Albert Street, Holbeach.^[9] Indeed family records claim that George Flint was, like his sons George and John, a Methodist lay preacher.^[10] Though no documentary evidence has been found to confirm this assertion, it is not implausible, as Holbeach was an early centre for Primitive Methodist camp meetings.^[11]
     George Flint moved with his family to Wisbech in 1837 or 1838, at about the same time as George and Matthew Flint, sons of his late elder brother, John Flint; his younger brother Matthew having already moved there by 1833. His wife died shortly after the move, and George Flint remarried soon afterward. He was living with his second wife at Timber Market between 1841 and 1849.^[12] They appear at the Timber Market, Wisbech, in the 1841 census, in which George is called a broker.^[13] In 1851 they were living at at Norfolk Street East, and she was a milliner and dressmaker.^[14] By 1856 they had moved to Church Terrace, where he had a cabinet-making business and she was doing millinery work,^[15] and they are found at 26 Church Terrace in 1861, when he had a servant and his wife an apprentice.^[16] They were living at no. 18 Market Place in 1871,^[17] and at no. 8 Ryan Street in 1881,^[18] where his wife died years later.
     George Flint remarried shortly afterward to his third wife, and they are found in the 1891 census of Emneth, Norfolk, their household consisting only of themselves.^[19]
     On George Flint’s death in 1891 he left no will, and no letters of administration were ever granted on his estate.
     Issue:

(by first wife:)

1. Sarah Flint, bapt. 28 Nov. 1821 in Holbeach parish church, living 1891. She m. 12 Jan. 1841 in the parish church of SS. Peter and Paul, Wisbech, James MacNeil, b. between March and November of 1820, bapt. 5 Nov. 1820 in the parish church of Hessle-by-Hull, Yorkshire, d. 1861-71, son of William and Ann (____) MacNeil, of Wisbech.^[20] Sarah Flint and her husband were both living at Timber Market at the time of their marriage, which was witnessed by her father and by a Mary Ann MacNeil; and he was a butcher. They are found there in the 1841 census, in which James is again called a butcher; his parents were in an adjacent household.^[21] They were living on Norfolk Street East in 1851, with an assistant butcher and two servants.^[22] They were living at 52 Norfolk Street East in 1861, with an apprentice and a servant.^[23] Sarah’s brother John was then living next door at no. 54, and it seems that they were particularly friendly, as he named his second son James MacNeil Flint after her husband. The widow “Sarah McNeil,” butcher, appears at no. 53 Norfolk Street East in the 1871 census of Wisbech; in her household was a domestic servant, Sarah Ann Schofield, aged 21, born at Wisbech (could she have been related to Mary Schofield, mother-in-law of Sarah’s younger half-brother Abraham Flint?).^[24] In 1881 Sarah was living with her father at no. 8 Ryan Street, Wisbech. In 1891, again as “Sarah McNeil,” she is found as the “caretaker” of an otherwise empty house at no. 10 George Street, Walsoken, Norfolk.^[25]
        Only known child:
   1. Mary MacNeil, b. between March 1843 and March 1844 at Wisbech, d. in 1851-61.
2. George Flint (III), J.P., b. 7 April 1823^[26] near Holbeach, bapt. 10 April following in Holbeach parish church, d. (testate) 7 July 1906, aged over 83 years, at Toronto, and buried there beside his first wife in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, section E, plot 54.^[27] He m. (1) 11 Aug. 1842 in the parish church of SS. Peter and Paul, Wisbech, Mary Rose Teed, b. 6 April 1824, probably at Boston, d. 20 Nov. 1898 at Toronto, and buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.^[28] He m. (2) (as her second husband) probably in 1899, Eleanor (Forsyth) Breuls, b. ca. 12 Sept. 1830, probably at or near Glasgow, d. 28 June 1904, aged 73 years, 9 months, and 16 days, probably at or near Ringwood, and buried in Dixon Hill Cemetery, near Ringwood.^[29]
        For further details see Chapter  4.
3. Edward Flint, b. in 1824 at Holbeach, bapt. 15 June 1824 in Holbeach parish church, d. v.p. in the March quarter of 1886 at Bethnal Green, London. He m. 30 June 1845 at St. Leonard’s Shoreditch, Middlesex, Jane Willesee Deans, b. 1823-24 at Leverington, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, bapt. 21 Jan 1824 in the parish church of St. Peter, Wisbech, d. 21 Oct. 1915, aged over 91 years. For further details see Chapter  13b.
4. Ann Flint, b. at Holbeach, bapt. 7 April 1826 in Holbeach parish church, d. at Holbeach shortly before 10 April 1827, when she was buried in Holbeach churchyard.
5. William Flint, b. at Holbeach, bapt. 27 Sept. 1827 in Holbeach parish church, d. at Holbeach shortly before 5 April 1834, when he was buried in Holbeach churchyard.
6. Mary Flint, b. at Holbeach, bapt. 19 Dec. 1829 in Holbeach parish church, living 1881, when she is found, as a widow, in the household of her daughter, Mary (Inkley) Clutterbuck, at no. 16 New Chesterfield St., London. She m. 1 Feb. 1849 in the parish church of SS. Peter and Paul, Wisbech, by license, her first cousin, Thomas Inkley, Jr., bapt. 19 Feb. 1827 in Spalding parish church, d. in 1875 in the Spalding registration district, aged 48 years,^[30] son of Thomas Inkley, of Spalding, Lincolnshire, by his wife Mary Pullin.^[31] Mary Flint was taken by her parents to Wisbech in 1837-38. At the time of her marriage (which was witnessed by he father and by an Ann Inkley), she was living with her father and step-mother at Timber Market, and her husband was a butcher, of Spalding. She and her husband apparently went to live at Spalding immediately after their marriage. By March 1851 they were living at Hall Place,^[32] and they were still there in 1856.^[33] By 1861 they had moved to Sheep Market; he was then employing two men and two boys, and her first cousin once removed, Sarah Warren, was their house-servant.^[34] In 1871 they are found at Westlode (?) Street.^[35]
        Known issue:
   1. Kate Inkley, b. 1849-50 (aged 21 in 1871, 31 in 1881, 41 in 1891, 51 in 1901) at Spalding, living 1901. She was a student in 1861, and was still living unmarried with her parents in 1871. She m. in early 1873 in the Spalding registration district,^[36] Mark Hurn, b. 1850-51 (aged 30 in 1881, 40 in 1891) at Thorney New, Cambridgeshire, d. 1891-1901. They were enumerated at no. 5 St. Mary Street, Stamford St. Mary, Lincolnshire, in the 1881 census, in which he is called a “butcher employing 1 boy”; their household included a butcher’s apprentice and a general servant.^[37] They were enumerated at the same address in 1891, when Mark Hurn is called a butcher.^[38] The widowed Kate, inexplicably called “Lydia Hurn,” appears again at no. 5 St. Mary’s Street in the 1901 census of Stamford St. Mary, in which she is called a butcher, having presumably taken over her husband’s business.^[39] Known issue (all born at Stamford):
      1. Mary Lizzie Hurn, b. 1873-74 (aged 7 in 1881, 17 in 1891), living 1901. She was still living with her parents in 1891, when she was a butcher’s assistant. She m. in 1899 in the Stamford registration district,^[40] John Sidney Speechly, b. 1870-71 (aged 30 in 1901) at Stourbridge (?), Cambridgeshire, living 1901. They had already removed by the taking of the 1901 census to West Hartlepool, co. Durham, where they were enumerated as visitors at no. 25 Arncliffe Gardens, John being called a marine engine fitter and Mary’s name being given as “Marly.”^[41] No children are shown with them at the time.
      2. Kate Hurn, b. 1875-76 (aged 5 in 1881), living with her parents in 1881 but not in 1891, so presumably d. young.
      3. Thomas J. Hurn, b. 1876-77 (aged 4 in 1881, 14 in 1891), living with his parents in 1891, when he was a butcher’s assistant in 1891, but not living with his widowed mother in 1901.
      4. Mark Hurn, Jr., b. 1878-79 (aged 2 in 1881, 12 in 1891, 22 in 1901), living unmarried with his widowed mother in 1901, when he was a butcher’s assistant; he is called “Matthew” in 1901.
      5. Florence M. Hurn, b. in 1880 (aged 11 months in 1881, 10 years in 1891), living with her parents in 1891, but not living with her widowed mother in 1901. We have not found a plausible marriage record for her in the FreeBMD index.
      6. Maud M. Hurn, b. 1881-82 (aged 9 in 1891).
      7. Grace Margaret Hurn, b. 1883-84 (aged 7 in 1891), living unmarried with her mother in 1901, when she was a draper’s assistant.
      8. Charles Henry Hurn, b. 1885-86 (aged 5 in 1891), still living with his mother in 1901, when he was a chemist’s apprentice.
   2. Mary Elizabeth Inkley, b. probably in 1854 (aged 17 in 1871) at Spalding,^[42] living 1901. She was a student in 1861, and was still living unmarried with her parents in 1871. She m. in 1877 in the Spalding registration district,^[43] John C. Clutterbuck, b. 1857-58 (aged 23 in 1881, 43 in 1901) at St. Paul’s, Bedfordshire (per 1881 census) or at St. Pancras, Bedfordshire (per 1901 census), living 1901. At the taking of the 1881 census, which calls him a journeyman butcher, they were living at 16 New Chesterfield St., London, and her widowed mother was a member of their household; there were no children.^[44] They were enumerated at Finchley, Middlesex, in the 1901 census, in which he is called a “butchers’ manager”; at which time his nephew and niece, Charles E. Ward (aged 18) and Caroline Ward (aged 17), were members of their household, and again there were no children.^[45]
   3. Harriet Inkley, bapt. 12 Aug. 1857 in Spalding parish church, d. by 1861, as she does not appear with her parents in the census of that year.
   4. Thomas Inkley (III), b. 1857-58 at Spalding, d. in 1883 in the Spalding registration district (although the age at death of 27 years given in the record is slightly too high).^[46] He was a student in 1861, and was still living unmarried with his parens in 1871, when he was a butcher like his father. He m. (as her first husband) by 1880, Margaret A. ____, b. 1860-61 (aged 30 in 1891, 40 in 1901) at March, Cambridgeshire, living 1901. In 1881 he was a master butcher employing one man and three boys, and was living at no. 33 Hall Street, Spalding (which had previously been his parents’ home).^[47] In 1891 his widow, who was by 1890 remarried to William E. Benner, a butcher, is found with him, the two children of her first marriage, and their son William E. (aged 1), at Hall Place, Spalding.^[48] In 1901 this man — now called William S. Benner — was a farmer, of no. 32 Pinchbeck Street, Spalding, and of the Inkley children only Thomas was still part of the household; there were five Benner children: William E. (11), Margaret F. (9), Jane S. (7), James (3), Redvers J. (1 month).^[49]
           Known issue:
      1. Grace Mary Inkley, b. 1880 at Spalding, living 1901. She was still living unmarried with her mother in 1891. She m. in late 1899 or early 1900 in the Spalding registration district,^[50] Henry Hildred, b. 1876-77 (aged 24 in 1901) at Burgh, Lincolnshire, living 1901. By the taking of the 1901 census they had already removed to Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, where they were enumerated at no. 61 Wilford Road, Henry being called a butcher.^[51] They did not then have any children.
      2. Thomas Inkley (IV), b. 1882-83 (aged 8 in 1891, 18 in 1901) at Spalding, still living unmarried with his mother in 1901; his occupation as given in the census of that year is completely unintelligible.
   5. Sarah Emma Inkley, b. 1859-60 at Spalding, d. probably in 1884-89, and certainly in 1881-91. She is found in her parents’s household in 1871. She seems very likely to have been the Sarah Emma Ward, aged 26 years, whose death was registered in the April-June quarter of 1885 in the Marylebone district, London, but we have not checked the record.^[52] She m. (as his first wife) in 1879 in the Spalding registration district,^[53] Charles Ward, b. about 1856-57 (aged 25 in 1881, 33 in 1891, 44 in 1901) at Ashton, Northamptonshire, living 1901. They were enumerated at no. 13, St. Mary’s Hill, Stamford St. Mary, Lincolnshire, in the 1881 census, in which Charles is called a master butcher, his birthplace is gives as “Ashton” (no county stated), and at which time their household included his sister Martha, “cousin” Elizabeth Darling, a butcher’s apprentice, and a general domestic servant.^[54] Charles Ward m. (2) certainly by 1891, and probably by 1890, Charlotte ____, b. about 1863 (aged 27 in 1891, 38 in 1901) at Bloomsbury, London. He appears with his second wife, his son Thomas by his first wife, and his younger sons Charles (aged 9, and thus probably by first wife) and Sidney (aged only 1, and thus almost certainly by second) at no. 36 Molyneux Street in the 1891 census of St. Marylebone, London, in which he is called a cab (i.e. carriage) driver.^[55] He appears at no. 17 Green Street in the 1901 census of Paddington, St. Mary, with his second wife, and five children all born after 1892 who must have been by his second marriage; he is again called a cab driver.^[56]

      (Only certain child of Sarah (Inkley) Ward:)

      1. Thomas David Ward, b. in 1881 (aged only 3 weeks and still unnamed at the taking of the 1881 census; aged 10 in 1891) at Stamford; living with his father in 1891 but not in 1901.

      (Probable child of Sarah (Inkley) Ward:)

      2. Charles Cecil Ward b. 1883-84 (aged 9 in 1891) at St. Pancras, London, living with his father in 1891 but not in 1901.
7. Matthew Flint, b. 1831-32, d. shortly before 7 Oct. 1833, when he was buried in Holbeach churchyard.^[57]
8. Catherine Flint (twin), b. 31 Jan. 1834 at Holbeach,^[58] d. 13 Sept. 1849 at Holbeach, of “febris remittens” (i.e. remittent fever).
9. Martha Flint (twin), b. 31 Jan. 1834 at Holbeach,^[59] d. 23 June 1925, aged over 90 years, at Plainville, Mass., and buried there.^[60] She m. 20 Sept. 1852 in Providence Chapel, Walsoken, Norfolk,^[61] William Smith, b. 8 Oct. 1831 at Walsoken, Norfolk,^[62] d. 16 Nov. 1893 at Rochester, New York, and buried there in Mt. Hope Cemetery.^[63] For further details see Chapter  14.
10. Matthew Flint, b. at Holbeach, bapt. 24 Aug. 1835 in Holbeach parish church, d. at Holbeach shortly before 30 March 1836, when he was buried in Holbeach churchyard.
11. John Flint, b. 17/18 Dec. 1836 at Holbeach,^[64] bapt. there 27 Dec. following in the Primitive Methodist Church on Albert Street, d. (testate) 17 Dec. 1925, aged almost 89 years, at Walsoken, Norfolk, of old age,^[65] and buried beside his first wife in Leverington Road Cemetery, near Wisbech.^[66] He m. (1) 28 Oct. 1856 in the parish church of Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk, Sophia Bird, b. at Tilney St. Lawrence, Norfolk, bapt. there 9 Aug. 1835 in the parish church, d. 12 March 1886 at Wisbech, of several illnesses,^[67] and buried in Leverington Road Cemetery, nearby.^[68] He m. (2) in 1886-1901,^[69] Sarah Ann Teed, b. between March 1837 and March 1838 at Wisbech, d. s.p. 19 Aug. 1923 at Wisbech.^[70] For further details see Chapter 15.

(by second wife:)

12. Abraham B. Flint^[71], b. 25 Aug. 1840 at Wisbech, d. (intestate, probably s.p. and almost certainly s.p.s.^[72]) 4 Sept. 1886, while visiting Rochester, N.Y., and buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.^[73] He m. 8 Aug. 1863 in Brant Co., Ontario, according to Primitive Methodist rites,^[74] Elizabeth Acret, b. 1842-43 at Brantford, d. (almost certainly s.p.s.) 27 Dec. 1921, at Toronto, and buried beside her husband.^[75], daughter of James M. and Mary (Schofield) Acret, of Brantford, Brant Co., and formerly of Lincolnshire, England.^[76] Abraham Flint was living with his parents at Wisbech in 1851. He learned the mercantile business, and moved in 1861 to Toronto, where he became a buyer and traveller for Brandon & Co., on Front Street. At his marriage in 1863 the witnesses were a Mary Acret and a Rachel Higham, both of Brantford. Some time in 1870-80 he left Brandon & Co. to found, with a man named J.H. Macdonald, a wholesale dry-goods firm at 34 Colborne Street, which he later moved to 109 King Street East, and continued to operate until his death. His last home address was 239 Jarvis Street,^[77] where he had lived for several years.^[78] A contemporary memoir of him states, “Abraham B. Flint … was universally recognized as a man of strict integrity and upright business principles…, an honourable businessman and a Christian gentleman. In political sentiments he was a reformer.”^[79] The 1881 census gives his and his wife’s religion as Canadian Methodist.^[80] After the death of Abraham Flint his widow moved frequently. She last appears in the city directories at 484 Spadina Avenue in 1906, and nothing is known of her whereabouts thereafter until her death at St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, in 1921.^[81] Abraham Flint seems to have been completely unknown to descendants of his older half-siblings, and his presence in Canada was learnt only through a chance discovery while reading local historical sources.
13. Elizabeth Flint, b. 2 Aug. 1843 at Wisbech, d. 8 May 1925 at Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana.^[82] She m. 1 Jan. 1861 in the parish church of SS. Peter and Paul, Wisbech, John Cole, Jr., b. between Jan. 1837 and Jan. 1838 (aged 42 in 1880), d. 1912 at Morocco, Newton Co., Indiana,^[83] son of the late John Cole, of Walsoken, Norfolk, farmer. This couple moved before 1870 to Illinois, then by 1880 to Morocco, Newton Co., Indiana, U.S.A.^[84] For a discussion of the evidence for the identification, and further details, see Chapter 15b.
14. James William Flint, b. July-Aug. 1850 at Wisbech, living 1901. He was living with his parents in 1861, when he was a student (and is erroneously called John), but had left their home by 1871, and has not been found in the 1871 census. He m. 1 Jan. 1873 at Wisbech,^[85] Jane Elizabeth Pooley, b. 1851-52 (aged 28 in 1881, 38 in 1891, 48 in 1901) at London, living 1901, daughter of the late John Reed (?) Pooley. He was a draper at the time of his marriage. We must retract the statement in earlier versions of these notes that he used his middle name of William in preference to his first name of James. In fact, he is called “James W. Flint” in the censuses of 1881, 1891, and 1901. As such, he appears with his wife at no. 20 Spital Hill, in the 1881 census, in which he is called a draper; their household included an assistant.^[86] He appears with his wife at 36 & 38 Ellesmere Road, Brightside Bierlow, in the 1891 census, in which he is again called a draper; their household included a domestic servant.^[87] He appears with his wife at no. 42 Firshill Road, Brightside Bierlow, in the 1901 census, when he is yet again called a draper; their household again included a domestic servant.^[88] As no children appear with this couple in any census records between 1881 and 1901, it seems quite unlikely they had any.

Notes

name          relat. cond. age  birthplace  occupation
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Flint, George     head  M  49   Holbeach    furniture maker
  "  , Mary       wife  M  34   Leverington dressmaker
  "  , John       son   U  13   Holbeach    butcher
  "  , Martha     dau.  U  16      "        dressmaker
  "  , Abraham    son  --  10   Wisbech
  "  , Elizabeth  dau. --   7      "
  "  , William    son  -- 8 mos.   "

Thomas Inkly   head  44 mar. butcher    Lincs.: Spalding
Mary Inkly     wife  41 mar.            Lincs.: Holbeach
Thomas Inkly   son   14 unm. butcher    Lincs.: Spalding
Kate Inkly     dau.  21 unm.            Lincs.: Spalding
Mary E. Inkly  dau.  17 unm.            Lincs.: Spalding
Sarah E. Inkly dau.  12 ----            Lincs.: Spalding
Jane P. Peach  svt.  13 unm. gen'l svt. Lincs.: Pinchbeck

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