Jane CROMPTON

Christened 25may1819 in Nafferton
Parents: Richardson and Martha Crompton of Nafferton, Farmer
As certified by Thos. Ibbotson, Vicar of Garton and Curate of
the Per: the dual? Curacies of Skern, Ruston Parva and Lowthorpe

Above: A composite image of Jane Crompton's baptism 25 May 1819. Note the transcription of the small script above.

North Newbald

In about 1839 Jane married Abraham Swift PEARS, who was christened on 05 February 1814 in North Newbald. On 6/7 June 1841 the census records them as living on The Green, North Newbald. It was the last house enumerated before turning in to Eastgate. This suggests that this is the white house on the left. The standard practice for 1841 was to round ages down to the nearest 5 years ie the range 20-24 years to 20, sometimes it was 19-24 years to 20. There are many examples of children's ages being exact. Occasionally a keen enumerator would put exact ages.

1819info1, sheet 2

Jane's brother, Caleb, appears as the last member of the household - after the servants. It was thought that Caleb was in Australia at the time of the census.

1841 Census Son/Mon 6/7 June 1841
Source:   FHL Film PRO Ref HO107
          Piece 1219 Book 9 Folio 7 Page 7
Dwelling: Green
Place:    North Newbald, York

Name              Age  Occupation
Abraham Pears     25   Farmer
Jane Pears        20         
John Pears        10m
Richard Pears     15   Butcher
Richard Sutherby  11
Hannah Kirby      15   F S
Caleb Crompton    20   F

Above: A composite image of the 1841 census for North Newbald

1819info1, sheet 3

1851 Census Sun/Mon 30/31st March 1851
Source:     FHL Film  TNA Ref H1O7
            Piece: 2363; Folio: 772; Page: 10; Sched: 47
Dwelling:   Upper Union Street, Alcone Place    
Place:      Hull Holy Trinity, South Myton, Kingston Upon Hull, York ER, England

Name              Rel  Mar  Age  Occupation                  Birthplace 
Abraham S Pears  Head   M    37  Corn Porter  Yorks, North Newbald
Jane Pears       Wife   M    31               Yorks, Nafferton
John S Pears      Son   U    10  Errand boy   Yorks, North Newbald
Thomas R Pears    Son   U     8  Scholar      Yorks, Leeds
Edmund Pears      Son   U     5               Yorks, Driffield
James Pears       Son   U     2               Yorks, Wandford      

Upper Union Street, Hull has been redeveloped. The 1851 census shows how the family moved before settling in Hull: to include Leeds and back to the Driffield area.

Abraham Swift PEARS was buried on 8 June 1859 at Holy Trinity Kingston-upon-Hull (GRO ref: Hull 9d 135).

Jane died in the fourth quarter of 1859 (GRO ref: Driffield 9d 181).

The christening of Abraham and Jane's children

John Swift Pears         02aug1840  North Newbald
Thomas Richardson Pears  21may1842  Great Driffield
Caleb Crompton Pears     23apr1844  Great Driffield
Edmund Pears             18jan1846  Great Driffield
James Pears              15sep1848  Nafferton

shows their movements around the County, until Jane returned to Nafferton.

Caleb Crompton PEARS is listed in 1851 census, aged 6, as living at Main Street, Driffield, as the grandson of Martha CROMPTON, age 66, now a widow. It is possible he was attending a Driffield school as a day boy.

The Nafferton Church christening records of James PEARS describes his parents:

Abraham Swift Pears and Jane who lived in Wandsford [due south of Nafferton], an accountant by trade. The ceremony was performed by Alexander Joseph.
Source: LDS film 919202

There are no sign of the rest of the family in the Driffield district 1851 census. (See: 1819 Info 3)

This page was created by Richard Crompton and maintained by Chris Glass		Version B8 Updated 10 October 2024