SEVENTH GENERATION

282. Hannah Elizabeth BLYTH was born on 18 Sep 1832 in Nayland, Suffolk. She was baptized in 1837 in Nayland Congregational Church, Suffolk. She inherited one fifth of her mothers real and personal estate on 19 Aug 1854. She died after 1900. She inherited some personal items from her sister on 29 Jan 1901. Emily and her sister, Hannah, had to share their sisters clothes, plate, linen, china, books, jewellery, trinkets and personal ornaments. 1841 Census: Hannah, 7, was living at Court Street, Nayland, with her mother.
1851 Census: aged 18, unmarried, living at 45 Church Street, Nayland.
31 Dec 1856: Hannah was proposed for church fellowship. They decided she should send a letter in place of a deputation being appointed to visit her.
28 Jan 1857: Hannah was admitted to Nayland Congregational Church by Mr Hopwood.
1861 Census: Hannah was aged 28, married and living at 30 Court Street, Nayland with her husband and daughter.
1881 Census: Hannah was at Mount Bures Farm, Mount Bures, Essex with her husband, 7 children and a servant.
1891 Census: Hannah, 58, was living at The Hall, Mount Bures with her husband and one of their sons.
1901 Census: Hannah, 67, widowed, was living with her son at The Mill, Wormingford. Hannah was suffering from a 'Heart Affection'.

She was married to Edward HOLTON (son of Edward HOLTON) on 12 Oct 1858 in Nayland, Suffolk. Both Hannah and Edward signed their names. Witnesses to the marriage included Emily Mary Blyth. Edward HOLTON was born in 1833 in Nayland, Suffolk. He died in 1899 in Sudbury, Suffolk. He was a Butcher and Farmer as per 1861 Census in Nayland, Suffolk. Edward is listed in Kellys 1846 Directory of Suffolk as a butcher and farmer.
In Whites 1855 and Suffolk Directory Edward is listed under Farmers in Nayland.
1858 his marriage certificate shows him to be a farmer of Stoke by Nayland.
1861 Census: Edward farmed 76 acres of land and employed 6 men.
By the Whites 1864 Suffolk Directory Edward is shown as a butcher in Nayland and a farmer in Stoke By Nayland.
1867 Post Office Directory for Essex lists Edward as a farmer at Mount Bures Hall, Mount Bures.
1881 Census: Edward is farming Mount Bures Hall, Mount Bures, Essex. He has 260 acres of land, employed 8 men and 4 lads.
1891 Census: Edward was still listed as a farmer. 3 Jan 1858: Edward was admitted to Nayland Congregational Church by Mr Ward.
1861 Census: Edward was 28, living at 30 Court Street, Nayland with his wife and daughter.
1881 Census: Edward had moved to Mount Bures Farm, Mount Bures, Essex with his family and a servant, Eliza Blackwell.
1891 Census: Edward, 58, was living at The Hall, Mount Bures with his wife, son and a domestic servant.

From 'Mount Bures - Its Land and Its People' by I McMaster and K Evans: Edward and his family were the fifth tenants of The Hall in Mount Bures from 1875 - 1899. Edward and Hannah attended the Congregational church in Nayland and the local C of E farmers were not pleased to have him as a tenant at the Hall. Edward was one of the first, if not the first, to set up a apiary locally. He was a very handsome, well built and determined man. When the landlord of the Colchester market decided to charge for admission Edward shattered the gate by walking straight through it in protest. Edward, together with Cornelius Hitchcock, tried to set up a coffee shop to discourage the farm labourers from drinking beer - this wasn't sucessful! In 1899 Edward became bankrupt - 2 possible reasons were difficulties with drainage on the land and the out break of foot and mouth disease. The latter he responded to by buying more cattle. The family moved to Sudbury where Edward died in 1899.
Hannah Elizabeth BLYTH and Edward HOLTON had the following children:

+464 i. Annie Mary HOLTON.
465 ii. Ernest Edward HOLTON was born on 27 Oct 1861. He was baptized on 9 Mar 1862 in Nayland Congregational Church, Suffolk. He died in 1863.
+466 iii. Emily Jane HOLTON.
+467 iv. Kate Elizabeth HOLTON.
+468 v. Francis Edward HOLTON.
469 vi. Florence HOLTON was born about 1867. She was baptized in Sep 1867 in Nayland Congregational Church, Suffolk. She died in 1873.
+470 vii. Margaret Blyth HOLTON.
+471 viii. Percy Frederick HOLTON.
+472 ix. Arthur HOLTON.