This branch includes five siblings who are known to have survived to adulthood - three brothers (James, Richard, and Charles), who continued the family name and two sisters (Mary and Elizabeth). who changed surname on marriage: Elizabeth marrying Maurice GOODEY and Mary marrying William LAVER.
The eldest son, James married his cousin Ann ENGWELL (daughter of his uncle William) on 24 Jul 1854. She bore him a daughter Emma but died giving birth to their second daughter Mary Ann in 1857. Eight years later, on 13 Nov 1864 he remarried Elizabeth Jane CROSBEY who was twelve years his junior. According to census records they later established their whole family in Little Wakering.
The middle-born son, Richard moved to the East End of London in his early twenties. There he met and married a widow by the name of Ann STOW (nee HARRIS), who already had 3 children, and the family adopted the spelling Ingwell for their surname (or that is what Londoners' made of Richard's country accent). Their daughter Elizabeth was born early in the marriage but there is some doubt about the legitimacy of their son (Samuel - my grandfather) as Richard is declared as dead on his birth certificate and there is some evidence that he died a whole year beforehand!. Ann was later re-married (to George CLARKE) but Samuel did not adopt this name so it unlikely that George was his father |
The youngest son, Charles married a widow Jane BURROWS (nee Harvey) in 1862. Jane already had a son (Thomas) from her first marriage and she she had four more children with Charles. According to census records they established their family, firstly in Writtle and later in Ongar. After her death Charles (then in his 60's) married his second wife - Maria.
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| SAMUEL BRANCH |
| SAMUEL BRANCH |
Samuel and Elizabeth had at least five children who survived to adulthood - two sons (Samuel and James) and three daughters (Caroline, Mary Ann and Emma); the names of these daughters' spouses (assuming they were married) are currently unknown
The eldest son (also named Samuel) married Hannah in around 1850. Initally they remained in the area of Purleigh and Stow Maries (according to the 1851 and 1871 censuses) but later they moved their family to Rayleigh (1881 census)
The second eldest son, James married Betsy HOLDEN and, according to the census records of 1861 and 1881, they brought up their family in Stow Maries
| WILLIAM BRANCH |
| WILLIAM BRANCH |
William and Sarah Ann (nee UNKNOWN) had at least ten children including three sons, but only the youngest (George) survived to marry and carry on the family name.
His elder brother Alfred (1848) and his younger brother John (1852) died in infancy as did his elder sister Jane (1841)
His six sisters were all married: Mary Ann married James SAUNDERS, Emma married Samuel SMITH, Lucy married John CHILEY, Jane married Nat ENNIFER, and Susanna married Alfred SHARPE.
The younger son, George married twice. His first wife Alice BECK was a widow with one child (Ethel BIRD) and the couple had one child together - Herbert Percy INGWELL born in Stowe Maries. Alice, however, died young and George went on to father seven more children (6 boys and one girl) with his second wife Susan GENTRY. Susan was a London girl (born in Shoreditch) and the whole family was brought up in Kensington. They were not entirely conventional, however, and their son Preston is recorded in the 1901 Census as a Circus Showman !
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| RICHARD BRANCH |
| RICHARD BRANCH |
Richard and Hannah Davis had at least three sons and two daughters. Richard was a farm bailiff and fairly well-off - he left the princely sum of £300 in his will. Records of their eldest daughter Hannah remain to be researched but their younger daughter Elizabeth married James EARL - who hailed from Cornwall (Boat builder).
The eldest son (Charles) married Eliza Ann (nee Not Known) and, according to the census of 1881, they established their family in Downham. Charles took over as farm bailiff when his father died but only survived for a further few years himself.
The middle son, George Engwell married Ann Boneywell and they raised a family of four (or more). He became a Colour Sergeant in the Royal Marines based in Chatham.
The youngest son Henry Engwell (born around 1834) trained with the 17th Leicesters (82nd Regiment) in Portsmouth but died at age 28 (probably unmarried).
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