See also

Family of James May and Sarah Ann Howard

Husband: James May

  • Name:

  • James May

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Unknown May ( - )

  • Father:

  • -

  • Note 1:

  • Lawford, Essex: The charity estate consists of a large house, barn, and 22A. of land, let for £42, a garden let for £4, and 12A. now forming part of Mrs. Greene's park, and held by her on lease, at the yearly rent of £21. Mr. James May is one of the trustees, and a large portion of the income is distributed annually in clothing, and the rest is applied in supporting a dame school.

    From William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of the County of Essex

    http://www.archipel.demon.co.uk/Tendring/lawford.html

  • Note 2:

  • MAY James. 6 March 1869. The Will with three Codicils of James May late of Lawford in the County of Essex Gentleman deceased who died 14 February 1869 at Lawford aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of William May of Brantham in the County of Suffolk Merchant the Nephew and John Matthew Constable of Mistley in the County of Essex aforesaid Gentleman and John May of Mistley aforesaid Gentleman the Brother three of the Executors. Effects under £14,000.

  • Birth:

  • c. 1813

  • Lawford, Essex

  • Census (1):

  • btw 1841 and 1851 (age 27-38)

  • Miller, Mill House, Lawford, Essex

  • Census (2):

  • 1861 (age 47-48)

  • Miller, Mill House, Lawford St, Lawford, Essex

  • Death:

  • 14 Feb 1869 (age 55-56)

  • Lawford, Essex

  • Burial:

  • 19 Feb 1869

  • Lawford, Essex

Wife: Sarah Ann Howard

  • Name:

  • Sarah Ann Howard

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • James Howard (c. 1789- )

  • Mother:

  • Sarah Unknown (c. 1791- )

  • Birth:

  • 1816

  • Mistley, Essex

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Dec 1816 (age 0)

  • Manningtree, Essex

  • Death fact:

  • 1868 (age 51-52)

  • GRO Reference: 1868 S Quarter in TENDRING Volume 04A Page 195 (aged 51)

  • Death:

  • 1868 (age 51-52)

  • Lawford, Essex

  • Burial:

  • 8 Jun 1868

  • Lawford, Essex

Additional Information

  • Baptism:

  • Parents: James Howard (mariner) & Sarah

Child 1: Sarah Charlotte May

Child 2: James Howard May

  • Name:

  • James Howard May

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Emma Eliza Cracknell (1850- )

  • Children:

  • James Howard May (1870- )

  • Birth:

  • 1842

  • Lawford, Essex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1842 (age 0)

  • 1842 Jun Qtr, Tendring, 12/255

  • Death fact:

  • 1870 (age 27-28)

  • 1870 Jun Qtr, Tendring, 4a/174 (aged 28)

  • Death:

  • 1870 (age 27-28)

  • Tendring, Essex

Child 3: Eliza Ann May

  • Name:

  • Eliza Ann May

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1845

  • Lawford, Essex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1845 (age 0)

  • 1845 Sep Qtr, Tendring, 12/246

  • Census:

  • 1861 (age 15-16)

  • Living with parents

Child 4: Emma May

  • Name:

  • Emma May

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Horace Nevill Brooks (1845-1914)

  • Children:

  • Theresa May Brooks (1878-1922)

  •  

  • John Horace Brooks (1881- )

  •  

  • Herbert Lee Brooks (1884-1969)

  •  

  • Philip Hugh Brooks (1885-1918)

  • Note:

  • BROOKS Emma of 84 Hurstbourne Road Forest Hill Kent widow died 17 March 1935. Probate London 2 May to Herbert Lee Brooks merchant. Effects £273 17s. 10d.

  • Birth:

  • 6 Sep 1849

  • Lawford, Essex

  • Baptism:

  • 4 Nov 1849 (age 0)

  • Lawford, Essex (by Rev. C. Merivale, Rector)

  • Birth fact:

  • 1849 (age 0)

  • 1849 D Quarter in TENDRING Volume 12 Page 235

  • Census (1):

  • 1861 (age 11-12)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1871 (age 21-22)

  • Independent lady, visitor, Manor Farm, Grantchester, Cambs (unmarried)

  • Census (3):

  • 1911 (age 61-62)

  • Wife in household (married 38 years, 4 children, 4 living)

  • Death fact:

  • 1935 (age 85-86)

  • 1935 Mar Q, Lewisham, 1d/1155 (aged 85)

  • Death:

  • 17 Mar 1935 (age 85)

  • Forest Hill, Lewisham, Kent

Note on Husband: James May (1)

Lawford, Essex: The charity estate consists of a large house, barn, and 22A. of land, let for £42, a garden let for £4, and 12A. now forming part of Mrs. Greene's park, and held by her on lease, at the yearly rent of £21. Mr. James May is one of the trustees, and a large portion of the income is distributed annually in clothing, and the rest is applied in supporting a dame school.

From William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of the County of Essex

http://www.archipel.demon.co.uk/Tendring/lawford.html

Note on Husband: James May (2)

MAY James. 6 March 1869. The Will with three Codicils of James May late of Lawford in the County of Essex Gentleman deceased who died 14 February 1869 at Lawford aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of William May of Brantham in the County of Suffolk Merchant the Nephew and John Matthew Constable of Mistley in the County of Essex aforesaid Gentleman and John May of Mistley aforesaid Gentleman the Brother three of the Executors. Effects under £14,000.

Note on Child 4: Emma May

BROOKS Emma of 84 Hurstbourne Road Forest Hill Kent widow died 17 March 1935. Probate London 2 May to Herbert Lee Brooks merchant. Effects £273 17s. 10d.