John Chatten

  General Notes:

dob from earliest census is usually most accurate and the 1841 census gives dob as abt 1796

Rendham is about 1 mile from Sweffling, Suffolk and less that 4 miles from Benhall so possible connections to Benhall / Sweffling Chattens.

There are no matching baptisms for a John Chatt*n in Rendham baptism records but there is a match in Benhall which is less that 4 miles SE from Rendham.

baptism
13 May 1798 John son George Catharine Chattin late Pratt Benhall, St Mary

John & Louisa did live in Rendham as some of their children were baptized there

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marriage from IGI
Groom John Chatton Bride Louisa Skeggs 4 Feb 1816 Enfield, Middlesex

Witnesses Mary Skeggs and Charles Skeggs

Name: John Chatton
Gender: Male
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 4 Feb 1816
Marriage Place: St Andrew, Enfield, Enfield
Spouse: Louisa Skeggs
Register Type: Parish Register

Think he is shown on the 1841 census in Deane, Lancashire age 45, not born Lancashire.
Also shown with 7 children only one born in Lancashire
1841 census ho107 541/2 29 12

family shown as
John Chatten age 45 Not born Lancashire Deane Lancs
Louisa Chatten age 40 Not born Lancashire Deane Lancs
Joseph Chatten age 20 Not born Lancashire Deane Lancs
Caroline Chatten age 15 Not born Lancashire Deane Lancs
Charles Chatten age 15 Not born Lancashire Deane Lancs
William Chatten age 15 Not born Lancashire Deane Lancs
James Chatten age 13 Not born Lancashire Deane Lancs
George Chatten age 11 Not born Lancashire Deane Lancs
Ann Chatten age 8 Not born Lancashire Deane Lancs
Eliza Chatten age 3 Born Lancashire Deane Lancs

The 1841 location of Deane is about 2 miles from Farnworth

Think he is shown as below on the 1851 census in Farnworth, Lancashire age 56 as John Chatterton, occupation carter
1951 census ho107 2206 331 13

1851 census Bentinck Street Farnworth - living adjacent to Thomas Chatterton , his son?
John Chatterton age 56 Enfield, Hertfordshire Head Farnworth, Lancashire , occ carter
Louisa Chatterton age 53 Enfield, Hertfordshire wife Farnworth, Lancashire
George Chatterton age 21 Enfield, Hertfordshire son Farnworth, Lancashire , unmarried , occ brass ? moulder
Ann Chatterton age 18 Enfield, Hertfordshire daughter Farnworth, Lancashire , occ power loom weaver
Eliza Chatterton age 13 Enfield, Hertfordshire daughter Farnworth, Lancashire , occ power loom weaver
Mary Ann Chatterton age 9 Farnworth, Lancashire daughter Farnworth, Lancashire
1851 census ho107 2206 331 13

in next property to
Thomas Chatterton age 32 Enfield, Hertfordshire Head widower Farnworth
James Chatterton age 8 Farnth, Lancashire son Farnworth
Thomas Chatterton age 6 Farnth, Lancashire son Farnworth

1861 census - Back of the Hedge / High Stile Fold
John Chatton age 69 Randham, Suffolk Head Kearsley Lancashire, widower , occ carter
Mary Ann Chatton age 19 Farnworth, Lancashire daughter Kearsley Lancashire
1861 census rg9 2809 61 35


1871 census 122 Albert Road - with daughter Mary Ann
William Spedding age 23 Lancashire, Bolton Head Farnworth , Lancashire, occ operative cotton spinner
Mary Ann Spedding age 26 Lancashire, Farnworth Wife Farnworth, Lancashire occ cotton weaver
John Chapman age 79 Suffolk N K Father-in-Law Farnworth , Lancashire ,widw, occ groom
1871 census rg10 3917 37 6

Deaths Jun qtr 1877 Chatton John 85 Bolton 8c 176

Burial: 21 May 1877 St John the Evangelist, Farnworth with Kearsley, Lancashire
John Chatton -
Age: 85 years
Abode: Farnworth
Buried by: W. H. Taylor
Register: Burials 1870 - 1877, Page 182, Entry 1455
Source: LDS Film 1538439

John Chatten grave monument in St John the Evangelist Church burial ground, Farnworth, Lancashire
full name burial date age birth date notes
John Chatten 1877 85 1792 first name on monument
Samuel Owen 1904 70 1834 relationship not given of John Chatten
Eliza Owen 1907 68 1839 relationship not given of John Chatten w of Samuel
Louisa Chatten 1855 57 1798 wife of John Chatten w of John

John married Louisa Skeggs on 4 Feb 1816 in Enfield, London. (Louisa Skeggs was born circa 1798 in Hertfordshire and died in 1858.)