Thomas LIGHT

Abt 1804 - Aft 1861  (~ 58 years)

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• Name	Thomas LIGHT
  Relationship	with Teresa Ann GOATHAM
  Born	Abt 1804	Modbury, Devon, England
  Gender	Male
  Apprenticeship	Est 1813	Wolborough, Devon, England
  	To William Crews
  	Where parents paid to place a child as an apprentice that child usually became an apprentice at the age of 14. Where the overseers of the poor placed a child or children from a poor family this usually happened at an earlier age, at one time from as young as 7 though the minimum age was later raised to 9. I suspect Thomas was a pauper apprentice, quite likely placed at the age of 9.
  Apprenticeship	to 1825	Beaford, Devon, England
  	to Robert Burd
  	From some reason Thomas was moved from one master to another during his time as an apprentice; possibly his first master died. He was probably an apprentice until he was 21.
  Poor Law	1830	Kingsteignton, Devon, England
  	Settlement Examination
  	"Thomas Light, 25, labourer born in Modbury but his parents settlement was Wolborough, he was apprentice to William Crews of Wolborough, he was assigned to Robert Burd of Beaford where he served out his appreticeship before moving to Kingsteignton." (DHC ref: 2565 A/PO 51/77)
  Occupation	From 1841 to 1861
  	Clay cutter
  Died	Aft 1861
  Origins
  Person ID	I4918	All
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2018

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth BAILEY,   b. 1806, Kingsteignton, Devon, England ,   d. Sep Q 1856, Newton Abbot Reg Dist, Devon, England  (Age 50 years)
  Marriage License	30 Sep 1830
  	Licence for marriage in Kingsteignton
  Married	9 Oct 1831	St. Michael’s Church, Kingsteignton, Devon, England
  	Thomas seems to have been reluctant to marry Elizabeth. He was believed to be the father of her son Henry, yet he didn't marry her before or soon after the birth. In September 1830 he obtained a marriage licence, but in 1831 there was a complaint about his refusal to pay for Henry's mainteance, and it was not until October that year that they married. Maybe he and Elizabeth had been courting but he did not believe Henry wast his son, hence the reluctance.
  Children	8 children
  1. Henry BAILEY,   b. Abt 1830, Kingsteignton, Devon, England   2. Philip LIGHT,   b. Abt 1832, Kingsteignton, Devon, England ,   d. Sep 1873, The Union Workhouse, Newton Abbot, Devon, England  (Age ~ 41 years)   3. Louisa LIGHT,   bap. 19 Jun 1836, St. Michael’s Church, Kingsteignton, Devon, England ,   d. Dec Q 1837, Newton Abbot Reg Dist, Devon, England  (Age ~ 0 years)   4. William LIGHT,   b. 3 Aug 1838, Kingsteignton, Devon, England ,   d. Dec Q 1880, East Stonehouse Reg Dist, Devon, England  (Age 41 years)   5. John LIGHT,   b. 5 Nov 1840, Kingsteignton, Devon, England ,   d. Aft 1882  (Age 42 years)   6. Louisa (“Lucy”) LIGHT,   b. Sep Q 1843, Kingsteignton, Devon, England ,   d. Mar Q 1875, Newton Abbot Reg Dist, Devon, England  (Age ~ 32 years) + 7. Mary Elizabeth LIGHT,   b. Jun Q 1846, Kingsteignton, Devon, England ,   d. Jun Q 1925, Newton Abbot Reg Dist, Devon, England  (Age ~ 79 years) ▻ George PAUL  m. Jun Q 1866 + 8. Ann Maria LIGHT,   b. 9 Apr 1851, Kingsteignton, Devon, England ,   d. Sep Q 1918, Newton Abbot Reg Dist, Devon, England  (Age 66 years) ▻ James Parsons HUNTER
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F741	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart