Edward SPILLETT

Edward SPILLETT[1, 2, 3]

Male 1823 - 1892  (~ 68 years)

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  • Name Edward SPILLETT 
    Christened May 1823  Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Feb 1892  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I4067  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2021 

    Father Benjamin SPILLETT,   c. Sep 1800, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 8 Nov 1881, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Mother Sarah GREGORY,   b. 10 Feb 1804, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1871  (Age < 66 years) 
    Married 28 Aug 1822  Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1033  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ann WISE,   b. 7 Mar 1826, Preston-Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 13 Oct 1845  Preston-next-Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Ann SPILLETT,   b. Jan 1846, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Harriett SPILLETT,   b. 21 Sep 1847, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Apr 1916, Dow City, Crawford County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     3. Elizabeth ^ SPILLETT,   b. Oct 1848, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 17 Jul 1857, Preston-Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 8 years)
     4. Catherine SPILLETT,   b. Mar 1850, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1925, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years)
     5. Edward F. W. SPILLETT,   b. Sep 1851, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Feb 1892, 20th Ward, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years)
     6. Eliza Snow ^ SPILLETT,   b. 27 Jul 1853, Luddenham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 14 Apr 1856, Preston-Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 2 years)
     7. Alice Jane ^ SPILLETT,   b. Dec 1854, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 19 Oct 1855, Preston-Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     8. Mathilda Julia SPILLETT,   b. 4 Jun 1856, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. William Brigham SPILLETT,   b. Mar 1858, Preston-Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Robert SPILLETT,   b. 20 Apr 1860, Preston-next-Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Stephen SPILLETT,   b. 1863, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F1579  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 

  • Sources 
    1. [S58] 1861 Census, England, Office of National Statistics, General Register Office, Kew, Surrey, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #0542655, Preston-next-Faversham, 7 Apr 1861.
      51 Bridge Place, Lower Brents, Preston:
      Anne Spillet, head, unmarried, 15, laundress, born at Preston
      Catharine, sister, 11, born at Faversham
      Edward, brother, 9, born at Preston
      Matilda, sister, 4, born at Preston
      William, brother, 3, born at Preston
      Edward and his wife, Ann have now been located on the 1861 census at Littleham, Exmouth, Devon, he working as a master mariner in the merchant services. With them is infant son Robert, aged 1 month also born at Faversham, Kent, though living in Devon.

      Next door to the girls who stayed behind in Faversham appears to be a relative of their mother, one Edward Wise, aged 28 a coal porter born at Preston-next-Faversham, and his wife, Jane E., aged 28 born at Harwich, Essex.

    2. [S53] 1871 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, Register General Office, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, London, Middlesex, RG10/545, ED 7, fol. 33, p. 30, 1871.

      Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, London, Middlesex, RG10/545, ED 7, fol. 33, p. 30
      Household Sch. #164, 30 North Block:
      Ann Spillet, wife, mar, 44, master mariner's wife, born Faversham, Kent
      Edward Spillet, son, unm, 20, mariner, born Faversham, Kent
      Matilda Spillet, daughter, unm, 14, scholar, born Faversham, Kent
      William Spillet, son, unm, 13, printer's assistant, born Faversham, Kent
      Robert Spillet, son, unm, 10, printer's assistant, born Faversham, Kent
      Stephen Spillet, son, unm, 8, scholar, born Faversham, Kent

    3. [S8] 1881 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, Kew, Surrey, England, (Salt Lake City, U.S.A.: Genealogical Society of Utah), Kent, Vessels - Alfred and Florence, RG11/879, fol. 152, 3 Apr 1881.
      RG11/879, fol. 152
      Schedule for Vessels>
      Name of Vessel: Alfred & Florence
      Official Number 52966
      Port or place to which she belongs Rochester
      Her Tonnage 44
      Her Description, and the trade in which she is employed - Sailing Barge - coasting

      Place at which the Schedule is delivered to the Master, and the Date of delivery: Surrey Commercial Docks, London 27/5/81. Position of vessel at Midnight April 3rd, 1881 at anchor in Northfleet Hope.

      Absent on Shore (Names not entered in the schedule on the other side)
      Crew 2 males, 1 female, total 3

      Crew listed :
      Edward Spillett, married, 57, master, born Faversham
      Frances Spillett, married, 57, wife, born Milton
      Stephen Spillett, unmarried, 17, mate, born Faversham

    4. [S153] Death Certificate, U.S.A., Utah, U.S., Death Registers, 1892, #3719, Ward 20, 10 Feb 1892.

      #3719, Ward 20, Edward Spillett, son of Benjamin and Sarah, 69 years of age, died at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, born England, died 10 Feb 1892 of Apoplexy, buried in plat Manti Utah, block 18, lot 8
      Utah, U.S., Death Registers, 1847-1966
      https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6967/images/30846_00027918-00125?pId=240331

    5. [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Preston-next-Faversham, Kent, England, LDS #2354700, 13 Oct 1845.
      #68, page 34, Edward Spillett, full age, bachelor, mariner of Faversham, father Benjamin Spillett, mariner and Ann Wise, a minor, spinster, no occupation of Preston-Faversham, father William Wise, thatcher. Witnesses: William Wise and Anne Spillett.