Ninth Generation (Continued)
Family of Dorcas GERRY (540) & Richard BATTEN
976. Matthew Gerry BATTEN (Dorcas GERRY8, Dorcas CORNISH7, Samuel6, Philip5, Samuel4, Gideon3, Phillip2, John1). Born on 11 Dec 1850 in Bradworthy, Bideford Reg Dist, Devon, England. Christened on 29 Dec 1850 in Bible Christian, Kilkhampton Circuit, Cornwall, England. Matthew Gerry died bef 1902; he was 51.
- 1850 England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Name: Matthew Gerry Batten
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 29 Dec 1850
Baptism Place: Bible Christian, Kilkhampton Circuit, Cornwall, England
Father: Richard Batten
Mother: Dorcas
FHL Film Number: 0590672 IT 8
- 1851: Birth reg Mar qtr 1851 at Bideford Dist, Devon (ref FreeBMD). vol 10, pg 65
- 1851 census. Devon, England. Civil parish of Bradworthy. Registration district of Bideford. Address: Lower Bradworthy.
Together with his parents:
Matthew Jerry Batten. Age 3 mo. Born Devon, Bradworthy.
-1861 census. Cornwall, England. Parish of Kilkhampton. Registration district of Stratton. Address: Thurdon.
Together with his father, step mother and other relatives:
Matthew E Batten. Son. Age 9. Born Devon, Bradworthy.
- 1861 England census, living at Thurdon, Kilkhampton Cornwall
Name Age
Richard Batten 33 - head, mar, 33, ag lab, Cornwall Launcells
Jane Batten 27 - wife, 27, ag lab wife, Devon Buckland
Matthew E Batten 9 - son, un, 9, ag lab son, Devon Bradworthy
Sarah J Batten 2 - daur, un, 2, ag lab daur, Devon West Putford
William C Batten 6/12 - son, 6 mo, son, Cornwall Kilkhampton
Rebecca Sanders 36 - visitor, un, 36, Devon Pristock?
- 1873 England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
Name: Caroline Furze
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Birth Date: 1853
Marriage Date: 11 Dec 1873
Marriage Place: Kilkhampton,Cornwall,England
Father: Richard
Spouse: Matthew Batten
FHL Film Number: 254464, 897356
- 1881 England census, living in the village, Marhamchurch, Cornwall, England
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Matthew Batten Head M 29 Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England
Caroline Batten Wife F 27 Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England
William Batten Son M 7 Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England
Richard Batten Son M 5 Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England
Frank Batten Son M 3 Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England
Thomas Batten Son M 0 [6mo] Marhamchurch, Cornwall, England
GS Film number: 1341545
Class: RG11; Piece: 2270; Folio: 84; Page: 3; GSU roll: 1341545C
- 1902 listed as deceased on his son Frank’s marriage certificate
RESEARCH NOTES
Did he die before 1891 when Caroline seems to be on her own? The only death registrations aren’t ideas as to location:
Deaths Mar 1885
Batten Matthew 43 Hastings 2b 35
Deaths Jun 1888
BATTEN Matthew 82 Wantage 2c 185
The district Wantage spans the boundaries of the counties of Berkshire and Oxfordshire
From other researchers:
- No further records found.
- 1850 England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Name: Matthew Gerry Batten
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 29 Dec 1850
Baptism Place: Bible Christian, Kilkhampton Circuit, Cornwall, England
Father: Richard Batten
Mother: Dorcas
FHL Film Number: 0590672 IT 8
- 1851: Birth reg Mar qtr 1851 at Bideford Dist, Devon (ref FreeBMD). vol 10, pg 65
- 1851 census. Devon, England. Civil parish of Bradworthy. Registration district of Bideford. Address: Lower Bradworthy.
Together with his parents:
Matthew Jerry Batten. Age 3 mo. Born Devon, Bradworthy.
-1861 census. Cornwall, England. Parish of Kilkhampton. Registration district of Stratton. Address: Thurdon.
Together with his father, step mother and other relatives:
Matthew E Batten. Son. Age 9. Born Devon, Bradworthy.
- 1861 England census, living at Thurdon, Kilkhampton Cornwall
Name Age
Richard Batten 33 - head, mar, 33, ag lab, Cornwall Launcells
Jane Batten 27 - wife, 27, ag lab wife, Devon Buckland
Matthew E Batten 9 - son, un, 9, ag lab son, Devon Bradworthy
Sarah J Batten 2 - daur, un, 2, ag lab daur, Devon West Putford
William C Batten 6/12 - son, 6 mo, son, Cornwall Kilkhampton
Rebecca Sanders 36 - visitor, un, 36, Devon Pristock?
- 1873 England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
Name: Caroline Furze
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Birth Date: 1853
Marriage Date: 11 Dec 1873
Marriage Place: Kilkhampton,Cornwall,England
Father: Richard
Spouse: Matthew Batten
FHL Film Number: 254464, 897356
- 1881 England census, living in the village, Marhamchurch, Cornwall, England
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Matthew Batten Head M 29 Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England
Caroline Batten Wife F 27 Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England
William Batten Son M 7 Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England
Richard Batten Son M 5 Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England
Frank Batten Son M 3 Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England
Thomas Batten Son M 0 [6mo] Marhamchurch, Cornwall, England
GS Film number: 1341545
Class: RG11; Piece: 2270; Folio: 84; Page: 3; GSU roll: 1341545C
- 1902 listed as deceased on his son Frank’s marriage certificate
RESEARCH NOTES
Did he die before 1891 when Caroline seems to be on her own? The only death registrations aren’t ideas as to location:
Deaths Mar 1885
Batten Matthew 43 Hastings 2b 35
Deaths Jun 1888
BATTEN Matthew 82 Wantage 2c 185
The district Wantage spans the boundaries of the counties of Berkshire and Oxfordshire
From other researchers:
- No further records found.
On 11 Dec 1873 when Matthew Gerry was 23, he married Caroline FURZE in Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England. Born on 26 Feb 1854 in Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England. Christened on 16 Apr 1854 in KIlkhampton, Cornwall, England. Caroline died in Bideford Reg Dist, Devon, England, in Dec 1947; she was 93.
- 1854 England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Name: Caroline Furze
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 16 Apr 1854
Baptism Place: Kilkhampton,Cornwall,England
Father: Richard Furze
Mother: Mary Ann
FHL Film Number: 254463
- 1886 England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892
Name: Caroline Batten
Date of Trial: 15 May 1886
Trial Year: 1886
Location of Trial: Cornwall, England
Sentence: Acquittal
From image: "Spring Assize County No 15, page 87, County of Cornwall
Return of all persons committed, or Bailed to appear for Trial, or Indicted at the Gaol Delivery held a the Castle of Exeter on the 15th day of May 1886, showing the nature of their Offeces, and the result of the Proceedings.
Line 6; Caroline Batten; Endeavoring to coneal birth of child. Bill Ignored. Recognizances discharged.
Signed James Read, deputy clerk of Assize Western Circuit"
“Having been delivered of a child, did unlawfully by secret disposition of it's dead body, endeavour to conceal the birth thereof at Marhamchurch, Cornwall on the 23rd February, 1886.” Accused and Acquitted Caroline also gave her age as 38 years rather than the true 31, possibly due to the situation she found herself in.
- 1891 England Census about Caroline Batten
Name: Caroline Batten
Age: 34
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
Relation: Servant
Gender: Female
Where born: Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England
Civil Parish: Holsworthy
Ecclesiastical parish: Holsworthy
Town: Holsworthy
County/Island: Devon
Country: England
Street address:
Registration district: Holsworthy
Sub registration district: Holsworthy
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Piece: 1792
Folio: 74
Page Number: 4
Household Members:
Name Age
William Janes 57
John Janes 21
Frederick Janes 20
Mary Janes 19
Ernest Janes 16
Caroline Batten 34
- 1901 England Census
Name: Carrie Moyse
Age: 49
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England
Civil Parish: Littleham
Ecclesiastical parish: Littleham St Swithin
County/Island: Devon
Country: England
Street address: Mount Pleasant
Registration district: Bideford
Sub-registration district: Bideford
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Piece: 2161
Folio: 13
Page Number: 7
Household schedule number: 44
Household Members:
Name Age
Carrie Moyse 49 - head, M, 49, charwoman worker, Cornwall Kilkhampton
Charles Batten 11 - son, 11, Cornwall Stratton
Beatrice H Moyse 10 - daur, S, 10, Devon Holsworthy
George Moyse 7 - son, S, 7, Devon Holsworthy
Herbert J Moyse 5 - son, S, 5, Devon Holsworthy
- 1911 England Census
Name: Caroline Moyse
Age in 1911: 61
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Kilkhampton, Cornwall
Civil Parish: Littleham, Landcross and Northam
County/Island: Devon
Country: England
Street address: Littleham, Bideford, Devon - Mount Pleasant
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Laundry Woman Domestic
Registration district: Bideford
Registration District Number: 286
Sub-registration district: Bideford
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Household schedule number: 73
Piece: 13430
Household Members:
Name Age
Caroline Moyse 61 - head, 61, widow, 21yrs 5 children 4 living 1 died, laundry woman domestic, Kilkhampton Cornwall
Beatrice Helana Moyse 19 - daughter 19, single, cook general domestic worker, Holsworthy Devon
Herbert James Moyse 14 - son, 14, school, holsworthy Devon
Charles Britton 46 - boarder, 46, single, carpenter employer, Littleham Bideford
- 1947 England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Caroline Moyse
Birth Date: abt 1854
Date of Registration: Dec 1947
Age at Death: 93
Registration district: Bideford
Inferred County: Devon
Volume: 7a
Page: 279
RESEARCH
From other researchers
- later aka Connie Moyse
- daughter of Richard Furze and Mary Ann Hambly and born 26 Febraury1854 Kilkhampton as per birth certificate. Father was a Laborer. Father was informant, made his mark Another says her mother was Mary Ann Wickett?
- Photo of Caroline Batten Moyse nee Furze, abt 1926 Littleham Devon England
Courtesy of Gooch/Batten Tree by gooch_andrew on ancestry
- Second marriage to Frederick James Moyse b c1872 Langtree - 3 children listed.
in Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England. Born on 26 Feb 1854 in Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England. Christened on 16 Apr 1854 in KIlkhampton, Cornwall, England. Caroline died in Bideford Reg Dist, Devon, England, in Dec 1947; she was 93.- 1854 England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Name: Caroline Furze
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 16 Apr 1854
Baptism Place: Kilkhampton,Cornwall,England
Father: Richard Furze
Mother: Mary Ann
FHL Film Number: 254463
- 1886 England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892
Name: Caroline Batten
Date of Trial: 15 May 1886
Trial Year: 1886
Location of Trial: Cornwall, England
Sentence: Acquittal
From image: "Spring Assize County No 15, page 87, County of Cornwall
Return of all persons committed, or Bailed to appear for Trial, or Indicted at the Gaol Delivery held a the Castle of Exeter on the 15th day of May 1886, showing the nature of their Offeces, and the result of the Proceedings.
Line 6; Caroline Batten; Endeavoring to coneal birth of child. Bill Ignored. Recognizances discharged.
Signed James Read, deputy clerk of Assize Western Circuit"
“Having been delivered of a child, did unlawfully by secret disposition of it's dead body, endeavour to conceal the birth thereof at Marhamchurch, Cornwall on the 23rd February, 1886.” Accused and Acquitted Caroline also gave her age as 38 years rather than the true 31, possibly due to the situation she found herself in.
- 1891 England Census about Caroline Batten
Name: Caroline Batten
Age: 34
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
Relation: Servant
Gender: Female
Where born: Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England
Civil Parish: Holsworthy
Ecclesiastical parish: Holsworthy
Town: Holsworthy
County/Island: Devon
Country: England
Street address:
Registration district: Holsworthy
Sub registration district: Holsworthy
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Piece: 1792
Folio: 74
Page Number: 4
Household Members:
Name Age
William Janes 57
John Janes 21
Frederick Janes 20
Mary Janes 19
Ernest Janes 16
Caroline Batten 34
- 1901 England Census
Name: Carrie Moyse
Age: 49
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England
Civil Parish: Littleham
Ecclesiastical parish: Littleham St Swithin
County/Island: Devon
Country: England
Street address: Mount Pleasant
Registration district: Bideford
Sub-registration district: Bideford
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Piece: 2161
Folio: 13
Page Number: 7
Household schedule number: 44
Household Members:
Name Age
Carrie Moyse 49 - head, M, 49, charwoman worker, Cornwall Kilkhampton
Charles Batten 11 - son, 11, Cornwall Stratton
Beatrice H Moyse 10 - daur, S, 10, Devon Holsworthy
George Moyse 7 - son, S, 7, Devon Holsworthy
Herbert J Moyse 5 - son, S, 5, Devon Holsworthy
- 1911 England Census
Name: Caroline Moyse
Age in 1911: 61
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Kilkhampton, Cornwall
Civil Parish: Littleham, Landcross and Northam
County/Island: Devon
Country: England
Street address: Littleham, Bideford, Devon - Mount Pleasant
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Laundry Woman Domestic
Registration district: Bideford
Registration District Number: 286
Sub-registration district: Bideford
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Household schedule number: 73
Piece: 13430
Household Members:
Name Age
Caroline Moyse 61 - head, 61, widow, 21yrs 5 children 4 living 1 died, laundry woman domestic, Kilkhampton Cornwall
Beatrice Helana Moyse 19 - daughter 19, single, cook general domestic worker, Holsworthy Devon
Herbert James Moyse 14 - son, 14, school, holsworthy Devon
Charles Britton 46 - boarder, 46, single, carpenter employer, Littleham Bideford
- 1947 England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Caroline Moyse
Birth Date: abt 1854
Date of Registration: Dec 1947
Age at Death: 93
Registration district: Bideford
Inferred County: Devon
Volume: 7a
Page: 279
RESEARCH
From other researchers
- later aka Connie Moyse
- daughter of Richard Furze and Mary Ann Hambly and born 26 Febraury1854 Kilkhampton as per birth certificate. Father was a Laborer. Father was informant, made his mark Another says her mother was Mary Ann Wickett?
- Photo of Caroline Batten Moyse nee Furze, abt 1926 Littleham Devon England
Courtesy of Gooch/Batten Tree by gooch_andrew on ancestry
- Second marriage to Frederick James Moyse b c1872 Langtree - 3 children listed.
They had the following children:
1631i.
William BATTEN (1874-1959)
1632ii.
Richard BATTEN (1876-1940)
1633iii.
Frank BATTEN (1878-1959)
1634iv.
Thomas BATTEN (1880-)
1635v.
John Gerry BATTEN (1882-1931)
1636vi.
Charles BATTEN (1889-1968)