John & Ann Claydon
From Lacey Green History
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John Claydon born 1813 was the son of Joseph & Ann Claydon
Anne Dell born 1815 was the daughter of Thomas Dell Jnr. & Mary,nee Carter
John and Ann married in 1834 at Hillingdon
John and Ann had 5 children as follows :-
Jabez Claydon born 1838 married Annie Smith in 1867. Click Jabez & Annie Claydon for their life story
Eliza Claydon born 1840. Died 1863 aged 23
Mary Claydon born 1843 married George Witney in 1867. Both buried at Chinnor
Elizabeth Claydon born 1848. Died as an infant.
Joseph Claydon born 1853 married Charlotte Hawes in 1877. See Joseph & Charlotte Claydon
1841 Census John Claydon 47, Ann 45, Jabez 22, Eliza 20, Joshua Dell 52
The 1861 Census Census Malmsmead. Joshua Dell, a bachelor, living with him his younger married sister, Anne, her husband John Claydon and their family.
1871 Census. Lacey Green. John Claydon 57 gardener, Ann 55, George Witney 36 son in law, bodger, Mary Witney 26. Albert J Winey 3, g.son,Joseph Witney 17 son gardener.
Joshua died in 1864. He bequeathed his properties equally between his two nephews, Jabez (click Jabez & Annie Claydon) and Joseph (click Joseph & Charlotte Claydon)
Jabez was a young man of twenty-six years of age at the time of his Uncle’s death.
Joseph, however, was still a minor, an eleven year old school boy, and thus could not officially inherit the Estate until he attained the age of twenty-one years. John and Ann were living with Joshua at Malmsmead in Kiln Lane, Lacey Green