In April 1861, Ann Carter was a retired innkeeper, aged 66, living in Hardington village.

First marriage

Ann was born at Widworthy, Devon, in about 1790, the daughter of Simon and Sarah Lugg.

On 27 May 1816, she married Samuel Young at West Coker. The marriage entry records Samuel as a resident of East Chinnock and Ann as a resident of West Coker.

Samuel and Ann set up a home in East Chinnock, where they had five children: Robert, Albert, Harriet, William and Samuel. William died in infancy, and Samuel died on 19 December 1844, aged 17, when he accidentally shot himself.[1] Harriet may have been mentally impaired.

In June 1841, An’s husband, Samuel, was a farmer at Weston Street, East Chinnock.

Samuel died on 23 January 1846, aged 54.

Second marriage

Ann married William Carter at Odcombe on 30 July 1849. William was a widower whose first wife had died a few months earlier.

In March 1851, William and Ann lived at Odcombe, and William was a gardener. William died in June 1854, aged 63.

Widowhood

In 1859, Ann was a beer retailer at Odcombe.[2]

By April 1861, Ann had moved to Hardington to be close to her son, Albert Young, who was the tenant of Manor Farm from about 1850 to 1870. Her daughter, Harriet, lived with her.

The Guardian Valuations show she owned four cottages at Odcombe between 1863 and 1867.

 Ann died at Hardington on 21 November 1867, aged 77. She left effects valued at under £200. By her will, she left 4s a week to her daughter, Harriet, and the remainder to her son, Albert.[3] Her other children predeceased her, and so, too, did Harriet, who died on 8 May 1862.

References

[1] Sherborne Mercury, 21 December 1844, p.3.

[2] Trade directory.

[3] The will of Ann Carter, dated 19 October 1860, proved at the Principal Registry on 8 January 1868.