Birth

Samuel, the ninth child of Edward and Priscilla Rose, was born at Misterton in about 1798.

Marriage

On 11 October 1824, Samuel married Sarah Buckland at North Perrott by banns. They both signed the register with a cross. The witnesses were Thirza Rose (Samuel’s sister) and Priscilla Paul (Samuel’s mother, signing with her maiden name).

Samuel and Sarah’s first child, John, was baptised at North Perrott on 19 October 1824. Samuel was then a farm labourer

Hardington

Samuel and Sarah’s second child, Elizabeth, was baptised at Hardington on 29 January 1826. Samuel was then a dairyman.

The Hardington baptism register records Samuel’s wife’s name as Elizabeth, but this appears to have been a mistake.

No trace of Samuel’s daughter, Elizabeth, has been found after 1826, which raises the possibility that her name was misstated, too.

Samuel’s later life

After leaving Hardington, Samuel reverted to being a farm labourer. He and his family lived in various places in Dorset. They were at Shatcombe, Netherbury, in 1841, Piddlehinton in 1851, and Nether Cerne in 1861.

Sarah died at Nether Cerne in November 1861, aged 59.

After Sarah’s death, Samuel lived with his son, Joseph, at Nether Cerne until at least April 1871 and then with his son, George, at Compton Valence.

Samuel died in the Cerne Workhouse in January 1887, aged about 89.[1]

Children

Samuel and Sarah had about eleven children.

References

[1] The Cerne Abbas burial register records Samuel’s age as 85 and the Civil Registration Death Index as 86, but he was older.