Introduction

Ann Carter is notable as the mother of Albert Young and for having kept an inn at Odcombe before retiring to Hardington.

Birth

Ann was born in about 1790 at Widworthy, four miles east of Honiton, to Simon and Sarah Lugg.

First marriage

On 27 May 1816, Ann married Samuel Young at West Coker. The marriage register indicates that Samuel was a resident of East Chinnock and Ann was a resident of West Coker.

The couple established their home in East Chinnock and had five children: Robert, Albert, Harriet, William and Samuel. William died in infancy, and Samuel died on 19 December 1844, aged 17, after accidentally shooting himself.[1] Harriet may have been mentally impaired.

In June 1841, Ann’s husband, Samuel, was a farmer at Weston Street, East Chinnock. He died on 23 January 1846, at the age of 54.

Second marriage

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

In March 1851, William and Ann lived at Odcombe, where William worked as a gardener. He died in June 1854, aged 63.

Widowhood

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

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

According to the Odcombe Guardian Valuations, Ann retained ownership of four cottages in Odcombe.

 Ann died at Hardington on 21 November 1867 at the age of 77. She left an estate valued at “under £200.” In 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.

Children

Circa 1818- Robert (a lincloth maker at East Chinnock and later a beer house keeper at Crewkerne; married Jane Rendell in 1845; died in 1858);

1820-Albert Young (farmer at Hardington and East Chinnock; married Susan Genge in 1849; died in 1902);

Circa 1823-Harriet (never married; lived with her mother or her bother Albert throughout her life; died in 1862);

Circa 1826-William (died in infancy);

Circa 1827-Samuel (accidentally shot himself in 1844).

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.