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ROCKETT, William
(1754-1833)
GOVET, Ann
(Abt 1759-1840)
ROCKETT, Edward
(1789-1859)
ANSTEY, Mary
(1791-After 1861)
ROCKETT, Sarah
(Abt 1809-1885)

 

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Spouses/Children:
LANGDON, William Henry

ROCKETT, Sarah 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

  • Born: Abt 1809, Chipstable, Somerset County, England
  • Christened: 1 Apr 1810, Wiveliscombe, Somerset County, England 9
  • Marriage: LANGDON, William Henry on 7 May 1832 in Wiveliscombe, Somerset County, England 1
  • Died: 15 Apr 1885, Taunton, Somerset, England about age 76 10
  • Buried: Taunton, Somerset, England

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Sarah married William Henry LANGDON on 7 May 1832 in Wiveliscombe, Somerset County, England.1 (William Henry LANGDON was born about 1811 in Huish Champflower, Somerset County, England and died before 1871 in Somerset County, England.)


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1 Marriage record (Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England). Surety: 4. Church register. Thanks to Nancy Langdon-Webb

2 1871 England Census (District 5, Taunton St. James, Somerset County, England). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Sarah [Rockett] Langdon, widow, and children Herbert G. and Francis, living in Taunton St. James, England. Sarah is listed as a "lodging housekeeper." Francis is listed as an "assistant." Herbert G. is listed as a "solicitor clerk." Sarah's lodging house has two tenants at this time: William A.E. Usher from Ireland, an "assistant geologist," and Arland A. Usher, also an "assistant geologist." Also in the household is Sarah's nephew, Arthur E. Rockett (b. abt. 1825, Luxborough). Arthur must be a son of Sarah's brother, John Rockett, or other sibling we have not yet discovered. He is too old to be the son of her youngest brother, Edward William.

3 Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England Marriages (Wiveliscombe, Somerset County, England Parish Records). Surety: 4. Wiveliscombe Parish records indicate a marriage of Sarah Rockett to William Langdon on 7 May 1832. Witnessing the marriage are Sarah's sister, Caroline Rockett, and John Surridge [relationship unknown, perhaps Caroline's husband?]. Record indicates that William Langdon is from Withiel Florey.

4 St. Peter's Parish, Huish Champflower, Somerset, England. Surety: 4

5 1881 England Census (District 1, Taunton St. Mary, Somerset County, England). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Sarah [Rockett] Langdon, widow, (age 70, b. Chipstable), daughter Francis J. [Langdon] Carver (age 27, b. Minehead) and son-in-law William Carver (age 22, b. Wellington), living in Taunton St. Mary, England. Sarah is listed as an "annuitant." William is listed as an "accountant."

6 1851 England Census (District 7, Minehead, Somerset County, England). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists William Langdon (age 40, b. Huish Champflower), wife Sarah [Rockett] (age 39, b. Wiveliscombe) and children Mary Ann (age 14, b. Liverpool, Lancaster Co.), Robert Rockett (age 10, b. Commerical Rain, Middlesex Co.), William Edward (age 8, b. Huish Champflower), Adelaide Elizabeth (age 5, b. Dunster, Somerset Co.), James Frederick (age 2, b. Minehead), and Frances James H. (age 9 mos, b. Minehead), living in Minehead, England. William is listed as "principal coast officer of H.M. Custom." Also in the household is "servant" May Milton (age 19, b. Cashampton, Somerset Co.).

7 1861 England Census (District 1, Minehead, Somerset County, England). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists William H. Langdon (age 48, b. Huish Champflower), wife Sarah [Rockett] (age 48, b. Wiveliscombe), and children James (age 12, b. Minehead), Jennet J. (age 10, b. Minehead), and Herbert A.G. (age 4, b. Minehead), living in Minehead, England. William H. is listed as "[illegible] officer of H.M.C."

8 1841 England Census (District 31, Mile End Old Town Upper, Stepney, Middlesex County, England). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists William Langdon (age 30, b. other county), wife Sarah [Rockett] (age 30, b. other county) and children Henry (age 8, b. other county), Mary (age 4, b. other county), Elise M. (age 2, b. other county) and Robert (age 17 days, b. Middlesex), living in Stepney, England. William's occupation is listed as "customs."

9 Certificate of Baptism (Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England). Surety: 4. Thanks to Nancy Langdon-Webb

10 Certificate of Death (Taunton, Somerset, England). Surety: 4. Cardiac disease. Thanks to Nancy Langdon-Webb

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