William East 1793-1855 and Ann Easy 1793-1873

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4th Great Grandparents

William East

Parents:  William East and Mary Peters

Birth: Oct 1791 Whaddon, Cambridge, England

Christened: 26 May 1793 in Whaddon, Cambridge, England

William's Christening Record
If the birth year/month is correct, he would be 1 year and about 7months old

Occupation:  Agricultural Laborer 1841, 1851

Married: Ann Easy 26 Oct 1814 in Whaddon, Cambridge, England
William and Ann's marriage record 

Died 17 July 1855 Whaddon, Cambridge, England 

Buried 20 July 1855 Whaddon, Cambridge, England
William East Burial Record

Sources
Birth: Family Search

Christening: IGI film 0990297 Batch C073451 Dated 1599-1851 Image #850 
Marriage: IGI Film 0990297 Batch M073451 Dated 1599-1851 and Boyd's Marriage Index

1841 UK Census Whaddon, Cambridge, England (age 50)

1851 UK Census Whaddon, Cambridge, England (age 56)

Death: BMD Index for Royston (which is the registration area - see the 'post town' below beneath map) which claims the record can be found in Vol 3a page 127

Burial: English Cambridgeshire Bishops Transcripts, Burials, Image #721

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Wikipedia for the map of Cambridgeshire and where Whaddon is on it

Whaddon is an old Celtic word meaning "Wheat Hill". Whaddon stands 429 feet above sea level and was once surrounded by dense forest, the Whaddon Chase, which gives its name to the local Hunt. There is evidence that Whaddon was inhabited in pre-historic times – a flint skin-scraper was uncovered near the church. Ancient British and Roman coins have also been found, and the site of a Roman camp is nearby.

St Mary's Church in
Whaddon, Cambridge, England
where the East family worshipped

From Wikipedia: The parish church of St Mary consists of a chancel, five-bay aisled and clerestoried nave, south porch, and west tower. The chancel is the oldest part of the present building, dating from the end of the 13th century. The nave and tower were added in the late 14th century

Ann Easy

Parents: John Easy and Elizabeth Wood

Born: 2 Apr 1793 Whaddon, Cambridge, England
Christened: 11 May 1794 Whaddon, Cambridge, England

Ann's Christening Record

Died: 8 Mar 1873 Whaddon, Cambridge, England

Buried: 12 March 1873 Whaddon, Cambridge, England

Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0990297 Batch C073451 Dated 1599-1851 Image #851 
Marriage: IGI Film 0990297 Batch M073451 Dated 1599-1851
1841 UK Census for Whaddon, Cambridge, England (age 45)
1851 UK Census Whaddon, Cambridge, England (as a servant in house of John Fordham)
1871 UK Census Whaddon, Cambridge, England (age 78, her widowed daughter-in-law and the grandchildren are living with her)

Death and Burial: I have not found original sources

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CHILDREN

Mary East

Born 3 March 1815 Whaddon, Cambridge, England
Christening 5 March 1815  Whaddon, Cambridge, England

Mary's Christening Record

Married William Smith 7 Nov 1846 Royston, Hertfordshire, England
Children: Abel, Jane 

Mary and William's Marriage record

Note: William is a widower, (laborer),
son of John, (Laborer)
Mary and William both signed with an 'x'
meaning they were illiterate
Witnesses:  William Jackling/Jacklin and Ann East (her mother or sister)

Died 1892 Whaddon, Cambridge, England

Note: Royston, Hertfordshire, England was the registration place
Buried 1892 Whaddon, Cambridge, England
Sources
England Birth and Christenings
1841 UK Census for Whaddon, Cambridge, England (age 28)
1851 UK Census Whaddon, Hertfordshire, England (age 35, married)
1871 UK Census Whaddon, Cambridge, England (age 57, married)

1881 UK Census Whaddon, Cambridge, England (age 67, married)

1891 UK Census Village, Whaddon, Cambridge, England (age 77, married)
Marriage:  England Select Marriages FHL Film Number 990297
Death Registration Index

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Thomas East

Born about 1817 Whaddon, Cambridge, England
Christening: 6 July 1817 Whaddon, Cambridgeshire, England

Thomas East Christening Record

Married?
Children?
Died after 1841
Buried
Sources
England Birth and Christenings
1841 UK Census Whaddon, Cambridge, England (age 25)
Family Search
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Sarah East

Born 21 March 1820 Whaddon, Cambridge, England
Christened 21 May 1820 Whaddon, Cambridge, England

Sarah East christening

Married James Reed 29 November 1840 Whaddon, Cambridgeshire, England
Children: Joseph, Daniel, David, Mary, Ann, Unnamed girl

Marriage record

Died 16 July 1854 Whaddon, Cambridge, England

From Family Search (shared by Jayna L.C. Haws, and modified here by me)

Ann Reed was the fifth child and second daughter in a family of six children— Tragedy struck the Reed home when Ann was two-years-old.

She slipped into a deep ditch that ran near their home. No one else was around but her mother, Sarah. Though heavy with child, she jumped into the ditch to save Ann from drowning. 

Ann was saved, but trouble started for her mother. Her child, a girl, was born July 13, 1854 and died the same day. Complications developed and Sarah died three days later, July 16, 1854. 

Buried with her newborn baby girl: 16 July 1854 Whaddon, Cambridge, England

Sarah's burial record

Note: One must remember the baby had been born and died the same day, so she remained unburied for three days. They needed to bury the dead quickly in July (no refrigeration), so it was about common sense, not insensitivity about how quickly Sarah was buried.
Sources
England Birth and Christenings, FHL Microfilm 2,358,118
1841 UK Census Whaddon, Cambridge, England (age 20, living with sister, Ruth)
1851 UK Census Whaddon, Hertfordshire, England (age 32, married)
Marriage Record (you have to go to a Family History Center to see the original records as of 28 June 2023)

England Death and Burial Index
Family Search 
ancestry.com 

Ann East Bromhead James

Ann East

Born 7 May 1822 Whaddon, Cambridge, England

Christening: 21 Sep 1828 Whaddon, Cambridge, England

Note: she and 3 siblings were christened/baptized at same time. 

              She was 7 years old

Ann's Christening record

Married Twice 
1) John Richard Bromhead 23 April 1853 St. Louis, Missouri
Children:  Jane

Ann and John's marriage record
Note that it the date was 23 of April
but it wasn't filed and recorded until 17 August 1853 (4 months later)

2) Samuel T James  about 1857 Utah
Children: Elizabeth, Sarah

Died 20 June 1905 Lehi, Utah, Utah

COD: Old Age

Ann's Death Certificate

Ann's Obit

Buried 25 June 1905 Lehi, Utah, Utah

Ann's headstone

Sources
Christening Record

1841 UK Census Whaddon, Cambridge, England (age 12)
Marriage to John: Missouri Marriages
Obituary:  Newspapers Lehi Banner and Lehi Sun 22 June 1905 issue 
1880 US Census Lehi, Utah, Utah (age 57)
Family Search
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Utah Death Certificate

Utah Cemetery Abstracts (Lehi Sexton's records)
Utah County Death Records

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95287/ann-james

Lydia East

Born 13 January 1826 Whaddon, Cambridge, England
Christening: 21 Sep 1828 Whaddon, Cambridge, England

Note: she was 2 years old

Lydia East Christening Record

Emigration Note: The unmarried Lydia (She was using her maiden name) crossed the Atlantic on the ship on the Windemere and arrived in New Orleans 24 April 1854.

Married (Polygamist) John Varah Long 6 May 1855 Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Children: William, Walter, George

John Varah Long

ABOUT JOHN:

On November 1, 2007, KTVX, a Salt Lake City television station, announced that a number of his diaries and letters related to his position had surfaced. John V Long was a confidant and scribe of Mormon leader Brigham Young, but fell from grace, was excommunicated from the LDS Church, and finally found dead in a drainage ditch in 1869. He was buried with his first wife in the SL Cemetery.

Died 25 June 1892 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Lydia's death record - note that it gives incorrect birthplace.
The address she was living at is 5th N 445 West in SLC

Buried Salt Lake City Cemetery Plot Q Block 6 lot 4

Note: there is no headstone.
Sources
1841 UK Census Whaddon, Cambridge, England (age 15)
1851UK Census Whaddon, Cambridge, England (age 25)

New Orleans Passenger List (she is single, age 27, John's name is listed under hers)
1854 Pioneer Overland Trail (there is not a definite name for the company she traveled with)

13th Ward Record of Members

Note: she was rebaptized here (13th ward) 21 June 1855 under the name Lydia Long - she had married John a month prior to her rebaptism

1856 US Census,  13th Ward Great Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

1860 US Census 13th Ward Great Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States (age 33)
1870 US Census 13th Ward Great Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States (age 47)
1880 US Census Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States (age 49)
Family Search
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Utah Death Register

Utah Death and Burials

Utah Cemetery Inventory
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60232889/lydia-long

Jane East

Birth 1827 Whaddon, Cambridgeshire, England

Christening: 21 September 1828 • Whaddon, Cambridgeshire, England

Jane East's christening record. She was about a year old.

Married Samuel T James 7 Dec 1861 Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Endowment House in SLC, Utah
Note: Samuel was a polygamist and married her sister, Ann, first.

Children: Samuel, Joseph, Rachel, Emma
Died August 1916 Moore, Butte, Idaho

Note: I haven't found anything out about her death - no certificate, no death registration, no stone - nothing.
Buried ?
Sources
England Births and Christenings
1841 UK Census Whaddon, Cambridgeshire, England (age 12)
1861 UK Census Whaddon, Cambridgeshire, England, (age 32, servant) living in sister Hannah's house, perhaps to take care of their sister, Sarah's, children, as Sarah had died in 1854 

1880 US Census Lehi, Utah, Utah (age 49, Married)
1900 US Census Little Wood River, Blaine, Idaho (age 70, widow, living with son, Samuel)
1910 US Census Antelope, Blaine, Idaho (age 79, widow, living with daughter and son-in-law)
Family Search
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Hannah East
Born 24 Aug 1828 Whaddon, Cambridgeshire, England
Christening 21 Sep 1828 Whaddon, Cambridge, England

Hannah's christening record. She is about a month old.

Married Thomas Karren 17 March 1865 Lehi, Utah, Utah Territory

Children: Hannah, Annie, William
Died 2 May 1907 Lehi, Utah, Utah Territory

There is a problem with the death certificate.
She was not born in 1830 - her christening year was 1828.
Henry East is her nephew, son of her brother, George, and he was a Police
Officer in Provo at the time of her death. He may have not known the truth
or he may have been given bad information. Either way, this affected the dates
on this official document and on her headstone.

Buried 4 May 1907 Lehi, Utah, Utah

Hannah's headstone
It gives the wrong birth year AND the wrong death year -
look at the death certificate which claims 1907, which I do believe
is correct.

Sources
1841 UK Census Whaddon, Cambridgeshire, England (age 12)
1851 UK Census Whaddon, Cambridgeshire, England (age 22)

1861 UK Census Whaddon, Cambridgeshire, England, (age 32)

1880 US Census Lehi, Utah, Utah (age 49)

1900 US Census Lehi, Utah, Utah (age 69)

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95640/hannah-j-karren

Utah Cemetery Inventory

Utah Death Certificate

Utah Death Register

Family Search
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3rd great grandfather

George East
Note: he had 
blue-grey eyes

George East

Born 29 May 1831 • Whaddon, Cambridge, England, UK

Christening: 26 February 1837 Whaddon, Cambridge, England, UK 
George East's Christening Record -
he and sister, Ruth, were christened at same time

Married Rhoda Stanford 18 Sep 1853 Bassingbourn, Cambridge, England

 

Children: Amos, William, Joseph, Sarah, David, Javis, George, William, Henry, Naomi, Mary, Frank, John, Philip
Died 28 Oct 1892 • Warren, Weber, Utah, USA
Buried Warren City Cemetery, Warren, Weber, Utah

George and Rhoda's headstone

Sources
Christening Record

1841 UK Census Whaddon, Cambridge, England (age 10)

1851 UK Census Whaddon, Cambridge, England (age 19)

1861 UK Census Whaddon, Cambridge, England (age 29)

1871 UK Census Meldreth, Cambridge, England (age 42)

1880 US Census Slaterville, Weber, Utah (age 50) 

New York Passenger Lists for Ship Wyoming Arrived in New York 25 Sep 1876

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60909/george-east

Family Search
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Ruth East

Born abt 1834 Whaddon, Cambridge, England

Christening 26 February 1837 Whaddon, Cambridgeshire, England
Ruth's Christening Record - she and Emma were Christened on same day,
so, for this family, having more than one child christened is not rare.

Married James Jacklin 12 October 1850 Whaddon, Cambridge, England

Marriage record - 
Note: his surname spelled wrong

Children: I've never found children
Died/Buried
Sources
Christening Record

Marriage: England Select Marriages

1841 UK Census Whaddon, Cambridge, England (age 7)

1851 UK Census 

1861 UK Census Whaddon, Cambridge, England (age 28)

Family Search
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Emma East

Born abt 1837 Whaddon, Cambridge, England

Christened: 26 February 1837 Whaddon, Cambridgeshire, England

Emma East christening - same day as her sister, Ruth

Married Joseph Jacklin 1 December1859 Whaddon, Cambridgeshire, England

Joseph Jacklin and Emma East marriage record

Children: Arthur, Joseph, Kate, Alfred, Charles, Herbert, Walter, Bertie

Died June1914 Royston, Hertfordshire, England
Buried
Sources
Christening: England, Cambridge Registers

Marriage: England and Wales Marriages

Death: England Death Index

1841 UK Census Whaddon, Cambridge, England (age 4)

1861 UK Census Melbourn, Cambridge, England (age 24)

1871 UK Census Melbourn, Cambridge, England (age 33)

1881 US Census  Melbourn, Cambridge, England (age 44) 

1891 UK Census Meldreth, Cambridge, England (age 54)

1901 UK Census Meldreth, Cambridge, England (age 65)

1911 UK Census Meldreth, Hertfordshire, England (age 74, widowed)

England and Wales Death Index

Family Search
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Jabez (Jabesh) East

Born 16 Dec 1838 Whaddon, Cambridge, England
Married Ann Chapman 8 Nov 1857 Whaddon, Cambridge, England
Children: Thomas, Charles, William, Ruth, John

Died June 1866 Whaddon, Cambridge, England

Note: Royston, Hertfordshire, England is the registration place

Buried 25 June 1866 Whaddon, Cambridge, England
Sources
1841 UK Census Whaddon, Cambridge, England (age 2)

1851 UK Census Whaddon, Cambridge, England (age 13)

Marriage Index

Note: Jabez's name is spelled Jarvis in record and Ann is Anne

Death Registration Index

Birth Registration Index for Jan-Feb-Mar gives year as 1839, but his birthday was in December and may not have been recorded until following year.

LDS Church Membership Record

Family Search
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