Ashwell Quaker Burial Ground

Plots 1 - 13 Thorne Family, these are the only graves marked with a headstone
Plots 1-13 location AQBG
Thorne Family
Ellen Thorne's headstone AQBG taken in 1990
Thorne Family
Thorne Family headstones barely visible AQBG 2012
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Thorne Family headstones barely visible AQBG 2012
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Conveyance document 1957
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Signed Conveyance document 1957
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Conveyance Map 1957
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Part of the 1841 Tithe Map showing the QBG No 265 - 339 Samuel Thorne's House and Shop - James Thorne's House and Garden Pleasant Place - Abraham Thorne's Cottage and Garden
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Letter from Welwyn Quakers - 30 Oct 1956
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Letter from the Charity Commission - 28 May 1957
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Letter from Ford & Warren Solicitors - 6 June 1957
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Abraham Thorne's Quaker history - see translation below
Thorne Family

Buried in Ashwell Quaker Burial Ground –

taken from Quaker records 1687 – 1936 

04 Jan 1688 Unknown Not in Ashwell Family Tree (Ancestry) 

20 Jan 1779 Sarah ALLEN Aged 80 Not in AFT

20 Nov 1770 Ruth BAILEY Not in AFT 

23 Apr 1687 Catherine BINGLY Not in AFT  

04 Jul 1767 Ruth BOFFEY Not in AFT 

1776 Ann BURR of Royston Wife of Thomas BURR

22 Aug 1769 Hester BRETT  Buried 27 Aug 1769   Father: John BRETT   Mother: Mary PENN  Aged 4

22 Aug 1769 John BRETT  Buried 27 Aug 1769 same day as daughter above Father:  John BRETT – Maltster    Mother:  Ethelreda  WYATT 

14 Dec 1781 John BRETT  Aged 84 buried 29 Dec 1781 Father of above  Father:  John BRETT     Mother:  Hester Exton 

25 Jun 1787 Ethelreda BRETT  Aged 85  Wife of John BRETT above.     Father:  Christopher Thomas WYATT

21 Mar 1796 Samuel BRETT  Buried 29 Mar 1795   Father:  John BRETT  Mother:  Hester EXTON      Brother of John BRETT – Maltster 

20 Feb 1698 Thomas CHAPMAN   Not in AFT     Father:  Thomas CHAPMAN   Mother:  Susanna

29 Apr 1697 Mary CHAPMAN   Not in AFT

25 Jun 1782 John CRAWLEY of Edworth   Not in AFT

03 Feb 1725/6 William EVERARD         Father:  William EVERARD   Mother:  Katherine - Second Cousin of Barbara EVERARD  below

05 Feb 1772 Barbara EVERARD   Aged 34         Father: James EVERARD  Mother:  Jane NEWMAN  -  Barbara was recorded as a Minister of 17 years 

24 Oct 1785 Elizabeth EVERARD  Aged 89   Wife of William EVERARD below Father:  Joseph FINDEN   Mother:  Elizabeth Sharp

03 Sep 1788 William EVERARD  Aged 83            Father:  Edward EVERARD Shoemaker    Mother:  Damaris MARRIOT 

20 May 1687 Francis GODFREY  may be Husband of Mary below   Not in AFT

07 Feb 1697 Elizabeth GODFREY  may be Daughter or Sister of Francis GODFREY above  Not in AFT

02 Jun 1698 Mary GODFREY  widow maybe Wife of Francis GODFREY above

10 Dec 1806 Lettice GUTTERIDGE  Aged 57  of Morden buried 14 Dec 1806   Not in AFT

21 Apr 1687 Edward HUSINS?  Not in AFT

19 Mar 1687 Ursulah MARSH  Not in AFT EARLIST BURIAL RECORD FOUND

05 Nov 1807 Hannah. MOSS Aged 73 of Melbourn buried 08 Nov 1807     Maybe Wife of John MOSS below  Father:  John BRETT Maltster   Mother:  Etheldreda WYATT

23 May 1791 John PICKING alias MOSS Aged 55 of Foxton buried 25 May 1791  There is a John Moss – Yeoman – married to Hannah BRETT on 17 Sep 1761 at Ashwell Quaker Meeting House is this John? 

22 Jun 1800 Ann RANDAL Aged 60 of Litlington buried 24 Jun 1800  Not in AFT

10 Jun 1695 ? RUFFHEAD Widow  Not in AFT

08 Aug 1779 Hannah SEABROOK Not in AFT but could be related to James Seabrook 1795 Master Miller

28 Aug 1698 Martha SELL Wife of Richard SELL Labourer  Not in AFT

04 Mar 1781 Ann THORN   Aged 1 buried 09 Mar 1781   Father:  John THORN Shopkeeper/ Wheelwright    Mother:  Ann MORRIS

18 Apr 1782 Abraham THORN  Aged 9 days 21 Apr 1872                    Father:  Samuel THORN Wheelwright   Mother:  Susanna JACKSON 

23 Aug 1772 Abraham THORN  Aged 71 buried 30 Aug 1772 Wheelwright  Husband of Mary BRETT below

16 Sep 1774 Mary THORN  Aged 70 buried 20 Sep 1774   Wife of Abraham THORN above 

04 Jul 1936 Henry Heath THORN  Aged 76 Plot 1 Company Secretary    Father:  Samuel THORNE Tailor of Pleasant Place   Mother:  Ellen SANDERS Milliner. HENRY WAS THE LAST BURIAL IN AQBG 

25 Apr 1904 Ellen THORNE  Aged 83 Plot 2 Milliner   Wife of Samuel THORNE  Tailor below      Father:  Samuel SANDERS Coach builder    Mother:  Mary Anne HEATH 

29 Nov 1890 Samuel THORNE  Aged 68 Plot 3 Tailor of Pleasant Place   Husband of Ellen THORNE above                                                        Father:  James THORNE Wheelwright    Mother:  Ann Bailey FLITTON

16 Mar 1864 James THORNE  Aged 71 Plot 4 Wheelwright   Husband of Ann Bailey FLITTON below        Father:  Samuel THORNE Wheelwright   Mother:  Susanna JACKSON

06 Feb 1826 Ann THORNE  Aged 25 Plot 5  Wife of James THORNE   Wheelwright above         Father:  John FLITTON  Parish Clerk and Elizabeth BAILEY

21 Apr 1803 John THORNE  Aged 18 buried 27 Apr 1803                     Father:  John THORNE Shopkeeper/ Wheelwright   Mother:  Ann MORRIS

26 Oct 1821 John THORNE  Aged 81 buried 31 Oct 1821 Shopkeeper/Wheelwright  Husband of Ann MORRIS below                       Father Samuel THORNE Wheelwright   Mother:  Mary BRETT 

13 Nov 1807 Anne THORNE  Aged 61 buried 15 Nov 1807  Wife if John THORNE Shopkeeper/ Wheelwright above.                                        Father:  Michael MORRIS Ironmonger  Michael was buried at Ampthill Quaker Burial Ground 1765  Mother:  Dorcas FOWLER  Dorcas was buried at Ampthill Quaker Burial Ground 1806

17 Aug 1846 Suzannah THORNE  Aged 55 Plot 6     Father Samuel THORNE Wheelwright.  Mother:  Susanna JACKSON

07 Aug 1835 Suzannah THORNE  Aged 81 Plot 7  Wife of Samuel THORNE Wheelwright below  Father: ?  JACKSON

13 Sep 1819 Samuel THORNE  Aged 76 Plot 8 buried 19 Sep 1819 Husband of Suzannah THORNE above              Father:  Samuel THORNE Wheelwright   Mother:  Mary BRETT

21 Apr 1807 Hester THORNE  Aged 27 Plot 9 buried 26 Apr 1807          Father:  Samuel THORNE  Wheelwright      Mother:  Suzannah JACKSON

07 May 1861 Samuel THORNE  Aged 77 Plot 10  Coachbuilder/Wheelwright/Farmer                     Father:  Samuel THORNE Wheelwright   Mother:  Suzannah JACKSON 

04 Jun 1827 Abraham THORNE  Aged 27 Plot 11 Farmer                      Father:  Samuel THORNE Wheelwright    Mother:  Elisabeth ROWLING 

09 Aug 1805 Abraham THORNE  Aged 67 Plot 13 buried 11 Aug 1805

20 Sep 1699 Anne THOROWGOOD  Wife of Richard THOROWGOOD Farmer of Hinxworth     Not in AFT

27 Aug 1698 Catharina TOTTMAN newborn        Father:  William TOTTMAN Landowner/ Wheelwright/Blacksmith             Mother:  Katharine

23 May 1789 Joseph TRANTER  Aged 68  Not in AFT

14 Aug 1791 Joseph TRANTER Aged 59 Woodscrew Maker  Husband of Martha THORNE below                                                                        Father:  John TRANTER.  Mother:  Elizabeth WILLCOX

28 Jan 1812 Martha TRANTER. Aged 73  Wife of Joseph TRANTER above Father:  Abraham THORNE Wheelwright    Mother:  Mary BRETT

18 Oct 1833 Martha TRANTER. Aged 59 buried 27 Oct 1833                  Father Joseph TRANTER  Mother:  Martha THORNE  both above

06 Jun 1695 Andrew WALLER  Husband of Mary GODFREY below        Father:  Edward WALLER Yeoman    Mother:  Susan BLEWIT

26 Sep 1696 Dorothy WALLER Wife of Edward WALLER who is buried in St Mary’s churchyard                                                                                    Father:  William CUMBERLAND. Mother:  Dorothy ?

03 Apr 1698 Mary WALLER Widow of Andrew WALLER above              Father ? GODFREY

10 Oct 1779 Elizabeth WILSON  Aged 72  Not in AFT

20 Feb 1826 Elisabeth WORBOYS  Aged 64 Plot 12. Father:  ?  ROWLING wife of Abraham THORNE  died 1805 Wheelwright recorded above

A total of 60 burials have been found in the Quaker Records, there could be more which have been missed 

Notice at beginning of year 1730 “In this year dy’d of the small pox 65 persons – Taken from Ashwell Parish Register

1795-   Quaker Burial Record Book 45 Pages 1- 1837     48 See Dorcas Fowler’s record on Ancestry Page 32

1776-   Quaker Birth Record Book 9 Pages 1- 1794    127 Page 112                

1776-   Quaker Burial Record Book 42 Pages 1- 1795  131               See Joseph Tranter’s record on Ancestry Page 107 

1795-   Quaker Burial Record Book 6 Pages 1- 1837  173                  See Ann  Bailey Flitton’s record on Ancestry Page 30

1794-   Quaker Burial Record Book 5 Pages 1- 1821  217                 See Martha Tranter (Thorne) Page 159 or Samuel Brett Page 32 

1700-   Quaker Burial Record Book 1448 Pages 1- 1794  412         Mary     Thorne Page 72 wife of Abraham Thorne saved under Abraham on Ancestry

1665-   Quaker Birth Record Book 38 Pages 1- 1776  48                Mary Thorne’s record on Ancestry Page 18 wife of Abraham Thorne                              

1761-   Quaker Marriage Record Book 38 Pages 1-  1771  48         Mary Thorne’s record on Ancestry Page 18

 Current Ashwell families related to the above:                             

 Thorne – Christy – Clarke – Bryant – Bray – Picking 

  

 

The following is a copy of the Conveyance:

Dated 14th September 1957

Friends Trusts Limited

to

Miss C Angell

Conveyance

of

Freehold land situate at Ashwell in the County of Hertford 

This Conveyance is made the fourteenth day of September On thousand nine hundred and fifty seven BETWEEN FRIENDS TRUSTS LIMITED whose Registered Office is situate at Friends House Euston Road in the County of London (hereinafter called “the Vendors”) of the one part and CHRISTINE ANGELL of Whitby Farm Ashwell in the County of Hertford (hereinafter called “the Purchaser”) of the other part

WHEREAS:-

  1. The Vendors are seised of (inter alia) the property hereinafter described as Trustees of the Charity known as Hertford and Hitchin Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends
  2. The Vendors as such Trustees have agreed with the Purchaser for the sale to her of the said property in fee simple in possession subject only to the restrictions and stipulations hereinafter mentioned at the price of Thirty five pounds
  3. By an Order made by the Board of Charity Commissioners for England and Wales on the twenty first day of June On thousand nine hundred and fifty seven the Vendors were authorised to sell the said property within twelve months from the date of the said Order for not less than the said price

NOW THIS DEED WITNESSETH as follows:- 

  1. In consideration of the sum of THIRTY FIVE POUNDS paid by the Purchaser to the Vendors (the receipt whereof the Vendors hereby acknowledge) the Vendors as Trustees hereby convey unto the Purchaser ALL THAT plot of land situate at Ashwell in the County of Hertford containing eight hundred and nine square yards or thereabouts formerly used as a Burial Ground by the Society of Friends WHICH said plot of land is for the purpose of identification only more particularly delineated on the plan annexed hereto and thereon coloured red TO HOLD the same unto the Purchaser in fee simple subject to all statutory restrictions affecting the user of a Burial Ground and to the condition that any graves therein shall not be disturbed except under competent authority and subject also as in hereinafter mentioned
  2. The Purchaser hereby covenants with the Vendors that she and her successors in title will hereafter keep open and unbuilt upon such part of the land hereby conveyed as has heretofore been used as a burial ground and also that she and her successors in title will allow any person who is a relative or friend of any person interred in the said Burial Ground to have admittance thereto at all convenient times
  3. The Vendors hereby acknowledge the right of the Purchaser to the production of the documents specified in the Schedule hereto and to the delivery of copies thereof
  4. It is hereby certified that the transaction hereby effected does not form part of a larger transaction or of a series of transactions in respect of which the amount or value or the aggregate amount or value of the consideration exceeds Three thousand five hundred pounds

IN WITNESS whereof the Vendors have caused their Common Seal to be hereunto affixed and the Purchaser has hereunto set her hand and seal the day and year first before written

THE SCHEDULE  before referred to:-

Date Nature of Document Parties

16th June 1926 Deed of Appointment of New Trustees F Ransom and Others (1)

W Graveson and Others (2)

Said F Ransom and Others (3)

T Lucas and others (4)

T Ransom and Others (5)

Said T Ransom and Others (6)

E A Warner (7)

K C Allen and Others (8) 

28th March 1946 Deed of Appointment of New Trustees T W Latchmore and Others (1)

Friends Trusts Limited (2) 

THE COMMON SEAL of the said       )

FRIENDS TRUSTS LIMITED was.     )

Hereunto affixed in the                        )

Presence of:-                                       )

Directors (2)

Secretary

SIGNED SEALED AND DELIVERED)

by the said CHRISTINE                      )

ANGELL in the presence of:-              )

Lloyds Bank Limited – Bank Manager

 

Abraham Thorne 1737/8 – 1805 (translation of document above)

Weelwright and Quaker, disowned by Quakers as married Elisabeth Rowling a non-Quaker in Parish Church, Ashwell 21st Sep 1783.

2 children – Abraham and Elisabeth born.

After Abraham’s death his wife remarried William Heath; when he died she married for third time William’s son-in-law William Worboys, a widower with 3 sons.

Elisabeth Worboys buried in QBG Ashwell, also first husband Abraham.

Son Abraham died, aged 27, unmarried and left his sister Elisabeth main beneficiary.  He was a farmer of Ashwell End owning tenements, farms and land in Ashwell and Hinxworth.  Elisabeth was married to Benjamin Christy, Farmer of Westbury, Ashwell.

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