Henry Minter

Bef 1813 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Henry Minter
  Birth	Bef 10 Oct 1813	Kent
  Christening	10 Oct 1813	St Peter, Sandwich, Kent   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	85083E269F824DC68E8DCD9CD95E130BFEF0
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	Entered on Seamans' Register for 1836, serving on the "St Hilda", "Barlow"and the "La Bonne Mare". October 2009: The assumption that this Henry married Ann Elizabeth NASH is based (a) on the fact that Ann was in 1841 living at the same address (it's difficult to work out whether in the same house) as Inmith Nash (50, coastguard), his wife and family, (b) the fact that Henry was also a coastguard, previously in the Navy) and (c) the fact that both names appear on daughter Eliza Ann's birth certificate. 1841 census: living with William & Elizabeth Morling at Peads Farm, Leiston *, Suffolk, Henry (29, navy, not born Suffolk). Wife Ann (20) and daughter Eliza (3 months) were at 51 Tower, Bexhill, Sussex, a Martello Tower that has since been lost to the sea. * Leiston is a couple of miles away from the Sizewell Gap Coastguard Station where Henry was stationed in 1841. Henry's early career as a Boatman in the Coastguard can be traced from ADM 175/06, one of a series of documents held in the National Archive and available as free downloads: 1. 38 Tower (a Martello tower) at Pett Level near Hastings, Sussex. Henry arrived here on 7 Oct 1836 from HMS Jupiter and stayed until 25 Aug 1837. This is confirmed by an entry in ADM 175/97, Coastguard Nominations 1827 - 1840. 2. Enchantress (an 80ft sloop beached in Old Rye Harbour). From 25 Aug 1837 to 28 Aug 1838. 3. Hastings. From 28 Aug 1838 to 29 May 1839. 4. 55 Tower (a Martello tower) at Normans Bay, Pevensey Levels, East Sussex. 29 May 1839 to 7 May 1840. 5. Sizewell Gap, Suffolk. From 7 May 1840 to 28 Apr 1842. ADM 175/100 (Alphabetical Seamans Book 1830 - 1849) has an entry for Henry Minter, boatman, of Sizewell Gap. The entry indicates that he was sent to Rathmullen, Co. Donegal in April 1842. At that point he was still a Boatman in the Coastguard. Henry remained in Ireland and evidently moved his family there. He served in a number of Coastguard stations - the following details are extracted from documents in the the ADM 175 series: ADM 175/18 - Ireland 1827 - 48 and ADM 175/19 - Ireland 1845 - 62. Unfortunately there don't seem to be any later documents. In several of the records Henry is noted as being 'Good of service'. 1. Rathmullan, Co. Donegal. Boatman from April 1842 to 6 Sep 1845 when he was promoted. 2. Buncrana, Co. Donegal. Commissioned Boatman from 6 Sep 1845 to 16 Apr 1847. The record mentions 'disunion'. 3. Beagh Castle, Co. Limerick. Commissioned Boatman from 16 Apr 1847 to 2 Sep 1848. 4. Tarbert, Co. Kerry. Commissioned Boatman from 2 Sep 1848 to 22 Dec 1849. 5. Scattery (later called Cappa), Co. Clare. Commissioned Boatman from 22 Dec 1849 to 5 Nov 1850 (transferred back to Tarbert on alteration of establishment). 6. Tarbert, Co. Kerry. Commissioned Boatman from 5 Nov 1850; promoted to Senior Boatman on 1 Oct 1852. Transferred out on 23 Mar 1859. [Of interest is the fact that another Chief Boatman called Robert Harness moved from Scattery to Tarbert on the same day as Henry. Robert retired from the service on 30 Nov 1857. Henry and Robert must have been friends, with Henry's son Henry Smith Minter marrying Robert's daughter Elizabeth Charlotte]. 7. Beagh Castle, Co. Limerick. Senior Boatman but Chief Boatman in charge from 23 Mar 1859 to 5 Nov 1861. 8. Ballycotton, Co. Cork. Acting Chief Boatman in lieu of an officer from 5 Nov 1861. There is no entry for Henry in ADM 175/102 - Removals 1858 - 1868. It's therefore not clear when he retired from the Coastguard service. No trace of the death of Henry has been found in the UK death index, suggesting that he remained in Ireland until he died. But although I've found his wife's death, Henry's death remains undiscovered.
  Person ID	I1336	Ickham, Kent
  Last Modified	6 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Henry Minter,   b. 19 Dec 1774, Sandwich, Kent d. 9 Feb 1850, St Bartholomews, Sandwich, Kent (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Ann GILL,   b. Bef 7 Jun 1778   d. 16 Oct 1825 (Age ~ 47 years)
  Marriage	23 Jun 1800	St Mary, Dover, Kent   [1]
  	Married by licence as a bachelor of St Mary Dover on the 23 June 1800 at St Mary Dover. Ann a spinster of St Mary, Dover.
  Family ID	F219	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Elizabeth NASH,   b. Abt 1821   d. 28 Oct 1865, Ballycotton, Cork, Ireland (Age ~ 44 years)
  Marriage	Jun 1840	Battle RD   [2]
  Children	1. Eliza Ann Minter,   b. 20 Mar 1841, Leiston, Suffolk d. Yes, date unknown   2. Henry Smith Minter,   b. 21 Mar 1849, Tarbert, Co. Kerry, Ireland d. 5 Sep 1905, Government Hospital, Albany, Western Australia (Age 56 years)   3. Matilda Elizabeth Minter,   b. 8 Aug 1853, Tarbert, Co. Kerry, Ireland d. Yes, date unknown   4. Emma Louise Minter,   b. Abt 1858, Co. Kerry, Ireland d. Mar 1936, Dublin North RD (Age ~ 78 years)   5. Joseph Alfred Minter,   b. 17 Jan 1863, Ballycotton, Cork, Ireland d. 16 Jun 1939, Buntingford, Priest Walk, Tankerton, Kent (Age 76 years)   6. Amelia Helen Minter,   b. 26 Oct 1865, Ballycotton, Cork, Ireland d. 26 Oct 1865, Ballycotton, Cork, Ireland (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F651	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2009

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Cliff Minter. [S3] BMD index, Q2 1840 Battle 7/317. (Reliability: 3).