Thomas Wood Minter

Bef 1821 - Bef 1902  (81 years)

• Name	Thomas Wood Minter
  Birth	Bef 9 Dec 1821	Whitstable, Kent
  Christening	9 Dec 1821	Whitstable, All Saints, Kent   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	59ADB6151F8642C4B8A01C285F11DA086A61
  Death	Bef 17 Dec 1902	Whitstable, Kent   [2]
  Burial	17 Dec 1902	Whitstable Cemetery, Whitstable, Kent   [3]
  Notes	A master mariner, Lloyds Captains Register Certificate of Service - George Anson 1855 - 1860, Impetuous 1862 - 1868. A website found in November 2005 records that Thomas Wood Minter and William White FOREMAN were owners of 'Impetuous', originally built as a snow by Hoad Brothers at Rye, converted to a brig in 1860 and to a brigantine in 1864. She weighed 163 tons and her reg. no. was 19009, registered at Whitstable. July 2009: Pauline Kay Minter, while researching shipping records on Alderney, came across a Mr Minter of the ship 'Impetuous' which was sailing to Cherbourg. 1851 census: no trace of Thomas (probably at sea); wife Matilda (32) and daughter Christiana (7, scholar) were living in High Street, Whitstable, together with a female servant. 1861 census: in Pump Street, Hartlepool, Durham, Thomas Wood (39, master mariner), Mary (32) and Thomas (2). 1871 census: Thomas was counted as the captain of the schooner 'Impetuous' at Alderney, Channel Islands - aged 50. His family were at 34 Sydenham Street, Whitstable, second wife Mary (42, mariner's wife), Ann Eliza (22), Thomas (12, scholar), Eden (8, scholar), George (2) and Herbert (1). Lived at Sydenham Street, Whitstable in 1874 - 1878. Appeared in the Post Office Directories of 1874 and 1878 as Thomas Wood Minter, master mariner, Sydenham Street, Whitstable. 1881 census: at 34 Sydenham Street, Whitstable, Thomas W (60, master mariner), Mary (52), E. J. (18, mariner) and G. R. (12, scholar). Son Herbert (11, scholar) was living next door at 33 Sydenham Street - described for some reason as son of the head of the household, Elizabeth LOTT, a mariner's wife. Son Thomas, 22, unmarried, was Mate on the 'Impetuous' at Guernsey, Channel Islands. 1891 census: Thomas, 69, a widower, was counted aboard the 'Utopia' as her master, at Durham. Son Thomas (32, seaman) was lodging at 68 Low Commerce Street, Middlesbrough. Son Herbert E (21, seaman) was staying at 1 Pump Street, Hartlepool, Durham with his aunt Rebecca POUNDER (53, unmarried) and her niece Sarah Ann CLARE (26, unmarried, born Hartlepool). Son George was staying with his brother Eden (qv). Appeared in the Pike's Blue Book for Canterbury and District, Herne Bay & Whitstable, 1897 - 98 as Capt. T Minter, High Street, Whitstable. 1901 census: at 85 High Street, Whitstable, Thomas W (79, pensioner), son George R (30, mariner) and a female general domestic servant.
  Person ID	I179	Whitstable, Kent
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Richard Minter,   b. Bef 15 Mar 1795, Whitstable, Kent d. Bef 25 Jan 1834, Whitstable, Kent (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann COLEMAN,   b. 1797, Whitstable, Kent d. 8 Jul 1868, Whitstable, Kent (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	3 Aug 1820	Whitstable, All Saints, Kent   [1]
  	Richard Minter bachelor and Mary Ann Coleman widow both of this parish by banns, sign/sign. Eleanor Wood (sign), Stephen Brice (sign). The latter is witness at other marriages
  Family ID	F59	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Matilda HARRIS,   b. Abt 1818, Faversham, Kent d. Bef 25 Oct 1851, Whitstable, Kent (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	27 Apr 1844	Whitstable, All Saints, Kent   [2]
  	Cliff Minter, from original Whitstable parish register, Feb 2006: Thomas Wood Minter, of full age, bachelor mariner of Whitstable father Richard Minter mariner, and Matilda Harris of full age, spinster of Whitstable father William Harris, dredger, after banns (sign/her mark) John Beal (sign) Elizabeth Marsh (her mark) witnesses.
  Children	1. Christiana Minter,   b. Bef 8 Sep 1844, Whitstable, Kent d. Yes, date unknown   2. Agnes Frances Minter,   b. Dec 1845, Whitstable, Kent d. Bef 28 Sep 1846, Whitstable, Kent (Age 0 years)   3. Ann Eliza Minter,   b. Bef 22 Oct 1848, Whitstable, Kent d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F60	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Mary POUNDER,   b. Abt 1829, Hartlepool, Durham d. Bef 13 Jul 1885, Blean RD (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	Mar 1857	Tynemouth RD   [2]
  Children	1. Thomas Minter,   b. Sep 1858, Hartlepool, Durham d. Yes, date unknown   2. Eden James Minter,   b. Bef 23 Nov 1862, Whitstable, Kent d. 23 Jan 1936, Blyth, Northumberland (Age 73 years)   3. George Howard Minter,   b. Bef 30 Jul 1865, Whitstable, Kent d. Bef 16 Feb 1866, Hartlepool RD (Age 0 years)   4. George Richard Minter,   b. Bef 29 Jul 1868, Whitstable, Kent d. 1 Apr 1937, Faversham Infirmary, Faversham, Kent (Age 68 years)   5. Herbert Edwin Minter,   b. Bef 2 Feb 1870, Whitstable, Kent d. Sep 1934, Sunderland RD (Age 64 years)   6. Richard Minter,   b. Sep 1861, Hartlepool RD d. Bef 27 Mar 1862, Blean RD (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F61	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Load the map

  Birth - Bef 9 Dec 1821 - Whitstable, Kent Death - Bef 17 Dec 1902 - Whitstable, Kent  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] Cliff Minter. [S7] BMD index. [S86] Cliff Minter from Whitstable Cemetery Register of Burials, May 2011.