Thomas Minter

Bef 1742 - 1810  (~ 68 years)

• Name	Thomas Minter
  Birth	Bef 4 Jan 1742
  Christening	4 Jan 1742	Ash, Kent   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	2205
  _UID	B8A55079652142E5AA3B87F2F7C77EEE5B64
  Death	27 Apr 1810	Deal, Kent   [1]
  Burial	3 May 1810	St Leonard Deal, Kent   [1]
  Notes	Ancestry.co.uk, UK, Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices' Indentures, 1710-1811: Apprenticed to Randall Bell a builder of Deal (Cliff Minter says for for two guineas) on 18 February 1756. Appears in Ancestry's UK, Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices' Indentures, 1710-1811: 18 July 1771: Thos. Minter, Deal, boatbuilder. Apprentice Francis Arthur. Cliff Minter (December 2006) has found references in the St Leonards, Deal Parish Rate Books which appear to relate to Thomas as: Churchwarden on 29 April and 21 May 1778 Overseer of the Poor on 18 June, 16 July, 20 August, 24 September, 3 December, 31 December 1778 and 28 January 1779. A boat builder of Deal in 1784 and in 1789. Probably the Minter of Minter & Sole, listed in Bailey's British Directory [for 1784]; or, Merchant's and Trader's Useful Companion for the year 1784 ... in 4 Volumes ... Volume 1. London; Volume 2 The Western Directory; Volume 3 The Northern Directory; Volume 4 The Eastern Directory. The First Edition, 1784, BAILEY. London Printed by J. Andrews, Little Eastcheap, and to be had of the Author, No. 53, Basinghall-street; No. 4, Queen-street, Cheapside; Mr. Long, Optician, Royal Exchange, and of every Bookseller in Town and Country Listed in 1792 in the The Dover and Deal Directory and Guide, [1792]. Dover, Deal Printed for, and sold by, J. Horn, Bookseller, Stationer, and Perfumer, at the Apollo Library and Public Reading-Room, near the Market-place, Dover; and by E. Long, Bookseller and Stationer, Deal Executor of the estate of Martin Walker in 1789. Listed in 1797 in the The Dover and Deal Directory, at Deal, Thomas Minter, boat bulder. The Ash Family Reconstitution Files supplied by Cally Schneider in December 2012 indicate that in 1798 Thomas was in the militia at Weddington, on foot with pike. I haven't verified this. Died a respected boatbuilder of Deal, aged 71. Will dated 6 April 1805 proved (on the oths of Sarah Minter and Hockaday Minter) on 22 May 1813 at Canterbury Consistory Court. Recorded in Canterbury Consistory Court Act Books (PRC 22/28 1803 - 1828), folio 74 - noted by Cliff Minter February 2007. The Will was seen by Kirkham Sidney Minter at Maidstone on 23 April 1954 (ref Consistory Court Book 68 No. 182. KS Minter made the following notes. Will of Thomas Minter of Deal, Boatbuilder The leasehold and personal estate and effects and part share possibility, and interest of and in any leasehold and personal estate and effects, which testator is, or shall, or may be, at the time of his decease, possessed of, interested in or entitled to, in right of his well-beloved wife, Sarah Minter, under the will of her mother, Sarah Minter [Cliff Minter has added '?Farrier'], deceased, is bequeathed to said wife, Sarah Minter, and to her executors, administrators and assigns absolutely, to whom he bequeaths also the reasonable use, wear and the dividends, interest and annual produce of all his goods, chattels, effects, &c, and all other personal estate, for the term of her natural life. On wife's decease, testator's silver pot, marked on the handle I.N. to J.M. and one silver table spoon is to descend to his son, Thomas Minter. The rest of his plate, after his wife's decease, to be divided equally between his children:- Thomas Minter, Hockaday Minter, Ann Minter, Sarah Minter and Jane Minter. Executors: wife Sarah Minter, son Hockaday Minter Witnesses: John Mercer, clerk to Mr May, Deal; Stephen Gosby, Deal, mariner; Mary Walker.
  Person ID	I2205	Ash, Kent
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2012

  
  

  Father	Thomas Minter,   b. Bef 5 Jul 1713   d. Bef 2 Jan 1761 (Age ~ 47 years)
  Mother	Jane HOGBEN,   b. Bef 21 Aug 1716   d. Bef 12 Sep 1745 (Age ~ 29 years)
  Marriage	14 Aug 1739	Ash, Kent   [1]
  	Married by license*, Thomas as a bachelor of Ash, Jane as a maiden of Ash. * dated 23 July per the Ash Family Reconstitution Files supplied by Cally Schneider in December 2012.
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jane THOMAS   d. Bef 29 Sep 1771
  Marriage	26 Apr 1768	St Leonards, Deal, Kent   [1]
  	Married by licence as bachelor boatbuilder of St Leonards Deal; Jane a spinster of St Leonards Deal, Kent.
  Children	1. Thomas Minter,   b. Bef 24 Mar 1769   d. Bef 6 May 1844, Eastry RD (Age ~ 75 years)   2. John Minter,   b. Bef 9 Nov 1770   d. Bef 29 Feb 1772 (Age ~ 1 years)
  Family ID	F820	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah FERRIER,   b. Abt 1750   d. 17 Oct 1833, Deal, Kent (Age ~ 83 years)
  Marriage	13 Sep 1780	St Leonards, Deal, Kent   [1]
  	Married by licence as a widower, shipwright of St Leonard Deal; Sarah a widow of St Leonard Deal, Kent.
  Children	1. Hockaday Minter,   b. Bef 20 Mar 1782, Deal, Kent d. 9 Nov 1833, Calais, France (Age ~ 51 years)   2. Ann Walker Minter,   b. Bef 7 Jul 1784, Deal, Kent d. Yes, date unknown   3. Sarah Minter,   b. Bef 30 Dec 1785, Deal, Kent d. Bef 25 Nov 1863, Deal, Kent (Age ~ 77 years)   4. Jane Minter,   b. Bef 23 Apr 1788, Deal, Kent d. Yes, date unknown   5. John Minter,   b. Bef 23 Oct 1790, Deal, Kent d. 7 Dec 1845 (Age ~ 55 years)   6. Maria Minter,   b. Bef 23 Mar 1792, Deal, Kent d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F821	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Christening - 4 Jan 1742 - Ash, Kent Death - 27 Apr 1810 - Deal, Kent  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Cliff Minter.