Thomas Minter

1811 - 1875  (64 years)

• Name	Thomas Minter
  Birth	23 Feb 1811	Folkestone, Kent
  Christening	22 Mar 1811	Folkestone, SS Mary & Eanswyth, Kent   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	75
  _UID	D8610C51829543898C3A5360DE17FBA082FD
  Death	30 Oct 1875	Mile End, London   [2]
  Notes	Executor of brother John's will in 1851. 1851 census: at 3 Rose Terrace, Bermondsey, London, Thomas (40, channel pilot (Trinity)), Mary (40), Thomas W (4), George J (3), Lydia S (2), Walter J (6 months) and 1 servant. 1861 census: at 2 York Terrace, Stepney, London, Thomas (50, licensed pilot by Trinity House), Mary (49), Thomas W (14, engineer apprentice), George J (13, scholar), Lydia S (12 (13, scholar), Kate M (8 (13, scholar) and 1 domestic servant. Sons Walter (10) and Ernest (7) were scholars at a school at 6 Victoria Terrace, Folkestone. 1871 census: still at 2 York Terrace, Thomas (widower, 60, Trinity pilot), Ernest C (17, master coopers school), Kate M (18, housekeeper), Lydia P (sister-in-law, married, 54, dressmaker, born Dover) and Susanna E FUEGA(??) (cousin, unmarried, 43, general servant domestic, born Holland, British Subject). Son George J (24, clerk, dock company) was lodging at 10 Fairlop Road, Leyton, London. No trace of Walter J or Thomas W. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941 (at Ancestry.co.uk, Nov 2010): 22 November 1875 Effects under £2000. The Will of Thomas Minter late of 3 Trinity-ground Mile End in the County of Middlesex who died 30 October 1875 at 3 Trinity-ground was proved at the Principal Registry by Ernest Charles Minter of 5 Wellesley-villas Wellesley-road Wanstead in the County of Essex Clerk in the War Office the Son and John William Sivyer of 17 Rectory-square Mile End Solicitor's Clerk the Executors. There is some confusion about where Thomas's wife Mary POTTS was born. The IGI says 'born 24 March 1812, London'; the 1851 and 1861 censuses say Dover. There is another unresolved oddity: the 1861 census has an entry at 4 Guildhall Street, Folkestone for: Mary (41, pilot's wife, born 'France, British Subject') and Lydia (12, pilot's daughter, born London, Middlesex). The age for Mary is wrong but the age for Lydia would be right. So was this an example of double counting or were this mother and daughter nothing to do with Thomas? June 2009: Cliff Minter, while searching for something else among Deal pilots, found an entry which probably relates to this Thomas: 'aged 43 with a pilot's license, Limit of License - from London Bridge - Downs - Goodwin Sands - Ramsgate Harbour, for 1854'.
  Person ID	I75	Folkestone, Kent
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	William Minter,   b. Bef 17 Jul 1776, Folkestone, Kent d. Dec 1854, Stepney RD (Age ~ 78 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth MAYCOCK,   b. Abt 1781, Folkestone, Kent d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	28 Sep 1802	Folkestone, Kent   [1]
  	From original Folkestone Parish Registers, March 2006, inspected by Cliff Minter: William Minter bachelor and Elizabeth Maycock spinster both of this parish by license, Both signed as did the witnesses William Maycock and Mary Claris.
  Family ID	F290	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary POTTS,   b. Abt 1820, France d. 23 Jul 1865, Stepney, London (Age ~ 45 years)
  Marriage	22 Jul 1845	St Phillips, Stepney, London   [2]
  Children	1. Thomas William Minter,   b. 11 May 1846, Stepney, London d. 21 Jan 1878, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire (Age 31 years)   2. George John Minter,   b. 14 Sep 1847, Stepney, London d. Yes, date unknown   3. Lydia Susannah Minter,   b. 12 Jan 1849, Bermondsey, London   4. Walter James Minter,   b. 24 Sep 1850, Bermondsey, London d. 23 Nov 1872 (Age 22 years)   5. Katherine Mary Minter,   b. 22 Apr 1852, Bermondsey, London d. 27 Jan 1941 (Age 88 years)   6. Ernest Charles Minter,   b. 21 Oct 1853, Bermondsey, London d. 18 Jan 1924, Crouch End, London (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F28	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 23 Feb 1811 - Folkestone, Kent Christening - 22 Mar 1811 - Folkestone, SS Mary & Eanswyth, Kent Death - 30 Oct 1875 - Mile End, London  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S12] Cliff Minter. [S36] BMD index.