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History of Abberton >> White's Directory 1863
White's Directory of Essex 1863 - list of inhabitants.
If you wish to trace any of these people on the census returns, the nearest census date for this 1863 directory is the 1861 census. There are a number of commercial providers of census returns. These include:
Note: the directory lists the names in the following order: Surname, First Name. It also abbreviates names. These have been reversed and typed in full to assist research.
My ancestor lived here at this time, but why aren't they listed here? Answer: Not everyone appeared in a trade directory. Please read our Trade Directories article
Thomas Austin, miller and shopkeeper
John Bawtree, sen., Esq., Abberton House
John Bennett, baker, etc.
Richard Cuddon, brewer and maltster
James Kent Finch, carpenter
Deborah Harrison, smith and wheelwright
James Norfolk, hawker and parish clerk
Miss Susan Sargent, schoolmistress
William Smith, butcher and shopkeeper
John Theobald, shoemaker
John Went, cow leech, etc.
Farmers.
John Beardwell
Thomas Cooper, Badcocks
William Death, Hall
Jesse Jones, Esq.
Henry May
Joseph Nichols
Peter Poulton
Mrs. Lucy Ann Wells and James Wells
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