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Thanks Erika. The reason I thought he was a different person is because I couldn't trace him as being born in Huntspill ( which you have) and he's just known as Absolom when baptised which is probably a spelling error. It certainly looks like he's the one. Thank you

Name: Absalom John Milton
Death Date: 3 Jan 1900
Death Place: Somerset, England
Probate Date: 31 Jan 1900
Probate Registry: Tunbridge Wells

1851

Name: John Milton
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1830
Relation: Porter
Gender: Male
Where Born: Huntspill, Somerset, England
Civil Parish: Holborn St Andrew
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Registration District: Holborn


1861
Name: John Milton
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: 1830
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Louisa Milton
Gender: Male
Where Born: Hamstall, Somerset, England
Civil Parish: Newington
Ecclesiastical parish: Trinity
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England
Registration District: Newington
Sub-registration District: Trinity Newington
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Household Schedule Number: 66
Piece: 335
Folio: 5
Page Number: 12
Household Members:
Name Age
John Milton 31
Louisa Milton 22
John G Milton 5
Frances Louise Milton 2
Walter H Milton 1
Emily A Milton 1/12
Georgiana Watkinson 13

Name: Absalom John Milton
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1830
Admission Date: 23 Nov 1887
Age: 57
Hospital: Brookwood Asylum
Hospital Place: Woking, Surrey, England

How have you proved that the man who died in 1900 is not the one you are researching? Apart from his forename being recorded as AbsAlom? Which is actually the more usual spelling

I've been trying to trace Absolom one of John and Mary's children. He's on the 1841 census, and he was born in 1830. I became confused with an Absolom John Milton who is not the same person at all!!
Can anyone trace him after the 1841 census please? I checked the later censuses but couldn't find him.
Thank you

Poor Law unions in England and Wales administered poor relief, and "Poor law unions were later used as a basis for the delivery of registration from 1837".

Some of the registration districts were therefore called (Such-and-such) Union at first, and later the word "Union" was dropped.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_law_union

The registration district given on Freebmd is just Bridgewater.

Sorry I typed Erika and it was changed

Erica...the reference to John and Mary and Bridgewater Union. Does that mean before they died in 1849 that they were in the workhouse with their son Henry? I'm not very clear about that reference. Thank you. Glyn

Thank you :-)

Yes…..as per the birth registrations and the marriage record

Thank you everyone. So can I clarify that Mary Milton's maiden name is Baker and not Edwards as I thought?

Henry
Country England
Last name Vearncombe
Volume 10
Marriage quarter 4
Volume as transcribed 10
Marriage year 1846
Page number 506
Registration month -
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
MarriageFinder™ Henry Vearncombe married one of these people
Mary Saunders, Jane Briffett, Teamer Melton, Elizabeth Croker
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
District Bridgwater
Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce
District number -
Collections from Great Britain, England
County Somerset

Henry
Spouse's marital status spinster
Last name Vearncombe
County Somerset
Sex Male
Country England
Residence Bridgwater
Document type Parish records
Marital status bachelor
Page 2
Banns year 1846
Archive Somerset Archives
Banns date 01 Nov 1846
Archive reference BW M 2/2/4
Marriage year -
Event type Banns & marriages
Denomination Anglican
Year range 1846-1901
Church St Mary
Record set Somerset Banns Index
Place Bridgwater
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Spouse's first name(s) Teamer
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Spouse's last name Melton
Collections from England, Great Britain
Spouse's residence Trinity

Name
Jane Vearncombe
Age
45
Estimated Birth Year
1826
Registration Quarter
Jul-Aug-Sep
Death Registration Place
Bridgwater, Somerset, United Kingdom
Death Date
Sep 1871
Inferred Death Place
Somerset, United Kingdom
Volume
5c
Page
263

snippet from article on ancestry

On Nov 17, 1846, at about the age of 23, Henry married Tamar Milton, also known as Jane Milton, born about 1825 in Huntspill, Somerset. Jane’s father, as listed on the marriage certificate, was John Milton. Her mother’s name is unknown. At about the age of 16, Jane was living at or near a boarding school in Huntspill, living with a 25-year old named Betsy Cousins and a boy named William Milton, whose age is also given as 15 at the time of the 1841 census. William may be Jane’s brother, but no records have been found to verify that assumption.

Over a period of eleven years from 1850 to 1861, Henry Vearncombe and his wife Jane (Tamar) Milton had 8 children (named below). The family lived in Bridgwater, Somerset. According to census records of 1861, Henry’s occupation was “hauler – iron man” and all of his children were living in 1861. On the 1871 census, Henry and Tamar are living with children Frances, Fanny and Emily.

Leah Melton

in the 1851 England Census

Name: Leah Melton
[Leah Milton]
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1830
Relation: Servant
Gender: Female
Where Born: Humfits, Somerset, England
Civil Parish: St Marylebone
Ecclesiastical parish: All Souls
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County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
Disability:
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Registration District: Marylebone
Sub-registration District: All Souls
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors:
Household Schedule Number: 64
Piece: 1486
Folio: 566
Page Number: 17

1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Bridgwater, Somerset, England
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Transcript of Henry's record
First name(s) Henry
County Somerset
Last name Milton
Division of county West Somerset
Relationship Pauper
Country England
Marital status -
Parliamentary borough or division Bridgwater
Sex Male
Municipal borough or ward Bridgwater
Age 12
Ecclesiastical parish or district Saint Marys
Birth year 1839
Registration district Bridgwater
Birth town Huntspill
Sub district Bridgwater
Birth town as transcribed Huntspill
Archive reference HO107
Birth county Somerset
Piece number 1925
Birth county as transcribed Somerset
Folio 392
Birth place England
Page 12
Occupation -
Schedule 0
Institution name Bridge Water Union House --------------
Record set 1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Full address Bridgwater, Somerset, England
Category Census, land & surveys
Street -
Subcategory Census
Parish Bridgwater
Collections from Great Britain, England
City Bridgwater

John
Church St Peter & All Hallows
Last name Milton
Denomination Anglican
Birth year 1791
County Somerset
Age 58
Country England
Death year 1849
Record set National Burial Index For England & Wales
Burial year 1849
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Burial date 08 Jul 1849
Subcategory Parish Burials
Place Huntspill

Mary
Church St Peter & All Hallows
Last name Milton
Denomination Anglican
Birth year 1801
County Somerset
Age 48
Country England
Death year 1849
Record set National Burial Index For England & Wales
Burial year 1849
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Burial date 08 Jul 1849
Subcategory Parish Burials
Place Huntspill

1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Withey Rookery, Huntspill, Bridgwater, Somerset, England

George Milton Servant Unmarried Male 15 1836 Farm servant Huntspill, Somerset, England

1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Huntspill, Bridgwater, Somerset, England
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Household members (9 people)
First name(s) Last name Sex Age Birth year Birth place
John Milton Male 50 1791 Somerset, England
Mary Milton Female 40 1801 Somerset, England
May Milton Male 13 1828 Somerset, England
Absolom Milton Male 11 1830 Somerset, England
Leah Milton Female 9 1832 Somerset, England
George Milton Male 4 1837 Somerset, England
Delilah Milton Female 7 1834 Somerset, England
Henry Milton Male 2 1839 Somerset, England
Frances Milton Female 0 1841 Somerset, England
Transcript of Absolom's record

Name: Absalom John Milton
Gender: Male
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 11 Feb 1855
Marriage Place: St George, Bloomsbury, Camden, England
Father:
John Milton --- Steward ??
Spouse:
Louisa Watkinson
Register Type: Parish Register

Milton
Henry
Born 1839
Burial date 09 Nov 1851
National Burial Index For England & Wales
Huntspill, Somerset, England

Dalila Milton
27 Apr 1834 Huntspill John,
Mary

Leah Hannah Milton
20 Apr 1832 Huntspill John,
Mary

George Milton
14 Feb 1836 Huntspill John,
Mary

Frances Milton
18 Oct 1840 Huntspill John,
Mary

Sarah Ann Milton
10 Jul 1845 Huntspill John,
Mary

James Milton
14 May 1826 Huntspill John,
Mary

William Milton
13 Mar 1825 Huntspill John,
Mary

May Lee Milton
28 Jan 1828 Huntspill John,
Mary

Absolam Milton
7 Mar 1831 Huntspill John,
May