The following is a Copy of the Indenture of Apprenticeship of Joseph Coles left with the Secretary the 5th of October 1813 viz.
This Indenture witnesseth that Joseph Coles by and with the consent of his Father Benjamin Coles of Crown Street Westminster in the County of Middx testified by his being a party to and sealing and delivering of these present doth put himself Apprentice to George Adcock of Holywell Street Strand in the said County of Middlesex Tin plate
worker to learn his art and with him (after the manner of an apprentice) to serve from the day of the date hereof unto the full end and term of Seven years from hence next following to be fully complete and ended During which Term the said apprentice his Master faithfully shall serve his secrets keep his lawful commands every where gladly do shall do no damage to his said Master nor see to be done of others but to his power shall let or forthwith give warning to his said Master of the same Shall not waste the goods of his said Master nor lend them unlawfully to any He shall not do any act whereby his said Master may have any loss with his own goods or others during the said term without licence of his said Master shall neither buy nor sell nor absent himself from his said Masters Service day or night unlawfully but in all things as a faithful apprentice shall behave himself towards his said Master and all his during the said term – and the said George Adcock for and in consideration of the sum of Forty pounds of lawful money of Great Britain in hand paid to the said George Adcock by the said Benjamin Coles the receipt of which said sum he the said George Adcock doth hereby acknowledge and also for and in consideration of the covenants and agreements hereinafter contained doth covenant promise and agree to and with the said Benjamin Coles in manner following (that is to say) his said apprentice in the Art of a Tin plate worker which

he useth by the best means that he can shall teach and instruct or cause to be taught and instructed finding unto the said Apprentice sufficient Meat Drink and Lodging during the said term and the said Benjamin Coles for the considerations aforesaid doth hereby Covenant promise and agree to and with the said George Adcock to find and provide the said Joseph Coles during the said term in good and sufficient wearing apparel washing and mending and every other necessary except as hereinbefore stated And for the true performances of all and every the said Covenants and agreements either of the said parties bindeth himself unto the other by these present In witness whereof the parties above named to these Indentures have put their hands and Seals the Second day of October and in the fifty third year of the Reign of our Sovereing [sic] Lord George the third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King defender of the Faith and in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirteen.

Signed Sealed and delivered (being first duly stamped) in the presence of – Joseph Coles  Benjn. Coles  George Adcock
Alban Ainge 48 Upper Thornaugh Street Bedford Square
D. Shuter, 14 Wood Street, Westminster

[in margin] Recd. 5th Octr. 1813. P.H.

On the 25th ult., at Molines in St. Austell, on Louisa Hemett [i.e. Hewett], a child.  The mother left the child in a chair near the fire, whilst going to the garden adjoining for clothes.  Returning in about five minutes she found some of the kitchen full of smoke, and on approaching the child found her clothes all on fire.  She put out the fire, but the injuries were such that she died in about two hours.  It was supposed that some clothes, which the mother had put to dry, had caught fire and came in contact with the child’s clothes.  Verdict, “accidentally burnt to death.”

Of course, the newspaper would just have to get her name wrong!

There is a possibility that this James Benny was my 4 × great grandfather.

Mary Strongman (née Trethewey) was my 4 × great grandmother.

James Pennyliggon was my 3 × great grandfather.

• March 22, 1807, Sophia, daughter of George George, baker, and his wife Mary, of Rat[clif]f. Born August 6, 1806.
• March 12, 1809, William, son of George George, baker, and his wife Mary, of Ratcliff. Born November 30, 1808.
• May 26, 1811, Mary, daughter of George George, baker, and his wife Mary, of Rat[clif]f. Born November 30, 1810.
• September 27, 1812, Susannah, daughter of George George, baker, and his wife Mary, of Ratcliff. Born August 31, 1812.

It is probable that these children are the elder siblings of my 3 × great grandfather born to George George and Mary Fage.

A long-standing brick-wall has been Jane Draper, my great great great grandmother and wife to Edward Sanders. Census records indicate that she was born circa 1811 variously in Edmonton and Enfield, Middlesex. While browsing the the baptism register images available for All Saint’s Edmonton, Enfield, Mum found Jane’s baptism in the register for 1810. She was baptised at home in Fore Street on December 16, 1810, the daughter of David Draper, shoemaker, and Jane. The register also records her birth as being on November 17, 1810.

From there it was relatively straight forward to find a probable match for the marriage of Jane’s parents in the IGI. An extracted record has David Draper marrying Jane Catling on 31 December 1809 at Old Church, St Pancras, Middlesex.

David Draper was my 5 × great grandfather.

Jane Draper (née Catling) was my 5 × great grandmother. Charlotte Harnett can be found in the 1851 census living with her sister Hannah Hartley in Enfield Town. She is recorded as a widow, formerly a shoemaker’s wife.

Eliza’s death certificate gave her mother’s maiden name as Shurmer, so it was a bit of a surprise to find that her mother was formerly a Prince. Either William Darby was not Mary Ann Prince’s first husband, or, and I think it more likely, a mis-hearing of the maiden name of Eliza’s late husband’s mother, namely Sturmer, was given instead.