HENRY WHATLING (2) 1801-1877 (aka Vincent & sometimes Vinson)
My great x 3 grandfather

Henry Watling was christened 19 Jan 1801 at Stradbroke as WATLING his parents were Henry WATLING and Elizabeth (Vincent)

He married Mary SHARMAN in 1823 as Henry VINSON
Mary Watling  nee SHARMAN born 1794 and christened at Haughley on 16 May 1794

There is some speculation that his wife was Maria KNIGHTS who a Henry Whatling married at Hoxne Parish Church on 5th December 1821.
Unfortunately,after this marriage no trace can be found of Maria. She could have become Mary (common enough) as the family appear in 1841 census.
However, Henry's wife Mary is certainly Mary SHARMAN .
If you look at the Baptismal certificate Number 9( for John) below you will see she was the daughter of Francis and Elizabeth SHARMAN.
Henry and Mary's family as baptised here also appear in the 1841 census (see below)

In 1824 Henry and Mary were 'Removed' from Stradbroke to Wingfield
This was just 2 months after their wedding.
Note: Mary may well have been pregnant with Henry?
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Tess Barker and Roz Whatling visited Ipswich Records Office and found this for me:

Note: A link to Henry's grandfather = Witness "Honor WARNES"

*A Removal Order was the written authorization prepared by the Overseers of the Poor of a parish requiring an individual or family resident in a parish to return to their parish of legal settlement.
A Removal Order was prepared upon an individual or family becoming impoverished at the parish of residence to the point of becoming or about to become a burden on the poor rates of that parish.
A Removal Order was also typically prepared post-haste should a single woman residing in the parish become pregnant and that parish was not her parish of settlement.
There are a number of reasons why somebody may not have settlement in the parish in which they were born or baptised.

• If their father already had settlement elsewhere but was living in the parish under a settlement certificate then the child would take the father's parish of settlement.
• If the individual completed a full year as a hired servant in another parish they would have settlement in that parish.
• If they served a full term as an apprentice in a different parish (usually need to show they boarded with their Master).
• Illegitimate children would take mum's settlement.
• If they had paid rates on a property in a different parish assessed at £10 p.a. or more.

  Basically, if a parish could find a way of avoiding paying for an individual in need of relief, they would!
  
  

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Christenings of WHATLINGs as VINCENTS at Stradbroke Baptist Church :

John "Vincent"

Maria,George and James "Vincent"

So Why are they VINCENTS?
Because their father's mum and dad (Henry Watling and Elizabeth Vincent did not marry,
so father Henry was infact Henry VINCENT in the eyes of the church!.
All the children would also be' Vincents ' even though they were all actually WATLINGs.
Henry Watling was christened 15 May 1825 at Wingfield Parish Church as VINCENT -
Name: Henry Vincent Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 15 May 1825
Baptism Place: Wingfield,Suffolk,England
Father: Henry Vincent Mother: Mary
FHL Film Number: 477645

Thomas Watling (Henry's brother)was also christened at Wingfield Parish Church on 15 May 1825 as VINCENT
Thomas Vincent Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 15 May 1825 Baptism Place: Wingfield,Suffolk,England
Father: Henry Vincent Mother: Mary
FHL Film Number: 477645a

but the rest of the family were baptised at Stradbroke Baptist Church again as VINCENTS

Parents were Henry 'Vincent' and Mary (nee Sharman )

John Watling age 10- b 1831 Baptised Stradbroke Baptist church 26 Feb 1831 as VINCENT

Maria Watling age 9 b 1832 Baptised Stradbroke Baptist church 4 May 1832 as VINCENT

George Watling age 7 b 1834 Baptised Stradbroke Baptist church 16 April 1834 as VINCENT

James Watling age 4 b 1837 Baptised Stradbroke Baptist church 21June1836 as VINCENT

1841 census Wingfield:
However, they appear in 1841 census as WATLINGs?
(note: in 1841 census ages over 20 were rounded down to nearest 5 years)

NAME		AGE	BORN	ADDRESS	TOWN	CTY	NOTES	Born
Henry	WATLING	40	SFK	Abbey Farm	Wingfield	SFK	son of Henry & Elizabeth nee Vincent	1797	1801
Mary	do	45	SFK	Abbey Farm	Wingfield	SFK	nee Sharman	1792	1796
Henry	do	20	SFK	Abbey Farm	Wingfield	SFK		1821	1827
Thomas	do	15	SFK	Abbey Farm	Wingfield	SFK		1822	1826
John	do	10	SFK	Abbey Farm	Wingfield	SFK		1831	1834
Maria	do	9	SFK	Abbey Farm	Wingfield	SFK			1832
George	do	7	SFK	Abbey Farm	Wingfield	SFK			1834
James	do	4	SFK	Abbey Farm	Wingfield	SFK			1837

Abbey Farm in Wingfield

1851 Census
Henry Whatling and Mary are still in Wingfield with daughter Maria and son James .
(note : the"H" has arrived)

1861Census
In 1861 Henry WHATLING and Mary are on their own but again in Wingfield

1871 census - looks like Whalling but it is Henry and Mary Whatling in a cottage in Wingfield

Henry WHATLING and Mary in Wingfield Suffolk. Henry is 72.
Mary died in 1875 in Wingfied aged 81
In March 1877 Henry WHATLING dies aged 77 and is buried in Wingfield
Henry WHATLING -his son (1825-1908) and Sarah (nee Hurn) are in Norwich
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