EIGHTH GENERATION
152. prob. William Fricker
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George Penny (1803/04 Chilmark-) was servant to (iv) John & family 1851.
"My parents thought that (38) Henry Fricker was born in Chilmark, and I was told that his father was John Fricker, that he kept the pub, and had black pigs. As my father was only 4 when Henry died, this had obviously been related to him by his father, or other relations... I found no Henry Fricker birth in Chilmark, but when I got to look at a census for years when I knew roughly where he lived, I found that he had been born in Brentford. I found him in the 1841 Census, and ound that he was the son of (76) William Fricker, who was not born in Middlesex...
"Then we discovered that in 1797 a young unmarried woman called (77) Mary Ridout had a son called William, and shortly afterwards married a William Fricker... We also found that they had a son called John, who, in 1851 was keeping the village pub, called the Black Dog. It therefore seemed likely that young (76) William had subsequently taken his father's surname, and had gone off to London to seek his fortune -- or perhaps more probably to market his father's produce, Brentford High Street being a section of the main road from London to Salisbury -- and that it was Henry's uncle, not his father, who was the John Fricker who kept the pub. (I think (152) William Sr. may also have kept it at some time)."
-- John Fricker, Darlington, England 10 Jan. 2004
"You mention in your family tree a John Fricker b 1807 who owned the Black Dog Inn in 1881. This John Fricker ran the inn with his niece? Mrs Jay until he passed it down to a Harvey (my family) who took it over until it was sold in 1953..."
-- Nathan Harvey nharvey@airnet.com.au 21 July 2004
Rideout
"The English Rideouts... go back to the early 1200s in Somerset and Yorkshire with Ridout, Rideout, etc being fairly numerous later in Dorset and Wiltshire. Those authorities which make suggestions for the origin of the surname assume it has a connection with horsemen...
"A John Ridout (or Ridden, Ryden, Royden) of Exeter was granted arms in 1518 which featured 'a Griffin Passant'. Later Ridout/ Rideout men were granted Knighthoods and bore arms including 'a White Horse Passant' topped by a wild looking negro head. It was very similar to those of John Ridout. In each case the motto was 'Tout Toit Chevalier' which means 'Always a Knight'. The motto is said to be a play on words for the surname Rid(e)out which is said to derive from Knight or mounted rider."
-- Rideout Family Genealogy Forum http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?wiltshire::rideout::160.html
-- Some Selected Reports from the Salisbury and Winchester Journal http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dutillieul/ZOtherPapers/S&WJSep241827.html
"Monday, September 24, 1827. Mr.Whitmarsh held an inquest at Chilmark on Thursday the 20th instant, on the body of Mr.Stephen Eldridge, a respectable carrier, who for forty years had been employed in travelling from Portsmouth to Wincanton. He was returning from Wincanton about two o'clock on Thursday morning, and passed the Turnpike-gate, where he stopped for a minute or two, and spoke to the gate-keeper, remarking on the boisterous state of the weather; it then rained very fast, and it was extremely dark. The keeper of the gate deposed [that] he was perfectly sober. Within ten minutes after, the deceased was found (by a carter driving a waggon) lying on the public road, near the Black Dog at Chilmark, not 300 yards from the gate; he gave a slight groan, and instantly expired. The horse and cart of the deceased had gone on. The deceased was walking by the side of his cart when at the gate, and it was supposed that after ascending the hill, he was attempting to get up to ride, and had fallen down, as it appeared the near wheel of the cart had passed over his head. When he was found he was not twelve yards from the Inn; the landlord (prob. (152) William Fricker) sent his son (prob. (153iii) John Fricker) to overtake the horse and cart, and the horse was found grazing by the side of the road. The landlord said he knew the deceased many years, and never saw him the least intoxicated; indeed he bore a general good character for sobriety and attention to his business - Verdict, "Accidentally killed by the near wheel of his cart passing over his head.""
155. poss Mary unknown
"[prob. (155i_f)] JOHN WOODINGTON was indicted for feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Samuel Bullett, on the 12th of July, at Paddington, and stealing therein 4 watches, value 6l.; 1 pair of breeches, 5s.; 1 shawl, 8s.; 1 breast-pin, 1s.; 1 waistcoat, 5s.; 1 gown, 10s.; 1 necklace, 3s.; 2 brooches, 4s.; 1 shirt-stud, 1s.; 2 razors, 1s.; 1 ink-bottle, 4d.; 1 scarf, 1s.; 5 coats, 2l.; 3 handkerchiefs, 8s.; 1 work-box, 4s.; 1 jacket, 15s.; 1 cloak, 10s.; 1 comb, 6d.; 1 pencilcase, 3d.; 3 eardrops, 1s. 6d.; 1 watch-chain, 6d.; 1 razor-case, 6d.; 1 hat, 5s.; 1 tobacco-pouch, 1d.,2 boxes, 1s.; and a quarter farthing; his property: to which he pleaded
"GUILTY . Aged 21.— Transported for Ten Years."
-- "Old Bailey Proceedings, 15th September 1845" c/o http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=def1-1845-18450915&div=t18450915-1845#highlight
"(155ii) JOHN WOODINGTON [of Brentford; confidential servant, employed 10 yrs. by Mr. Jupp] was indicted for stealing, on the 21st of February, 1 bushel of split beans, value 4s., the goods of William Jupp... NOT GUILTY"
Pallot's shows John Woodington, bachelor, marrying Mary Bradshaw, spinster, at Christ Church, Newgate in 1817. London Marriages, on the other hand, shows Mary Bradshaw, spinster, marrying Henry Woodington by banns on 24 Nov. 1817 at St. Leonard Foster Lane, London: witnesses James & M Bishop
-- "Old Bailey Proceedings, 26th February 1838" c/o http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?path=sessionsPapers%2F18380226.xml
In 1891, the name Woodington was concentrated in Gloucestershire (56% of all UK).
= prob. siblings
FRICKER & WOODINGTON LINES continued
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