The other children of John Duffield and Maria

Samuel, their third child, was baptised in Darlaston on 26th December, 1802. He is probably the Samuel Duffield who married Hannah Sheldon 11th Aug., 1822 at Saint Peter's Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton and had a number of children, including John who was baptised at St. Lawrence, Darlaston on 23rd February, 1834. The 1841 Census shows Samuel and Hannah living in Wisemore, Walsall Foreign with children Nancy, 15, William, 14, James, 12, Maria, 10, John, 8, and Mary, 3. The 1851 Census shows that the family had returned to Darlaston and were living in Cock Street: Samuel Duffield aged 48, a Trigger Stamper, with his wife Hannah aged 50 and children John, 17, a Button Forger, Thomas aged 9 and Mary aged 12, all born Darlaston. There is a possible death, for his wife Hannah in 1851. By the time of the 1861 Census, Samuel was widowed and still working as a gunlock stamper. Samuel was living with his daughter Nancy (shown as a Widow) and her children Hannah Duffield aged 11 and Thomas Duffield aged 13 in Pinfold Street, Darlaston. No marriage has been found for Nancy, so the “widow” may be a euphemism to explain her two children. Both the children worked in a Carpet Bag Frame shop. There is the death of a Samuel Duffield in this area in 1863. As he does not appear in the 1871 Census, it is likely that this is the correct one.

The next child of John and Maria, Nancy, was baptised at Darlaston on 6th June, 1805. The Parish Registers show that Nancy Duffield, of Dale End, Darlaston died aged 14, only a few months after her father was executed. She was buried at Darlaston on 4th October, 1819, with the Rector, S. Lowe, officiating at the burial, as he did for her father.

Sarah Duffield was baptised in Darlaston on 27th March, 1808, daughter of John and Maria. She married John Todd, a miner. Two children of John Todd and Sarah were baptised in St. Lawrence, Darlaston - Matthias on 18th June, 1826 who was buried 4 days later, and Sarah on 2nd September, 1827. In 1841 John Todd was a coal miner and living with wife Sarah and daughter Sarah aged 12 in New Street, Darlaston. In 1846 Sarah Todd was a witness at the marriage of her nephew James Duffield to Miriam Groves. In 1851 Census John Todd is still a coal miner and he and Sarah are living in New Street, Darlaston. At the time of the 1861 Census Sarah was living with her husband in New Street, Darlaston. John Todd aged 54 is described as a crippled iron miner, born in Walsall. He probably died in 1864. No further trace has been found of Sarah.

William Duffield was born to John and Maria on 26th June, 1810 and baptised at Darlaston on 29th July, 1810. He became a tailor and at the time of the 1841 Census is living in Walsall Street, Darlaston. With him are wife Mary aged 30, children Maria aged 6, Harriot aged 3 and Mary aged 9 months, as well as two apprentices and a journeyman tailor. By the time of the 1861 Census the family have moved to Enfield Street, Wednesbury where William is living with his wife Mary and children Maria, 26 a housemaid, Harriet, 23 and Alfred, 18, both servants, and 12 year-old Mary a scholar. The whole family is shown as born in Darlaston. Parish Registers indicate that William and Mary had at least one more child than shown living with them in the 1841 and 1851 Censuses. Their son, Mark Robert Duffield was baptised at Darlaston on 2nd August, 1846 and in the 1861 Census is a 14 year old Linen Draper's Apprentice living with his employer in Wednesbury. By 1871 William, wife Mary and daughter Mary aged 22 were living in High Street, West Bromwich and all three give their occupation as “Tailor and Hatter”. Neither William nor his wife Mary are found in the 1881 Census so they had probably died by this time. The PRO Indexes show possible deaths in Aston in 1879 for Mary and early 1881 for William.

Thomas Duffield, son of John and Maria, was baptised on 30th August, 1812. He married in about 1834 and moved to West Bromwich. He lost his first wife, and the 1841 Census shows Thomas, 20, Stamper with Mary, 15 and Maria, 6 (note that ages of adults were rounded down in this Census) living on Bromford Street, West Bromwich. Thomas had married young Mary Alexander in St. Martin, Birmingham on 16th August, 1840. In 1842 the family was living in Moor Street, West Bromwich when 7 year old Maria, daughter from his first marriage, died of Typhus on 17 December. In 1851 the family are still living in Moor Street, West Bromwich with seven children (including 2-year-old twins) and Mary's brother Henry Alexander as a lodger. By the time of the 1861 Census Thomas was again a widower living at 28 Moor Street, West Bromwich. There is a 2-year-old son John in the household so it is likely that Mary, who died early in 1859, died about the time he was born. In 1871 Thomas, aged 50 and a stamper of gun furniture, was living in Sandwell Road in West Bromwich with three of his children. As in the 1861 Census, Thomas is considerably under-stating his age. Son Henry was 22 and also a stamper of gun furniture. His daughter Clementina Duffield was now with the family, having in 1861 been an 8 year old servant in the household of John Wincott in Newhall Street, West Bromwich. The youngest child, John Thomas now aged 12 was a scholar. In 1881 Thomas, now shown correctly as aged 69, was living at 39 Summer Street in West Bromwich as a boarder in the house of his son Henry, now married with a family. Thomas died aged 71 in 1883.

The last child of John and Maria was Henry born 13th August, 1813 and baptised at Darlaston on 22nd August, 1813. The Parish Registers show that he was buried aged 4 months on 30th December, 1813, so was the only one of their eight children not to survive infancy.

No death has been found in Darlaston for John's wife Maria but it is possible that she re-married or died elsewhere.