John LAKEY
(-)
Agnes POPLESTONE
(-)
Thomas LAKEY
(1810-1903)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Sarah CRIMP

Thomas LAKEY

  • Born: 1810, Kingsbridge, Devon, England
  • Christened: 23 Dec 1810, Kingsbridge, Devon, England 2
  • Married: 5 Oct 1834, Kingsbridge, Devon, England 1
  • Died: 29 Nov 1903, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA 3

   Research Notes:

In 1860, Thomas Lakey (49) of England, operative, was living in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Present were children (born in England): Benjamin (21), shoemaker, Jane (19), house keeper, John (17), operative

In 1880, Thomas Lakey (69) of England, was staying with his son Thomas and his family in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

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Thomas Lakey, of 1 Boardman Place, Cambridge, Massachusetts, widowed, born in England, son of Thomas [sic] and Betty [sic] Popplestone, died aged 92 years 11 months 20 days.

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Obituary

"Thomas Lakey died at his home 1 Boardman Place, early Monday morning, at the age of 93 years. He was born In Devon, England, but for more than fifty years, lived In America, the last eight years of which were spent in this city. In his native country, he married Sarah Crimp, by whom he had ten children, six of whom are yet alive. His wife died 19 years ago. Mr. Lakey was a blacksmith by trade and while he has been failing in health for the past year, his last illness was only of a week's duration. The funeral services were conducted, Monday, by the Rev. R. B. Grover and the body taken to Bellevue cemetery, Lawrence, where he was burled by the side of his wife and daughter. The children who survive him are Mrs. Elisabeth M. Howarth, with whom he lived; Thomas and William Lakey, of Providence; Samuel Lakey, of New Haven, Conn., and John C. Lakey and the Rev. Mrs. Emma Searl, of Lawrence. Mr. Lakey was known by all as a good Christian and by his children, as a good father." 4

   Marriage Information:

Thomas married Sarah CRIMP, daughter of William CRIMP and Elizabeth MARCH, on 5 Oct 1834 in Kingsbridge, Devon, England 1. (Sarah CRIMP was born in 1812 in Charleton, Devon, England, christened on 20 Mar 1812 in Charleton, Devon, England 5 and died in 1884 in Massachusetts, USA 6.)

   Marriage Notes:

Thomas Lakey of this Parish, bachelor, and Sarah Crimp of this Parish, spinster

Married by Banns

Witnesses: John Crimp, John Wingate

Sources


1 Kingsbridge Parish Registers, Marriages, p. 60, no. 180.

2 Ibid.

3 Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915, vol. 14, no. 376. The informant on Thomas' death got the information on Thomas' parents partly correct — his mother's maiden-name was POPLESTONE (POPPLESTONE). However, there was no Thomas son of Thomas and Betty. Thomas and his brother Peter married sisters.

4 Cambridge Chronicle, 5 December 1903.

5 Charleton Parish Registers.

6 Cambridge Chronicle, 5 December 1903 (died 19 years before her husband Thomas).


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