Vital Statistics
James Pinsent: 1769 – 1833 GRO0981 (Tiverton, Devon)
Hannah Brimson: 1766 – xxxx
Married: 1791: Tiverton, Devon
Children by Hannah Brimson:
William Pinsent: 1792 – 1844
Thomas Pinsent: 1795 – 1860 (Married Hannah Johnson, 1820, Tiverton, Devon)
Anne Pinsent: 1799 – 1801
Richard Pinsent: 1799 – xxxx
Fanny Pinsent: 1804 – xxxx (Married Thomas Reid, 1822, Westminster, London)
Jane Pinsent: 1804 – xxxx (Married William Seward, 1828, Tiverton, Devon)
Family Branch: Tiverton
PinsentID: GRO0981
James was the eldest son of Thomas Pinsent by his wife, Anne Wright. He was born in Tiverton in 1769; he married Hannah Brimson in Tiverton in 1791 and he died there in 1833. James’s father and younger brother, Benjamin Pinsent, were both carpenters and he was likely brought up in the same trade. Unfortunately, I have no direct evidence of that.
James and Hannah had six children, three sons and three daughters between 1792 and 1804. Their eldest son William probably went up to London (where his cousin Benjamin was living in Bloomsbury) but what he did there, or if he married and had children, I am not sure. He was probably the “porter” who died of consumption in the St. Giles in the Field Workhouse, aged 52 years, on 29th November 1844.
William’s younger brother, Thomas Pinsent was (presumably) apprenticed to a “cordwainer” or “shoemaker”. He married Hannah Johnson in Tiverton in 1820 and they moved to her hometown of Loughborough in the 1830s. Thus it was this Thomas that founded the Leicestershire line within the TIVERTON branch of the family.
James and Hannah’s third, and youngest son, Richard Pinsent, is poorly documented. However, he may have been the Tiverton “labourer” who “married” Harriet Dawe (I can find no record for this) and had a daughter – name unknown – in Tiverton in April 1848. There is a Richard Pinson referred to in an action for trespass adjudicated at the Lammas Assize in 1845. Evidently, Harriet lived with her sister Anne (Dawe) in their late father’s leasehold cottage before she married Richard. It doubled as a “beer shop” and for various reasons its rent had become considerably overdue. The owner wanted Anne out and he tried harassing her. She took him to court and the case, in part, came down to her sister, Harriet, having seen the owner remove a rhubarb plant from the garden! For the Learned Judge, that was enough. He gave for Anne – the plaintiff (Western Times: Saturday 26th July 1845). Just to complicate matters: There was a family of “Pinsons” living in the Tiverton area at around this time and it is not clear how closely they were related. It is possible that the surnames were occasionally confused. Although Richard Pinsent certainly existed, it may have been a Pinson that married Harriet.
James’s daughter Anne died young. However, her sisters Fanny and Jane grew up and married. Fanny seems to have gone up to London. However, Jane stayed home and married in Tiverton.
Family Tree
PARENTS
Father: Thomas Pinsent: 1738 – 1825
Mother: Anne Wright: 1740 – 1815
MALE SIBLINGS (BROTHERS)
James Pinsent: 1769 – 1833 ✔️
Benjamin Pinsent: 1776 – 1819
Please use the above links to explore this branch of the family tree. The default “Next” and “Previous” links below may lead to other unrelated branches.