Philip Hallworth: 1814-1880

Philip Hallworth was born in Maulden, Bedfordshire in 1814.
(Read more about his parents in this post: here.)

He married a lass from Flitton (baptised in Spring 1813) named Elizabeth Kitchener, in August 1833 in Flitton with Silsoe parish church - where his name was recorded as 'Holworth'.

Elizabeth's parents were named John & Lucy Kitchener.

Baptism records at the parish of Flitton with Silsoe tell us that they had 3 children: Lucy Martha was baptised on 2nd February 1834, Philip in April 1835 (though he died just 3 weeks later), and finally John Hallworth (our ancestor) on 8th May 1836.
Little Philip was buried at Flitton church (St. John the Baptist, photo here).

Wierd - spotted the burial here of another John Hallworth, at St. Mary's church at Marston Moretaine.  Date was 9/11/1836, aged 9 mths old.

Could Philip perhaps be this child? This reference was found {via Familysearch} in old parish records of Christenings in Bedfordshire {Info here on the village of Silsoe, near Ampthill}.

Later Census records record that Philip's children (John & Lucy) were born in Greenfield or Flitton. So this also may show us that they lived there in the late 1830's.
John's birthplace, the village of Greenfield is near Flitwick & Ampthill in Bedfordshire.
(There was a watermill just North of Greenfield - perhaps Philip was working there?)

By 1841, though, they were living in central Toddington and Philip was a Baker.

Now to the very earliest National Census, Bakers in 1841..
In 1841, the census shows us Phillip Hallworth (25, Baker) and Elizabeth (25) with a toddler John Hallworth (5) and his sister Lucy (7) - living in Dunstable St., Toddington. All the family were born in Bedfordshire.
{Do note that in the 1841 census the ages of adults were rounded up in 5's, so we can't really infer a birthyear here, but we could say that John was born around 1836.}

There is a Dunstable Rd now through Toddington - the A5120; but previously (see 1890 map here) perhaps part of it was referred to as Dunstable Street.
Memories here from a childhood in Toddington.

On now by 10 years...1851 census of Toddington:
Philip Hallworth (37, born Maulden; Baker)
Wife Elizabeth Hallworth (38, born Flitton)
Daughter Lucy Hallworth (transcribed to the database as Mary Holderith!?) (18, born Flitton), son John (15, birthplace not clear - possibly Cranfield? but in later returns it's given as Greenfield, near Flitton) and grandson Rowland (2, born Toddington/Calverton). We can reasonably assume that 2 year-old Rowland is the son of Lucy.

In 1853, Charles Hallworth died and so son Philip came into a little money (his will can be found in Bedford archives, Thanks Barbara.)

1861 Census
By now Philip & Elizabeth Hallworth have a large farm in Toddington, in 1861 - and continue there up until he died in 1880.

The first mention of Philip Hallworth in the trade directories is in Cassey's Directory, published for 1862; Philip is listed in Toddington as a farmer.

1871 Census
Philip Hallworth was living at Long Lane Farm, North of Toddington (which is still there, see it on the map from 1891 here) and he was aged 57, farming 150 acres.  The census records the number of staff on larger farms - here they employed "5 men & 2 boys".
With him & his wife Elizabeth at that time were Rowland Hallworth (recorded as a son - but actually I think he was a grandson), Georgianna Baker (granddaughter), and Jessie Hallworth (granddaughter) as well as two servants.


Records from the Bedford Archives (BLARS) may help us find out more about Philip and Elizabeth's farm. {also available in full at The National Archives site}

• In 1858, sale of 51 elm, ash, sycamore and fir trees, standing in Parsons End, Toddington, on land in the occupation of Philip Hallworth.
• Detailed schedule of auction in 1860 for the sale of 34 elm and 1 ash trees, standing on land in the occupation of Mr Philip Hallworth, near Parson’s End, Toddington. Landowner – Mr Bright. {exact location unknown}

{In 1876, the Harrod's trade directory for Houghton Conquest (near Ampthill) lists a Philip Hallworth as farmer of Dane Farm ... but this was not our man, I think he was a cousin.  He was still there in 1901, with wife Ellen + 3 young adult children.}

In October 1873, a court order (about the matter of his father's estate) names Philip Hallworth as a farmer of Maulden.

Some time before 1880, The Hallworths moved back - to a farm in the North of Maulden, named Limersey.
In May 1880, our Phillip Hallworth died and was buried in Ampthill, aged 66 (so his birth was 1814). There were a lot of dealings over Philip's estate - the details are given in this TrunkCalls post and includes several copies of letters and the fascinating Catalogue of sale, 1881, and also in this post about the probate registry.
The main sale of Philip's estate was at Limbersey Farm, which was in the Maulden & Ampthill area. North Limbersey Farm is on the modern day map, just North of Maulden. We can read a little about Limbersey Farm at this Wiki page - it has been the site of Roman/Iron Age archeological works.


His wife Elizabeth Hallworth (nee Kitchener) was recorded (before the sale) by the 1881 Census,  at 'Limmersey', Maulden, Beds:
Elizabeth Hallworth (67, born Flitton; Widow, Farmer)
Son Rowland (32, born Toddington; Widower, Manager of Farm, Bailiff). {See this post about Rowland: we think he was perhaps Elizabeth's grandson.}
2 grandchildren, Jessie (15) and William (13) Hallworth, both born in Heath & Reach {who were, I think, John Hallworth's children.}.

I know Elizabeth died in the 1880's, but wasn't sure which of these 2 ladies was her:

• Elizabeth Hallworth in Woburn, 1882, aged 69
• Elizabeth Hallworth in Ampthill, 1886, aged 72

The probate registry tells us more about the lady who died in 1886, and it was not Philip's wife... so 'our' Elizabeth died in 1882, just after her husband.


Now you can read more about their son John Hallworth: here, and Lucy's child Rowland: here.