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My Kentleton family link is through my paternal 2 x Great Grandmother, Henrietta Mary Kentleton. Henrietta, the eldest of 7 children of John Kentleton and Henrietta (nee Spratt), was born in Chelsea, London in 1849 and married my 2 x Great Grandfather Arthur Middleton in 1869.
From Henrietta, I've traced my Kentleton ancestry back to my 4 x Great Grandfather, Thomas Kentleton, a Carpenter. Thomas and his wife Mary (nee Covenay), were both born in Ireland c1787 and c1802 respectively, according to the 1851 Census of England and Wales. They arrived in England between 1824 (when their son John (my 3 x Great Grandfather) was born in Ireland) and August 1825 (when their son William was baptised at St. James, Westminster, London). By August 1831, when their son Thomas Daniel was baptised, Thomas and Mary were apparently living in Chelsea, where their children (they had 7 in total) continued to be baptised until c1846. Thomas and Mary resided and brought up their family at various addresses in Chelsea, where Thomas died in 1859.
Thomas and Mary may have been joining family already resident in the parish - a Daniel Kentleton (possibly Thomas' brother) and Elizabeth Burroughs were married at St. James on 2nd December 1822. Daniel and Elizabeth's son, Edward, was baptised at St. James on 13th May 1824 and their children continued to be baptised at St. James until 1840. In the 1851 Census, Daniel's place of birth is given as Armagh, Ireland (in 1791), though no further documentary evidence has been found to confirm this. Daniel gave his occupation as "Shoemaker" from 1824 to 1840 but from 1841 onwards he made his living in the Artificial Flower trade, as did a number of his children. Daniel died in 1866 and was buried at Brompton Cemetery, Fulham, London.
My 3 x Great Grandfather, John Kentleton, a Journeyman Carpenter, was born in Ireland in 1824 (according to the 1851 Census). He married Henrietta Taylor Spratt at Holy Trinity, Brompton, London on 30th April 1848. John and Henrietta resided at various addresses in Chelsea, London and had 7 children, the eldest of whom was my 2 x Great Grandmother, Henrietta Mary.
John died of Bronchitis on 19th March 1867 at 1 Selah Place, Chelsea. Henrietta survived John by 43 years, dying at the age of 85 in 1910 at 89 Flood Street, Chelsea.
My 2 x Great Grandmother, Henrietta Mary Kentleton, was born 20th June, 1849 in Chelsea, London. She married my 2 x Great Grandfather, Arthur Middleton, a Coachman of Chelsea, at St. Simon's, Chelsea on 25th December 1869. They had 9 children, including my Great Grandfather George Edwin Middleton. Henrietta died in Fulham, London in 1900.
The name “Kentleton” seems to be very uncommon in both Ireland and England. There are only 15 individuals with the name in the 1881 census of England and Wales, all of whom resided in London and are related to one or other of the families mentioned above i.e. Daniel & Elizabeth in St. James, Westminster and Thomas & Mary in Chelsea. In all the various lists of Irish surnames I’ve come across on the Internet, the name “Kentleton” does not appear. Note:-
(There is a family story that the Kentleton name originated from a ship from Ireland that sank off Liverpool. So the story goes, a baby boy survived and was found and given the ship's name as his surname.)
The Family Name of Kentleton
