Elizabeth Greenslade nee Pinn and daughter Elizabeth Thatcher nee Greenslade plus husband Henry Thatcher, plot B12
Elizabeth Pinn was born in 1784 at Bishopsteignton, Devon. She married William Greenslade on the 27th of May 1804 at Ashburton, Devon.
Elizabeth Greenslade was born on the 31st of August 1817 at West Teignmouth, Devon and baptised on the same day. Her father, William, was a labourer.
Henry Thatcher was born in 1820 at Hastings, Sussex.
We find Elizabeth Greenslade and her daughter living at Parson Street, West Teignmouth, Devon in 1841. Elizabeth also had 2 sons, James, born in 1816, and John, born in 1821.
On the 23rd of June 1844, Elizabeth Greenslade, daughter, married Henry Thatcher, a sailor in the Merchant Navy, at Exeter, St Mary Arches, Devon.
In 1851, we find Henry and Elizabeth Thatcher along with her mother, Elizabeth Greenslade, living at Parson Street, West Teignmouth, Devon;
Henry Thatcher Head Married aged 30, born in 1821 at Hastings, Sussex, a Mariner
Elizabeth Thatcher Wife Married, born in 1819 at Teignmouth, Devon
Elizabeth Greenslade Lodger Widow, born in 1782 at Bishopsteignton, Devon, Receiving Parish Pay(Servant Pauper).
At the heart of the system of parish poor relief was the payment of weekly, bi-weekly or monthly pensions to the poor.
These usually amounted to just a few pence or shillings a week and were largely designed to supplement the income of individual paupers, rather than provide a sufficient income on their own.
Over the course of the eighteenth century, most London parishes also invested in residential accommodation in the form of workhouses, and following the passage of the Workhouse Test Act of 1723 (also referred to as Knatchbull's Act), many attempted to apply a workhouse test, whereby accepting an offer of the house became a pre-requisite for relief.
Despite the desire to impose a workhouse test, most parishes were forced to continue to provide pensions and casual out relief in recognition that it was invariably cheaper to support the poor in their own homes than to take them into the workhouse.
Knatchbull’s Act
The Poor Relief Act of 1722-3 An Act for amending the Laws relating to the Settlement, Employment, and Relief of the Poor is sometimes known as Knatchbull's Act, after its sponsor Sir Edward Knatchbull.
It is often also referred to as the Workhouse Test Act because it embodied the principle that the prospect of workhouse should act as a deterrent and that relief should only be available to those who were desperate enough to accept its regime.
The family had moved to the Strand, East Teignmouth, Devon in 1861;
Henry Thatcher Head Married, aged 41, born in 1820 at Hastings, Sussex, a Mariner
Elizabeth Thatcher Wife Married, aged 43, born in 1818, a Dressmaker
Elizabeth Greenslade Mother Widow, aged 77, born in 1784 at Bishopsteignton, Devon, Formerly a Laundress.
Elizabeth Greenslade died in January 1868 aged 84 years.
In 1871, Elizabeth and Henry Thatcher had moved to Brook Street, West Teignmouth, Devon;
Henry Thatcher Head Married, aged 51, born 1820 at Hastings, Sussex, Mariner out of employ
Elizabeth Thatcher Wife, aged 53, born in 1818 at Teignmouth, Devon, formerly a dressmaker.
By 1891, Elizabeth and Henry had moved to Abbey Road, Tormoham, (Torquay), Devon where Henry was now working as a yachtsman;
Henry Thatcher Head Married, aged 71, born 1820 at Hastings, Sussex, a Yachtsman
Elizabeth Thatcher Wife Married, aged 72, born 1819 at Teignmouth, Devon.
Elizabeth and Henry had moved back to Teignmouth by 1901 and were living at 25, Coombe Road, West Teignmouth, Devon;
Henry Thatcher Head Married, aged 81, born in 1820 at Hastings, Sussex, a Retired Sailor
Elizabeth Thatcher Wife Married, aged 83, born 1818 at Teignmouth, Devon.
Elizabeth Thatcher died in October 1901 aged 84 years.
Henry Thatcher died on the 23rd of March 1903 aged 83 years.
Thatcher Henry of Teignmouth Devonshire yachtsman died 23 March 1903. Probate Exeter 31 March to Emily Down (wife of William Down) and Henry George Greenslade labourer. Effects £104 0s 3d.
