Charles Chatten

  General Notes:

Not found on Aldeburgh baptisms

Charles CHATTON age 57 born Aldbro' Pilot on board
cutter "Jemima" from June1840 to 1st January 1841
(BT 98/151) from National Archives document.
This gives dob as abt 1784

1855 - recorded as a Pilot in "History, Gazetteer
and Directory" of Suffolk

Think this is Charles buried in Aldeburgh 1Apr1878 age 93 which
gives dob as 1785

Death cert (March 1878 Plomesgate 4a 460)
23rd March 1878 at Aldeburgh Charles Chatten aged 93
years Trinity Pilot
Cause of death - bronchitis exhaustion

Shown on 1841 census age 55 Pilot in Back St Aldeburgh, born in Suffolk
with children Charles age 9 and Ann age 11
Amelia Smith age 25 also present with son Charles age 4 months
Think this is daughter Amelia
1841 census sheet ho107 1031 20 32

1861 census High Street , Aldeburgh - with daughter Amelia as Amelia Smith
Sydney Smith age 48 Yoxford, Suffolk Head Aldeburgh, Suffolk , occ bricklayer
Amelia Smith age 45 Aldeburgh, Suffolk wife Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Charles Smith age 20 Yoxford, Suffolk son Aldeburgh, Suffolk , occ bricklayer - (ap)
James Smith age 13 Yoxford, Suffolk daughter Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Alice Smith age 7 Yoxford, Suffolk daughter Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Charles Chatten age 76 Beccles, Suffolk lodger Aldeburgh, Suffolk , occ Trinity pilot
1861 census rg9 1176 104 3

1871 census Wentworth *** as father to Amelia
Sydney Smith age 57 Yoxford, Suffolk Head Aldeburgh, Suffolk , occ bricklayer
Amelia Smith age 56 Aldborough wife Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Jane Smith age 23 ? Yoxford daughter Aldeburgh, Suffolk , occ dressmaker
Alice Smith age 17 Yoxford daughter Aldeburgh, Suffolk , occ milliner
Charles Chatten age 86 Beccles Father Aldeburgh, Suffolk , occ retired pilot
1871 census rg10 1765 81 12

So think this is

Charles Chatton born 1 Mar 1784 Shipmeadow, Suffolk son of Joseph Chatton & Ann West

  Documentary notes:

• Occupation: Sailor from William Holden's christening record, marine pilot from William Jobs.

• Occupation: Marine pilot in 1855.

Charles married Hanna Holden. (Hanna Holden was born about 1790 and died in 1835 in Aldeburgh, St Peter & St Paul, Suffolk.)