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1841 Census: Corn Hill, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Samuel Debenham, 65, Confectioner, b. Not Suffolk
Lucy Debenham, 65, b. Suffolk
William Gibbs, 25, Baker's Servant, b. Suffolk
Samuel Merton, 15, Male Servant, b. Suffolk
Susan Everard, 25, Female Servant, b. Suffolk
Ann Pausey, 15, Female Servant, b. SuffolkSamuel Debenham is listed in Pigot's 1830, 1839 & 1840 Directory for Bury St. Edmunds, as Bakers, Confectioners and Pastry Cooks. This Samuel died in 1844, as husband of Lucy Lingley. They had two sons, William and Samuel. Lucy died in B.St.E on 18 Jan 1820. His full name was Samuel Fearon Debenham, and may have had a brother Henry.
The will of Samuel Fearon mentions he leaves his wordly goods to his wife Lucy and to his two sons William and Samuel.
Pigot's directory list Samuel Fearon as a baker and confectioner, it later became Samuel F. and son, bakers and confectioners. This was his son Samuel's occupation before he became involved in photography.
Samuel & Martha had a son, Samuel, who was born in 1796, but both mother and son died the same year. Samuel then married Lucy Lingley in 1798 and they had two daughters & two sons.
Samuel Fearon died at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, in 1844, aged 68. His will was made in 1834, when Lucy was still alive.
NOTES from Tracey Moore (nee Debenham)
Samuel was born with a twin brother, William, baptized and died same year. At Samuel's first wedding, one of the witnesses was Lucy Lingley, who later became his second wife Another witness at the first wedding was Thomas Seaden
It had first been thought that Samuel's parents were Samuel Debenham & Sarah Vale, who married 2 Jul 1776, at All Saints, Sudbury, Suffolk. HOWEVER, we now know that his parents were John Debenham & Lydia Fearon. We currently have no information about John, but he was probably a distant cousin of the founder of Debenhams PLC.The Samuel who married Sarah Vale was certainly related. His father was Thomas Debenham (1728-1778) of Alpheton, Suffolk who married Mary Makin.
Thomas was the grandfather of William Debenham (1794-1863), who founded Debenhams PLC (with Thomas Clark) in 1813. Their business transactions took place at 44 Wigmore St., London. It was called Clark and Debenham on one side of the street and Debenham and Clark on the other. Thomas Clark retired in 1837.
In 1851 the firm became Debenham son and Freebody, the son being William Debenham, eldest son of principal, and Mr Freebody being his brother-in-law (William married Caroline Freebody). After the principal’s death in 1863 the title of the firm became Debenham and Freebody.
In 1905, the business was incorporated and Debenhams first department store was opened. In 1928, Debenhams was listed on the London Stock Exchange where it traded as an independent company and continued to expand. In 1985, when it was acquired by the Burton Group, Debenhams had a portfolio of 65 department stores in key locations across the United Kingdom. In the late 1980s and early '90s Debenhams management began to reposition the business, introducing exclusive ranges of own brand merchandise across key product areas. In January 1998, Debenhams demerged from the Burton Group and became, once again, an independently listed company on the London Stock Exchange, now Debenhams plc.
Information from Debenhams website: http://www.debenhams.com/business/company/history.asp
The Golding family of Suffolk were ancestors of the artist, John Constable. However, Martha's ancestry is yet to be discovered, so any connection is unknown at present.
A note from Michael Debenham suggests that several generations of John & Lydia's descendants were Quakers. Lydia's Fearon family were a noted Quaker family.
A note from Michael Debenham suggests that several generations of John & Lydia's descendants were Quakers. Lydia's Fearon family were a noted Quaker family.
Any blood relationship between Lydia Fearon and Elizabeth Fearon (daughter-in-law) is unknown at present.