Thomas CLOSE b. 1802 Richmond, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom d. 12 Mar 1863 Stockton on Tees, Durham, England, United Kingdom

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Name	Thomas CLOSE
Born	1802	Richmond, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Christened	26 Apr 1802	Richmond, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom [1]
	Address: St Mary
Gender	Male
Occupation	1830–1831 [2, 3]
	Servant in Mr Cook's property
Census	1841	Stockton on Tees, Durham, England, United Kingdom [4]
	Address: East Side of Thistle Green, no. 34
Occupation	1828–1841 [4, 5]
	grocer
Census	1851	Stockton on Tees, Durham, England, United Kingdom [6]
	Address: Church Row
Occupation	1851 [6, 7]
	wholesale grocer & general merchant
Misc	15 Dec 1859	Stockton on Tees, Durham, England, United Kingdom [8, 9]
	burglary at Close & Co. premises
Census	1861	Stockton on Tees, Durham, England, United Kingdom [10]
	Address: 12 Finkle Street
Buried	Mar 1863	Stockton on Tees, Durham, England, United Kingdom [11]
	Address: St Thomas
	burial transcript gives 1 Mar 1863, but probate gives date of death as 12 March!
Died	12 Mar 1863	Stockton on Tees, Durham, England, United Kingdom [12]
Probate	20 Jul 1863	Stockton on Tees, Durham, England, United Kingdom [12]
	under £4,000
Person ID	I9457	Close One-Name Study
Last Modified	13 Nov 2018

Mother	Elizabeth CLOSE, b. Abt 1780, ?Richmond, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom , d. Yes, date unknown
Family ID	F8575	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Ann HUTTON, b. 1804, Sunderland, Durham, England, United Kingdom , d. Yes, date unknown

Married 21 Jun 1827 Chester-Le-Street, Durham, England, United Kingdom [13]

Children

	1. Jane CLOSE, b. 1827, Richmond, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom , d. Yes, date unknown
	2. Ann CLOSE, b. 1830, Richmond, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom , d. Yes, date unknown
	3. Thomas Hutton CLOSE, b. 1831, Richmond, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom , d. Yes, date unknown
	4. Charles Hutton CLOSE, b. 13 Jul 1846, Stockton on Tees, Durham, England, United Kingdom , d. Jan 1847, Stockton on Tees, Durham, England, United Kingdom (Age 0 years)

Last Modified 2 Apr 2024

Family ID F2329 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Sources

[S84] FMP, Cleveland FHS transcript.
Thomas CLOSE / Elizabeth / illegitimate
[S319] Parish or Cemetery Register, image of daughter Ann's baptism.
Ann
CLOSE Thomas Ann
b 28 Mar 1830
Richmond
servant in Mr Cook's Prop.
[S319] Parish or Cemetery Register, image of son Thomas' baptism.
15 Nov 1831
Thomas Hutton
CLOSE Thomas Ann
Richmond
Mr Cooks foreman
[S4] 1841 Census, HO107/317/27 F19 P2.
[S319] Parish or Cemetery Register, baptism image.
26 3 1828
Jane CLOSE
Thomas Ann
Richmond
grocer
[S3] 1851 Census, HO107/2383 F661 P36 S169.
[S6] 1861 Census, RG9/3692 F56 P7 S25.
wholesale grocer employing 8 men, 3 boys
[S475] York Herald, 24 Dec 1859.
York Herald, Sat 24 Dec 1859
STOCKTON
BURGLARY - On Thursday night, the 15th inst., the offices of Messrs. Thomas Close and Co., of Stockton, were broken into, and about £1,200 stolen therefrom, £70 of this sum being in sovereigns, and the remainder in bills, &c. Suspicion of the depredator falling upon a young man named John Dudgeon, who had been employed in this establishment, he was apprehended on the following day, and brought before the magistrates Police-sergeant Newton fond £79 10s in gold, and £7 5s in silver, wrapped in an old apron, lying in a shed in the Cricket Field, and the cash box containing the bills was buried in snow in a hedge bottom, near the Blue House, on the outskirts of the town. The boots of the prisoner answere the foot prints in the snow, near to the window through whih entrance had been obtained into the premises. The prisoner said to the policeman, “Have you found all the money? The three halfpence I think belongs to me. I did not disturb the papers, but left them just as I found them.” He made no defence, and was committed for trial at the Durham sessions, which begin on January 2nd.
[S174] Newcastle Courant, 6 Jan 1860.
Newcastle Courant, 6 Jan 1860
DURHAM SESSIONS
JOHN DUDGEON (27) cooper, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering the warehouse of Thomas Close and Leonard Cooke, at Stockton, on the 16th of December, and stealing a cash-box, sixteen bills of exchange, a bank note, and some gold and silver coin, and other goods and chattels. Twelve calendar months’ hard labour.
[S6] 1861 Census, RG9/3692 F56 P7 S25.
[S319] Parish or Cemetery Register, transcript.
Thomas CLOSE 60
[S127] Ancestry.co.uk, National Probate Calendar.
CLOSE Thomas. Effects under £4,000. 20 July 1863. The Will of Thomas Close late of Stockton in the County of Durham Merchant deceased who died 12 March 1863 at Stockton aforesaid was proved at Durham by the oaths of David Roughead of the Borough of Haddington in Scotland Merchant and Thomas Hutton Close of Stockton aforesaid Merchant the Son the Executors.
[S84] FMP, transcript.
Thomas CLOSE of Richmond YKS
Ann HUTTON otp