Bottisham & Poplar
(This Tree was formerly Tree1001)
Origins
The head of this tree is John Pluck. He is almost certainly the illegitimate son of John Pluck and Sarah Hammond. The Horseheath parish register states "John, son of Sarah HAMMOND and John PLUCK, as she has sworn". John can be found in Tree 1.
The reasons for making this link are:
- John was baptised on 11 March 1723 and married Susan Wiborough on 23 August 1853, so he would have been 20-21 when he married, which is not unreasonable for the period.
- He was baptised in Horseheath and married in West Wickham (his bride's parish). The two churches are a little over a mile apart. Bride and groom could have been neighbours.
- A search of the registers for most of the south Cambridgeshire and North Essex parishes in the vicinity of Linton, Ickleton and Horseheath does not produce any other candidate Pluck for this marriage.
So Tree1001 is now Tree19 and linked into the main branch. It is possible that Susan Wiborough was related to John's grandmother, Helen Wibrow.
Detailed Notes
| PL No | Surname | Forenames | Notes |
| 3727 | GREENHILL | Peter D | Two possible births: (1) Q3 1945 in Islington or (2) 1947 in Chippenham, Wiltshire. |
| 1160 | HASLETT | Minnie | No birth registration found for either Minnie or Melinda in the period 1873-1883. She is Minnie on her marriage certificate, but Melinda in the 1901 and 1911 censuses and in her death registration in 1961. |
| 1111 | HYNER | Sarah | C1851; C1861; C1871; C1901: in Bottisham, aged 84, wid., grandmother in Duce family. |
| 1125 | KING | Jane Catherine | C1881; C1891; C1901 |
| 3703 | PLUCK | Albert | Known only from 1911 census, not found in birth index. |
| 1123 | PLUCK | Alfred Cornwell | Since his birth is registered as Alfred Cornwell PLUCK is is very likely that the birth occurred before his parents were married. Both events were registered in the 4th quarter of 1874 and certificates would need to be purchased to resolve the issue. |
| 3709 | PLUCK | Annie Ellen | C1911 |
| 3735 | PLUCK | Arthur J | There is a possible marriage to Elizabeth M SELBY: Q4 1951, Stepney 5d 1169. He died on 1 Sep 1966 at the London Hospital Annexe in Brentwood. Probate (£2250) was granted to Lloyds Bank on 19 October. |
| 1115 | PLUCK | Charles | C1851; C1861; C1881; C1891; C1901 |
| 1127 | PLUCK | Charles Samuel | C1891; C1901; C1911. His death in the Steyning registration district is not easy to explain. It is possible that he was serving in the army and died in a hospital in the Brighton and Hove area. He and Annie had a child every other year (seven in total) from the time of their marriage until 1914. |
| 3708 | PLUCK | Charles Samuel | C1911 |
| 3707 | PLUCK | Embery Agabuss | Presumably named after his uncle, also Embry Agabus. He was baptised privately, shortly before he died. |
| 1124 | PLUCK | Embrey Agabus | In 1871 census he is living with his grandparents John and Sarah Pluck (PL1104 and PL1111) - a 13 year old Ag. Lab. Nothing found after 1871, perhaps he emigrated or changed his name? His mother has not yet been found in the 1871 census. |
| 3711 | PLUCK | Emily | C1911 |
| 1129 | PLUCK | Florence | C1891; 1901 |
| 1105 | PLUCK | Henry | Probably never married - he is recorded as unmarried, aged 57 in the 1871 census and aged 66, in the 1881 census. There is a record of his inquest in the History Section. |
| 1120 | PLUCK | Henry | Nothing found after his birth in 1842. Not with his parents in the 1851 census. |
| 3712 | PLUCK | Henry T | C1911 |
| 1103 | PLUCK | James | Probably never married. He is living with his brother, Henry, also unmarried in Bottisham in the 1871 census. |
| 1128 | PLUCK | James | C1891; |
| 3690 | PLUCK | John | The burial record in the parish register describes him as "John Pluck the younger. |
| 1104 | PLUCK | John | C1851; C1861; C1871 |
| 1116 | PLUCK | John | C1851 |
| 1161 | PLUCK | John | C1901; C1911. Known only from the 1901 census. No birth record in the GRO index. |
| 1126 | PLUCK | John William | 1901, C1911 (rivet carrier in a tank works). John's baptism is in the St Luke Millwall parish register along with the baptisms of five other children of presumably unmarried mothers resident in the Poplar Union. A note of the register records that the baptisms took place in the Poplar Union chapel. John William KING, described as 'son in law' aged 5 is present in the 1881 census in Charles and Jane's household. John William Pluck is also present in the 1891 census, described as 'son' aged 15. Presumably the same person? A possible death in Q3 1938, Stepney 1c 181, age 62. |
| 1130 | PLUCK | Joseph | C1891; 1901. Joseph died when HMS Formidable was sunk off the Devon Coast by a German U-boat on New Year's Day, 1915. Only 199 men out of a complement of 750 were saved. |
| 1113 | PLUCK | Martha Fanny | C1851 |
| 3710 | PLUCK | Mary Ann Jane | C1911 |
| 1121 | PLUCK | Matilda | C1861 |
| 3694 | PLUCK | Richard | C1841, aged 74, ag lab, living on his own in Teversham. |
| 1138 | PLUCK | Stephen E | A possible death: Steven Edward PLUCK, birth date: 29 Dec 1917; date of registration: Nov 2001; Newham C49/2571C/300. |
| 1131 | PLUCK | Walter | 1901 |
| 1132 | VANLOO | Annie Elizabeth | C1911 |
| 3689 | WIBOROUGH | Susan | Neither baptism nor burial record found. |
I am grateful to Steve Pluck and Sarah Long for providing helpful information.
