Monument to William John Hamaton and Mary Ann Hamaton, St Michael's Churchyard, Bray, Berkshire, England.
"To The Memory Of
William John Hamaton
Died Novr 13th 1862
Aged 70 Years
Fear God And Keep His Commandments:
For This Is The Whole Duty Of Man.
Also Mary Ann
Reclict of the above
Departed this life March 7th 1876
Aged 82 Years."
William John Hamaton was born on 29th February 1792 in Bray,Berkshire, to William Hamaton and his wife Elizabeth Dibbs. William was christened on 30th March 1792 at St Michael's Church in Bray, Berkshire. At the same church on 1st May 1817 William married Margaret Randall. In 1818 their son William Frederick Hamaton was born. William in partnership with Francis Hamaton (his brother) in Hedsor, Buckinghamshire, ran a Barge carting business from Hedsor Wharf. This partnership was dissolved by mutual consent on 29th September 1825.
I am unable to find any further information on William and Margaret. However, on 25th June 1836 at Taplow, Buckinghamshire, William marries Mary Ann Dancer and started up West End Farm in Warfield, Berkshire.
On the 1851 Census both William and Mary Ann appear living at West End Farm in Warfield were William is listed as farming 80 acres and employing 4 labourers.
On 21st July 1856 William took over the licence for the White Horse Inn, High Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire, where they can be found on the 1861 Census, Living with them at the time is Mary Ann's sister Rosanna. A year later William on 13th November 1862 was to pass away at the White Horse Inn. On 22nd November 1862 the Reading Mercury carried the following announcement:
"Deaths
On the 13th inst., Mr. William John Hamaton, of the White Horse Inn, Maidenhead, aged 70."
On the 1871 Census the widowed Mary Ann has moved to Flackwell Heath, Wycombe to live with her sisters Rosanna, and Ann. Five years later on 17th March 1876, Mary Ann was to join her husband in his grave. On the 8th April 1876 the Reading Mercury carried the following announcement:
"Deaths
Hamaton.—On the 7th ult.. at Flackwell Heath, Mary Ann, widow of William John Hamaton, late of Maidenhead, aged 82 years."
