Samuel Chiswick was baptized on 27 May 1740 at St Dunstan’s Stepney, the eldest son of Samuel Chiswick, a miller from Poplar. The parish records give a fair amount of details of his life. He was the first of a long line of the Chiswick family who became coopers in the East End of London.
He married Sarah Newell on 7 Nov 1762 at St Paul’s Shadwell and the baptisms of each of their children reveal a series of addresses across Limehouse, Wapping and Shadwell where he earnt his living as a cooper. We can imagine that the trade of ‘coopering’ was largely spurred by the burgeoning London docks at this time. Historically there was a shift of trade from Bristol to London that eventually led to the building of huge Dock complexes around the Pool of London in the period 1790 to 1810. Coopering would have been an essential service for the transport of a number of key commodities.
Both Samuel and Sarah were literate which indicates that the coopering trade put them in a semi professional class and a high percentage of their children survived into adulthood.
At the baptism of his daughter Elizabeth in 1771 his address is given as Narrow Street, Wapping. At the baptism of his son Samuel in 1777 he is in nearby Milk Yard Wapping.
The burial of a Samuel Chiswick on 19 Dec 1790 is almost certainly him. His youngest son Joseph William Chiswick was only about four years of age.
One interesting document has been found dated 7 Jul 1818, and that is the admission of Joseph Chiswick, son of Samuel Chiswick to the Coopers’ company by patrimony. This indicates that Samuel was probably a freeman of the Worshipful Company of Coopers in London but, as of yet, there is no contemporary proof of it. The records held at the Guildhall will probably reveal more.
Family of Samuel CHISWICK and Sarah NEWELL
Husband: | Samuel CHISWICK (bap.1740, bur.1790) |
Wife: | Sarah NEWELL (1743- ) |
Children: | Sarah Ann CHISWICK (bap.1763) |
| John CHISWICK (b.1765, bur.1807) |
| Thomas Philip CHISWICK (bap.1769, bur.1770) |
| Elizabeth CHISWICK (1771- ) |
| Katherine CHISWICK (bap.1775) |
| Samuel Jarvis CHISWICK (bap.1777, bur.1839) |
| Mary Theresa CHISWICK (bap.1780) |
| William CHISWICK (bap.1782) |
| Joseph William CHISWICK (1786-1870) |
Marriage | 7 Nov 1762 | St Paul Shadwell |
Husband: Samuel CHISWICK
Name: | Samuel CHISWICK |
Sex: | Male |
Father: | Samuel CHISWICK (bap.1715) |
Mother: | Ann LAWRENCE ( – ) |
Baptism | 27 May 1740 | St Dunstans, Stepney |
Occupation | | Cooper |
Residence | 1771 | Narrow Street |
Residence | 1777 | Noahs Ark Alley |
Residence | 1780 | Milk Yard Wapping |
Burial | 19 Dec 1790 | St Dunstans, Stepney |
Wife: Sarah NEWELL
Name: | Sarah NEWELL |
Sex: | Female |
Father: | George NEWELL ( – ) |
Mother: | Sarah ( – ) |
Birth | 1743 | Whitechapel |
Baptism | 29 Feb 1743 (age 0) | St Mary’s Whitechapel |
Child 1: Sarah Ann CHISWICK
Name: | Sarah Ann CHISWICK |
Sex: | Female |
Spouse: | Joseph JACKSON ( – ) |
Birth | | |
Baptism | 2 Oct 1763 | St Anne Limehouse |
Child 2: John CHISWICK
Name: | John CHISWICK |
Sex: | Male |
Spouse: | Ann Tomlinson GOODINGS ( – ) |
Birth | 20 Oct 1765 | Limehouse |
Burial | 23 Feb 1807 | |
Child 3: Thomas Philip CHISWICK
Name: | Thomas Philip CHISWICK |
Sex: | Male |
Birth | | |
Baptism | 14 May 1769 | St Anne Limehouse |
Burial | 15 Oct 1770 | St Anne Limehouse |
Child 4: Elizabeth CHISWICK
Name: | Elizabeth CHISWICK |
Sex: | Female |
Spouse: | Richard STANTON ( – ) |
Birth | 8 Apr 1771 | Limehouse |
Baptism | 5 May 1771 (age 0) | St Anne Limehouse |
Child 5: Katherine CHISWICK
Name: | Katherine CHISWICK |
Sex: | Female |
Baptism | 5 Feb 1775 | St George in the East |
Child 6: Samuel Jarvis CHISWICK
Name: | Samuel Jarvis CHISWICK |
Sex: | Male |
Spouse: | Anne BEAZER (c. 1784-1869) |
Birth | | |
Baptism | 3 Aug 1777 | St Anne Limehouse |
Burial | 14 Feb 1839 | Wycliffe Congregational Church, Whitechapel |
Occupation | 1850 | Cooper |
| (on sons marriage certificate) |
Death | | |
Child 7: Mary Theresa CHISWICK
Name: | Mary Theresa CHISWICK |
Sex: | Female |
Birth | | |
Baptism | 14 Jun 1780 | St Paul Shadwell |
Child 8: William CHISWICK
Name: | William CHISWICK |
Sex: | Male |
Birth | | |
Baptism | 24 Feb 1782 | St Paul Shadwell |
Child 9: Joseph William CHISWICK
Name: | Joseph William CHISWICK |
Sex: | Male |
Spouse 1: | Elizabeth MARLOW (1776-1839) |
Spouse 2: | Elizabeth HOLLEY (1807- ) |
Birth | 1786 | Poplar |
Death | Q4 1870 (age 83-84) | |