Have you checked The Times Digital Archive or www.historicaldirectories.org to see if perhaps he was in business and bankrupted before he became a pauper ? Anne South Australia Bob wrote: > Ann, > > Thank you for that information, however, I am looking for a listing of the > members of the family of an Edward Chitty who died in Croydon in January of > 1796 and was entered in the parish burial register with a "P". This seems > to be the designation for a pauper so I believed it unlikely that any > property was owned or would be listed in any of the tax records. I was > hoping that some census type document may have survived or that some poor > law records might be available for the period that would list the family > names - beyond; "Mary and her two sons and three daughters". > > I have been through the parish registers and have a list of the births and > deaths of the children of Edward and Mary. One daughter was christened as > Fanny on 5 March, 1786 at St John and, apparently, wed as Mary in 1805 in > Stretham. I have a large amount of family, oral history that tells me that > this is the person I want, but I was looking for a household record, circa > 1790 which may have used the Mary name to further establish the connection. > > Bob > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:28 AM, Ann Sargeant<ann.sargeant@ntlworld.com>wrote: > >> From: "Bob"<efr54321@gmail.com> >> >>> Does anyone know of any type of record which may cover list the residents >>> of >>> Croydon during the years between 1782 and 1796? >> >> Really depends what you're looking for Bob. Presumably you've already >> eliminated parish registers? How about the Land Tax Records which include >> coverage for Croydon in this period? .... >> > > >> Ann >> > *************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Eng-Surrey-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SURREY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >