Joseph Cullimore 1752 - 1825
I hit a brick wall with the Cullimores as there are many of them in the area however finding the links between them was difficult!
I found Augustus Cullimore first and suspected that he and Stephen were brothers but couldn’t find the link. I finally found it through the will of Joseph Cullimore, memorial inscriptions and parish records. It would appear that after Joseph Cullimore’s legal wife (Elizabeth Jennings) died in 1793 Joseph had 5 children with Martha Poole (wife of Thomas Poole) four of them he claimed as his ‘natural or reputed children’ and provided for them in his will dated 1824.
These were:
Matilda Poole b.1797,
Frederick Poole Cullimore b.1798,
Stephen Poole Cullimore b.1801,
Augustus Poole Cullimore b. 1803 and
James b.1795.
James, the eldest of the five was named and provided for amongst his 10 surviving other children – only Martha Poole recorded on christening entry in parish records so maybe his paternity was not in question, I don’t know. The other four christening entries had both Martha and Thomas Poole named as parents. After the death of Joseph Cullimore and the claiming in the will they all took on the surname of Cullimore, Stephen and Augustus retained Poole the others did not.
Frederick’s marriage can be found in the parish records prior to the will under the surname of Poole. Stephen and Anne’s first child George (they had 7 known children) can also be found in the parish records registered under Poole. Martha died and was buried at Tortworth on 26th of June 1822, I have no idea what happened to Thomas Poole!
Sadly, nothing else is known about Joseph.
To follow our direct line click here for Frederick Poole Cullimore.
Scroll down to read about the fate of Frederick's siblings.
I found Augustus Cullimore first and suspected that he and Stephen were brothers but couldn’t find the link. I finally found it through the will of Joseph Cullimore, memorial inscriptions and parish records. It would appear that after Joseph Cullimore’s legal wife (Elizabeth Jennings) died in 1793 Joseph had 5 children with Martha Poole (wife of Thomas Poole) four of them he claimed as his ‘natural or reputed children’ and provided for them in his will dated 1824.
These were:
Matilda Poole b.1797,
Frederick Poole Cullimore b.1798,
Stephen Poole Cullimore b.1801,
Augustus Poole Cullimore b. 1803 and
James b.1795.
James, the eldest of the five was named and provided for amongst his 10 surviving other children – only Martha Poole recorded on christening entry in parish records so maybe his paternity was not in question, I don’t know. The other four christening entries had both Martha and Thomas Poole named as parents. After the death of Joseph Cullimore and the claiming in the will they all took on the surname of Cullimore, Stephen and Augustus retained Poole the others did not.
Frederick’s marriage can be found in the parish records prior to the will under the surname of Poole. Stephen and Anne’s first child George (they had 7 known children) can also be found in the parish records registered under Poole. Martha died and was buried at Tortworth on 26th of June 1822, I have no idea what happened to Thomas Poole!
Sadly, nothing else is known about Joseph.
To follow our direct line click here for Frederick Poole Cullimore.
Scroll down to read about the fate of Frederick's siblings.
Matilda Poole
Unfortunately all that is known about Martha is that she was born in 1797 and married Charles Warley in 1827.
Stephen Poole Cullimore
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Stephen moves to Herefordshire and employs 20 men on this farm.
He marries Anne and they go on to have 7 children.
1841 - Kentchurch, Farmer
1851 - Kentchurch, Farmer
He marries Anne and they go on to have 7 children.
1841 - Kentchurch, Farmer
1851 - Kentchurch, Farmer
Augustus Poole Cullimore was born in Thornbury during 1803. It looks like he has two wives, Ann and Aubela, and three children. With his first wife Ann a son named Giles B Cullimore, and with his second wife, George L Cullimore and Arabela Cullimore.
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Augustus found himself in trouble after not allowing an inspection of his inn to take place.
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George Leonard Cullimore
James Cullimore
James was born in 1814 and was baptised on 31st July 1814 in Thornbury. James Cullimore married Hester Smart in the September quarter of 1840. The marriage was registered in Bristol. Hester Smart was baptised 24th January 1821 in Thornbury and the daughter of James and Mary Smart (nee Sheppard) who farmed in Oldbury. Hester had a sister Sarah who married Samuel Wells (the son of James Wells and Betty Withers).
James and Hester lived in a house called The Crispin and we know how The Crispin got its name. A beer house normally had insufficient trade to support a family and the man had to supplement his income with another trade. Although the Censuses only describe James as a beer house keeper, we have discovered that when he baptised his children he described himself as a shoemaker or cordwainer. In the 1842 and 1844 Thornbury trade directories James Cullimore was listed under both shoemaker and beer house keeper. St Crispin is the Patron Saint of shoemakers.
The first son of Hester and James Cullimore did not live very long. James junior was baptised on 9th June 1841 in Thornbury. Sadly he was buried on 13th July 1841 aged only one month. They had a second son William who was baptised on 12th June 1842. Their third child was a daughter, Mary who was baptised 3rd April 1844. Mary too failed to live very long and was buried on 6th November 1844 aged eight months. Luke Cullimore was baptised on 6th September 1846. In the record of this baptism at St Mary's Church in Thornbury Hester's name is given its alternative spelling of "Esther." A second daughter Laura Cullimore was baptised 27th August 1848.
The Crispin was to be occupied by the Cullimore family for more than 70 years.
1841 Census
James and Hester lived in a house called The Crispin and we know how The Crispin got its name. A beer house normally had insufficient trade to support a family and the man had to supplement his income with another trade. Although the Censuses only describe James as a beer house keeper, we have discovered that when he baptised his children he described himself as a shoemaker or cordwainer. In the 1842 and 1844 Thornbury trade directories James Cullimore was listed under both shoemaker and beer house keeper. St Crispin is the Patron Saint of shoemakers.
The first son of Hester and James Cullimore did not live very long. James junior was baptised on 9th June 1841 in Thornbury. Sadly he was buried on 13th July 1841 aged only one month. They had a second son William who was baptised on 12th June 1842. Their third child was a daughter, Mary who was baptised 3rd April 1844. Mary too failed to live very long and was buried on 6th November 1844 aged eight months. Luke Cullimore was baptised on 6th September 1846. In the record of this baptism at St Mary's Church in Thornbury Hester's name is given its alternative spelling of "Esther." A second daughter Laura Cullimore was baptised 27th August 1848.
The Crispin was to be occupied by the Cullimore family for more than 70 years.
1841 Census
In 1851 the Census shows that James was aged 35 and was still a beer house keeper, and his wife Hester was aged 28. They now had a family of three children; William aged 8, Luke aged 6, and Laura aged 2.
1851 Census
1851 Census
The 1861 Census shows that the family remained in the house. Their son, William, was now working as a carpenter's apprentice and Luke was a cooper's apprentice.
Luke Withers, the owner of the property, died on 25th March 1868 aged 91, apparently having never married. In his will, Luke bequeathed the Crispin to William and Luke, the sons of James and Hester Cullimore on the condition that their parents James and Hester could continue to live in the house until their deaths or, in event of James dying first, that Hester could continue to live there until she died or re-married. He also arranged for an annuity of £15 12s to be paid to Laura, James and Hester's daughter. A reference was also made to another annuity of £10 8s 0d paid to Hannah Greenman up to the date of her death "long since." It seems likely, although we have not seen the deeds of the other houses that Hester Cullimore came to own that Crispin House was not the only property Hester Cullimore obtained from Luke Withers. She was also later described as the owner of properties formerly owned by Luke Withers at 11, 13 and 15 St John Street.
We have been unable to determine the exact relationship between James Cullimore and Luke Withers who was to give the property to the Cullimores in his Will. In fact, in an Inland Revenue document dated May 1900 William Cullimore, the son of James Cullimore made a signed statement that he was "a stranger in blood to Luke Withers." We have taken this to mean that there is no close family relationship between the Withers and the Cullimores, although it seems that James's mother, Martha, was Luke Wither's housekeeper in the 1841 and 1851 censuses.
James Cullimore, the beer house keeper died on 19th July 1869 aged 54 years. His will was proved at Gloucester on 1st January 1875 by James Smart of Great Hoggins Farm in St Briavels who was a farmer.
1861 Census
Luke Withers, the owner of the property, died on 25th March 1868 aged 91, apparently having never married. In his will, Luke bequeathed the Crispin to William and Luke, the sons of James and Hester Cullimore on the condition that their parents James and Hester could continue to live in the house until their deaths or, in event of James dying first, that Hester could continue to live there until she died or re-married. He also arranged for an annuity of £15 12s to be paid to Laura, James and Hester's daughter. A reference was also made to another annuity of £10 8s 0d paid to Hannah Greenman up to the date of her death "long since." It seems likely, although we have not seen the deeds of the other houses that Hester Cullimore came to own that Crispin House was not the only property Hester Cullimore obtained from Luke Withers. She was also later described as the owner of properties formerly owned by Luke Withers at 11, 13 and 15 St John Street.
We have been unable to determine the exact relationship between James Cullimore and Luke Withers who was to give the property to the Cullimores in his Will. In fact, in an Inland Revenue document dated May 1900 William Cullimore, the son of James Cullimore made a signed statement that he was "a stranger in blood to Luke Withers." We have taken this to mean that there is no close family relationship between the Withers and the Cullimores, although it seems that James's mother, Martha, was Luke Wither's housekeeper in the 1841 and 1851 censuses.
James Cullimore, the beer house keeper died on 19th July 1869 aged 54 years. His will was proved at Gloucester on 1st January 1875 by James Smart of Great Hoggins Farm in St Briavels who was a farmer.
1861 Census
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James and Hester's house today, plot 227 on the 1840 Tithe Map below.
In the earliest document dated 1683, the property is described as a 'messuage or tenement .... situate in the town or borough of Thornbury neare unto a place called or known by the name of St John's Crosse or neare unto a place where St John's Crosse heretofore stood, amounting in the whole to half a burgage." A burgage was a plot of land in a town on which a dwelling house or houses was usually built, with gardens or lands attached. Usually a rent was paid for this burgage to the Lord of the Manor or the King.
The reference to 'St John's Crosse' is significant in that implies that there was an ancient cross on or near Pullins Green and this was removed. It is not possible to say when this cross would have been removed, although we believe that it was taken down a long time even before this indenture was written. We have seen the will of Katherine Rippe dated 1594 which refers to one of her properties that she left to Elizabeth Eddis as "my house neere the place St John’s Crosse did stande within or neere the Burroughe of Thornebury aforesaid adioyning to Thomas Jones his Barne." We are not sure where this house was but it is clear from the wording that St John's Cross had already been removed.
The Crispin House has a particularly interesting and varied history.
The Quakers - our earliest records show that the house was occupied by families of Quakers, one of whom, George Pearce, emigrated to Pennsylvania with his family in 1684 and helped to found Thornbury, Pennsylvania.
Burnt House Orchard - an indenture dated 1743 shows that the property had been destroyed by fire, presumably by the blacksmith John Gayner, and the land had become an orchard called fittingly enough 'The Burnt House Orchard. At that time it was bought by Sarah Sparkes and Solomon Smith and was eventually acquired by Solomon Smith the younger in 1773.
The New House - in 1791 Hester Bagnell sold the orchard to James Hodges who built a new house on the land. James Hodges died in 1825. His son Job, who was living in the house, bought the shares that were left to his siblings by way of a mortgage from James Withers, whose son Luke Withers eventually became the owner.
The Beerhouse - in 1838 the property was acquired by Luke Withers and made it into a beerhouse called The Crispin or The Jolly Crispin. This was run by James and Hester Cullimore and inherited by their sons, James and William Cullimore from Luke Withers. Hester Cullimore seems to have run it until her death in 1899. It was owned by William and then his wife, Frances Cullimore until the death of Frances in 1917. In 1919 it was sold to John Taylor a butcher.
The Laundry - from 1926 the house was bought by Arthur Thomas and Ethel Higgins and he built a laundry in the grounds. Eventually in the 1950's the house was split off from the laundry and became the private home of Amie Higgins and her husband, William Fisher and later by other families.
In the earliest document dated 1683, the property is described as a 'messuage or tenement .... situate in the town or borough of Thornbury neare unto a place called or known by the name of St John's Crosse or neare unto a place where St John's Crosse heretofore stood, amounting in the whole to half a burgage." A burgage was a plot of land in a town on which a dwelling house or houses was usually built, with gardens or lands attached. Usually a rent was paid for this burgage to the Lord of the Manor or the King.
The reference to 'St John's Crosse' is significant in that implies that there was an ancient cross on or near Pullins Green and this was removed. It is not possible to say when this cross would have been removed, although we believe that it was taken down a long time even before this indenture was written. We have seen the will of Katherine Rippe dated 1594 which refers to one of her properties that she left to Elizabeth Eddis as "my house neere the place St John’s Crosse did stande within or neere the Burroughe of Thornebury aforesaid adioyning to Thomas Jones his Barne." We are not sure where this house was but it is clear from the wording that St John's Cross had already been removed.
The Crispin House has a particularly interesting and varied history.
The Quakers - our earliest records show that the house was occupied by families of Quakers, one of whom, George Pearce, emigrated to Pennsylvania with his family in 1684 and helped to found Thornbury, Pennsylvania.
Burnt House Orchard - an indenture dated 1743 shows that the property had been destroyed by fire, presumably by the blacksmith John Gayner, and the land had become an orchard called fittingly enough 'The Burnt House Orchard. At that time it was bought by Sarah Sparkes and Solomon Smith and was eventually acquired by Solomon Smith the younger in 1773.
The New House - in 1791 Hester Bagnell sold the orchard to James Hodges who built a new house on the land. James Hodges died in 1825. His son Job, who was living in the house, bought the shares that were left to his siblings by way of a mortgage from James Withers, whose son Luke Withers eventually became the owner.
The Beerhouse - in 1838 the property was acquired by Luke Withers and made it into a beerhouse called The Crispin or The Jolly Crispin. This was run by James and Hester Cullimore and inherited by their sons, James and William Cullimore from Luke Withers. Hester Cullimore seems to have run it until her death in 1899. It was owned by William and then his wife, Frances Cullimore until the death of Frances in 1917. In 1919 it was sold to John Taylor a butcher.
The Laundry - from 1926 the house was bought by Arthur Thomas and Ethel Higgins and he built a laundry in the grounds. Eventually in the 1950's the house was split off from the laundry and became the private home of Amie Higgins and her husband, William Fisher and later by other families.
The 1871 Census shows that Hester continued to run the beer house which in this Census is referred to as 'The Jolly Crispin.' The children have all left home. Hester has Matilda Symes, a visitor aged 15 living with her.
In 1873 a record of property shows Mrs Cullimore owns four acres one rod and eleven perches of land in Thornbury. The Rate Books of 1876 to 1899 also show that Hester Cullimore owned 11, 13, 15 and 17 St John Street. It seems likely that Hester inherited 11, 13 and 15 St John Street from their former owner Luke Withers and 17 St John Street from Hugh Smart who was her brother.
In the 1881 Census Hester was still running The Crispin, but she now had her son William and his wife, Eliza and their family living with her.
In March 1883 The Bristol Mercury reported that Mrs Hester Cullimore the owner of a number of houses in Thornbury was summoned for not converting the cesspool of a cottage in John Street Thornbury occupied by Joseph Ball into an ash closet. The report said that the case was considered important as a large number of the houses in Thornbury were provided with covered cesspools. It seems there was a great reluctance in Thornbury to alter the existing arrangements. Dr Bond the medical officer of health said his attention was directed to the house in question during the existence of an outbreak of Scarlet Fever. He felt that "all cesspools were a nuisance and injurious to health." The jury ruled that the nuisance must be abated.
In 1891, Hester aged 70, was still running the pub. She had the four youngest of William's children living with her. Mrs "Esther" Cullimore was a beer retailer at Pullins Green in the 1894 and 1897 Kelly's Trade Directories.
Hester died in 1899 aged 77.
James and Hester's children:
Laura Cullimore born in 1848 married Samuel Young Sainsbury a guard on the railway on 12th February 1870. Samuel was born in 1849 and was the son of a farmer John Sainsbury. Samuel was born in Tytherington and was the brother of William Young Sainsbury who became the Relieving Officer in Thornbury and for a time lived in 15 St John Street, one of the houses owned by the Cullimores. Laura was gifted an annuity of £15 12s in the will of Luke Withers. By 1871 Laura and Samuel were in Lincolnshire. In 1901 Laura and Samuel were in Great Grimbsby Lincolnshire.
Luke Cullimore Link Here!
William Cullimore Link Here!
In 1873 a record of property shows Mrs Cullimore owns four acres one rod and eleven perches of land in Thornbury. The Rate Books of 1876 to 1899 also show that Hester Cullimore owned 11, 13, 15 and 17 St John Street. It seems likely that Hester inherited 11, 13 and 15 St John Street from their former owner Luke Withers and 17 St John Street from Hugh Smart who was her brother.
In the 1881 Census Hester was still running The Crispin, but she now had her son William and his wife, Eliza and their family living with her.
In March 1883 The Bristol Mercury reported that Mrs Hester Cullimore the owner of a number of houses in Thornbury was summoned for not converting the cesspool of a cottage in John Street Thornbury occupied by Joseph Ball into an ash closet. The report said that the case was considered important as a large number of the houses in Thornbury were provided with covered cesspools. It seems there was a great reluctance in Thornbury to alter the existing arrangements. Dr Bond the medical officer of health said his attention was directed to the house in question during the existence of an outbreak of Scarlet Fever. He felt that "all cesspools were a nuisance and injurious to health." The jury ruled that the nuisance must be abated.
In 1891, Hester aged 70, was still running the pub. She had the four youngest of William's children living with her. Mrs "Esther" Cullimore was a beer retailer at Pullins Green in the 1894 and 1897 Kelly's Trade Directories.
Hester died in 1899 aged 77.
James and Hester's children:
Laura Cullimore born in 1848 married Samuel Young Sainsbury a guard on the railway on 12th February 1870. Samuel was born in 1849 and was the son of a farmer John Sainsbury. Samuel was born in Tytherington and was the brother of William Young Sainsbury who became the Relieving Officer in Thornbury and for a time lived in 15 St John Street, one of the houses owned by the Cullimores. Laura was gifted an annuity of £15 12s in the will of Luke Withers. By 1871 Laura and Samuel were in Lincolnshire. In 1901 Laura and Samuel were in Great Grimbsby Lincolnshire.
Luke Cullimore Link Here!
William Cullimore Link Here!