Born

Date calculated from age at death

Married Mary BURCHLEY in Bristol.5

Occupation Iron Founder.1

Recorded in census in Romford, Hornchurch (Fairkytes).1

Thomas Wedlake - M - 55 - Iron Founder
Mary Wedlake - F - 60
James Wedlake - M - 50 - Farmer

Research Note :-
The Census shows the following households in sequence :-
1) Ann Elton née Wedlock & William Warry Elton - Little Langtons
2) Robert Wedlake & family - Little Langtons
3) Henry Edward Elton & James Stevens Elton - Little Langtons
4) Thomas Wedlake & family - Fairkytes

Died in Hornchurch.2,3,4

From the Liverpool Mercury :-
"At Hornchurch, aged 62, Thomas Wedlake, Esq. He was the inventor of many improvements in agricultural machinery, and had been awarded several medals and distinctions by the British Society of Agriculture"

From the Essex Standard and General Advertiser for the Eastern Counties :-
"On the 8th inst., at Fairkytes, Hornchurch, in this county, Thomas Wedlake, Esq., aged 62. The deceased was well known as the inventor of many improvements in agricultural machinery."

Birth of daughter Eliza Mary WEDLAKE