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WESTMORELAND, Abel Conington
1818 - 1893 (75 years) Has 4 ancestors and 92 descendants in this family tree.
1779 - 1836 (56 years)-
Name WESTMORELAND, Abel Conington Birth 1818 Wigtoft, Lincolnshire, England 
Gender Male Burial 1893 Boston, Lincolnshire, England Death 19 Jul 1893 Boston, Lincolnshire, England Person ID I1752 Edgoose Last Modified 25 Feb 2026
Father WESTMORELAND, George, b. Between 1786 and 1787, Lincolnshire d. 1 Apr 1848, Sutterton, Lincolnshire, England (Age 62 years) Mother CUNNINGTON, Mary Wanty, b. 28 Apr 1779, Spalding, Lincolnshire d. 1836, Wigtoft, Lincolnshire, England (Age 56 years) Marriage 5 Apr 1809 Spalding, Lincolnshire Family ID F946 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family MEDCALF, Sarah, b. 1822, Kirton In Holland, Lincolnshire d. 1849, Paddington, Middlesex (Age 27 years) Marriage 1840 Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire Children 1. WESTMORELAND, John Metcalfe, b. 1841, Kirton In Holland, Lincolnshire d. 1891, Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 50 years)2. WESTMORELAND, William, b. 1843, Kirton In Holland, Lincolnshire d. 1870, Kirton In Holland, Lincolnshire (Age 27 years)3. WESTMORELAND, George, b. 1846, Kirton In Holland, Lincolnshire d. 1846 (Age 0 years)4. WESTMORELAND, Mary Ann Wantey, b. 2 Feb 1848, Kirton In Holland, Lincolnshire d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F422 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes - WESTMORELAND, Abel Conington 1818-1893
An Abel Conington WESTMORLAND (sic), son of George and Mary WESTMORLAND, was baptised at Wigtoft, Lincolnshire, on 18 June 1818.
(IGI)
An Abel Cunningham (sic) WESTMORELAND married Sarah MEDCALF in 1840.
(GRO March Q 1840 Boston 14 335)
From the 1841 census of Kirton End, Kirton-in-Holland, Lincolnshire:
*Able (sic) WESTMORLAND (sic), aged 20, brickmaker, born in Lincolnshire;
Sarah WESTMORLAND, aged 15, born in Lincolnshire;
John WESTMORLAND, aged 1 week, born in Lincolnshire.
(HO107/608/6)
From the 1851 census of Donington Road, Frampton, Lincolnshire:
*Abel WESTMORELAND, head, aged 33, widower, farm labourer, born at Wigtoft, Lincolnshire;
John WESTMORELAND, son, aged 10, at home, born at Kirton, Lincolnshire;
William WESTMORELAND, son, aged 8, at home, born at Kirton, Lincolnshire.
(HO107/2098/160/3)
The 1861 census of Fen-Way, Frampton, Lincolnshire:
*Abel WESTMORELAND, head, aged 42, widower, day labourer, born at Wigtoft, Lincolnshire;
William WESTMORELAND, son, aged 18, day labourer, born at Kirton, Lincolnshire;
Mary Ann WESTMORELAND, daughter, aged 13, born at Kirton;
Sarah RICHARDSON, unmarried, aged 52, housekeeper, born at Kirton.
(RG9/2331/90/2)
At the time of the 1871 census he was lodging at Kirton with Joseph and Mary DICKENSON. He was described as 61 years old (sic), an agricultural labourer, born at Wigtoft in Lincolnshire.
RG10/3333/21/1)
According to the 1881 census of Skeldyke, Kirton, Lincolnshire, Abel WESTMORELAND was a 60 year old widower, a brickmaker, born at Wigtoft in Lincolnshire. He was living alone.
(RG11/3212/15/23)
An Abel WESTMORELAND, a 78 year old widower and agricultural labourer, born at Wigtoft, was an inmate at Boston Union Workhouse, at the time of the census taken on 5 April 1891.
(RG12/2575/143/9)
An Abel WESTMORELAND of Kirton died on 19 July 1893 aged 80 and was buried in Boston Cemetery.
(LFHS)
(GRO September Q 1893 Boston 7a 284)
(revised 09.02.2026)
- WESTMORELAND, Abel Conington 1818-1893