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HUDSON, James Vessey
1814 - 1895 (81 years) Has 10 ancestors and 34 descendants in this family tree.
1787 - 1858 (71 years)-
Name HUDSON, James Vessey Birth 1814 West Walton, Norfolk 
Gender Male Death 1895 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Person ID I949 Edgoose Last Modified 5 Feb 2026
Father HUDSON, William, b. 1790 d. 1818, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 28 years) Mother YARROLL, Frances, b. 1787, Tydd St. Mary, Lincolnshire, England d. 1858, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 71 years) Marriage 22 Oct 1812 West Walton, Norfolk Family ID F212 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family SMITH, Eliza, b. 1812, Stow Bardolph, Norfolk, England d. 1891, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 79 years) Marriage 28 Jan 1836 West Walton, Norfolk Children 1. HUDSON, William Smith, b. 1838, Newton, Cambridgeshire, England d. 1915, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 77 years)2. HUDSON, Eliza Ellen, b. 16 Jan 1840, West Walton, Norfolk d. 1911, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 70 years)3. HUDSON, James Vessey, b. 1842, West Walton, Norfolk d. 1906, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 64 years)4. HUDSON, Townshend Vessey, b. 1845, West Walton, Norfolk d. Aft 1861 (Age > 17 years)5. HUDSON, Augustine George, b. 1847, West Walton, Norfolk d. 1908, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 61 years)6. HUDSON, Hannah, b. 1850, West Walton, Norfolk d. 1851, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 1 year)7. HUDSON, Elizabeth Ann, b. 1853, West Walton, Norfolk d. 1905, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 52 years)Family ID F658 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Birth - 1814 - West Walton, Norfolk 
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JAMES VESSEY HUDSON 1814-1895
James Vissey (sic), son of William HUDSON, labourer, and Frances, was baptised at West Walton, Norfolk, on 6 November 1814.
(PR Transcript)
James Vessey HUDSON and Eliza SMITH were married at West Walton, Norfolk, on 28 January 1836. Witnesses were Julia TURNER, Wm. SMITH, and Martha COOKE.
From the 1841 census of Church End, West Walton, Norfolk:
William SMITH, aged 70, grocer, born in Norfolk;
Ellen SMITH, aged 65, born in Norfolk;
*James HUDSON, aged 25, agricultural labourer, born in Norfolk;
Eliza HUDSON, aged 25, born in Norfolk;
William HUDSON, aged 3, born in Norfolk;
Eliza HUDSON, aged 1, born in Norfolk;
John HINES, aged 50, independant, born in Norfolk;
Hannah LEE, aged 12, female servant, born in Norfolk;
Robert FREEMAN, aged 15, shoe maker's apprentice.
(HO107/770/13/31/6)
It is unclear whether William and Ellen SMITH were neighbours or part of the HUDSON household. It is probable that they were Eliza HUDSON's parents.
The 1851 census return of Boroughfield, West Walton, Norfolk:
*James HUDSON, head, aged 36, agricultural labourer, born at West Walton;
Eliza HUDSON, wife, aged 38, born at Stow Bridge, Norfolk;
William HUDSON, son, aged 13, scholar, born at Newton, Norfolk (sic);
Eliza HUDSON, daughter, aged 11, scholar, born at West Walton;
James HUDSON, son, aged 9, scholar, born at West Walton;
Townsend HUDSON, aged 5, scholar, born at West Walton;
Augustine HUDSON, aged 3, born at West Walton;
Hannah HUDSON, aged 11 months, born at West Walton
(HO107/1766/577/9)
The 1861 census of Dam Road, West Walton, Norfolk:
*James V. HUDSON, head, aged 46, born at Walton;
Eliza HUDSON, wife, aged 48, born at Stowbridge;
James V. HUDSON, son, aged 19, born at Walton;
Townshend V. HUDSON, son, aged 16, born at Walton;
Augustine G. HUDSON, son, aged 13, born at Walton;
Eliz A. HUDSON, daughter, aged 7, born at Walton.
(RG9/1050/10/35)
The 1871 census of West Walton:
*James Vessey HUDSON, head, aged 56, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Eliza HUDSON, wife, aged 58, born at Stow Bridge (sic), Norfolk;
James Vessey HUDSON, lodger, aged 29, born at West Walton;
Elizabeth A. HUDSON, daughter, aged 17, born at West Walton.
(RG10/1617/76/7)
The 1881 census of Dam Road, West Walton:
*James Vessey HUDSON, head, aged 66, labourer occupying 5 acres 2 roods of agricultural land, born at West Walton;
Eliza HUDSON, wife, aged 68, labourer's wife, born at Stow Bridge, Norfolk.
(RG11/1697/81/7)
A James Vessey HUDSON was listed as a farm bailiff at West Walton in William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1883.
James V. HUDSON was living at Dr. Kate's Cabin, Dam Road, West Walton, in 1891 with his wife Eliza. James Vessey HUDSON was 49 years old, i.e. born 1841 or 1842, born West Walton. His wife Eliza was also 49, born at Crimplesham in Norfolk. Next door were James Vessey HUDSON senior, aged 76, a fruit dealer, born West Walton, and his wife Eliza aged 78, born Stow Bardolph, Norfolk.
(RG12/1306/60/8)
He died in 1895 aged 80.
(GRO March Q 1895 Wisbeach 3b 427)
He was buried at West Walton on 18 February 1895.
NOTES:
(King Barrow HUDSON married James VESSEY at West Walton, Norfolk, in 1794.
King Barrow VESSEY was buried at West Walton on 14 May 1834 aged 75 i.e. born 1758-1759.)
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