Biography:
1. William Ellison was appointed as a general Labourer at Faversham on the 11th January 1830, and transferred to Waltham Abbey on the 5th October 1832 (WO54/587 dated the 1st April 1833). At that date he was earning £39.0.0d annually, and his period of service was given as 3 years and his age as 25. He was a single man.
2. WO54/587 dated the 1st October 1833 confirmed that his details were the same as in the previous Return, except that William had then served just over 3 years and he was 26 years old.
3. WO54/593 dated 1st April 1834 recorded that although William was still employed as a General Labourer, his basic pay had been cut to £28.5.6d per annum. He was allowed to watch in turn, which increased his annual pay to £33.9.6d. He was still 26 and single, but by then had served just over 4 years.
4. WO54/593 dated the 1st October 1834 confirmed the information given in the previous note,except that he was now 27 and had served nearly 5 years.
5. Return of Employees on the 1st October 1839 (WO54/623), confirmed he was appointed as a Labourer at Faversham on the 11th January 1830. In 1839 his pay was £39 per annum, which included an allowance to watch in turn. He was a married man with no children, and his length of service was given as nearly 10 years.
6. A Return of Properties owned by the Board dated the 28th May 1840 (WO$$?!££) recorded that William Ellison, Stoveman, had been living in a cottage identified as Plot No. 61 on the Town Map in Appendix 1, and noted that he had "given it up".
7. The 1841 Census recorded that William was born in Scotland, and that his rounded-down age was 30; his wife Betsy, aged 30, together with their children William (aged 2) and Barbara (aged 6 months) lived on the south side of High Bridge Street, and all were born in Essex.
