Also known as the Cock
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1828/James Clark/Licensee/../../Alehouse
Recognizances*
1839/James Nathaniel Dale/../../../Pigot's
David Beckwith was born 17th June 1791, in Messing Essex - the landlord of the Cock &
Magpie, Stanford le Hope and also of the
Swan, on Horndon on the Hill
at the same time, until his death in 1866 at the age of 75.
His estate went to his second wife Mary who continued to live in the house
attached, and behind, the Cock & Magpie for approx. forty years. His
brother Thomas Beckwith was at the
Western Arms, Silver End, Rivenhall.
***
I am a distant relative of Rueben Cottee through my 4 x Great Grandmother Elizabeth Cottee, she is the wife of my 5 x Great Grandfather, who is David Beckwith, born 1791, who was the Innkeeper to the Swan at Horndon on the Hill, Essex and Cock & Magpie at Stanford-le-Hope. David and Elizabeth's son - my 3 x Great Grandfather was the Innkeeper following Rueben Cottee at the Swan in Maldon. *+
1841/David Beckwith/Publican/50/Essex/Census
1841/Elizabeth Beckwith/../45/Essex/Census
1841/Charles Beckwith/../7/Essex/Census
1841/Anne Walker/Female Servant/15/Essex/Census
1841/Robert Ramsey/Agr Labourer/30/Essex/Census
1841/Charles Tokely/Agr Labourer/30/Essex/Census
1841/George Clark/Agr Labourer/20/Essex/Census
1841/Maynard/Tailor/50/Essex/Census
1845/David Beckwith/../../../Post Office
1848/David Beckwith/Victualler/../../White's
1851/David Beckwith/../../../Post Office
1851/David Beckwith/widower, licensed victualler/60/Messing, Essex/Census **
1851/Mary A Beckwith/daughter/19/Margaretting, Essex/Census
1851/Charles Beckwith/son/16/Margaretting, Essex/Census
1851/Mary A Heard/servant/16/Mucking, Essex/Census
1851/William Newman/lodger, ag lab/32/Purleigh, Essex/Census
1855/D Beckwith/../../../Post Office
By 1861, Mary & Charles are running the
Ordnance Arms
in Gravesend; and also David Beckwith is now a victualler at the
Swan, Horndon on the Hill, with a
new, younger wife
* Provided by Mike Smith
*+ Provided by Jan Beckwith
** Provided by John Mead
*** Provided by Alan Blackwood
Provided by Kevan