FROST, John

  General Notes:

Swing Riots of 1830 - 1831

It was in the autumn of 1830 that the agricultural labourers, mainly those in the southern half of England, rose up against their masters in an effort to better the lives of themselves and their families. By the beginning of 1831, instead of the improved working and living conditions they had hoped for, many families found themselves worse off with the breadwinner confined to prison or worse still on board the hulks awaiting transportation to either New South Wales or Van Diemen’s Land, as Tasmania was then called, and many of those left behind described as 'on the parish.'

FROST John
Riot to raise wages at Henham Epiphany QS 1831 3m

(There is as far as I have been able to trace only 1 John Frost of Henham during the dates given, so I am taking it that my Gt Gt Grandfather was a bit of a rebble, thats where I get it from.)

  Noted events in his life were:

• 1881 census: Notes: Henham Essex. On 1881 census for Henham Essex John was still living and was widowed, living on his own in the Village of Henham. He was 75 and listed as pauper

John married Jane PALMER, daughter of Daniel PALMER and Elizabeth BUSH, on 10 Mar 1827 in Henham Essex. (Jane PALMER was born in 1807.)