CFHS code : AL517
Parish : St Andrew the Less
Inscription : In Affectionate Remembrance of SARAH POTTS d June 23 1887 aged 85 also of RICHARD TWINN d June 3rd 1888 aged 68 also of MARY TWINN his wife and daughter of the above SARAH POTTS d Jan 28th 1893 aged 69
Monument : Headstone/Kerb stones (largely missing)
Above information from Cambridge Family History Society Survey
Monument
This monument is located about 7 rows from the west wall, midway between the Norfolk St gate and the north path. The headstone has now fallen and the inscription is no longer visible.
Inscription
In Affectionate Remembrance of SARAH POTTS
Who entered into peaceful rest June 23 1887 aged 85 years
Also of RICHARD TWINN
Who departed this life June 3rd 1888 aged 68 years
Also of MARY TWINN his wife and daughter of the above SARAH POTTS
Who passed away Jan 28th 1893 aged 69 years
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Sarah Potts (née Smith) (1802 – 23 June 1887)
Sarah was born in Twickenham, London and married John Levy Potts (1796-1844) in Clerkenwell in 1823. They lived at Union Place, Clerkenwell and John was a clerk. They had at least five children: Mary (1823-1893), Sarah Sophia (1825-1867), Annie (1829-), James (1840-) and John. Sarah was widowed in May 1844 and worked as a box maker. In 1871 she was living with her son James and his family at 9 Upper Tollington Road, Holloway. James was a barometer maker, but later became a master optician. She then moved to Cambridge and lived at 26 Union Terrace with her daughter Mary and son in law Richard Twinn. On the census of 1881 she was marked as being paralysed and died at 8 Pulling Terrace aged 85 years old.
Richard Twinn (19 June 1819 – 3 June 1888)
Richard was the son of Richard (1783-1870) and Elizabeth (née Charter) (1786-1877), brother of John and was baptised in Duxford on 5 December 1819. His father was an agricultural labourer and in 1841 Richard was working as the same. The family lived in Great Shelford from at least 1824 onwards. In 1851 Richard was living with his brother John and sister Sarah at Union Road, Cambridge. John ran a stationary shop on Petty Cury, and Richard was a maltster, whilst Sarah acted as their housekeeper. He married Mary Potts on 16 August 1854 at St. Peter’s Church, Holborn. On the marriage certificate he gave his profession as a stationer. The couple lived in Great Shelford and he worked as a ‘maltster’s man’ before later moving to 62 Newmarket Road (1871) and 26 Union Terrace (1881). Richard and Mary had at least two sons: James (1860-1877) and Arthur (1865-1940). He died at home aged 68 years old.
Mary Twinn (née Potts) (1823 – 28 January 1893)
Mary was born in Clerkenwell, the eldest child of John and Sarah Potts. In 1891 she was living at Union Terrace with her son Arthur and two nephews and died at home aged 69 years.
Sources:
Ancestry
Newspaper archives
Parish burial records transcribed by CFHS
by Claire Martinsen
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