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G10. Edward COLCHESTER was christened on 28 Feb 1760 in Barking, Suffolk.8 He died on 22 May 1835 in Creeting St Peter.2
He joined his father Samuel's business as a baker and miller. The insurance of his business premises and utensils in 1794 is held at the Guildhall Library and covers:2
A house & office adjoining, lath & plaster & tiled in Needham
Market in the occupation of himself, Robert Bowell, farrier &
Samuel Cooper, butcher £100
A building thatched & used as a slaughter house £35
A building tiled & used as a stable £15
On utensils & trade in a windmill in Creeting St Mary £150
On furniture in his dwelling house, lath, plaster & tiled, situated
opposite Needham Market Chapel £150
On utensils and traded in the same £50
On utensils and traded in the yard near £30
On utensils & trade in a barn thatched £20
Total £550
The dwelling house opposite Needham Market Chapel Chapel was 111 High Street Needham Market. Much of the above was part of the Alexander's estate in 1861, the stable and Slaughterhouse were in Woodwards Lane between the present 103 & 105 High St, Needham Market.2
Between 1806 and his death, he rented with Joseph Carter 115 High Street, paying land tax of 3 shillings a quarter.15
He seems to have worked as a baker all his life as he took over the delivery of wood and hurdle of brushwood from the Ashburnham Estate in 1796 and was buying faggots of short wood for the whole period from 1798 to 1830, presumably to fire the ovens of his bakery.2
He was recorded as a baker in Needham Market in Pigot & Co's Directories of 18232,26 and 18302. A child named Elizabeth Bugg was apprenticed to Edward Colchester, which was recorded in Creeting St Mary records.2
The Ashburnham Estate accounts recorded him paying two fines amounting to £11 11s at the death of his father, presumably for either the assignment of a contract or the transfer of land.
On his father Samuel's death he inherited a house in Needham on the Ipswich to Stowmarket road, formerly in the occupation of Ann Page and Henry Jessup, and previously occupied by Thomas Theobald. He also was also admitted to part of a house called Gloziers (16 High St) with stable and yard adjoining in the occupation of .... Worledge, widow Corks, and John Armstrong. In 1804 he leased the Town Grove in Barking at £1 a year for 11 years.2
The Ipswich Journal of 26 May 1798 listed him as a subscribers paying 5s for the defence of the country. He subscribed to the Needham Market Benevolent Society - in 1801 2s.6d; 1803 5s; and 1809 5s. And on 27 January 1821 he signed the loyal address to the King. He witnessed the will of Robert Sutton in 1804.2
The Suffolk Chronicle of 23 May 1835 recorded his death: "Died Monday last, advanced in years and much respected, after a few days extreme suffering occasioned by an accidental fracture of the thigh, Mr Edward Colchester, baker of Needham Market.2
He was married to Susan(na) WORLEDGE in 1793. She was baptised in 1755 and died on 3 Oct 1797 in Creeting St Peter.6
Children of Edward COLCHESTER and Susan(na) WORLEDGE were:
+G30 i. Thomas COLCHESTER the miller.
+G32 ii. Mary Ann COLCHESTER.