Thomas was the child of a couple called George and Margaret I..., baptised in St Nicholas' chapel, Kings Lynn. The date was January 19 1772 so he may have been born that year or earlier. He married Ann Harborow on 19 Mar 1801 at St Nicholas in Kings Lynn. One researcher has reported that he is John Thomas but his baptism record is definitely just 'Thomas son of ...'. Various records confirm that Thomas was a butcher.
Some conjecture also surrounds his children. This is explored in more detail on the main 1801 marriage page.
We know Ann's year of birth quite accurately because she is in the 1851 census living with her daughter Margaret in London. There is no baptism record to be found for Ann however.
The theory assumes that Ann is Margaret's mother and not the mother of her [by then deceased] husband John Harborow who has re-married an Inkson. What is confusing is that Margaret has married a Harborow. One researcher states that Margaret was John Harborow's second wife and that 'he married his cousin Margaret I...'. The same researcher reports that John's mother was Elizabeth so corroborating the theory above. That also means that John's father, Thomas Harborow, was a brother to Ann. They are reported to both be children of William III Harborow.
The Harborow name continues down through the generations as a given name, presumably from here. However, there are other Inkson / Harborow marriages to come so at the time of writing it is still quite confusing.
We know of William from the 1851 census where his age is given as 47 and hence his dob can be estimated. It certainly ties up with the 1801 marriage of his presumed parents, Thomas and Ann [Harborow].
He was a butcher and seems to have lived in Kings Lynn throughout his life.
This the sister that was used to link William to John through the census records. She is staying with her brother William in 1851 and with her brother John in 1861. She then disappears from the census, only to re-appear again in 1881.
John was a seaman but by 1861 he has come ashore and is described in the census as a cowkeeper. Did he provide animals to butcher's shop of his brother?
He and his wife seemed to have died not long after the 1861 census because by the time of the 1871 census his family is scattered to various relatives in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and London.
Alfred, the eldest son of William and Sarah, did indeed produce a family but it seems to have withered on the vine. In 1861 he is married to Maria and they are living away from Sarah, his mother, although he is probably working in the family butcher's shop. His 1 year old son is staying with Sarah though - at least on the night of the census.
In 1871 he has disappeared from the census records and his family is staying with Maria's father although she is reported as 'married' not 'widowed'. By 1881 they have all gone from the census and the register includes various Inkson deaths in the early 1870's that seem to be those of this family - but not that of Alfred.
Henry was a bookbinder who appears consistently in the census records from 1851 to 1891. For most of that time he lived [and perhaps worked?] at 23 King Street in Kings Lynn. He eventually died in 1899 at the age of 92.
Although he had two chldren - Margaret and George H - neither married so there are no descendents.