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Sarah was born in 1780 in the small village of Froyle, Hampshire, which is about 16 miles west of Guildford on the main road to Winchester. It seems likely that she moved to Guildford either in service or with her family, since when she was 23 she married at Stoke next Guildford. Her husband was the recently widowed James SMITHER from the neighbouring parish of Worplesdon James became a famer in Worplesdon and they baptised five children there. At the age of 60 Sarah was living at Perry Hill in the centre of the village with James and her unmarried son Henry. The other children had married and moved away. Henry married soon after and moved to London, and in 1844 her husband James died of heart disease. Sarah spent the rest of her life with one or other of her children. For a while, she moved to Windsor; her youngest son James kept a public house at Bray in 1845 and in 1851 she was living at Windsor with Frederick her eldest son. Sarah’s daughter Ann married James MAY, parish clerk at Worplesdon; and for at least the last ten years of her life, Sarah lived with Ann back at Perry Hill in the centre of Worplesdon. She died in 1871 of old age, aged 90, and was buried in Worplesdon. She made a will leaving everything (less than £100) to he daughter Ann |
C=Christened
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6Aug1780 10Sep1803 23 24 27Jul1805 24 25 1Mar1807 26 27 22Oct1809 28 30 11Jul1813 32 33 17Nov1816 35 37 7Oct1837 56 58 1Mar1841 60 61 6Jun1841 60 61 20Nov1844 63 65 15Oct1845 64 66 22Oct1845 64 66 30Mar1851 70 7Apr1861 80 22Feb1870 89 2Apr1871 90 10Jun1871 90 16Jun1871 90 |
Sarah baptised at Froyle
Hampshire, daughter of John & Elizabeth EVANS m James SMITHER at Stoke
next Guildford son Frederick C at
Worplesdon; address: Perry Hill dau Martha C at
Worplesdon; address: Perry Hill dau Hannah (Ann) C at
Worplesdon; address: Perry Hill son Henry C at
Worplesdon; James a labourer son James Smither C at
Worplesdon husband James described
as a farmer of Worplesdon in affidavit by Martha Mercer dau Ann m James MAY at
Shere at Perry Hill with
husband James,a farmer,and son Henry son Henry, a farmer, m
at Worplesdon; James described as a farmer James, a farmer, died at
Worplesdon of heart disease James, of Goose Rye,
buried at Worplesdon Sarah at Windsor with
son Frederick Sarah living with
daughter Ann MAY, wife of parish clerk, at Perry Hill Sarah made last will
leaving everything to daughter Ann Sarah living with dau Ann
and son Frederick at Perry Hill Sarah died at Perry
Hill; death registered by Frederick Sarah of Perry Hill,
buried at Worplesdon |
b=born m=married d=died
C=Christened B=Buried
Three census records show that Sarah EVANS was born in Froyle Hampshire about 1781. There is one and only one suitable baptism in the Froyle register:
C 6Aug1780 Sarah d John & Elizabeth EVANS
the affidavit to correct the 1816 baptismal record in the Worplesdon register of James SMITHER 4 shows that his parents were James SMITHERS and Sarah EVANS. There is a suitable marriage in the neighbouring parish of Stoke next Guildford:
m 10Sep1803 Stoke next Guildford: James x SMITHER of Worplesdon parish and Sarah EVANS spr otp by banns
witness: Rebekah x SOUTH, Thomas x S--hor [Smither?]
However there is an earlier Worplesdon entry for m of James SMITHER to Jane STRUDWICK followed by burial of Jane:
m 31Mar1801 Worplesdon:James x SMITHER otp & Jane x STRUDWICK otp by banns; wit: Thomas STRUDWICK, JI
B 14Aug1801 Worplesdon: Jane, 21, wife of James SMITHER, Perry Hill
There is no corroborating evidence that this is the same James, but there is no other suitable James in the Worplesdon register, and James was of Perry Hill when he baptised his children
C 27Jul1805 Frederick s James & Elizabeth SMITHERS, Perry Hill
C 1Mar1807 Martha d James & Sarah SMITHER, Perry Hill
C 11Sep1808 Louisa d James & Mary{?} SMITHER, Perry Hill
C 22Oct1809 Hannah d James & Sarah SMITHER, Perry Hill
C 11Jul1813 Henry s James & Sarah SMITHER, labourer;
C 17Nov1816 James Smither s James & Sarah SMITHER b10Oct1816
b c1806 Frederick; proves that the register entry of Elizabeth as mother was an error for Sarah
b c1810 Ann - probably a contraction of Hannah; m James MAY at Shere 1Mar1841
the entry for Louisa’s mother is probably another error, Mary for Sarah. No other records found of James and Mary.
a Louisa
SMITHERS m John SKILTON 5Oct1829 at Haslemere
m 20Nov1844 at Worplesdon parish church by banns
Henry SMITHERS bch full farmer, Attfields Farm, Worplesdon & Elizabeth GODDARD spr full, Worplesdon
fathers:James SMITHER, farmer; James GODDARD, labourer; w:
James x GODDARD, Mary GODDARD
d 15Oct1845 James SMITHER male 66 farmer; died at Worplesdon from heart disease
r 20Oct1845 at Woking, Guildford SRY by Henry SMITHER son, of Worplesdon pad
d 10Jun1871 Sarah SMITHER female 90 widow of James SMITHER, farmer; died at Perry Hill, Worplesdon from old age
r 15Jun1871 at Woking, Guildford SRY by Frederick SMITHER, of Perry Hill, Worplesdon pad
B 22Oct1845 James SMITHER, 66, Goose Rye [b 1779]
B 16Jun1871 Sarah SMITHER, 91, Perry Hill [b 1780]
Sarah SMITHER widow late of Perry Hill, Worplesdon signed 22Feb1870 d 10Jun1871 at Perry Hill proved 7Jul1871 by James MAY:
all (<£100) to daughter Ann MAY wife of James MAY of Worplesdon, parish clerk
James SMITHERS 61 1780 farmer y
Sarah
SMITHERS 60 1781 y
Henry SMITHERS 25 1816 y
Isaac GUNNER 20 1821 male servant y
Charles COOK 15 1826 male servant y
Charlotte CHANDLER 15 1826 female servant y
Frederick SMITHERS he mar 45 1806 gardener (proprietor of houses) Worplesdon SRY
Jane SMITHERS wi mar 53 1798 Bishopswa--nth, Durham
Sarah SMITHERS mo wid 70
1781 retired farmers [blank] Lower Froyle, Hampshire
James MAY he mar 54 1807 parish clerk Worplesdon
Ann MAY wi mar 52 1809
Sarah
SMITHER bo wid 80 1781
farmer's widow bo=boarder Froyle, Hants
James MAY he mar 64 1807 parish clerk Worplesdon
Ann MAY wi mar 61 1810 wife of parish clerk Worplesdon
Sarah
SMITHERS mo wid 90 1781
retired farmer's wife
Froyle, Hants
Frederick SMITHERS br wdr 65 1806 retired tax collector Worplesdon
will of Frederick SMITHERS son of James & Sarah
Frederick
SMITHER of 4 Stoughton Terrace, Stoke-nr-Guildford of no occupation. James William LOVELAND of 23 Stoughton
Terrace, executor and undertaker; to be buried in Worplesdon churchyard near my
sister; all to John and Emily SHIRLY of 3 Stoughton Terrace. wit: Stewart
RAMSAY 5 Stoughton Terrace, carman; Sarah RAMSAY; s 14Sep1891 p 1Feb1892