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Dr G.M.W.Mann. Baytrees Burnhams Rd, Lt.Bookham Surrey, U.K. KT23 3AU |
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Elizabeth spent her whole life in the parish of Worplesdon. She was baptised in Worplesdon church in 1743 and married Thomas SMITHER there when she was 18, signing the register with a cross. He was an agricultural labourer, some ten years older than Elizabeth and they lived at Perry Hill in the centre of the village. Elizabeth and Thomas had seven children all of whom seem to have survived childhood. but Elizabeth died in 1789 aged only 46..Thomas survived for another 23 years and was still at Perry Hill when he died. They were both buried in Worplesdon churchyard |
C=Christened
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age DATE EH TS |
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20Apr1743 14Nov1761 18 28 3Jan1763 19 30 20May1764 21 31 6Jan1766 22 33 7Feb1768 24 35 27May1770 27 37 16Jul1775 32 42 25Jul1779 36 46 8Feb1786 42 53 5Apr1789 45 56 12Aug1812 79 |
Elizabeth C at Worplesdon
d George and Susannah HALE married Thomas SMITHER
at Worplesdon; George HALE a witness (father or brother?) son Thomas C at
Worplesdon dau Elizabeth C at
Worplesdon dau Mercy C at
Worplesdon dau Ann C at Worplesdon dau Sarah C at
Worplesdon son Henry C at
Worplesdon son James C at
Worplesdon; address: Perry Hill dau Mercy of Perry Hill
baptised her illegitimate son William; buried 7Apr1786 Elizabeth wife of Thomas
SMITHER buried at Worplesdon Thomas buried at
Worplesdon |
b=born m=married d=died
C=Christened B=Buried
age at burial gives a birth date of 1743; there is a suitable baptism at this date in Worplesdon and no alternative; Elizabeth was baptised daughter of George, and since George HALE was a witness at Elizabeth's marriage, no doubt that this is correct baptism despite name spelled HALL
C 20Apr1743 Elizabeth d George HALL at Worplesdon
James-SMITHERS 5 was baptised 25Jul1779 at Worplesdon son of Thomas & Elizabeth SMYTHER of Perry Hill. There is only one suitable Thomas/Elizabeth m at Worplesdon, and although this is some 18 years before the baptism, the intervening years have regular baptisms to these parents (including Henry - also used by James-5 for one of his sons). Little reason therefore to doubt that this is the correct marriage:
m 14Nov1761 Thomas SMITHER otp & Elizabeth x HALE otp by banns; wit: Geo HALE, John INGATTON (church warden)
C 3Jan1763 Thomas s Thomas & Elizabeth SMITHER
C 20May1764 Elizabeth d Thomas & Elizabeth SMITHER
C 6Jan1766 Mercy d Thomas & Elizabeth SMITHER
C 8Feb1786 William baseborn s Mercy SMITHER, Perry Hill
B 7Apr1786 William infant, s Mercy SMITHER, Perry Hill
C 7Feb1768 Ann d Thomas & Elizabeth SMITHER
C 27May1770 Sarah d Thomas & Elizabeth SMITHER
B 9Jul1791 Sarah 21, d Thomas & Elizabeth SMITHER, Perry Hill
C 16Jul1775 Henry s Thomas & Elizabeth SMITHER
C 25Jul1779 James s Thomas & Elizabeth SMYTHER, Perry Hill
there is only one suitable burial of Thomas, and only one suitable burial of Elizabeth at Worplesdon:
B 5Apr1789 Elizabeth SMITHER 46, wife of Thomas SMITHER, of W [b1743]
B 12Aug1812 Thomas SMITHER 78, labourer of PH [b1734]
place names were given by abbreviations, PH stands for Perry Hill; no other example of W was found; it probably stands for Worplesdon; parts of the parish known as Wyke or West End, were spelled in full