Toft Tofts Genealogy

24 August 2006

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Dr G.M.W.Mann.      Baytrees

Burnhams Rd,    Lt.Bookham

Surrey, U.K.           KT23 3AU

geoff.mann@btinternet.com

 

 

 

 

 

8 Thomas TOFTS c1720-1783

 

 

m Mary SMITH 1746

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas TOFTS married Mary SMITH in the Essex village of Langley in 1746, but this is the first TOFTS entry in the parish register, and the Thomas’ parish of origin is not known.

 

Thomas and Mary baptised five children at Langley and possibly one or two others elsewhere. Thomas was buried at Langley in 1783 and Mary was also buried there five years later.

 

 

 

 

EVENTS

 

 

           age

   DATE   TT MS

 

EVENT

??   1720     

23Dec1746 26  

29Mar1747 27  

10Dec1749 29  

13Oct1751 31  

??   1755 35  

29Jun1760 40  

c    1763 43  

28Jan1765 45  

 4Mar1783 63  

20Mar1788     

Thomas born; baptism not found at Langley

Thomas TOFTS & Mary SMITH married at Langley

dau Mary baptised at Langley

dau Elizabeth baptised at Langley

dau Jane baptised at Langley

?son Thomas born?

dau Susanna baptised at Langley

son James born

son James baptised at Langley aged 2

Thomas TOFTS buried at Langley

Mary, parish poor, buried at Langley

 

 

 

 

PRINCIPAL RECORDS

 

 

b=born  m=married  d=died

C=Christened      B=Buried

 

BIRTH

 

Thomas TOFTS-8 was married at Langley ESS in 1746 and was probably buried there in 1783.  A birth date of around 1720 is therefore expected, but no suitable baptism has been found.  The Langley registers commence in 1678 and do not appear to be deficient, but the first TOFTS entry found in the register and in the index was Thomas' marriage in 1746.  Unless the TOFTS were previously non-conformists, this represents the arrival time of the family in the parish.

 

MARRIAGE

 

It is presently assumed that Thomas TOFTS-7 was the son of Thomas & Mary TOFTS who baptised their children in Langley from 1747.  These baptisms are preceded by the following marriage:

 

m 23Dec1746 Thomas TOFTS & Mary SMITH at Langley

 

Mary SMITH was baptised 24Mar1723 at Langley, dau of James & Mary SMITH.  This gives a suitable age of 23 for Mary at marriage, and note she had a child baptised James

 

DESCENDANTS

From the Langley parish register:

 

C 29Mar1747 Mary      d Thomas & Mary TOFTS; ? m 6Feb1772 George PHILLIPS wdr & Mary TOOFS (sic)

C 10Dec1749 Elizabeth d Thomas & Mary TOFT

C 13Oct1751 Jane      d Thomas & Mary TOFTS

 

C 29Jun1760 Susanna   d Thomas & Mary TOFTS

C 28Jan1765 James  2y s Thomas & Mary TOFTS

 

it is assumed that they also had a son Thomas born about 1753 but not baptised at Langley.

 

Three illegitimate children were baptised at Langley by Elizabeth who was probably the daughter of John & Mary:

 

C 21Apr1775 Joseph TOFTS s Elizabeth & John BROOKS

C 15Sep1776 John TOFTS   s Elizabeth TOFTS; B 15Sep1776 John TOFTS

b  4Dec1781 Sarah TOFTS  d Elizabeth TOFTS

 

DEATH

 

There are suitable burial records for both Thomas and Mary at Langley, though neither give ages:

 

B  4Mar1783 Thomas TOFTS

B 20Mar1788 Mary TORFTS [sic] parish poor

 

 

 

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