THE SMITHS (2)

notes by P John Partington

 JOHN SMITH  (1723 - 1809)

Our earliest known ancestor in this branch of the family is John, born in 1723.   He married Mary Cook (the daughter of William and Ann) in 1752 and had a son, Robert, in about 1754.  He died in 1809.

THE CHILDREN OF JOHN  (1723 - 1809)

John’s son Robert was born in about 1754.  He married Benedicta Ward in 1773 and had and had at least two children: Robert, born in 1776, and Thomas (details below).  Robert died in 1827 and Benedicta in 1839.

THE CHILDREN OF ROBERT  (1754 - 1827)

Robert’s son Robert was born in 1776.  He married Ann Smith (no known relation, born in 1778, the daughter of Henry and Mary née Murkin) at St George’s, Hanover Square on 18 October 1801.   Family memory has it that they then lived in a “large house in the New Road, Pentonville”.  They had a son, William Robert, born in 1808 (details below).  Robert died in 1830 and Ann in 1839.

Robert’s other son Thomas married Keziah Murkin, his sister-in-law Ann’s cousin, at Battersea Church.  Thomas was apparently a successful solicitor, but nothing further is yet known of him.

THE CHILDREN OF ROBERT  (1776 - 1830)

Robert’s son William Robert was born in 1808.  He married Jane Poole (born in 1810, the daughter of John (b.1777) and Sarah née Coates) in 1829 and had a son, George Alfred, in 1832 (details below).  Jane died in 1875 and William Robert in 1889.

THE CHILDREN OF WILLIAM ROBERT  (1808 - 1889)

William Robert’s son George Alfred was born in 1832.  On 29 July 1857 he married Mary Louisa Wilkins in Islington Chapel.   The couple had nine children:  William George born in 1858, Mary Emma in 1860, Annie Gertrude in 1862, Edward Wilkins in 1866, Arthur Campbell and Jessie Louisa in 1868, Alfred Meyer in 1871, Agnes Jane in 1873 and Isabel Susanna in 1874 (details below).  In 1881 the family were living at 6 Castor Villa, Manor Road, Stoke Newington;  George was working as a bank clerk.

THE CHILDREN OF GEORGE ALFRED  (1832 - aft. 1903)

George Alfred’s first child, William George, was born in Islington on 6 July 1858.  In 1881 he was living with his family at 6 Castor Villa, Manor Road, Stoke Newington, and working as an insurance clerk.

George Alfred’s second child, Mary Emma, was born in Islington on 8 June 1860.  In 1881 she was living with her family at 6 Castor Villa, Manor Road, Stoke Newington, and working as a music teacher.  In 1889 she married James Cochrane Spence, by whom she had four children:  Gavin born in 1890, Mary Jeanette in 1892, Isabel Ruth in 1893 and Millicent Bertha in 1902.

George Alfred’s third child, Annie Gertrude, was born in Islington on 17 February 1862.  In 1881 she was living with her family at 6 Castor Villa, Manor Road, Stoke Newington, and working as a governess.

George Alfred’s fourth child, Edward Wilkins, was born in Islington on 11 March 1866.  In 1881 he was living with his family at 6 Castor Villa, Manor Road, Stoke Newington, a ‘scholar’.

George Alfred’s fifth child, Arthur Campbell, was born on 21 March 1868 and died on 30 October the following year.

George Alfred’s sixth child, Jessie Louisa, twin sister of Arthur Campbell, was born in Islington on 21 March 1868. In 1881 she was living with her family at 6 Castor Villa, Manor Road, Stoke Newington, a ‘scholar’.

George Alfred’s seventh child, Alfred Meyer, was born in Stoke Newington on 13 April 1871.  In 1881 he was living with his family at 6 Castor Villa, Manor Road, a ‘scholar’.  He married, and had a son Clifford.

George Alfred’s eighth child, Agnes Jane, was born in Stoke Newington on 23 February 1873.  In 1881 she was living with her family at 6 Castor Villa, Manor Road, a ‘scholar’.

George Alfred’s ninth child, Isabel Susanna, was born in Stoke Newington on 1 April 1874.  In 1881 she was living with her family at 6 Castor Villa, Manor Road, a ‘scholar’.  In 1898 she married Arthur George Smith, by whom she had a daughter, Agnes Elaine, in 1902.

 
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