THE SMITHS (3)

notes by P John Partington

Several different families amongst our forebears carried the name ‘Smith’.   These notes are about the Smiths of Mudge Down – Robert Montague Bennett’s two grandmothers (sisters Ann & Martha née Smith), their relations and ancestors.

 THOMAS SMITH  (c. 1673 - 1741)

Our earliest proven forebear in the Smith family is Thomas, born in about 1673 in Tytherington, Gloucestershire.  (Thomas’ parentage is unproven, but he is very likely to have been the son of the John & Mary Smith who married in Tytherington in 1665– see Appendix below).  On 24 April 1704, at Wickwar, he married Hannah Taylor – the register describes him as a “Husbandman of Tytherington”.  The couple had seven children:  Hannah born in 1704, Mary  in 1706, Sarah in 1707, Martha in 1708, another Mary in 1713, John in 1715 and William in 1723 (see below).  Thomas died, still in Tytherington, in 1741;  Hannah’s date of death is unknown.

THE CHILDREN OF THOMAS  (c. 1673 - 1741)

Thomas’ first child, Hannah, was born in Tytherington on 10 February 1703/4, and baptized there six days later.  On 3 May 1742, still in Tytherington, she married William Pullen:  the couple had two children – Betty, born in 1745, and James, born in 1746.  William died on 14 March 1758;  Hannah seems already to have been dead by then.

Thomas’ second child, Mary, was baptized in Tytherington on 7 May 1706;  she died just two weeks later.

Thomas’ third child, Sarah, was baptized in Tytherington on 21 May 1707;  his fourth, Martha, was born in Tytherington on 13 December 1708 and baptized there five days later;  and his fifth, another Mary, was born there on 15 August 1713 and baptized there ten days later.  Nothing further is known of them.

Thomas’ sixth child, John, was baptized in Tytherington on 18 October 1718.  He married Elizabeth Dimmery on 10 April 1737, and had ten children:  Hannah and Betty born in 1739, Mary and Sarah in 1742, Martha and John in 1746, another Mary in 1752, Ann in 1754, Thomas in 1757 and Martha in 1758 (details below).  In addition the couple became guardians of John’s sister Hannah’s children Betty & James.  John is mentioned in his brother-in-law William Pullen’s will, and was also involved in a marriage settlement with John Hawkins on the marriage of James Pullen & Elizabeth Hawkins.  John died on 21 November 1780, “at Bishop’s Farm, Tytherington”, and Elizabeth died exactly two months later.

Thomas’ seventh child, William, was baptized in Tytherington on 4 January 1723.  On 12 February 1745, still at Tytherington, he married Edith Pullen, with whom he had three children – Hannah, Mary & Martha.

THE CHILDREN OF JOHN  (1715 - 1780)

John’s first two children were twins.  Hannah was baptized in Tytherington on 3 March 1739, together with her twin sister Betty.  On 15 January 1761 she married John Pullen, by whom she had ten children:  John, baptized in 1761;  Elizabeth, in 1763;  William, date unknown;  Thomas, in 1765;  James, in 1767;  Joseph, in 1770; another James in 1774;  Mary, date unknown;  Sarah in 1778;  and Lawford in 1780 (who married his cousin Martha Smith.  Hannah died in Cromhall in 1802.

Hannah’s twin sister, Betty, was baptized in Tytherington on 3 March 1739.  Nothing further is known of her.

John’s third child, Mary, was baptized in Tytherington on 6 August 1742;  she died on 11 October 1749.

John’s fourth child, Sarah, was baptized in Tytherington on 10 January 1743.  She married Timothy Roach on 14 February 1768, still in Tytherington:  the couple had at least two children – a daughter, Mary, baptized at Tytherington on 17 February the following year, and a son Timothy, baptized there on 15 July 1787.   Sarah died on 31 December 1819.

John’s fifth child, Martha, was baptized in Tytherington on 26 March 1746, and died there on 29 April 1754.

John’s sixth child, John, was baptized in Tytherington on 10 May 1748.  On 22 August 1772, a ‘yeoman’, he married Martha Hobbs at Tytherington.  They had six children:  Edward Hobbs baptized in 1773, John in 1775, Mary in 1777, Sarah in 1780, Martha in 1782 and Thomas in 1784 (details below).  John died on 21 October 1788 and Martha on 31 May 1825.

John’s seventh child, another Mary, was baptized in Tytherington on 21 February 1752.  Nothing further is known of her.

John’s eighth child, Ann, was baptized in Tytherington on 28 April 1754.  On 13 April 1775, still at Tytherington, she married James Bedgegood, by whom she had nine children:  Sarah born in 1776, Elizabeth in 1777, John in 1779, James in 1781, Josiah in 1783, Thomas in 1785, Mary in 1788, Robert in 1790 and Hannah in 1792.  Ann died on 24 September 1794;  James died on 20 April 1815.

John’s ninth child, Thomas,  was baptized in Tytherington on 25 February 1757.  On 30 December, still in Tytherington, he married Sarah Parker, with whom he had three children – John, Sarah, and another John (details below)..  Thomas died in 1807;  Sarah’s date of death is not known.

John’s tenth child, Martha, was born in Tytherington in 1758.  She had an illegitimate daughter, Mary Ann, in 1775 – who married Robert Drew on 22 December 1794 at Tytherington, and had children Robert, Isaac Parker, Thomas and Richard Hobbs (and a grandchild Emily who married Richard Hobbs Smith).  Martha died in 1800.

THE CHILDREN OF JOHN  (1746 - 1788)

John’s first child, Edward Hobbs, was baptized at Tytherington on 22 March 1773.  On 21 December 1797, still at Tytherington, he married Hannah Pullen.  They had at least five children, all baptized in Tytherington:  John on 3 April 1798, Hannah on 16 March 1800, Elizabeth on 17 April 1803, James on 13 October 1805 and Martha on 16 July 1815.  Hannah died on 27 September 1821;  Edward was already dead by then.

John’s second child, another John, was born in Rangeworthy in 1775.  On 22 September 1800, “a yeoman of Mudge Down”,  he  married Hannah Tyler at Tytherington.  They had ten children:  John born in 1802, James in 1804/5, Thomas in 1805, George in 1808/9, Martha in 1811/2, Edward in 1814, Moses in 1817, Mary in 1819, Hannah in 1821 and Ann in 1824 (details below).  John died on 28 August 1828 at Patch Elm Farm, and was buried at Tytherington;  his will was proved on 30 September 1833.  In 1841 the census recorded Hannah at Doles Farm in Rangeworthy with children Moses and Ann;  ten years later she was still in Tytherington, a “widow, landed proprietor”.  In 1861 she was alone at Tytherington-on-the-Hill, “living on her own funds”, while in 1871 she was at Grange House with her granddaughter Annie A Bennett.  She died on 12 June 1876, aged ninety-six, and was buried with her husband;  her will was proved on 6 April the following year.

John’s third child, Mary, was baptized at Tytherington on 8 June 1777.  She married her cousin James Pullen  there on 11 April 1803.

John’s fourth child, Sarah, was baptized in Tytherington on 17 September 1780.  On 7 January 1802, still in Tytherington, she married William Pullen.  The couple had six children:  Henry Lawford, William, Elizabeth, Hester, Thomas and Eliza Sarah.  William, a “maltster”, died on 15 March 1811, and at some point after that, Sarah married a Mr Waine.  She died on 11 November 1843, and was buried in Tytherington.

John’s fifth child, Martha, was baptized in Tytherington on 10 November 1782.  She married her cousin Lawford Pullen on 16 May 1805 at Cromhall.  They had nine children:  Hannah, John, Martha, Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth, Thomas, James and William.  In 1841 the family were at Bibstone House, Cromhall;  ten years later they were still in Cromhall.  Martha died in 1851, and Lawford on 23 January 1853.

John’s sixth child, Thomas, was baptized at Tytherington on 27 December 1784.  He died in 1792.

THE CHILDREN OF JOHN  (1775 - 1828)

John’s first child, John was born at Glen House, Iron Acton in 1802 and baptized at Rangeworthy on 23 May.  He married twice:  first, on 12 March 1831 at Rangeworthy, Ann Shipp, with whom he had at least two children:  John in 1831/2 and Ann in 1834/5.  Ann died in 1837, and on 15 May 1839 at Yate John married her cousin Susan(nah) Shipp, with whom he had a further three children:  Thomas born in about 1840, Daniel in about 1841 and Moses in 1842/3.  (Details of all the children are below.)  The 1841 census records the family at Pool Farm, Iron Acton;  ten years later they are at Wotton Wood in Iron Acton with children John, Ann, Daniel and Moses:  John senior is described as a “farmer of 160 acres”.  Twenty years later he and Susannah were living in Wotton Road, Iron Acton east, with John now described as a “farmer of 150 acres”.  John died in 1880 at Wotton Road, Iron Acton;  Susannah died the following year.

John’s second child, James, was baptized at Rangeworthy on 12 January 1805, and died in the June of that same year.

John’s fourth child, George, was born in Rangeworthy, probably in 1808.   He married Sarah Alway, with whom he had at least five children:  John born in about 1835, George in about 1845, James in about 1848, Thomas in about 1851 and Henry in about 1854 (details below).  In 1841 the census had recorded George, a “farmer”, and Sarah in Rangeworthy;   forty years later they were living at Coombs End in Old Sodbury:  George was now a “retired farmer”.  He was still there when he died.

John’s fifth child, Martha, was born in Rangeworthy in 1811, and baptized there on 29 December that year.  She was married twice:  first to Philip White, by whom she had three children – Hannah born in Iron Acton in 1835, Jane born there in 1839 and Martha born there in 1843.  (It was this Hannah who married John Smith below.)    Philip presumably died in the following few years, for on 3 December 1853 Martha married Robert Shipp, by whom she had a daughter Alma, born in Iron Acton in 1855.  In 1861 she and Robert were living in Nibley Lane, Iron Acton with Janice, Martha and Alma.  Ten years later Robert, Martha and young Martha were living in Acton Street;  Robert was a “farmer of 230 acres”.  Ten years after that, in 1881, Martha and Robert were living with Alma, still in Nibley Lane, Iron Acton:  Robert was a “farmer of 85 acres, employing three men”.   Robert died in 1886, and Martha in 1892, being buried at Iron Acton on 8 March.

John’s sixth child, Edward, was born at Rangeworthy in 1814.  He married a Miss Alway “of Stanshawe’s Court, Yate”, with whom he apparently had four children.

John’s seventh child, Moses, was born in Rangeworthy in 1817.  In 1841 he was recorded as a (twenty-year old) farmer, living in Rangeworthy with his mother and sister Ann.  Four years later, on 9 August 1845, he married Miranda Gibbs (born 1820/1 in Iron Acton, the daughter of George and Ann Corbett née Shipp).  The couple had ten children, all born in Yate:  John in 1848/9, Emma also in 1848/9, Moses in 1850/1, Frederick G in 1853/4, Miranda Jane in 1855, Sidney in 1857/8, Annie in 1860/1, Elizabeth in 1862/3, Fanny, and Rubina in 1866/7 (details below).  In 1871 Moses and Miranda were with their children at Yate Court Farm: Moses was a “farmer and auctioneer occupying 272 acres of land and employing seven men and three boys”.  Ten years later Moses and Miranda were recorded with Frederick, Sidney, Annie and Elizabeth at Mudge Down Farm, Iron Acton, the four children still unmarried:  Moses was a “farmer of 180 acres employing six men, one boy and a servant”.  Miranda and Moses both died in 1896, the former being buried at Iron Acton on 28 May and the latter on 14 August.

John’s eighth child, Mary (known as ‘Minnie’) and his ninth, Hannah, were born at Rangeworthy in 1819 and 1821 respectively.  They both died there in 1826.

John’s tenth child, Ann, was born on Christmas Day 1824.  In 1841 she was recorded in Rangeworthy, “independent” and living with her mother and brother Moses.  Five years later she married Charles Bennett, by whom she had seven children:   Emily, born in 1847, Lucy Ann in 1850, Annie Ashfield in 1852, twins Charles and John Leonard in 1854, Ellen in 1856 and Mary in 1862.  Ann and Charles lived on the Bennett family farm at Falfield Green before moving, sometime between 1885-9, to Falfield Villa, possibly in Mill Lane.  By 1897 they were living at Norton House, Stone, where Charles died on 25 February 1899;  Ann died on 31 August the same year, being buried at Mount Pleasant Chapel on 4 September.

THE CHILDREN OF JOHN  (1802 - 1880)

John’s first child from his marriage to Ann was John, born in Iron Acton in 1831/2.  In 1851 the census records him at home with Ann, Daniel, Moses and his father & stepmother.  In 1858 he married Hannah White (above), with whom he had at least two children, both born in Rangeworthy:  John in 1860/1 and Edgar W in 1864/5.  In 1881 John and Hannah were living at ‘The Rangeworthy Pools’ with sons John and Edgar;   John was a “farmer of 300 acres, employing 85 (?) men and two boys”. Hannah died in 1888 and John in 1904, at Rangeworthy.

John’s second child from his marriage to Ann was Ann, born in Iron Acton in 1834/5.  She married Joseph Shipp, by whom she had two children, Daniel and Sarah, born in Yate in 1860/1 and 1863/4 respectively.  Joseph died in 1866, and five years later the census recorded Ann in Iron Acton with Daniel;  ten years later she was farming 113 acres at Rectory Farm, Yate, with both Daniel and Sarah, and “employing two men and a boy”.

John’s first child from his marriage to Susan(nah) was Thomas, baptized on 26 April 1840.  Nothing further is known of him.

John’s second child from his marriage to Susan(nah) was Daniel, born in Iron Acton on 23 March 1840.  He married his cousin Sarah Ann Smith (daughter of Thomas and Sarah née Shipp), with whom he had eleven children:  Janet born in 1868/9, Mary Ethel in 1869/70, William Shipp in 1871/2, John Arthur in 1872/3, Martin Henry in 1874/5, Sarah Alice in 1876/7, Daniel in 1878/9, Edward A in 1880, Thomas in about 1882, George in about 1884, and Edith in about 1886 (details below).   In 1881 the family were living in Tortworth:  Daniel was working as a farmer.  Twenty years later he and Sarah were still in Tortworth.

John’s third child from his marriage to Susan(nah) was Moses, born in Iron Acton in 1842/3.  He married Julia A Nicholls, with whom he had seven children:  his eldest, Henry J, born in Iron Acton in 1868/9, his next four born in Wickwar:  Emily in 1870/1, Joseph S in 1872/3, Julia S in 1873/4, Rosa in 1874/5;  and his youngest two born at Cherry Orchard Farm in Newland:  Frederick W in 1879/80 and Charles F in 1881.  In 1881 the family were at Cherry Orchard Farm, Newland;  Moses was a “farmer of 289 acres employing a bailiff, five labourers and two boys”.

THE CHILDREN OF DANIEL  (c. 1839 - aft. 1903)  AND SARAH ANN  (c. 1846 - aft. 1900)

Daniel and Sarah Ann’s first child, Janet, was born in Tortworth, Glos, in 1868/9.  In 1881 she was still in Tortworth, living with her family. Seven years later she married Ernest Jenner, and in 1901 was living at Newent, Glos with her husband and children Arthur and Nathaniel.

Daniel and Sarah Ann’s second child, Mary Ethel, was born in Tortworth in 1869/70.  In 1881 she was still in Tortworth, living with her family.   She apparently married a J Eley, by whom she had two children, Wilfrid and Maud.

Daniel and Sarah Ann’s third child, William Shipp, was born in Tortworth in 1871/2.  In 1881 he was recorded by the census, living there with his family.  Educated “by the Tortworth parson”, he subsequently trained on HMS Conway in Liverpool.  Rising to the rank of captain, he had to retire from the navy before the first world war, because of deteriorating eyesight, and then worked as harbourmaster at King George Dock, Hull.   He married Jessie Jeffery, daughter of another sea captain.  The couple had three children, Kenneth Arthur Jeffrey (known as ‘Jeff’, spelt to match his mother’s maiden name), William James, born in 1911, and Marjorie.

Daniel and Sarah Ann’s fourth child, John Arthur, was born in Tortworth in 1872/3.  In 1881 he was recorded by the census, living there with his family.  He worked in the Merchant Navy and died in 1918.

Daniel and Sarah Ann’s fifth child, Martin Henry, was born in Tortworth in 1874/5.  In 1881 he was recorded by the census, living there with his family.  He died at sea.

Daniel and Sarah Ann’s sixth child, Sarah Alice, was born in Tortworth in 1876/7.  In 1881 and 1901 she was recorded by the census, living there with her family.  She apparently married Ernest Jenner, widowed husband of her elder sister Janet, and had three children:  Martin, Norman and Kathleen.

Daniel and Sarah Ann’s seventh child, Daniel, was born in Tortworth in 1878/9.  In 1881 he was recorded by the census, living there with his family.  In 1908 he married Lilian Maud Hillier, with whom he had three children:  Mervyn Daniel born in 1911, Evelyn Lilian in 1917 and Dulcie Audrey in 1923.  Originally a farmer at Kendleshire, Westerley, Daniel later moved to Court Farm, Stoke Gifford.

Daniel and Sarah Ann’s eighth child, Edward Algernon, was born in Tortworth in 1880.  The following year he was recorded by the census, living there with his family.  He married ‘Kate’, with whom he had a daughter: Olive.

Daniel and Sarah Ann’s ninth child, Thomas, was born in about 1882, and their tenth, George, in about 1884.

Daniel and Sarah Ann’s eleventh child, Edith, was born in about 1886.   She married a T. Clark and had two children, Pat & Pam.

THE CHILDREN OF THOMAS  (1805 - 1871)

Thomas’ first child, John, was born in Iron Acton in 1837/8.  In 1851 the census records him living with his parents and siblings.   In 1865 he married Sarah Ann Bennett, with whom he had eight children:  Thomas Bennett born in about 1866, Edith A in about 1868, Leonard John in about 1870, Gilbert in about 1873, James E in about 1876, Hannah S in about 1878, John E, and Richard Harold (details below).  In 1881 John, Sarah and the six youngest children were at Scarr Farm in Newent, Glos.  John died in 1894.

Thomas’ second child, Thomas, was born in 1841/2.  In 1851 the census records him living with his parents and siblings.  He married Mary Bennett, and had a son, Frederick, born at Brinsham Farm, Yate, in 1870.  In 1881 the three of them were at Brinsham Farm:  Thomas was a “farmer of 227 acres, employing four men and two boys”.

Thomas’ third child, Sarah Ann, was born in Iron Acton in 1846/7.  In 1851 the census records her living with her parents and siblings.   She married her cousin Daniel Smith (son of John and Susanna née Shipp), by whom she had eight children:  Janet born in 1868/9, Mary Ethel in 1869/70, William Shipp in 1871/2, John Arthur in 1872/3, Martin Henry in 1874/5, Sarah Alice in 1876/7, Daniel in 1878/9 and Edward A in 1880 (details above).  In 1881 the family were living in Tortworth:  Daniel was working as a farmer.  Twenty years later she and Daniel were still in Tortworth.

Thomas’ fourth child, Mary Shipp, was born in Iron Acton in 1848/9.  In 1861 she was a scholar/boarder at St James & St Paul, Ashley Place, Bristol, while ten years later she was recorded back with her parents at Thornbury Road.  She married Leonard Bennett, by whom she had four children, the eldest three at least born in Cromhall:  Francis Leonard in 1876, Alice M in 1877/8 and John (‘Jack’) in 1879/80.  In 1881 they were living at Cromhall Court, where Leonard was farming.  A fourth child, another Leonard, was apparently born a little after this.

THE CHILDREN OF JOHN  (c. 1837 - 1894)

John’s first child, Thomas Bennett, was born at Rangeworthy in 1866.  In 1881 he was at Scarr Farm in Newent with his family.  He married twice.  His first wife was Marion Louisa Nash, with whom he had three children:  John Nash, Maud Marion and Betty Florence.  Marion died in 1908, whereupon Thomas married Mary Shipp, with whom he had three more children:  Dorothy Jessie, Joan Mary and Margaret.

John’s second child, Edith A, was born at Rangeworthy in 1868/9.  In 1881 she was at Scarr Farm in Newent with her family.

John’s third child, Leonard John, was born at Rangeworthy in 1870.  In 1881 he was at Scarr Farm in Newent with his family.  He married twice.

John’s fourth child, Gilbert, was born at Rangeworthy in 1872/3.  In 1881 he was at Scarr Farm in Newent with the rest of the family.  He married Daisy Simmonds.

John’s fifth child, James E, was born at Rangeworthy in 1875/6.  In 1881 he was at Scarr Farm in Newent with the rest of the family.  He married Florence Elvira Bennett and had a daughter, Ethel Amy, born in 1906.

John’s sixth child, Hannah S, was born at Rangeworthy in 1877/8.  In 1881 she was at Scarr Farm in Newent with the rest of the family.  She married Herbert Lancaster and had three children:  Maurice, Joyce and Hope.

John’s seventh child was named John E; and his eighth Richard Harold.   Nothing further is known of them.

THE CHILDREN OF GEORGE  (1808 - aft. 1880)

George’s first child, John, was born in Tytherington in about 1835.  He married Mary (surname unknown), with whom he had eight children:  Albert W born in about 1860, Florence Mary in about 1862, Alice Gertrude in about 1864, John Clement in about 1865, Richard Hobbs in about 1866, Clara Annie in about 1868, Kate Adelaide in about 1870 and Evelyn in about 1876 (details below).  In 1881 the family were at Yate Court Farm:   John was a “farmer of 265 acres employing five men”.

George’s second child, George, was born in Old Sodbury in about 1845.   He married Mary A (surname unknown), and had at least two children:  George T born in Old Sodbury in 1878/9 and Howard L born there in 1879/80.  In 1881 the family were living in Church Lane, Old Sodbury:  George was a “farmer of 104 acres, employing three labourers and a boy”.

George’s third child, James, was born in Old Sodbury in about 1848.   Nothing further is known of him at present.

George’s fourth child, Thomas, was born in Old Sodbury in about 1851.   He married Sarah (surname unknown), with whom he had at least two children – both apparently named Thomas H, and born in Bristol in 1877/8 and 1878/9 respectively.  In 1881 the family were living at 14 Albert Terrace, Mina Road in Bristol:  Thomas was working as a “grocer and beer seller (retailer)” and Sarah as a “shopkeeper (grocer)”.

George’s fifth child, Henry, was born in Old Sodbury in about 1854.   In 1881 the census records him as boarding in Horse Street, Chipping Sodbury with seventy-year old dressmaker Eliza Neale and her thirty-two-year old schoolmistress daughter Martha:  he was working as a traveller in the wine & spirit trade.

THE CHILDREN OF JOHN  (c. 1835 - aft. 1874)

John’s first child, Albert W, was born in Old Sodbury in 1860/1, and his second, Florence Mary, was born there in 1862/3.  In 1881 they were living with the rest of their family at Yate Court Farm.

John’s third child, Alice Gertrude, was born in Kingstone, Herefordshire, in 1864/5.  In 1881 she was living with the rest of her family at Yate Court Farm.

John’s fourth child, John Clement, was born in Radley, Herefordshire, in 1865/6, and his fifth, Richard Hobbs, was born there in 1866/7.  In 1881 they were living with the rest of their family at Yate Court Farm.

John’s sixth child, Clara Annie, was born in Kingstone, Herefordshire, in 1868/9, and his seventh, Kate Adelaide, was born there in 1870/1.  In 1881 they were living with the rest of their family at Yate Court Farm.

John’s eighth child, Evelyn, was born in Abbeydore, Herefordshire, in 1875/6.  In 1881 she was living with the rest of her family at Yate Court Farm.

THE CHILDREN OF MOSES  (1817 - 1896)

Moses’s first child, John, was born in Yate in 1848/9.   In 1871 he was living with his family at Yate Court Farm.  He married Julia (surname unknown, born 1853/4 in Iron Acton), and they had at least one child, another John, born in Pucklechurch in 1876/7.  The 1881 census records the family at Park Farm, Pucklechurch:  John was a “farmer of 100 acres employing two men”.   Later he apparently emigrated to Australia.

Moses’ second child, Emma, was born in Yate in 1848/9.   In 1871 she was living with her family at Yate Court Farm.  She subsequently married a Captain Langford and had a son, William Frederick.  In 1881 she and Fred (as the boy was apparently known) were living in the High Street, Iron Acton.

Moses’ third child, another Moses, was born in Yate in 1850/1.  In 1871 he was living with his family at Yate Court Farm.   He married Eliza Matthews (born 1854 in Frampton Cottrell) and they had two sons, both born in Winterbourne:  William Matthews in 1877/8 and Graham in 1879/80 (details below).  In 1881 the family were living at Sturdon Court in Winterbourne:  Moses was an “auctioneer and farmer of 157 acres employing five men and two boys”.  He died in 1917.

Moses’ fourth child, Frederick G, was born in Yate in 1853/4.  In 1871 he was living with his family at Yate Court Farm.  Ten years later he was recorded, unmarried, with his parents and three youngest siblings at Mudge Down Farm, Iron Acton.

Moses’ fifth child, Miranda Jane, was born in Yate in 1855.  In 1871 she was living with her family at Yate Court Farm.   She married Joseph Bennett, by whom she had six children, all born in Wickwar:  Alice Mary in 1877, Hannah in 1879, Robert in 1881, Joseph Henry in 1884, Minnie S in 1885 and Clara in 1887 (details on page 14).  The 1881 census records the young family at Poplar Farm in Wickwar:  Joseph is the “farmer of 110 acres, employing one man”.  Miranda died in 1895;  Joseph’s date of death is not yet known.

Moses’ sixth child, Sidney, was born in Yate in 1857/8.   In 1871 she was living with her family at Yate Court Farm, while ten years later he was recorded, unmarried, with his family at Mudge Down Farm, Iron Acton.  Later he apparently married a Miss Pike.

Moses’ seventh child, Annie, was born in Yate in 1860/1.   In 1871 she was living with her family at Yate Court Farm, and ten years later she was recorded, unmarried, with her family at Mudge Down Farm, Iron Acton.

Moses’ eighth child, Elizabeth (‘Bessie’), was born in Yate in 1862/3.  In 1871 she was living with her family at Yate Court Farm, while ten years later she was recorded with her family at Mudge Down Farm, Iron Acton.   She apparently married Mark Meredith.

Moses’ ninth child was Fanny, born in Yate in 1863/4.   In 1871 she was living with her family at Yate Court Farm, but nothing further is known of her at present.

Moses’s tenth child, Robina, was born in Yate in 1866/7.  In 1871 she was living with her family at Yate Court Farm, while ten years later the census records her visiting her brother John at Park Farm, Pucklechurch.

THE CHILDREN OF MOSES  (c. 1850 - aft. 1880)

Moses’ first child, William Matthews (‘Willie’), was born in Winterbourne in 1877/8.  In 1881 the census records him there at Sturdon Court.  He married his cousin Alice Bennett at Iron Acton, and they had two daughters, Evelyn Bennett, born in 1905, and Mary.

Moses’ second child, Graham, was born in Winterbourne in 1879/80.  In 1881 the census recorded him there at Sturdon Court.  Nothing further is known of him at present.

THE CHILDREN OF THOMAS  (1757 - 1807)

Thomas’ first child, John, was baptized in Tytherington on 15 May 1780.  He died there on 17 April the following year.

Thomas second child, Sarah, was baptized at Tytherington on 14 September 1788.  Nothing further is known of her.

Thomas’ third child, another John, was baptized in Tytherington on 17 April 1791.  He married Anne Hobbs “of Charfield”, with whom he had five children:  John born in 1830, Ann in 1834, Edwin in 1837, Thomas in 1840 and Richard Hobbs in 1843 (details below).  Anne died on 9 May 1858, and John died at Tytherington on 24 October 1873.

THE CHILDREN OF JOHN  (1791 - 1873)

John’s first child, another John, was born in 1830.   Apparently “of Tower Hill Farm, Tytherington”, and in 1878 of Yate Court, he married Mary Hobbs “of Doddington”.

John’s second child, Ann, was born in about 1834;  she married William Hopkins Hobbs and died on 28 March 1859, being buried at Tytherington.

.John’s third child, Edwin, was born in about 1837.   He married Susannah Daniel, and died on 6 October 1872, being buried at Tytherington.

John’s fourth child, Thomas, was born in 1840.  He married Sarah Ann (surname unknown) and died in 1884.

John’s fifth child, Richard Hobbs, was born in 1843.  He married a distant cousin, Emily Drew.

Thomas Smith, with whom these notes began, was almost certainly the son of John, who married Mary (surname unknown) in Tytherington on 23 April 1665 and had children Martha (baptized in Tytherington on 22 May 1667) and William (on 4 May 1669);  John died in 1675.

That John was the son of another John (died 1687) and Ann (died 1681).  The older John’s father was another John (c.1568 - c.1634), son of Edward (died c.1588).  Edward’s parents were yet another John (died c.1545) and Mary.

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