St. CHAD’s, WILNE, DERBYSHIRE - REGISTERS 1540-
1723 (from a transcript taken 1913)
John Smethley son of John Smethley bap 15
Aug 1562
Michaell Smethley son of Jo: Smethley bap 28 Sep 1564
Jo:
Smethley son of Jo: Smethley bur 17 Aug 1565
Katherine Smithley inf of John Smithley bap 22 Dec 1 567
John Smethley son of John Smethley bap 12
Dec 1568
James Smethley son of John Smethley bap 26
Feb 1 5 70/1
James son of John Smethley bap 22
Sep 1571
John Smethley son of Jo: Smethley bap 30
Oct 1572
John Smethley son of John Smethley bap 03
Sep 1575
Agnes Smethley da of James Smethley bap 03
Feb 1575/6
James Smethley & Emmott Barnes mar 16
Oct 1575
Emmet Smethley uxor Jacobi Smethley sepultra
fuit 03 Feb i 5
75/6
Michaell Smethley son of Jo Smethley bur 22
Aug 1576
Wm Smethley son of Jo: Smethley bap 27
Jan 1 1577/8
Thomas & John Smethley s’s of Hughe
Smethley bap 13 Feb 1 5 78/9
Thomas
Smethley & Jo Smethley bur 13 & 14 Feb 1578/9
lone Smethley da of Jo. Smethley of Risley bap 19
May 1580
Issable Smethley da of Hugh Smethley of
Draycott bap 30 Jul 1580
Isable Smethley da of Hughe Smethley of Draycott bur 17 Dec 1580
*Robt
Smethley son of John Smethley of Draycott bap 04 Oct 1581
Ellin Smethley da of Hughe Smethley of
Draycott bap 04 Aug 1582
Ellyn Smethley da of Hugh Smethley of
Draycott bur 16 Dec 1582
John Smethley son of Jo Smethley of Draycott bap o6
Mar 1 583/4
John Smethley so of Jo Smethley of Draycott bur 19
Mar i 58 3/4
lone Smethley da of Hugh Smedley of Draycott bap 16
Jul 1584
Robt. Smethley & Isable Whithead mar oi
Oct 1584
Edwd Smedley son to Rovt Smedley of Draycott bap 21 Apr 1589
Thomas Smedley son to John Smedley bap 11
May 1589
John
Smedthley son of John Smethley of Draycott bap o6 Apr 1592
John Smith son of John Smithley son of John
Smecfley of Draycott (sic) bur 27 Mar
1593/4
Reynold Sannderson & Katherine Smethley mar 02
May 1596
Anne
Smethley bap 31 Jul 1597
Thomas Smethley son of Jo: Smethley of Risley bap 12
Oct 1598
Anne
Smethley da of Jo. Smethley of Draycott bur 30
Jun 1 598
Wm
Smethley bur 19 Jan 1598/9
Anne
Smedley mf. of John Smethley of Risley bap 31 Mar 1600
Ar
Smethley da of Francis Smethley bap 23
Mar 1601
Richard Smethley inf of John Smethley of
Risley bap 11
Oct 1 1601
Rich: Smethley inf of Jo: Smethley of Risley bur 28
Oct 1 óoi
Elizabeth Smethley inf of John Smethley of
Draycott bap 01 May 1602
John Smethley son of John Smethley of Risley bap 22
May 1603
Ellen Smedley da of Franccs Smedley of
Draycott bap 02 Feb 1605
Robt Smeadlie & Phillipp Turner of
Draycott mar 02 Sep 16o6
John Smeadlie son of Robte Smeadlie bap 26
Oct 1606
SEARCH
CLOSED AT 1606
Michaell
Turner & Anne Richersone mar 25 Aug 1589
Edward
Turner of Stapleforth (Stapleford, Ntt)
&
Constans Smith of Breaston mar 18 May i 6o6
SEARCH
CLOSED AT 1 6o6
Though we speak of birth and
death dates, the record is more likely to show baptism and burial. We will not
Attempt to distinguish these.
The numbers are for
identification. Since 2048 is one doubled. 11 times, we can know that Robert is
the eleventh generation back from the four Smedley children who grew up in
Ruxton, Maryland to whom this work is dedicated. The wife is given that number
plus one. Note also that John’s number is half that of his father, but
Katherine, who does not carry on the Smedley name, receives no number.
We continue with Robert’s
son:
John Smedley 1024 appears to
have done well. From his will we learn that he was a tailor, had accumulated
over 25 pounds which he left to various relatives, as well as beds, cushions,
plus sheep, poultry and kine and 12 pair of gloves. Herein, however, lies our
second. mystery.
John’s will is dated clearly
1634, before the birth of his grandchildren by his son John 512. The following
pages show the will in its original form and as translated by Howard Usher. The
puzzle is that the heirs include not only his son John, but his granddaughter Priscilla
(born about 1648) and his grandson John (born about 1643). An inheritance to
heirs not yet born?
If John's date of death were
1654, there would be no inconsistency, but Usher Wood and Wood and Cape have
all read it as 1634. Unfortunately, there is no other 3 or 5 to compare with. There has been the suggestion that a generation
has been added or omitted, but there seem to be too many names and.
relationships for this: “my grandchild Prescilla” “my doughter Mary Clark “my
doughter Anne Saxelby,” “my wife Marie Smedley.”
Vie know little about Mary
(Marie?) Hind 1025, but she did in 1640 purchase for Ł11.15 a garden place and meadow from William Roberts of Chellaston.b
This was for her son John 512 and would hardly have been done were her husband
alive. John subsequently granted this same property to his son 256 and wife
Priscilla as a marriage settlement. The mystery remains.
The family of the second
John Smedley 312 (sometimes called
Senior because he had a son John) is puzzling due to one significant omission:
though he and his wife had nine children in roughly ten years, there is no
mention of her name in any of the available documents. She appears to have been
the same age as her husband. Beyond that, nothing is known.
Nathaniel is the first of
five generations of Smedleys born in Melbourne still a pleasant Midlands town
and of Melbourne Hall and its distinguished family of Cokes and their
successors.
Next page - the original will of John Smedley 1024 below
the will translated by Howard Usher, the inventory (translated) follows the
original will.
John Smedley, 1634 (Howard
Usher)
Aprill ye 9 1634
In the name of God Amen I John Smedley of Melborne In the
Countye of Darbey Taylor beinge sick in
body but in p(er)fet memorie thankes be geven to god make this my last Will and
Testamente in Maner and forine follwolngw first I Comend my soule unto god and
my body to the grand (ground] And for
my worldly goods I thus disspose ox them I geeve and bequethe unto my Son John
Smedley one table to gether wth the frame whear upon the said table stand eth
ane f arme lone form] one ,Cubwart
two buffet stooles one Wenscoat bedsteed re maininge nowe in my dwellinge house
at Nelborne I geeve him also the Chamber foore (floor] over the Hall I geeve also unto my grandchilde prescilla
the youngest daughter of my said son John Sinedley the some of five powndes of
like Current English money I geeve and bequeth unto my grand child John the son
of my said son the some of five powndes of the like Current English money I geeve
and bequeath unto my Son John Smedley to Isabel Hardie Widowe the some of
fifteene pownds of the Like Current English money to the sole use and behoofe
of my daughter Mary Clarke to be desposed by her even as shey please so no part
parsel therof be geven unto any but her owne Children or Chide Lawfully
begotten all waise provided that her Husband in regard he hath Received his
porcon (portion] alredy and hath made
her no estate shall have nothinge to doe wth it and I geeve and be quethe unto
my daughter mary Clarke a peese of Cloth of three yardes and an halfe & I
geeve and bequeth unto my daughter Anne Saxelbey the some of two shillinges of
Current English money and to evey one of her Children the some of two
shillinges of ye like Current English money As for the rest of my goods
mooveable and unmoveable I geve and bequeth them unto my wife marie Sinedley
Whom I Constitute my Sole executor As for the Houshold goods I bequeth to my
son John my Will is that they shall not be Removed duringe the naturali Life of
my said Wife and in testimoney that this is my last will and testamennte I have
hear unto put my hande the daye and yeare before written my Will is that the
Legasies before geven shall be paled wthin one yeare after my decease I geeve
and bequeth unto widow Hardie twelve peires of glooves and to my Son John xi j
d. This Will was subscribed and published by the said John Smedley in the
p[re]sence of Richard Jones and Will[ia]m Boden
The Inventorie of all they
goods Chattells of John Smedley of melborne the Countye of Darbey prlsed (appraised] the ferst daye of Maye Ano
dni 1634 by Will(ia)m Carter & Robert Ragg
Inp’mis His purse Wearing
aparell vj
li 0 0
eight pr of Sheetes and
other p(ar)sels of nappery Wre ij
li 0 0
twoo bedes wth furniture
ij
li 0 0
Foore Coffrs 0- 23 - 0
one table and a forme and
towe stooles and 3 Cheares j
li
one Cubwarde 0 xiij s
foure Coffers 0
xij s
five Cushins 0
ij s
one ioome wth other woden
houshold stufe 0 x s 0
pewter and Brassč ij li
Come and malte In the House j ii x s
0
one fire—pan with tonges one
pear of Cobirons and on spite
and twoo landirons 0 x s 0
one peese of Cloth wth Woll
and yorne j li
one f leech of Bacon 0 v s
the Some of his Bills and
Bandes 62 li
my Sonne
John Smedley in debted to me ij li x s
my Sonne in lawe Thomas Clarke of Stanto(n) in debted to me ij li
Richard Cartwreight in
debted to me 0
x S
pented Clothes and othe
Implements of Husbandriware
as forkes spades and donge
forkes 0 ij s
one Swine 0 vj s viij
d
three Kine
twoo twinters and twoo sterkes xij li
eight sheepe xij li
poltry 0
j s vj d
li s d
Som 97 13 2
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At age 20 Nathaniel married Priscilla . In addition to producing four children
before her death in 1705, she was an involved part of her husband’s business as
a mercer as shown by his traders token shown below:
These tokens were issued by local business men in the late
seventeenth century, when there was great shortage of small coin.1
The pages are from the
Reliquary, reguarded frequently by genealogists as their authority. Genealogy
is not on exact science, however we see by the two dates on page 224 for
Natheniel's birth.
Nathaniel was 61 and alone
when Priscilla died, his three living children grown and married. Four months later he married katherine
Blastock Ten years earlier in 1695, Katherine had. been listed on the census
among the population of Melbourne Hall, as a servant to Thomas joke, Esq.,
owner of the Hall and later Vice- Chamberlain to Queen Anne.
In 1706 Nathaniel and
Katherine had their only son, Michael Nathaniel appears to be the first Whose
will was not made on his death bed, but three years earlier, leaving his entire
‘estate to “my Loveing wife Katherine Smedley Katherine subsequent1y married
again and raised another family. Nine years later Michael was married to Mary
Holt
We are indebted to Joan
Baker for the impressive ore— credentiels for Mary Holt which appear on the
next page. Her family has been traced
back to the same generation as Robert Smeadlie, much of it in Stanton (“Stone
Tower”) by Bridge. The town lay among several active quarries and produced many
masons. Simon Holt was said to have
been one of sixty masons who worked on what is now Caulke Abbey. His father
Goodier Holt had come to Stanton by 1660, possibly from Milton.
Simon was five times a
warden at St. Michael and All Angels Church, and his son Theophilus followed in his footsteps, both
as mason and church warden. Mary Holt
was the third child of Theophilus and the widow, Hannah Barrow. When Hannah died, Theophilus married Mary
Meakin and they had ten additional children.
Michael brought is bride to be to Melbourne where
they lived and had six children. The
last of these was John born in the year of his mother’s death 1741.
St Michael and All Angels Church, Stanton by
Bridge
John married Sarah, daughter
of John Bucknall and Mary Collier, both of Melbourne (though there may be a
generation in between, since John’s death is shown as six years be fore his
daughter’s birth).
Times were changing. The Smedleys had been God -
fearing Christians, but membership in the Episcopal church was no longer
automatic. John 64 and Sarah were Baptists Some of the family moved to
Nottingham and some of these joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - Day
Saints and eventually moved to America.
John Wesley was stirring a
religious revival, and later Smedleys took up the Methodist ministry. In the
South Pacific Captain Cook was claiming vast areas for the Crown. Smedleys would be involved there too, but a
core of the family remained in the Southern Derbyshire / Northern
Leicestershire area.
John 64 and some of his
family moved, according to a letter from Mrs. Hilda Robson to Retford, Notts,
where he was the Baptist minister. This would have teen after 1797, since John
and Sarah were shown as members of the Melbourne Baptist Church in 1789 and in
1797. We do not know how or when Sarah
happened to die in Ashby de la Zouch
John Smedley 32 was the
third child of’ John end Sarah At some time during his long life he invested
three shillings in a family Bible, in which he began a family record.
Without explanation the
record did not begin with his first - born John, but with his leap year baby
Jane, born 29 February 1792. There followed Mary William and Sarah, after which
a line was drawn. The Bible makes no mention of the two additional sons. John
lived a long, productive life, working as a master tailor at the time of the
1851 census, and employing one maid. He did not return to the Bible, but passed
it on to William who used it to record his children.
It is curious that the last
two sons were not listed, unless perhaps the entries were made a number of
years after the events. Thomas, listed by Judy Wood only with a birth date, may
have died soon. Samuel, however, went to Australia where he became a painter
and gilder of some prominence well respected in the community, and father of
John Smedley, a distinguished Painter and Architect.
But did his father know
this? What was known by this Baptist minister father, was that his son was a
wanton sheep slayer, given a life sentence and transported to Australia. We are
indebted to Howard Usher for the details of the case from the Derby Mercury of
the day. It is to Samuel’s credit that he possessed a valuable skill, which in
Australia at the time, was sufficient to earn him the absolute pardon he
ultimately received in 1838.
Derby Mercury. April 1st.
1829.
Quarter Sessions, Friday
morning, March 27, 1829. Before Mr. Clarke.
Samuel Smedley, aged 22, and
John Collier, aged 22, were indicted for wilfully and maliciously killing two
ewe sheep, the property of Mr. William Nicklinson, farmer, of Kings Newton. --~
Prosecutor deposed that on Sunday the 2d. December, 1827, he had thirteen
in-lamb ewe sheep depasturing in a field on his farm at King's Newton; next
morning witness went to look at the sheep and found only eleven of them; on
looking about his field he found one of the two missing in one corner with its
head cut quite off, and shortly afterwards discovered the other with its head
partly cut off, its belly ript open, and the entrails protruding. --- Wm.
Dickin, prosecutor's servant, confirmed his master's statement. --- Warrel
deposed that on the Sunday evening when the offence was conunitted, and prior
thereto, the two prisoners and himself had been drinking together at the New
Inn, in Melborne; that they left there about eleven o'clock, and after they had
committed some acts of outrage in the neighbourhood of Melborne, Smedley said
they must do something to be talked about before they went home; that they
proceeded to prosecutor's field, drove the sheep into a corner and caught one
of them; then Smedley stripped up his coat sleeve and shirt to the elbow, took
out his knife, and while Collier held the sheep he cut off its head. Witness
took the head from Smedley and placed it on the body of the sheep. They then
caught another, and slaughtered it. Smedley cut its head part off and then ript
its belly open and let the inside out, after this they separated and went home.
The Jury found the prisoners
guilty and they were ordered to be transported for life. Two other indictments
were found against the prisoners for similar acts of barbarous wantonness
committed by them the same evening in the neighbourhood of King's Newton, Mr.
Scott and Mr. Briggs both had sheep slaughtered.
Derby Mercury. April 8th.
1829.
DERBY, WEDNESDAY, April 8,
1829.
The
following Convicts were sent off from our County Gaol yesterday, to be.
delivered on board the Dolphin Hulk at Chatham, until their respective
sentences of transportation can be further carried into execution, viz. Samuel
Smedley, John Collier, John Shufflebotham and John Hawley, for the term of
their natural lives; and James Wildgoose for fourteen years.
The Bible then drops down a
generation to the children of William 16 and Mary Cheatle, but we are
privileged now to have substantial history for Cheatle, for which we are
indebted to Margaret MaCulloch and to Tony Cheatle of Cambridge, England.
Thomas Cheatle earned a
small line in history by appearing in the Court Leet records of 11 October 1709
when found guilty with others (including Wido. Tune, Perhaps another Smedley
relative) for tethering a cow on the common ground) He was fined five
shillings. Of tragic note is the death of his wife and son George, age 27, at
the same time and place, about six miles from Ashby towards Leicester, where
relatives lived. The cause of death was not shown.
Quite firm rules governed
the naming of children, so when Thomas and Elizabeth's first—born, Thomas, died
after ten months, the next son was also named Thomas:
The line of first born
continues for one generation:
Mary Cheatle’s birthdate is
confirmed by Bishop's transcript Explaining her late age at marriage, Tony
Cheatle in a letter to Margaret McCulloch states (17 Nov 1990):
“is the eldest child she had
some responsibility towards her parents. She could not dash off, as did Matilda
and marry the first man to come along. she, in fact, waited until she was 35
before marrying William Smedley in 1819, by which time her father was 66 years
old and her mother 72. She and William continued to Care for her parents ....‘
The first four children are shown as born at Aston
(upon Trent). Later the family moved to Ashby Because of infant mortality, the
precise number of births is uncertain, but Joseph appears to be the 11th of 13
born, He became the next custodian of the Bible however, as proclaimed by his
bold signature in 1866.
William was resourceful in
caring for his large family At various times he is shown as a shoemaker small
ware dealer and grocer general dealer His early children were Christened at
the 600 year old St. Helen's Church in Ashby but upon his death He was the
“Prime Methodist Minister” at Ashby
The family did not hold
together. William and Samuel Young went individually to Australia and the
family lost touch with them from many years Margaret McCulloch a descendent of
Samuel Young Smedley has been diligent in re-establishing communication,
however.
Joseph married Annie
Buckerfield from established Ashby family though no Buckerfield s currently
remain in the area. In 1869 following
in his father's foot steps as a grocer and Methodist minister emigrated to
United States. He and Annie raised nine
children in Philadelphia.
The other three died in
infancy. This family stayed close most of them remaining in or near
Philadelphia where the Smedley name is not uncommon Annie’s family:
Two of Josephs children did not remain in
Philadelphia a Helene married a businessman and maintained house in California
and Letchworth, Hertfordshire. John Edgar grew up in Philadelphia and was an
outstanding athlete and champion bicyclist; he followed Helene to Letchworth
and helped their young business.
Letchworth was a young town,
England’s first garden city, and the Spirella Company became its principal
employer. Ed remained with the company, married twice and had two children
before his early death in 1928.
His second wife, Susie
Beaton, was the daughter of a marine stationed at Easteney barracks near
Portsmouth Hants Sue went to Letchworth for employment at Spirella were she met
Ed.
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Elizabeth Tribe had been in
domestic service before her marriage and again after Edwards death. In her later years she lived with her
younger daughter and husband, Annie and John Hooper, in Portsmouth. She was in
poor health for many years before her death.
Ed Sue were much loved in
the community and their deaths were a blow to many people as well as to their
two children Helene and John. As Annie and John Hooper were not able to take
the children, arrangements were made for them to live with
Ed's sister Helene and her
husband in California
Jake, Georgie,
Beth, Joe, Webb, Bill. May 1955
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As the Western world
prepared for Christmas the two children journeyed to a new world of their own
in Beverly Hills California where they were adopted by their Aunt Helene and
Uncle Bob.
Helene remained in. J
Califiornia where she married a family John attended college in the entered the
army and married Georgie Rogers a Baltimore girl. They returned to after World
War II where he completed his social work education and they produced four
Children.
Before we turn to Georgies impressive pedigree, there
are a number of Cousins to consider. Though these pages are specifically
limited to the direct line of descent, these are people who have taken an
active role in tracing this line and/or who have demonstrated an interest and
desire to be included in its scope.
During a visit to Derbyshire
in 1997, we met Joan Baker, a committee member of the Ticknall Preservation and
Historical Society, who has specialized in researching the Holt family. After providing us with a wealth of
information, she mentioned that she was descended from Michael Smedley and Mary
Holt through their daughter Mary and Stephen Adcoke, which made us cousins.
Soon after this, we met Sue
Webster, a mature student and member of the Derbyshire Family Historical
Society, who provided another mine of reference material on Smedleys in
Melbourne. She also was a distant cousin, descended from the same Stephen
Adcoke.
For our next cousins, we
return to John Smedley 64:
While John 32 remained in
Melbourne Samuel and his off spring moved to Hyson Green and other communities
in the
Stapleford-Nottingham area.
Rhonda Smedley Mawer was born in Basford, Notte and lives now in Breaston, just
a few miles back into Derbyshire.
The other branch did not
remain. Gilbert Cope, in the Genealogy of the Smedley Family (page 915), states that Samuel Smedley and
Eliza Sturton were married in the Baptist chapel in Old Lenton Notts on 20
October 1862. They may be the first of the Smedleys to join the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter—day Saints. They left, according to Cope, from Great Alfred
Street, Nottingham on 20 April 1864 for the long trek ending in Salt Lake City-
on 22 September 1864. Their
first—born, Henry, was eight months old when they left, and. their second son,
James Samuel, was born a month after the completion of the 1040 mile journey by
ox—drawn wagon. Most of the family has remained in the Salt Lake City area;
Judy Hansen Wood now lives in California with her husband end daughters.
We go back to WIilliam
Smedley 16 for our next two cousins:
We mentioned earlier how
William family scattered, but "shattered" may be a better word.
Joseph took his family to America, Sarah married Philip Thompson and their descendant, Hilda Thompson Robson now lives in North Wales
But William and Samuel Young took the biggest leap.
Australia was an ancient
land, but to the British it was a new discovery. The gold strike in Victoria in
1851 attracted fortune hunters, but the continent was also de scribed as a
clumping ground for criminals and undesirables. The first British settlement
was in 1788, where Sydney now stands.
Samuel Young appears to have
had a conventional youth, and at age 19 he married a Leicester girl, Catherine
Ball. Nothing more is known of this marriage. By 1861, William and Samuel Young
had both disappeared from the Ashby census and they may have gone together to
Australia. Samuel Young had married a second time, to Annette Egen at Indigo
Ovens, Victoria, and they had seven children before her death in Wellington NSW
in 1873.
A year later Samuel Young
married a widow, Emma Gough Barker and they had four children before her death
in 1880. His fourth marriage was in Wellington on 13 May 1881 to Sarah Ann
Devenish and produced nine children, though the parentage of the last five was
clouded by a relationship Sarah Ann had with Frederick Finley. Joshua Henry
Smedley was the third of Samuel and Sarah’s children. We are grateful to
Margaret Ann Kelly McCulloch for re-establishing contact and providing this
colourful history. She and her husband and daughters now live in Speers Point,
NSW. (Now moved to Townsville, QLD).
One other possible cousin
exists in the Derbyshire area and the author was anxious to meet another John
Smedley on his visit John Henry Smedley, Jr. was a small, friendly plumbing and
heating engineer who emerged from the dark recesses of Melbourne Hall to greet
us. Lifetime resident of Ticknall, he was born 3 December 1941, son of John
Henry Sr. who died in 1982 and was the son of Thomas Smedley. But this John no
longer had the family Bible through which we might have established a
connection.
Finally we must mention the
eight other children of Joseph Smedley 8 and their progeny whom the author
bagered with letters and questionnaires in their younger years. The
great—grandchildren of Will Smedley 1859 - 1930 include Joseph Smedley Staples,
living with his family in Rosemont, PA, and William Smedley Staples in
Flemington, NJ with his family. Will’s grandson, Tom Hyndman, is an attorney
living in Philadelphia, whose five children are now grown.
Among the grandchildren of
Harry 1863—1934 was Prances Anderson Tuthill 1922—1992, whose four children,
Joan, Allen, Ralph and Rob were living in the New York area.
Joe 1871—1917 did not marry
but was a much—loved teacher and later principal of what was later named the
Joseph Smedley Junior High School at 17th and Upland in Chester, Pennsylvania.
Helene, the daughter of Ed
1877—1928, continues to live in San Diego, CA, her five children, Sue, David,
Judy, Tom and John, scattered from Washington State to Washington DC, from
Texas to Massachusetts
And finally, Susan and. Mark
Ottinger, the grandchildren of Walter 1879—1966 live in the Philadelphia area
with their families.
Geneology is an infection
that floors some while others remain immune. Our hope is that those Smedleys
who have got this far have gained a greater appreciation of who they are
and who they belong to. We shall turn
next to the Rogers half of the family.
ăJohn C Smedley
14 Oakdale Drive
Hastings – on - Hudson, NY
10706 – 1208
USA
914- 478- 478—3463
September 30, 1997
References
a. AA Big Road. Atlas, Britain. The Automobile Association,
1966.
b. Baker,
Joan. Committee member of Ticknall Preservation and Historical Society and
descendant of Mary Holt and Michael Smedley. Personal interview.
c. Brown, Sue. Melbourne historian and teacher. Personal
interview.
d. Cope
Gilbert. Genealogy of the Smedley Family Lancaster, PA, Wickersham, 1901.
e. Green,
J. H. A Short History of the English People. New York, McMillan, 1902.
f. Jackson, David. Ashby de la Zouch historian. Telephone
interview.
g. Mawer,
Rhonda. Breaston genealogist and descendant of Samuel Srnedley and Ami Jackson.
Personal interview.
h. Robson,
Hilda. Descendant of Sarah Smedley and Philip Thomoson. Correspondence
i. Smedley,
John H. Plumbing and Heating Engineer, Ticknall. Personal interview.
j. Scott,
W. The Story of Ashby—de—la—Zouche. As’iby—de— la- Zouche, George Brown 1907.
k. Stock,
Sandra. Member of St. Michael’s Ciurch, Breaston and. local historian. Personal
interview.
l. Usher,
Howard. Local historian and author and. Archivist of Melbourne Hall. Personal
interviews.
m. Webster
Sue. Member of Derby Family History Society and descendant of Mary Smedley and
Stephen Adcoke. Personal interview.
n. Judy
H. Wood. Smedley genealogist and descendant of John Smedley and. Sarah
Bucknall. Personal Correspondence.
NB. The Index below needs to be thoroughly checked – page
numbers refer to Jakes Original copy of his book and NOT this edition. Work
still to be done.
INDEX
ADCOKE Stephen 16, 30
Ashby—de—la—Zouche 15—17, 21 - 25
Aston—upon—Trent 23
Australia 18, 23, 32
BAKER, Joan 13, 30
BARROW, Hannah See Hannah Roberts
BEATON, Edward
10 26
Susie 5,
25 - 26, 28—29
Bible, family 17, 19, 22—23
BLASTOCK, Katherine 257b 5, 11, BROOKSBY, Priscilla 257A
5—6, :
BUCKERFIELD, Annie
9, 22 -25 31
James 36
24
Susanna 19
24
William TB
24
BUCKNALL, John
130 16
Sarah 65
16, 18, 30
CHEATLE, Elizabeth
273 21
Mary 17
20, 22 31
Richard
544 21
Thomas 277
21
Thomas 36,
21 21
Thomas 68
21
Thomas 22
Tony 20 22
Chelaston 3, 5
CLARK, Thomas
5
CLARKE, Mary
519 14
Thomas 2076 14
Thomas
1038 14
COLLIER, Mary 131 16
COPE, Gilbert 6 31
Derbyshire 16—17, 30
DEVENISH,. Sarah 31-32
Draycott 2—3
HIND, Mary 1025 5—6
HOLT, Goodier
1032 14—15
Mary 129
11, 13—16, 30
Simon 516
14—15
Theophilus
258 14—15
HOOPER, John & Annie 26
HYNDMAN, Tom 33
Letchworth 25, 27—29
Map, Southern Derbyshire 17
Wilne area 2
MAWER, Rhond.a 30—31
McCULLOCH, Margaret 20, 22—23, 31—32
Melbourne 5—6, 11, 16, 18, 22, 32
MOORE, J.H. 27—28 See also S. Helene Smedley
Nottingham 31
OTTINGER, Susan & Mark 33
PAGE, Sarah 35 22
Philadelphia 23 - 25 29
Portsmouth 26, 29
Retford, Notts 16—17
ROBERTS, Edward 2072 14
Hannah 259 14
John 1036 14
Thomas 518 14
ROBSON, Hilda Thompson 17, 31—32
ROGERS, Georgianna 3 28—29
St. Chad’s, Wilne 1—4
SMEADLIE, Robert 2048 1, 3—4
SMEDLEY, J. Edgar 4 25—27, 29, 33
Elizabeth 1 29
Harry (Henry Allen) 25, 33
Helene E. 26, 28—29, 33
S. Helene 24—26
John 1024 3, 5—10
John 512 5—6
John 64 15—18, 30
John 32 17—18, 22, 30
John 2 26, 28—29
John H. 32
Joseph 8 22—25, 31—32
Joseph 25, 33
Joseph D. .1 29
Mary and Stephen Adcoke 16, 30
Mary and Thomas Clark 5
Michael 128 11—16, 30
Nathaniel 256 5—6, 11, 13
Priscilla 257a 5—6, 11—12
Rhonda See Rhonda Mawer
Samuel 18, 20
Samuel and Ann Jackson 18, 30
Samuel and Eliza Sturton 31
Samuel Young 8b 22—23, 31—32
Sarah and Philip Thompson 22, 31
Susie Beaton 5 25—26, 28—29
Walter 25, 33
Webb L. 1 29
William T6 18, 20, 22—23, 31
William 1827) 22, 32
William (b 1859) 25
William A. 1 29
SMEDLY, Robert 2048 1
SPOONER, Sarah 69 21
Spirella Company 25, 27—28
Stanton by Bridge 15—17
STAPLES, Joseph &
William 33
STOCK, Sandra 3
THOMPSON, Philip 22, 31
Ticknall 5, 17, 32
TOONE, Mary 33 18
Traders’ tokens 12
TRIBE, Elizabeth 11 26
TURNER, Phillippa 2049 1, 3
- 4
TUTHILL, Frances 33
USHER, Howard 3, 6, 13, 18
WEBSTER, Sue 30
WOOD, Judy 1, 18, 30—31
