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Column 1: 55-JAN - 56-RJS

ID: 55-JAN (IoM-1)

Town/s of Interest:

Isle of Man - Douglas

Researcher: Jan Knowlton

Location: USA

Email: J a n K n o w s 1 [at] m s n .com

Smith Chat Forum Username:

Online Office Pigeon-hole: 55-jan

Interests submitted: 2006

Summary of Interests/Message

John Evander Smith born either
1798 or 1800 according to US census.

The following is transcribed from notes
written by John Smith in the Smith
family bible:-

"The Isle of Man is the place of my
nativity - The town of Douglas the
principal city, location in the Irish Sea.

I left my family in Haven, England at
which place I was bound an apprentice
to Anthony Smith, a sea captain in
the year 1810.

He was Commander of an English
vessel called the 'Friendship' - came
to the United States in October 1819 -
Landed in New York City."

This is all the information I have.
When researching this before I was
told that Smith was not a common
name in the Isle of Man and that
having a middle name was also
uncommon.

John became a riverboat pilot and
Captain in the US. His wife's name
was Narcissus Johnson. They lived in

Tennessee & Kentucky.



"..Isle of Man ..place of my nativity...

location in the Irish Sea....."

Douglas Head Lighthouse
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"I left my family in Haven, England...."

...... Which Haven in England?

>> might it be the one in Cornwall?>>

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Column 2: 57-JBS

ID: 57-JBS

Town/s of Interest:

South-East Lancashire - Middleton

Researcher: Judy Barradell-Smith

Location: Oxfordshire, England

Email: j b s [at] t e c h m a r keting.co.uk

Smith Chat Forum Username: judybs

Online Office Pigeon-hole: 57-jbs

Interests submitted: 2006

Summary of Interests/Message

Theophilus Wyatt Smith

(Solicitor & Land Agent)
son of John Smith of Packington
& Mary nee Wyatt.
Born 1771 Seaney Park, Staffordshire

(nb: Seaney Park House, Branston,
Burton-on-Trent, also known as
Sinai Park House (see footnote)

Theophilus married Agnes Archer,
6 July 1797 at Middleton Lancashire.
He died in 1843 and was buried at
St.Leonards,Middleton

The children of Theophilus Wyatt
SMITH and Agnes nee ARCHER,
all born either Middleton or ?probably
Middleton, Lancashire, are included
in the Smith Project A-Z first names
index against my ID: 57-JBS.

They are also previously listed in the
Interests Summary of John C.Ward,
John C.Ward ID 47-JCW (see page 16).

My hunt is for two of the children of
Theophilus and Agnes:-
Benson and Sydney Archer Smith.

Benson Smith

Bpt 17 August 1813
St Leonards Church, Middleton.
(does not denote accurate age as
Theophilus Smith sometimes baptised
his children up to 5 years after their birth)
Marriage: Not known
Occupation ; land surveyor - produced
tythe map of Middleton Lancashire
in 1839. So known to be working then.
Otherwise no trace of him at all.
Mentioned in his mothers will
proved 16 July 1861. No trace found
in any UK census for 1851 or 1861
but known to still be alive at his
mother's death

Death: One Benson Smith (no age
given) found in West Riding of
Yorkshire, December Qtr 1864.
So far, death certificate not sent for.
No proof that this death is for the
correct Benson Smith. Wills index
searched for period 1858 - 1920
but nothing found.

ID: 56-RJS

Town/s of Interest:

North Lancashire - Askam-in-Furness

Researcher: Ruth Jones

Location: Amherstview Ontario Canada

Email: n a n a j o n e s 7 1 [at] hotmail.com

Smith Chat Forum Username: Ruth Jones

Online Office Pigeon-hole:56-rjs

Interests submitted: 2006

Summary of Interests/Message

Here is what I have so far........
My Dad Leslie Edgar Simpson Smith
was born at Greenscoe Cottages

in Askam 1902 Dec.1st.
(married Maud Ethel Butler

in Toronto Ont. Canada in 1928)



His parents - William Smith of Askam
and Emily Louisa Parker of London,
England.

His father William Smith was born
in the Vulcan Hotel Jan 29 1869



William m Emily Louisa Parker on

June 6 1896 Toronto York County,Ontario.



William was the son of
Hezekiah Cook Smith(1) and

Hannah Simpson.

LDS data - IGI Batch C041941
for Hezekiah Cook Smith(1)
b.26.2.1843 at Dunchurch Warwickshire
Parents:
John Smith and Elizabeth nee Cook

I have Hezekiah Cook Smith(1)

death certificate - died in 1878.
His widow Hannah Smith (nee Simpson)
emigrated to Canada with family in 1890.

Other children of Hezekiah Cook
Smith(1) & Hannah Simpson, were.....

John, b 1865 Askam -
from the 1881 Census was not in
Askam, and according to my Dad, in
1906 or so he was Captain of the
Virginian of the Allen Shipping Lines
sailing from England to Canada and
USA. John never married and left his
money to the Sailors Rest in New York.



Mary Elizabeth b 1867 Askam -
don't know her spouses name as
after coming to Canada she went to
California USA, don't know if she
married in Toronto or California.

Sarah b Mar. 4 1871 Askam -
came to Canada 1890 and married
Albert Thomas in Toronto. Don't know
all particulars yet but have contact
with her GGranddaughter.

Hezekiah Cook(2) -
b 1873 Askam - to my knowledge
never married and he lived in Toronto.
Haven't found his death certificate yet.

Ebenezer b 1877 Askam -
never married, he died when a
teenager, possibly in Canada.



My Dad Leslie died in 2003 Jan. 9th.
in Orangeville Ontario Canada.
There are five of us, all girls.

Other researchers - Any data or
other info about the above family?
>>please share it >>

St Mary's Parish Church, Dalton-in-Furness
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Askam is on the coast, near

Dalton-in-Furness, North Lancashire

(since 1974, is in the modern-day Administrative County of Cumbria)

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Sidney Archer Smith
Birth: 26 August 1802,
Bpt 20 Sept1805 St.Leonards Middleton
Occupation: unknown

Death: unknown
not mentioned in mother's will,
assume therefore he died before 1861.
Burial not recorded in Middleton
1805-1838. Death not recorded for
Middleton area from 1838-1861
Not found in 1851 or 1861 census
Wills index searched - nothing found.

St Leonard's Passage, Middleton
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Parents of Theophilus Wyatt Smith:
Father: John Smith of Packington in

Derbyshire & Leicestershire.
Mother: Mary Wyatt of Seaney Park,

Staffordshire.

John Smith - Born before 1748,
place unknown.
Married 1769 at Burton-on-Trent
to Mary Wyatt.
Died 1820. Burial - Packington
(near Ashby de la Zouch)

Theophilus Wyatt Smith, as noted
above, was born in 1771 at Seaney
Park, or Sinai Park as it has also
been known, in Branston,
Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This was the residence of his mother's
family, the Wyatts. (See Footnote).

John Smith & Mary Wyatt, as far as
known, had 10 other children, all born
in either Burton on Trent or Packington,
Derbyshire (their house and grounds
straddled the Derbyshire/Leicestershire
border).

It appears that Theophilus Wyatt Smith,
a Land Agent, may not have been the
only sibling to move to Lancashire.
His younger brother John Smith died
in Liverpool, and so, though no
additional information has so far been
traced, it is likely that John had also
lived and worked in Lancashire.

Other researchers - Any data or
other info about the above family?
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Footnote: historical information of interest

relating to the Wyatts and Seaney/Sinai Park

House, Branston, Burton-on-Trent, is online at the British History Website."Branston: Manor", A History of the County of Staffordshire: Vol 9:

Burton-upon-Trent (2003), pp. 167-70

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