WS 33 William Smith 1743 - 1815
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William Smith
Parents I cannot be certain of the parents of William but suggest they may be William and Elizabeth Smith nee Drury. This is because when William, junior, died he left a Will in which he gave a useful clue in naming his son Samuel as a resident of Blackwell, showing the Smith family had connections in that hamlet of Tredington. It is because of this that I am willing to suggest that William was the son of William Smith who died on 31st July 1784, aged 73, and who was buried in Weston Subedge churchyard. His memorial inscription says, “late of this Parish, formerly of Blackwell.”
William senior also left a Will, in which he names a son William.
Abstract of the Will of William Smith 1784
William Smith of Norton in the parish of Weston Subedge, gentleman
I give to my friends John Smith of Admington, Gloucestershire, gentleman, and Thomas Smith of Admington, gentleman, George Quitwood(?) of Winncot in the parish of Clifford Chambers, Gloucestershire, gentleman, and William Eden of Norton in the parish of Weston Subedge, gentleman
all my household goods, implements of husbandry, corn, hay, grain, cattle and all other effects in Trust
for my wife Elizabeth Smith, my son William Smith and my daughter Ann Smith
It is my wish that the Honourable Lord Harrowby allows my son William Smith to occupy as tenant the same farm as myself
Signed 8 December 1782 Witness Alice Wheatcroft, Edith Best
Proved London December 1784
If this is correctly the father of William Smith (1743 - 1815) his mother was Elizabeth nee Drury, her descent was -
Henry Drury, of Weston Subedge, born c1640, married Mary, who was buried 1 January 1717 at Weston Subedge. In his Will Henry described himself as "yeoman". He was buried 5 May 1709 at Weston Subedge, and his Will was proved at Gloucester 17 May 1709.
Henry had five sons and three daughters, of whom John Drury was the sixth child and third son.
John Drury, of Weston Subedge, baptised 25 February 1674 at Weston Subedge, married 1710 at Shipton-under-Wychwood, Elizabeth Perry. Elizabeth was born c1680, and died in 1754.
John died in 1742, and in his Will describes himself as “yeoman.” His Will was proved at Gloucester 9 November 1743.
John and Elizabeth are buried together in Weston Subedge and their gravestone reads-
In Memory of
JOHN DRURY who
departed this life
May the 5th
In the year of our
Lord MDCCXLII
and in the
LXXIII Year of
his Age.
In Memory of
Elizabeth the Wife of
JOHN DRURY and
Daughter of Mr.
Perry of Shipton
who departed this life
April the 26th
Anno Domini
MDCCLIV
Aged LXXIV years.
John and Elizabeth’s four children were -
John, baptised 27 July 1713 at Weston Subedge, married Hannah and is buried at Weston Subedge.
In Memory of
John Drury (Gent)
who Departed this Life
The 26th of April 1769
Aged 56 Years
Why art thou hither Life so often crost,
So seldom pleasing & so easy lost.
We’re sick then leave us Life we yield thy slave,
Yield us to Death, Our peaceful Graves,
Where for to us sleeping, fears and troubles cease,
Till Christ shall rise us to Eternal Peace.
Hannah, baptised 27 December 1715 at Weston Subedge. Buried 3 July 1782 at Weston Subedge.
Benjamin, of Snowshill, baptised 4 September 1720 at Weston Subedge. Married 7 February 1751 at Weston Subedge, Hannah Cooper. He was buried 25 November 1760 at Weston Subedge, and the Memorial Inscription reads -
In Memory of
Benjamin Drury of Snowshill
who departed this life
The 23rd Day of November
Anno Domini 1760
Aged 40 Years.
Elizabeth Drury, baptised 3 June 1711 at Weston Subedge, married 12 April 1741 at Weston Subedge, William Smith, of Ilmington. They are both buried at Weston Subedge in separate graves next to each other.
In Memory of
Elizabeth the wife of
William Smith of Blackwell
She died Febry 23rd 1774
Aged 62 Years
I was afflicted here on Earth
With pain and sickness sore,
But now in heaven I hope to rest,
With Christ for evermore.
In Memory
Of WILLIAM SMITH
late of this Parish
formerly of Blackwell
who departed this life
the 31st of July 1784
Aged 73 Years
Stand still reader, spend a tear,
Think of the Dust that slumbers here,
But while you Read these Lines of me,
Think of the Glass that runs for thee.
Marriage Weston Subedge, Bishops Transcripts
1772 July 10 William Smith and Hannah Rimell
(unclear entry, confirmed by Parish Register copies in Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office)
Death William died in 1815 and is buried in Weston Subedge
Memorial Inscription
It is a single grave for William and Hannah.
In
Memory of
WILLM. SMITH
Late of
this Parish
who departed
this Life the 5th
Day of March
1815
Aged 72 Years.
In
Memory of
HANH. SMITH
Wife of
WILLM. SMITH
who departed
this Life the 3rd
Day of Dec.
1827
Aged 75 Years
How vain is flattery on a tomb,
Since there’s a judgement yet to come,
His End and his alone is blest,
Whose Life and actions stand that Test.
Abstract of the Will of William Smith 1816
of Weston Subedge, Gentleman
My messuage and lands in Weston Subedge now in my own occupation, also several cottages, gardens, orchards, closes, land and premises, together with half a yardland in the open and common fields of Weston Subedge, which I hold by two separate leases for lives under Walwyn Graves esquire -
I give to my good friends Cotterell Corbett of Honeybourne Grounds, gentleman, and Charles Marshall of Old Combe, gentleman, in trust until my youngest son, David Smith, becomes 21
Using the profits thereof in the meantime to maintain my youngest children
When David becomes 21 I give to my son John Smith the messuage where I now live in Weston Subedge which I bought from ---- Woodcock, with the gardens and orchards adjoining and all the several closes and inclosed grounds known by the name of Durhams
To my son Joseph Smith all the messuage and lands closes and inclosed grounds in Weston Subedge previously belonging to Thomas Fletcher
To my son Richard Smith the messuage and farm lands in Weston Subedge that I recently purchased from Walwyn Graves, and the cottage and lands in Aston Subedge that I hold by lease from Walwyn Graves for my own life and that of my two sons John and Thomas Smith
To my son Robert Smith the messuage with the cider mill gardens orchards closes and inclosed grounds and half yardland in Weston Subedge which was left to me by my late uncle Mr John Drury deceased and also the cottage with the gardens orchards and half yardland in Weston Subedge which I hold by lease from Walwyn Graves
To my wife Hannah Smith all the messuage farmlands in Blackwell, county Worcester now in the occupation of my son Samuel Smith which I hold by Copy of Court Roll under the Dean and Chapter of Worcester for life, and after my wife’s death to my son David Smith
To my son Samuel Smith the messuage gardens orchards closes and inclosed grounds in Blackwell now in the occupation of my son Samuel Smith which I hold by a lease for 21 years from the Dean and Chapter of Worcester
If my sons Joseph and Richard Smith should wish to manage the farms before my son David becomes 21, and the Trustees agree, they may do so under the management of the Trustees until David is 21, and in this case I give them twenty pounds each for each year that they undertake this management
To my son Richard Smith £600
To my son Robert Smith £700
To my son David Smith £700
All to be paid when David reaches 21
If David should die underage the bequests should be made when my next youngest son becomes 21
All the rest of my estate to my Trustees in trust until David is 21 and then it should be divided equally amongst all my children
To my wife and to my youngest sons, Richard, Robert and David Smith my household furniture and contents to be equally divided between them
My wife shall be at liberty to live in the house where I now live during her life if she wishes to do so
Executors my sons John Smith and David Smith
Signed 17th April 1813
Witness Geo. Cotterell Elizth. Cotterell Robt. Cotterell
Proved London 26th July 1816 by John Smith and David Smith
So William appears to have been a man of some wealth and standing, quite happy to describe himself not as “husbandman”, “yeoman” or even “farmer”, but as a “Gentleman”. He owned land in his own right and leased more. He does not name all his children in his Will. Daughters may well have had their portion on marriage, but neither William nor Thomas are mentioned. This could mean they too had had their portion previously, or it might suggest they were deceased by 1813, but I am assuming they were not.
Notes
Bigland records that on the Gallery over the West-end of Weston Subedge church it says, “This Church was repaired and beautified in the Year of our Lord 1795. William Smith and James Sansom, Ch. Wardens.”
Hannah Rimell
Parents Thomas and Ann Rimell (WS 2)
Baptism 7 November 1730 Weston Subedge
Burial 26 December 1807 Weston Subedge
Children of William and Hannah Smith
Weston Subedge, Parish Registers, Baptisms
Baptised to William and Hannah Smith
1774 May 23 John*
1776 Jan 12 William*
1778 Jan 13 Thomas*
1780 Apr 9 Samuel
1782 Mar 10 George
1783 Nov 16 Elizabeth
1784 Feb 22 Sarah*
1785 July 25 Anne
1787 Jan 9 Joseph
1788 Dec 29 Anne
1790 Dec 31 Richard
1793 Jan 27 Robert
1795 Sept 30 David
* entry from BTs
John Smith (WS 85)
Marriage Broadway, 1801 Aug 20
John Smith, Widower, residence Church Honeybourne and
Emily Ann Russell
As John was a widower at this marriage this entry may be relevant -
Weston Subedge, Baptisms, IGI
Baptised to John and Anne Smith
1794 May 11 Betty
Children of John Smith and Emily Ann nee Russell
Richard Russell, born c1802, Emily Ann, born c1803, Lucy, born c1807, Charles, born c1810, Charles Henry, born c1813, Lucy Hannah, born c1815, Frederick, born c1821, William Russell, born c1821, Harriet, born c1826, Robert, born c1827 and Joseph born c1830.
Census 1841
HO107/360/42 page 1
Weston Subedge, Village
John Smith 69 Farmer yes
Emily Smith 55 no
Frederick 20 yes
William 15 yes
Harriet 15 yes
Robert 14 yes
Joseph 11 yes
Death 10 April 1847
Burial Weston Subedge
Memorial Inscription
SACRED
To the memory of
JOHN SMITH
who departed this life
the 10th day of April
A.D. 1847
Aged 75 Years
I know that my Redeemer liveth
ALSO OF EMILY ANN
Wife of the above
who died April 18th 1855
Aged 74 Years
Census 1851
HO107/2044 fo 401 page 16
Weston Subedge
Emily Ann Smith Head Wid 68 Farmer 60a 2 labourers Broadway
Robert Smith Son Unm 24 Grocer Weston Subedge
Richard Smith Grandson Unm 23 Farm Bailiff Honeybourne
Henry Clinton Servant 18 House & Farm Servant Broadway
Ann Court Servant 33 House servant Broad Campden
A widow farming in her own right was not rare, but it was unusual in the C19th. Emily Ann appears in the Field Account Book for 1852.
“The Last Records of a Cotswold Community: Being the Weston Subedge Field Account Book for the Final Twenty-Six Years of the Famous Cotswold Games, Hitherto Unpublished, and Now Edited With a Study on the Old Time Sports of Campden and the Village Community of Weston, by C. R. Ashbee.”
The entry states -
An Assessment made upon the Occupiers of Land in the Open Field of Weston Subedge by the Fieldsmen for to pay the Ammount due as Ballance of Accounts. After the Rate of Eight Shillings per Yard Land, Dated this 20th Day of November 1852.
Yd. Ld. and L.s.d.
Mr Thomas Beman 10¾ 4.6.0
Mr W R Smith 4½ 1.16.0
Mrs E A Smith 2 0.16.0
Mr Wm. Rimell 2¼ 0.18.0
Mr Edwd Coleman 2½ 1.0.0
Mr Josh Ewings 3½ 1.8.0
Mr Richd Jarvis ½ 0.4.0
Mr Horne } 0.7.0
Mr John Rimell } 2½ 0.10.0
Mr Jonan Hawkings } 0,3.0
William Smith
If William was born close to his baptism date in January 1776, it could be him baptising children and then buried in Willersey, aged 63 in 1838, BUT there are millions of Smiths in Broadway, and it could be this is not even the right couple.
Broadway, Baptisms
Baptised to William and Mary Smith
1798 Aug 24 William
1801 Nov 15 Joseph
1804 May 20 Charles
1808 July 17 Hannah died 28 August 1811
Memorial Inscription
William Smith died 6 Mar 1838 aged 63
Late of Broadway Fields
Also
Mary Smith his wife died 20 Nov 1861 aged 78
Also
William Henry Smith died 30 June 1811 aged 2yrs 11m
Their son
Thomas Smith (WS 45)
Marriage 12 March 1801 Honeybourne to Alley Pearce
Details of Spouse Baptised 26 March 1776, Cow Honeybourne, father William Pearce.
Children
Weston Subedge, Baptisms, IGI
Baptised to Thomas and Alley Smith
1802 Aug 7 Elizabeth
1804 Mar 18 Ann
1805 Dec 27 William
1807 Jan 23 Thomas
1808 Dec 27 Harriet
In addition, there was Samuel born c1814 and George Edwin, both of whom emigrated to Australia. The story of Samuel Smith and his adventurous life is a separate entry.
Upper Slaughter, Baptisms
Baptised to Thomas and Alley Smith
1810 Sophia
1812 June 9 Lucy
Census 1841
HO107/366/18
Eyford, The Old Farm House
Thomas Smith 60 farmer yes
Alley Smith 60 yes
Ann Newman 15 F. S. yes
William Harris 25 M. S. no
Joseph Slade 20 no
Thomas had died before the 1851 Census, but Alley was still alive and living in Bledington with her daughter, Harriet Tyson.
Samuel Smith
Marriage 23 December 1805 Tredington to Mary Drury. Mary was said to be living at Aston Subedge.
Children Baptised at Tredington to Samuel and Mary Smith
1808 May 13 William
1810 Mar 21 Julia Ann
1811 May 31 Ann
1813 Jan 15 Mary
1814 Aug 12 Samuel
In addition, there were daughters Elizabeth and Ann. Unfortunately, the story of Samuel and Mary and their children is not happy, and is told through their gravestones in Weston Subedge.
Sacred
To the Memory of
MARY SMITH
Wife of
SAMUEL SMITH
who departed this life
The 4th Day of August 1819
Aged 34 years
A loving Wife, a tender Mother dear,
A Faithful Friend, I have buried here,
She lived in Love, she died in Peace,
I hope her joys will never cease.
Also of their Daughters
ANN, ANN, & JULIA ANN
Who died in their infancy.
SACRED
To the Memory of SAMUEL SMITH
who departed this Life
the 26th Day of June
1824
Aged 45 Years
Make Christ your Saviour & your friend,
Then happy you will be,
And at your death you will ascend,
To God in persons three.
SACRED
To the Memory of
ELIZABETH SMITH
(Daughter of)
Samuel and Mary Smith
who departed this Life
the 17th Day of May
1825 Aged 18 years
Blooming fair one view thy lot,
Beauty here is soon forgot,
To thy Saviours bosom fly,
Seek those Charms that never die.
SACRED
To the Memory of
MARY SMITH
Daughter of Samuel and Mary Smith
Who departed this life
The 11th day of Febry.
1831
Aged 18 Years
In Memory of
WILLIAM SMITH
Son of
Samuel and Mary Smith
Late of Tedington
who departed this life
at Richmond
Jan. 11th 1837. Aged 28 Years.
We all fade as a leaf.
Isaiah Chap. 64
George Smith
Marriage George married his cousin, Mary Rimell, 14 December 1809 at Hallow.
Details of Spouse Mary was the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Rimell (WS 29A) baptised at Wick, 13 April 1788. Mary died 15 February 1876 at South Littleton.
Children I believe there were ten children including Charles born c1812 and Mary born c1828. I do not have their baptisms, but their siblings were baptised at South Littleton
IGI Baptisms
Baptised to George and Mary Smith
1817 Mar 9 Joseph
1819 Feb 7 Henry George
1821 April 15 Elizabeth
1823 Feb 4 George
1825 Apr 10 Samuel
1828 May 11 Robert
1830 Nov 7 Ellen
1832 Oct 6 Richard
Census 1841
HO107/1091 fo 7 page 10
North and Middle Littleton, Middle Littleton
George Smith 56 Farmer yes
Mary Smith 47 yes
Elizabeth Smith 19 yes
George Smith 15 yes
Robert Smith 13 yes
John Smith 10 yes
Sarah Genders 20 F. S. no
Elizabeth Knight 22 F. S. yes
Charles Horsley 20 M. S. yes
Census 1851
HO107/2044 fo 304 page 15
Middle Littleton, Manor House
George Smith Head Marr 61 Farmer 410a 12 labourers Weston Subedge
Mary Smith Wife Marr 62 Wick
Joseph Smith Son Wid 34 Employed on the farm South Littleton
Samuel Smith Son Unm 25 Employed on the farm South Littleton
Ellen Smith Dau Unm 20 At home South Littleton
William Hardwell Serv Unm 18 General servant Broadway
Census 1861
RG9/2103 fo 77 page 7
South Littleton
George Smith Head Marr 80 Gentleman. Retired farmer Weston Subedge
Mary Smith Wife Marr 73 Lady. (Info. of Dr.) Wick
Ann Hunt Serv Unm 16 House servant Chaddesley Corbett
Death 23 July 1864
Burial South Littleton
Census 1871
RG10/3061 fo 79 page 4
South Littleton
Mary Smith Head Wid 82 Retired Wick
William Smith Son Marr 55 Farmer South Littleton
Mary S Bunting Unm 52 Housekeeper Stilton, Oxon.
Elizabeth Clarke Serv 15
Elizabeth Smith
Buried Weston Subedge
Memorial Inscription
In Memory of
ELIZABETH SMITH
Daughter of WILLIAM
And HANNAH SMITH
She departed this life
The 28th day of July
1792 Aged 8 years
and 9 months
ANN their daughter
Died in her infancy.
Ann Smith
Marriage 21 May 1810 Weston Subedge to William Grove
Robert Smith
Census 1851
HO107/1970 fo 363 page 9
Condicote, Hinchwick Farm
Robert Smith Head Marr 57 Farmer 680a 29 labourers Weston Subedge
Ann Smith Wife Marr 63 Broad Marston
Tysoe Smith Son Unm 21 Admington
Jane Dowles Serv Unm 20 House servant Naunton
Census 1871
RG10/2655 fo 108 page 13
Condicote, Hinchwick House
Tysoe Smith Head Marr 41 Farmer 1100a Admington
22 men 13 boys 6 women
Sarah F Smith Wife Marr 43 Farmer’s wife Aldington
Sara Smith Dau 19 Farmer’s dau. Hinchwick House
Frances Smith Dau 17 Farmer’s dau Hinchwick House
Charles F Smith Son 8 Farmer’s son Hinchwick House
Thomas B Smith Son 6 Hinchwick House
Norah Moore Visitor Unm 31 Surgeon’s dau. Moreton in Marsh
Julia Taylor Serv Unm 17 General servant Longborough
Georgina Chamberlain Serv 12 General servant Cockle Berrow
I have no details of Sarah, Joseph, Richard or David Smith
As part of my own records I keep a “working sheet” for family groups. Each working sheet shows the parents (birth, baptism, marriage, death and burial) but gives fuller details of their children lives.
The information I am entering here is divided into those family groups, hence each entry title starts “WS”. The numbering system is illogical because it has expanded since 1984 as my information has expanded and it will make no sense to anyone but me. However, if the text says “See WS 23” then that is where more information will be found. This may not be immediately. I may have not entered WS 23 here yet. Not all individuals have a working sheet. Information may well be repeated at various points in order to aid clarity. Not all the information I have is entered as not all is collated as yet - this is a work in progress.
All mistakes of fact, transcription, interpretation and supposition are my own. I aim for total accuracy but am human. Corrections with source references very welcome as only then will the truth be found.
William Smith
Parents I cannot be certain of the parents of William but suggest they may be William and Elizabeth Smith nee Drury. This is because when William, junior, died he left a Will in which he gave a useful clue in naming his son Samuel as a resident of Blackwell, showing the Smith family had connections in that hamlet of Tredington. It is because of this that I am willing to suggest that William was the son of William Smith who died on 31st July 1784, aged 73, and who was buried in Weston Subedge churchyard. His memorial inscription says, “late of this Parish, formerly of Blackwell.”
William senior also left a Will, in which he names a son William.
Abstract of the Will of William Smith 1784
William Smith of Norton in the parish of Weston Subedge, gentleman
I give to my friends John Smith of Admington, Gloucestershire, gentleman, and Thomas Smith of Admington, gentleman, George Quitwood(?) of Winncot in the parish of Clifford Chambers, Gloucestershire, gentleman, and William Eden of Norton in the parish of Weston Subedge, gentleman
all my household goods, implements of husbandry, corn, hay, grain, cattle and all other effects in Trust
for my wife Elizabeth Smith, my son William Smith and my daughter Ann Smith
It is my wish that the Honourable Lord Harrowby allows my son William Smith to occupy as tenant the same farm as myself
Signed 8 December 1782 Witness Alice Wheatcroft, Edith Best
Proved London December 1784
If this is correctly the father of William Smith (1743 - 1815) his mother was Elizabeth nee Drury, her descent was -
Henry Drury, of Weston Subedge, born c1640, married Mary, who was buried 1 January 1717 at Weston Subedge. In his Will Henry described himself as "yeoman". He was buried 5 May 1709 at Weston Subedge, and his Will was proved at Gloucester 17 May 1709.
Henry had five sons and three daughters, of whom John Drury was the sixth child and third son.
John Drury, of Weston Subedge, baptised 25 February 1674 at Weston Subedge, married 1710 at Shipton-under-Wychwood, Elizabeth Perry. Elizabeth was born c1680, and died in 1754.
John died in 1742, and in his Will describes himself as “yeoman.” His Will was proved at Gloucester 9 November 1743.
John and Elizabeth are buried together in Weston Subedge and their gravestone reads-
In Memory of
JOHN DRURY who
departed this life
May the 5th
In the year of our
Lord MDCCXLII
and in the
LXXIII Year of
his Age.
In Memory of
Elizabeth the Wife of
JOHN DRURY and
Daughter of Mr.
Perry of Shipton
who departed this life
April the 26th
Anno Domini
MDCCLIV
Aged LXXIV years.
John and Elizabeth’s four children were -
John, baptised 27 July 1713 at Weston Subedge, married Hannah and is buried at Weston Subedge.
In Memory of
John Drury (Gent)
who Departed this Life
The 26th of April 1769
Aged 56 Years
Why art thou hither Life so often crost,
So seldom pleasing & so easy lost.
We’re sick then leave us Life we yield thy slave,
Yield us to Death, Our peaceful Graves,
Where for to us sleeping, fears and troubles cease,
Till Christ shall rise us to Eternal Peace.
Hannah, baptised 27 December 1715 at Weston Subedge. Buried 3 July 1782 at Weston Subedge.
Benjamin, of Snowshill, baptised 4 September 1720 at Weston Subedge. Married 7 February 1751 at Weston Subedge, Hannah Cooper. He was buried 25 November 1760 at Weston Subedge, and the Memorial Inscription reads -
In Memory of
Benjamin Drury of Snowshill
who departed this life
The 23rd Day of November
Anno Domini 1760
Aged 40 Years.
Elizabeth Drury, baptised 3 June 1711 at Weston Subedge, married 12 April 1741 at Weston Subedge, William Smith, of Ilmington. They are both buried at Weston Subedge in separate graves next to each other.
In Memory of
Elizabeth the wife of
William Smith of Blackwell
She died Febry 23rd 1774
Aged 62 Years
I was afflicted here on Earth
With pain and sickness sore,
But now in heaven I hope to rest,
With Christ for evermore.
In Memory
Of WILLIAM SMITH
late of this Parish
formerly of Blackwell
who departed this life
the 31st of July 1784
Aged 73 Years
Stand still reader, spend a tear,
Think of the Dust that slumbers here,
But while you Read these Lines of me,
Think of the Glass that runs for thee.
Marriage Weston Subedge, Bishops Transcripts
1772 July 10 William Smith and Hannah Rimell
(unclear entry, confirmed by Parish Register copies in Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office)
Death William died in 1815 and is buried in Weston Subedge
Memorial Inscription
It is a single grave for William and Hannah.
In
Memory of
WILLM. SMITH
Late of
this Parish
who departed
this Life the 5th
Day of March
1815
Aged 72 Years.
In
Memory of
HANH. SMITH
Wife of
WILLM. SMITH
who departed
this Life the 3rd
Day of Dec.
1827
Aged 75 Years
How vain is flattery on a tomb,
Since there’s a judgement yet to come,
His End and his alone is blest,
Whose Life and actions stand that Test.
Abstract of the Will of William Smith 1816
of Weston Subedge, Gentleman
My messuage and lands in Weston Subedge now in my own occupation, also several cottages, gardens, orchards, closes, land and premises, together with half a yardland in the open and common fields of Weston Subedge, which I hold by two separate leases for lives under Walwyn Graves esquire -
I give to my good friends Cotterell Corbett of Honeybourne Grounds, gentleman, and Charles Marshall of Old Combe, gentleman, in trust until my youngest son, David Smith, becomes 21
Using the profits thereof in the meantime to maintain my youngest children
When David becomes 21 I give to my son John Smith the messuage where I now live in Weston Subedge which I bought from ---- Woodcock, with the gardens and orchards adjoining and all the several closes and inclosed grounds known by the name of Durhams
To my son Joseph Smith all the messuage and lands closes and inclosed grounds in Weston Subedge previously belonging to Thomas Fletcher
To my son Richard Smith the messuage and farm lands in Weston Subedge that I recently purchased from Walwyn Graves, and the cottage and lands in Aston Subedge that I hold by lease from Walwyn Graves for my own life and that of my two sons John and Thomas Smith
To my son Robert Smith the messuage with the cider mill gardens orchards closes and inclosed grounds and half yardland in Weston Subedge which was left to me by my late uncle Mr John Drury deceased and also the cottage with the gardens orchards and half yardland in Weston Subedge which I hold by lease from Walwyn Graves
To my wife Hannah Smith all the messuage farmlands in Blackwell, county Worcester now in the occupation of my son Samuel Smith which I hold by Copy of Court Roll under the Dean and Chapter of Worcester for life, and after my wife’s death to my son David Smith
To my son Samuel Smith the messuage gardens orchards closes and inclosed grounds in Blackwell now in the occupation of my son Samuel Smith which I hold by a lease for 21 years from the Dean and Chapter of Worcester
If my sons Joseph and Richard Smith should wish to manage the farms before my son David becomes 21, and the Trustees agree, they may do so under the management of the Trustees until David is 21, and in this case I give them twenty pounds each for each year that they undertake this management
To my son Richard Smith £600
To my son Robert Smith £700
To my son David Smith £700
All to be paid when David reaches 21
If David should die underage the bequests should be made when my next youngest son becomes 21
All the rest of my estate to my Trustees in trust until David is 21 and then it should be divided equally amongst all my children
To my wife and to my youngest sons, Richard, Robert and David Smith my household furniture and contents to be equally divided between them
My wife shall be at liberty to live in the house where I now live during her life if she wishes to do so
Executors my sons John Smith and David Smith
Signed 17th April 1813
Witness Geo. Cotterell Elizth. Cotterell Robt. Cotterell
Proved London 26th July 1816 by John Smith and David Smith
So William appears to have been a man of some wealth and standing, quite happy to describe himself not as “husbandman”, “yeoman” or even “farmer”, but as a “Gentleman”. He owned land in his own right and leased more. He does not name all his children in his Will. Daughters may well have had their portion on marriage, but neither William nor Thomas are mentioned. This could mean they too had had their portion previously, or it might suggest they were deceased by 1813, but I am assuming they were not.
Notes
Bigland records that on the Gallery over the West-end of Weston Subedge church it says, “This Church was repaired and beautified in the Year of our Lord 1795. William Smith and James Sansom, Ch. Wardens.”
Hannah Rimell
Parents Thomas and Ann Rimell (WS 2)
Baptism 7 November 1730 Weston Subedge
Burial 26 December 1807 Weston Subedge
Children of William and Hannah Smith
Weston Subedge, Parish Registers, Baptisms
Baptised to William and Hannah Smith
1774 May 23 John*
1776 Jan 12 William*
1778 Jan 13 Thomas*
1780 Apr 9 Samuel
1782 Mar 10 George
1783 Nov 16 Elizabeth
1784 Feb 22 Sarah*
1785 July 25 Anne
1787 Jan 9 Joseph
1788 Dec 29 Anne
1790 Dec 31 Richard
1793 Jan 27 Robert
1795 Sept 30 David
* entry from BTs
John Smith (WS 85)
Marriage Broadway, 1801 Aug 20
John Smith, Widower, residence Church Honeybourne and
Emily Ann Russell
As John was a widower at this marriage this entry may be relevant -
Weston Subedge, Baptisms, IGI
Baptised to John and Anne Smith
1794 May 11 Betty
Children of John Smith and Emily Ann nee Russell
Richard Russell, born c1802, Emily Ann, born c1803, Lucy, born c1807, Charles, born c1810, Charles Henry, born c1813, Lucy Hannah, born c1815, Frederick, born c1821, William Russell, born c1821, Harriet, born c1826, Robert, born c1827 and Joseph born c1830.
Census 1841
HO107/360/42 page 1
Weston Subedge, Village
John Smith 69 Farmer yes
Emily Smith 55 no
Frederick 20 yes
William 15 yes
Harriet 15 yes
Robert 14 yes
Joseph 11 yes
Death 10 April 1847
Burial Weston Subedge
Memorial Inscription
SACRED
To the memory of
JOHN SMITH
who departed this life
the 10th day of April
A.D. 1847
Aged 75 Years
I know that my Redeemer liveth
ALSO OF EMILY ANN
Wife of the above
who died April 18th 1855
Aged 74 Years
Census 1851
HO107/2044 fo 401 page 16
Weston Subedge
Emily Ann Smith Head Wid 68 Farmer 60a 2 labourers Broadway
Robert Smith Son Unm 24 Grocer Weston Subedge
Richard Smith Grandson Unm 23 Farm Bailiff Honeybourne
Henry Clinton Servant 18 House & Farm Servant Broadway
Ann Court Servant 33 House servant Broad Campden
A widow farming in her own right was not rare, but it was unusual in the C19th. Emily Ann appears in the Field Account Book for 1852.
“The Last Records of a Cotswold Community: Being the Weston Subedge Field Account Book for the Final Twenty-Six Years of the Famous Cotswold Games, Hitherto Unpublished, and Now Edited With a Study on the Old Time Sports of Campden and the Village Community of Weston, by C. R. Ashbee.”
The entry states -
An Assessment made upon the Occupiers of Land in the Open Field of Weston Subedge by the Fieldsmen for to pay the Ammount due as Ballance of Accounts. After the Rate of Eight Shillings per Yard Land, Dated this 20th Day of November 1852.
Yd. Ld. and L.s.d.
Mr Thomas Beman 10¾ 4.6.0
Mr W R Smith 4½ 1.16.0
Mrs E A Smith 2 0.16.0
Mr Wm. Rimell 2¼ 0.18.0
Mr Edwd Coleman 2½ 1.0.0
Mr Josh Ewings 3½ 1.8.0
Mr Richd Jarvis ½ 0.4.0
Mr Horne } 0.7.0
Mr John Rimell } 2½ 0.10.0
Mr Jonan Hawkings } 0,3.0
William Smith
If William was born close to his baptism date in January 1776, it could be him baptising children and then buried in Willersey, aged 63 in 1838, BUT there are millions of Smiths in Broadway, and it could be this is not even the right couple.
Broadway, Baptisms
Baptised to William and Mary Smith
1798 Aug 24 William
1801 Nov 15 Joseph
1804 May 20 Charles
1808 July 17 Hannah died 28 August 1811
Memorial Inscription
William Smith died 6 Mar 1838 aged 63
Late of Broadway Fields
Also
Mary Smith his wife died 20 Nov 1861 aged 78
Also
William Henry Smith died 30 June 1811 aged 2yrs 11m
Their son
Thomas Smith (WS 45)
Marriage 12 March 1801 Honeybourne to Alley Pearce
Details of Spouse Baptised 26 March 1776, Cow Honeybourne, father William Pearce.
Children
Weston Subedge, Baptisms, IGI
Baptised to Thomas and Alley Smith
1802 Aug 7 Elizabeth
1804 Mar 18 Ann
1805 Dec 27 William
1807 Jan 23 Thomas
1808 Dec 27 Harriet
In addition, there was Samuel born c1814 and George Edwin, both of whom emigrated to Australia. The story of Samuel Smith and his adventurous life is a separate entry.
Upper Slaughter, Baptisms
Baptised to Thomas and Alley Smith
1810 Sophia
1812 June 9 Lucy
Census 1841
HO107/366/18
Eyford, The Old Farm House
Thomas Smith 60 farmer yes
Alley Smith 60 yes
Ann Newman 15 F. S. yes
William Harris 25 M. S. no
Joseph Slade 20 no
Thomas had died before the 1851 Census, but Alley was still alive and living in Bledington with her daughter, Harriet Tyson.
Samuel Smith
Marriage 23 December 1805 Tredington to Mary Drury. Mary was said to be living at Aston Subedge.
Children Baptised at Tredington to Samuel and Mary Smith
1808 May 13 William
1810 Mar 21 Julia Ann
1811 May 31 Ann
1813 Jan 15 Mary
1814 Aug 12 Samuel
In addition, there were daughters Elizabeth and Ann. Unfortunately, the story of Samuel and Mary and their children is not happy, and is told through their gravestones in Weston Subedge.
Sacred
To the Memory of
MARY SMITH
Wife of
SAMUEL SMITH
who departed this life
The 4th Day of August 1819
Aged 34 years
A loving Wife, a tender Mother dear,
A Faithful Friend, I have buried here,
She lived in Love, she died in Peace,
I hope her joys will never cease.
Also of their Daughters
ANN, ANN, & JULIA ANN
Who died in their infancy.
SACRED
To the Memory of SAMUEL SMITH
who departed this Life
the 26th Day of June
1824
Aged 45 Years
Make Christ your Saviour & your friend,
Then happy you will be,
And at your death you will ascend,
To God in persons three.
SACRED
To the Memory of
ELIZABETH SMITH
(Daughter of)
Samuel and Mary Smith
who departed this Life
the 17th Day of May
1825 Aged 18 years
Blooming fair one view thy lot,
Beauty here is soon forgot,
To thy Saviours bosom fly,
Seek those Charms that never die.
SACRED
To the Memory of
MARY SMITH
Daughter of Samuel and Mary Smith
Who departed this life
The 11th day of Febry.
1831
Aged 18 Years
In Memory of
WILLIAM SMITH
Son of
Samuel and Mary Smith
Late of Tedington
who departed this life
at Richmond
Jan. 11th 1837. Aged 28 Years.
We all fade as a leaf.
Isaiah Chap. 64
George Smith
Marriage George married his cousin, Mary Rimell, 14 December 1809 at Hallow.
Details of Spouse Mary was the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Rimell (WS 29A) baptised at Wick, 13 April 1788. Mary died 15 February 1876 at South Littleton.
Children I believe there were ten children including Charles born c1812 and Mary born c1828. I do not have their baptisms, but their siblings were baptised at South Littleton
IGI Baptisms
Baptised to George and Mary Smith
1817 Mar 9 Joseph
1819 Feb 7 Henry George
1821 April 15 Elizabeth
1823 Feb 4 George
1825 Apr 10 Samuel
1828 May 11 Robert
1830 Nov 7 Ellen
1832 Oct 6 Richard
Census 1841
HO107/1091 fo 7 page 10
North and Middle Littleton, Middle Littleton
George Smith 56 Farmer yes
Mary Smith 47 yes
Elizabeth Smith 19 yes
George Smith 15 yes
Robert Smith 13 yes
John Smith 10 yes
Sarah Genders 20 F. S. no
Elizabeth Knight 22 F. S. yes
Charles Horsley 20 M. S. yes
Census 1851
HO107/2044 fo 304 page 15
Middle Littleton, Manor House
George Smith Head Marr 61 Farmer 410a 12 labourers Weston Subedge
Mary Smith Wife Marr 62 Wick
Joseph Smith Son Wid 34 Employed on the farm South Littleton
Samuel Smith Son Unm 25 Employed on the farm South Littleton
Ellen Smith Dau Unm 20 At home South Littleton
William Hardwell Serv Unm 18 General servant Broadway
Census 1861
RG9/2103 fo 77 page 7
South Littleton
George Smith Head Marr 80 Gentleman. Retired farmer Weston Subedge
Mary Smith Wife Marr 73 Lady. (Info. of Dr.) Wick
Ann Hunt Serv Unm 16 House servant Chaddesley Corbett
Death 23 July 1864
Burial South Littleton
Census 1871
RG10/3061 fo 79 page 4
South Littleton
Mary Smith Head Wid 82 Retired Wick
William Smith Son Marr 55 Farmer South Littleton
Mary S Bunting Unm 52 Housekeeper Stilton, Oxon.
Elizabeth Clarke Serv 15
Elizabeth Smith
Buried Weston Subedge
Memorial Inscription
In Memory of
ELIZABETH SMITH
Daughter of WILLIAM
And HANNAH SMITH
She departed this life
The 28th day of July
1792 Aged 8 years
and 9 months
ANN their daughter
Died in her infancy.
Ann Smith
Marriage 21 May 1810 Weston Subedge to William Grove
Robert Smith
Census 1851
HO107/1970 fo 363 page 9
Condicote, Hinchwick Farm
Robert Smith Head Marr 57 Farmer 680a 29 labourers Weston Subedge
Ann Smith Wife Marr 63 Broad Marston
Tysoe Smith Son Unm 21 Admington
Jane Dowles Serv Unm 20 House servant Naunton
Census 1871
RG10/2655 fo 108 page 13
Condicote, Hinchwick House
Tysoe Smith Head Marr 41 Farmer 1100a Admington
22 men 13 boys 6 women
Sarah F Smith Wife Marr 43 Farmer’s wife Aldington
Sara Smith Dau 19 Farmer’s dau. Hinchwick House
Frances Smith Dau 17 Farmer’s dau Hinchwick House
Charles F Smith Son 8 Farmer’s son Hinchwick House
Thomas B Smith Son 6 Hinchwick House
Norah Moore Visitor Unm 31 Surgeon’s dau. Moreton in Marsh
Julia Taylor Serv Unm 17 General servant Longborough
Georgina Chamberlain Serv 12 General servant Cockle Berrow
I have no details of Sarah, Joseph, Richard or David Smith
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