HALE  family biographies 6                                      8 January 2017

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth HALE 1743-1789

m Thomas SMITHER 1761

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth spent her whole life in the parish of Worplesdon.  She was baptised in Worplesdon church in 1743 and married Thomas SMITHER there when she was 18, signing the register with a cross.  He was an agricultural labourer, some ten years older than Elizabeth and they lived at Perry Hill in the centre of the village.

 

Elizabeth and Thomas had seven children all of whom seem to have survived childhood. but Elizabeth died in 1789 aged only 46..Thomas survived for another 23 years and was still at Perry Hill when he died.  They were both buried in Worplesdon churchyard

 

 

 

 

EVENTS

C=Christened

 

            age

   DATE    EH TS

 

                       EVENT

20May1743      

14Nov1761  18 28

 3Jan1763  19 30

20May1764  21 31

 6Jan1766  22 33

 7Feb1768  24 35

27May1770  27 37

16Jul1775  32 42

25Jul1779  36 46

 8Feb1786  42 53

 5Apr1789  45 56

12Aug1812     79

Elizabeth C at Worplesdon d George and Susannah HALE

married Thomas SMITHER at Worplesdon; George HALE a witness (father or brother?)

son Thomas C at Worplesdon

dau Elizabeth C at Worplesdon

dau Mercy C at Worplesdon

dau Ann C at Worplesdon

dau Sarah C at Worplesdon

son Henry C at Worplesdon

son James C at Worplesdon; address: Perry Hill

dau Mercy of Perry Hill baptised her illegitimate son William; buried 7Apr1786

Elizabeth wife of Thomas SMITHER buried at Worplesdon

Thomas buried at Worplesdon

 

 

 

 

PRINCIPAL RECORDS

 

 

b=born  m=married  d=died

C=Christened       B=Buried

 

BIRTH

 

age at burial gives a birth date of 1743; there is a suitable baptism at this date in Worplesdon and no alternative; Elizabeth was baptised daughter of George, and since George HALE was a witness at Elizabeth's marriage, no doubt that this is correct baptism despite name spelled HALL

 

C 20Apr1743 Elizabeth  d George HALL at Worplesdon

 

MARRIAGE

 

James-SMITHERS 5 was baptised 25Jul1779 at Worplesdon son of Thomas & Elizabeth SMYTHER of Perry Hill.  There is only one suitable Thomas/Elizabeth m at Worplesdon, and although this is some 18 years before the baptism, the intervening years have regular baptisms to these parents (including Henry - also used by James-5 for one of his sons).  Little reason therefore to doubt that this is the correct marriage:

 

m 14Nov1761 Thomas SMITHER otp & Elizabeth x HALE otp by banns; wit: Geo HALE, John INGATTON (church warden)

 

DESCENDANTS

from Worplesdon register:

 

C  3Jan1763 Thomas    s Thomas & Elizabeth SMITHER

C 20May1764 Elizabeth d Thomas & Elizabeth SMITHER

C  6Jan1766 Mercy     d Thomas & Elizabeth SMITHER

                                 C  8Feb1786 William baseborn s Mercy SMITHER, Perry Hill

                                 B  7Apr1786 William  infant, s Mercy SMITHER, Perry Hill

C  7Feb1768 Ann       d Thomas & Elizabeth SMITHER

C 27May1770 Sarah     d Thomas & Elizabeth SMITHER

                                 B 9Jul1791 Sarah 21, d Thomas & Elizabeth SMITHER, Perry Hill

C 16Jul1775 Henry     s Thomas & Elizabeth SMITHER

C 25Jul1779 James     s Thomas & Elizabeth SMYTHER, Perry Hill

 

DEATH

 

there is only one suitable burial of Thomas, and only one suitable burial of Elizabeth at Worplesdon:

 

B  5Apr1789   Elizabeth SMITHER 46, wife of Thomas SMITHER, of W [b1743]

B 12Aug1812 Thomas SMITHER   78, labourer of PH [b1734]

 

place names were given by abbreviations, PH stands for Perry Hill; no other example of W was found; it probably stands for Worplesdon; parts of the parish known as Wyke or West End, were spelled in full

 

 

 

 

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