John Thomas was born in 1849. He died in 1928. John married Margaret Hannah Ellis.
NOTE information from Ruth Bird, (July 2003).
Margaret Hannah Ellis was born in 1856. She died. Margaret married John Thomas.
NOTE information from Ruth Bird, (July 2003).
They had the following children:
F i Gertrude Alice Dorcas Thomas was born on 11 Jan 1892 and died on 19 Sep 1973.
Thomas Henry Kerr [Parents] was born in 1887 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He died on 28 Aug 1926 in Queensland, Australia.
NOTE all information supplied via a GEDCOM file from Bruce Kerr (email May 2003).
He had the following children:
Joseph Andrew Gillespie Kerr was born in 1858 in Newry, Louth, Ireland. He died on 1 Sep 1918 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Joseph married Ellen Clark in 1882 in , Queensland, Australia.
Other marriages:Jones, Ada
NOTE all from Bruce Kerr (email July 2003. 28 June 1876 - Left Greenock, Scotland aboard"Famenoth", Free Passage, bound for Australia. (Ship "Famenoth", Arrived Brisbane Australia, 4 November..
Ellen Clark died on 6 Nov 1886 in , Queensland, Australia. She married Joseph Andrew Gillespie Kerr in 1882 in , Queensland, Australia.
NOTE all information from Bruce Kerr (email July 2003. Her parents were James Clarke and Mary Matilda Dillart.
John Glenn was born about 1816 in Hartwell, Northamptonshire, England. He married Elizabeth.
Other marriages:, Hannah
CENSUS 1841 of Roade, LDS film no.438873, enumerator 4, folio 10, page 13. Age 20, an ag. lab.
CENSUS 1851 Ashton, FHL film 0087692 Enumerator 14, folio 335 page 21, no 80. Age 34, an ag. lab.
NOTE the two marriages are linked by the children in the two censuses.
Elizabeth was born about 1814 in Hackleton, Northamptonshire, England. She married John Glenn.
Other marriages:Harris,
CENSUS 1851 Ashton, FHL film 0087692 Enumerator 14, folio 335 page 21, no 80. Age 36.
They had the following children:
M i William Glen was born about 1838 and was buried on 14 Dec 1879. M ii Joseph Glenn was born about 1839. M iii George Glenn was born about 1848 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1851 Ashton, FHL film 0087692 Enumerator 14, folio 335 page 21, no 80. Age 2.F iv Elizabeth Glenn was born about Mar 1851 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.
CENSUS 1851 Ashton, FHL film 0087692 Enumerator 14, folio 335 page 21, no 80. Age 1 month.
William Geary was born before 1700 in , , England. He married Mary Shakeshaft on 9 Nov 1747 in Alderton, Northamptonshire, England.
Other marriages:Cooper, Alice
MARRIAGE (1720) from Ashton Parish Records, NTO ref. 17p/10. Both of the parish. Surnamed Gary here.
MARRIAGE (1747) from Alderton Parish Records, NRO ref. 7p/15. by bans listed as William Geary of Ashton. Day of month unsure. This marriage unknown from other sources but his first wife had died.
Mary Shakeshaft was born before 1727 in , , England. She married William Geary on 9 Nov 1747 in Alderton, Northamptonshire, England.
MARRIAGE from Alderton Parish Records, NRO ref. 7p/15. marriage by banns, listed as of the parish of Alderton.
John Dunsby [Parents] was christened on 16 Oct 1808 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He died on 18 Dec 1881 in Newtown (Queens), New York, USA and was buried in New York, New York, USA. John married Frances Pennington in , New York, USA.
BAPTISM from Ashton parish records, NRO ref.17p/19, no numbers here.
NOTE in 1830 he appears in a city directory and from this entry it is assumed he went alone to USA (Robert Becker). Robert reports that he does not yet (Jan 2004) know the marriage date.
DEATH from Robert W Becker (email Dec 2003 & Jan 04), this is taken from the cemetery records not the gravestone..
NOTE Robert says he was a carpenter, building small wooden fram houses fgor new immigrants in the 1830s
BURIAL He is buried with his wife, his son and his son's wife. A birth date which is the same as his baptismal date is listed in the records of the cemetery. Dates are not shown on his gravestone.
Frances Pennington was born on 4 Jan 1809 in , , England. She died on 17 Feb 1880. Frances married John Dunsby in , New York, USA.
NOTE detail from Robert Becker (email Jan 2004). She was probably from Knaresborough and went to the states with her parents.
NOTE Robert Becker lists two children, and many other descendants.
William Dunsby was born before 1740 in , England. He married Anne Denton on 9 Oct 1760 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England.
BIRTH set from marriage date, but see note below which indicates he was an adult by 1737.
MARRIAGE Stoke Bruerne Parish Ch. Northants Rec.Off.no. 303P/20 no.20 labourer of the parish.
NOTE listed as of Shutlanger for baptism of the first Sarah, but of Stoke for her death and the baptism of the remaining children.
NOTE the scrapbook of Ashton (pg 46) lists a William Dunsby in 1737 buying land, and another (or the same) William taking over the land from Ann Dunsby widow of John in 1775 after she had died. They assume this William was the father of Denton.
Anne Denton was born before 1740 in , England. She married William Dunsby on 9 Oct 1760 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England.
MARRIAGE Stoke Bruerne Parish Ch. Northants Rec.Off.no. 303P/20 no.20 spinster of the parish. Listed as Deaton alias Denton. She signed her name
They had the following children:
M i Denton Dunsby was christened on 3 Mar 1771 and was buried on 16 Aug 1812.
William Jelly [Parents] was born in 1749 in , , England. He died in 1802. William married Mary Cook on 20 Apr 1774 in Alderton, Northamptonshire, England.
KNOWN from marriage of his son, a farmer, possibly of Alderton.
NOTE Dorothy Mowlam (email Mar 2004) gives the other details here.
Mary Cook was born about 1750 in , , England. She married William Jelly on 20 Apr 1774 in Alderton, Northamptonshire, England.
DATA from Dorothy Mowlam (email Mar 2004), birth my estimate..
They had the following children:
M i John Jelley was born about 1776 and was buried on 29 Mar 1863.
William Jelly was born in 1717 in Duston, Northamptonshire, England. He married Sarah Wollifer on 26 Mar 1744 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England.
Other marriages:Woodord, Mary
DATA from Dorothy Mowlam (email Mar 2004), who links him to the Ashton marriage and his son already in the Ashton records. She spells his surname Jelley, but I have regularised it for indexing purposes.
SECOND MARRIAGE from Ashton Parish Records, NRO ref. 17p/10. Surname Jelley here also. Thanks to Dorothy Mowlam for linking this marriage to this family.
NOTE Dorothy Mowlam (email Mar 2004) states that his parents were John Gelly and Ann who married 31 Dec 1704 at Duston.
Sarah Wollifer was born before 1724 in , , England. She died in 1745. Sarah married William Jelly on 26 Mar 1744 in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England.
DATA from Dorothy Mowlam (email Mar 2004). birth estimate mine. Her surname may be Willifer.
They had the following children:
M i William Jelly was born in 1749 and died in 1802.
William Jelly was born in 1717 in Duston, Northamptonshire, England. He married Mary Woodord on 14 Sep 1746 in Alderton, Northamptonshire, England.
Other marriages:Wollifer, Sarah
DATA from Dorothy Mowlam (email Mar 2004), who links him to the Ashton marriage and his son already in the Ashton records. She spells his surname Jelley, but I have regularised it for indexing purposes.
SECOND MARRIAGE from Ashton Parish Records, NRO ref. 17p/10. Surname Jelley here also. Thanks to Dorothy Mowlam for linking this marriage to this family.
NOTE Dorothy Mowlam (email Mar 2004) states that his parents were John Gelly and Ann who married 31 Dec 1704 at Duston.
Mary Woodord married William Jelly on 14 Sep 1746 in Alderton, Northamptonshire, England.