Descendants of Thurstan Radford
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Descendants of Thurstan Radford FAMILY TREE 1 Thurstan - (Dorithye Smyth Abt 1585-1650 1590- 1630 Thurstan - (Margery Stedman) Abt 1610 - 1696 Abt 1615 - Dorathy Thurstan Thomas Joseph( Elizabeth) 1636 - 1640 -1723 1644 - 1723 1645 1st Marriage to Mrs Thomas 2nd Marriage to Edith Vallance Martha(Thomas) 1666- ?- 1729 ?-1755 George Robert William John Elizabeth Joseph Martha 1674 1678 -1694 1683 – 1683 1711- 1713- 1716- 1719 Sarah Hannah Thomas Mary 1722- 1724- 1727- 17278 John Thomas Jnr (Elizabeth) Grace Elizabeth Hannah William - (Sarah) 1688 1690 – 1727 1697 1703 1701 1692-1740 John Elizabeth Robert Ann Charles Thomas William Thomas William-(Sarah Saxton) 1711 1713 1717 1720 1723 1726 1733 1726 1733 1733 -1803 Follow Pages 9-11 Sarah William Saxon Robert Susannah Thomas - Hannah 1754- 1757- 1755 - 1757 1772- 1760- 1766 -1839 1767-1833 Follow Pages 12-18 Samuel - Catherine Dafforn Joseph Hannah 1767-1831 1766 - 1848 1770 - 1775 1774- 2 Follow Pages19-36 Descendants of Thurstan RADFORD Thurstan RADFORD1 was born about 1585 probably in Crich Derbyshire England. He died approx1650 was buried in Fritchley Derbyshire Noted events in his life He was a yeoman farmer. A yeoman is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as "a man holding and cultivating a small landed estate - qualifying by possessing land of an annual value of forty shillings, to serve on a jury, or vote for the Knight of the shire" Thurstan married Dorithye SMYTHE1 on 7 Jun 1607 in Crich, Derbyshire, England. Dorithye was born about 1590 in England. She died and was buried on 29 Mar 1630 in Crich They had one son: Thurstan. There may have been a second son Joseph Thurstan RADFORD1 was born about 1610 in England and died in 1696 Noted events in his life: He was a yeoman farmer. He lived in Horsley Woodhouse and in his will dated 2 June 1696 (probate granted in 1697) he left "one cottage in which we now live with one orchard" to his wife Margery and eldest son Thurstan. Thomas by then owned "Hilltop" Horsley Woodhouse. Thurstan married Margery STEDMAN1 on 8 Oct 1635 in St. Alkmunds, Derbyshire, England 1 Margery was born about 1615 in England. They had four children: Dorothy, Thurstan, Joseph, and Thomas. Dorothy RADFORD was born in 1636 in Horsley, Derbyshire, England. Thurstan RADFORD1 was born in 1640 in Horsley, Derbyshire, and died a bachelor in 1723. Joseph RADFORD1 was born in 1645 in Horsley Derbyshire, England. Joseph married Elizabeth of Holbrooke. They had one child Martha Joseph is described as a “gentleman” and appears to have married into local aristocracy. Martha died in 1729. She married Thomas Radford of Woodhouse at South Wingfield on 13 July 1710. Thomas who was a Tanner died in1755 They had 8 children: John, Elizabeth, Joseph, Martha, Sarah, Hannah, Thomas, Mary. John Radford was born in 1711 and baptised 24 May 1712. It is likely that this is the John Radford who married Rachael Hieron from Smalley Hall Elizabeth Radford was born in 1713 Joseph Radford was born in 1716 Martha Radford was born in1719 Sarah Radford was born in1722 Hannah Radford was born in 1724 Thomas Radford was born in1727 Mary Radford was born in1727 THOMAS RADFORD 2 (of Hill top) was born in 1644 in Horsley, Derbyshire, England, and was buried on 15 Nov 1723 in Horsley, Derbyshire, England. Noted events in his life were: He was a yeoman farmer 3 • He had a residence in 1704.3 Hill Top, Woodhouse, Horsley, Derbyshire, England. Thomas was baptised in Horsley although his father Thurstan was originally from Fritchley in the parish of Crich It seems Thomas spent several years in Fritchley, possibly on the family farm, as his first four children were baptised there. By 1690 when Thomas Jnr was born, the family had moved to Hilltop Horsley Woodhouse. Thomas also owned land at Kirk Ireton. Hilltop was about half mile from Stainsby House where Elizabeth of Denby lived with her first husband, also Thomas, and when widowed married Thomas Jnr In his will he left most of his estate including Hill Top to his son John the first child of his second marriage to Edith Vallance Thomas married name unknown ie (Mrs Thomas) in 1672. They had 3 children: George, Robert, William George RADFORD was baptised on 14 March 1674 in Crich Derbyshire. George married Alice Flint on 4 May 1702 and they had 7 children. Thomas, George, John, Joseph, Benjamin, William, Alice. Thomas Radford George Radford John Radford. Baptised 2 May 1710 Joseph Radford Benjamin Radford William Radford Alice Radford Robert RADFORD was baptised on 13 Nov 1678 in Crich Derbyshire and was buried 19-10-1694 in Crich.. William RADFORD was baptised on15 Mar 1683 in Crich Derbyshire and was buried on 8 Oct 1683 in Crich Derbyhire Thomas RADFORD next married Edith VALLANCE2 on 23 Jun 1686 in Crich, England. Edith was born about 1666 in Wirksworth, England. They had 6 children John, Thomas, Grace Elizabeth Hannah William John RADFORD2 was born in 1688 in Fritchley Crich Derbyshire, England and was christened on 5 Dec 1688 in Crich, Derbyshire, He died in1769. On the death of his father he inherited Hill Top and In his will he left most of his estate to “my nephew John the elder of Stanley in the parish of Spondon” Thomas RADFORD2 Jnr was born in 1690 in Horsley, Derbyshire, England and was christened on 7 Sep 1690 in Horsley, Derbyshire, England.2 and died in1727 He had a shop in Horsley where he made and hired out stocking frames. Thomas Jnr married Elizabeth Radford (of Denby) (her second marriage) in 1710, She was born in 1682, and was buried in Horsley on 7 Oct 1737, they had five children. John, Elizabeth, Anne, Charles Robert. Note Elizabeth was first married in Horsley to another Thomas Radford (of Stainsby) on 20-05-1700 She had four children by her first marriage. Thomas, William, Catherine, Francis (See supporting information) Thomas born approx 1701 and died in 1737 William baptised 22 April 1704 In Horsley Catherine baptised 04 Mar 1705 in Horsley and was buried 22 Nov 1714 Francis baptised 18 Jan 1706 in Horsley During her first marriage she lived at Stainsby House, Horsley Woodhouse. In her will dated 06-01-1737 Elizabeth left bequests to Thomas, William, and Francis from her first marriage, and John, Robert, Charles, and Elizabeth from her second marriage. Francis was her sole executor. Her eldest son Thomas died 6 weeks after her aged 36. He was a bachelor. John Radford baptised 23 May 1711. 4 Elizabeth Radford baptised 17 Feb 1713 Ann Radford baptised 07Mar 1720 Charles Radford baptised 04 Sept 1723 Robert Radford Baptised 25 Feb 1717 Robert Radford was born in 1716 in Horsley, Derbyshire, and baptised on 25 th February 1717. He died on 12th March 1796. Robert married Elizabeth Mansfield on the 5 th June 1738 at All Saints Church Derby, (now Derby Cathedral. They had 10 children. Robert, Thomas, Ann, Isabel, John Mansfield, Charles, James, Francis, Dorothy Charles. Noted Events in his life: He was a farmer. On the premature death of his father Thomas in 1726, Robert and his brothers and sisters were brought up by their mother Elizabeth. (Thomas having made provision in his will for their education). When Elizabeth died in1737, Robert was still an apprentice. On completion of his apprenticeship he married Elizabeth Mansfield then aged 16. They lived in Derby for many years before moving to Mickleover where they were farmers, and remained there for the rest of their lives. Robert Radford Baptised 27 th February 1739 Thomas Radford Baptised 11th November 1741 Ann Radford Baptised 5 th April 1744 Isabel Radford Baptised 21st February 1748 John Mansfield Radford Baptised 20 th March 1752 Charles Radford Baptised 3 rd August 1754 and died 20 th October 1754 James Radford Baptised 23 rd December 1755 and died 1 st January 1756 Francis Radford Baptised 23 rd March 1757 Dorothy Radford Baptised 9 th January 1763 and died 19th March 1763 Charles Radford was baptised 7 th December1761 in St Peters church Derby. He died in 1833 and was buried 31st July 1833 in Mickleover Derby. Noted events in his life: Charles was a farmer and moved to Mickleover with his parents and family and appears to have movned to the nearby village of Littleover after his marriage to Selina. Charles married Selina Rolleston of Allestree on 1st October 1786.in Mickleover. They had 8 children Ann Brackley, Charles, Robert, Francis, William, Elizabeth, Selina, Thomas, Ann Brackley Radford Baptised 24 th October 1787 Charles Radford Baptised 30 th May 1790 Robert Radford Baptised 19 thAugust 1792 Francis Radford Baptised 9 th November 1794 William Radford Baptised 9th April 1797 Elizabeth Radford Baptised 22 nd December 1799 Selina Radford Baptised 18th September 1803 Thomas Radford was baptised 12th December 1802. In Littleover. Derby. He died on 19 th May 1882, and was buried in Sutton-cum-Duckmanton churchyard close to the ruins of Sutton Scarsdale Hall, (near junction 29 on the M1 motor way) Noted events in his life: He was a farmer. Little is known of his early life although he was still living in Mickleover in1842. By the time of the 1871 census he was farming 68 acres at Ashton Ashover, and their daughter Mary was still living with her parents. Martha died in 1875, and by the 1881 census, Thomas had moved to Sutton Lane farm of 180 acres on the Sutton Scarsdale estate (owned by the Arkwright family). Daughter Mary had married James Thorpe on 17 th April 1876 and they also lived at Sutton Lane farm, taking over the tenancy on Thomas’s death in 1882.