The following is part of research into the Jarvis (or Jervis) family of and . To see other documents about the family, go to http://www.bhsproject.co.uk/x_jarvis.shtml.

Mucklestone J*rv* families

MucklestonePRs.docx lists baptisms in the name J*rv* between 1738 and 1789. This document attempts to group all of the entries into family groups – parents and children – and also seeks marriages of the parents and their burials. Entries from other parishes have been used to fill in gaps where it seems possible a family moved into or away from Mucklestone.

Family Groups

The families are summarised below: the name of the parents, where they lived if known, their family group id. in brackets (eg (M3) used in DataPublished.xls) and the span of years during which they baptised children at Mucklestone. The family group id. Has not been allocated scientifically but where it starts M means the family has first been encountered through searches of Mucklestone entries.

A few families are more complex than others; in such cases a separate document has been prepared and a brief note included below.

The earliest baptism found from the two registers searched was in 1738:

John & ? of ? (M14) one baptism at Mucklestone 1738, a baptism & burial at Drayton 1740

Andrew 1738 Mucklestone

Ann 1740; a baptism and burial at Drayton

As none of the three entries give a wife’s name or location it is not clear whether this is one or two family groups. For now the three entries are assumed to be one family group.

As John named a son Andrew he may be a brother or cousin of Andrew mentioned next.

Andrew & Ellen of Winnington (M2) baptisms 1741-1757 – See Jervis of Winnington area.docx

Richard & Mary of Bloore Heath (M1) baptisms 1751-1767, marriage 1750

John, William, George, Abraham, Thomas, Job, Elizabeth, Ann

There are eight children, probably the entire family; two less common biblical names, Abraham and Job, are considered later.

At the baptism of John his parents were of Tyrley, later baptisms from 1755-1767 record their home as Bloor Heath.

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A second couple named Richard and Mary Jervis (nee Cartwright) married in 1744 (J1): notes follow later. Baptisms to the two couples overlap.

John, baptised 1751, is assumed to be a child of Richard and Mary nee Jervis: the timing of the baptism suggests the couple married when (and probably because) Mary was expecting. This was not unusual. Marrying by licence speeded up the marriage process by a few weeks. The other Richard and Mary baptised a son George at Hodnet in 1751 so it is unlikely that John is also their child.

A marriage by licence at Hinstock, Shropshire (around 7 miles south of Mucklestone) 8 Sep 1750, fits forenames, timing and place (both were of Drayton).

The bond records that Richard was a husbandman and John Steele, labourer was his bondsman, the location above is written Drayton & Hinstock (perhaps John Steele was of the latter?). There is a later Steele/Jervis connection: John Creswell Jervis married Elizabeth Steele at Drayton 9 Feb 1809 (D29).

The allegation shows Richard was around 25, Mary his wife 291, possibly 21 or 27, both were of the parish of Drayton and single:

1 The hooked form is different to the ‘1’ and ‘7’ in ‘1750’ so ‘9’ seems most likely, but the hand is rather erratic and Mary could be 21 or 27.

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The ‘1’ and ‘7’ from the bond year shows a different form to that used in Mary’s age.

Baptism/Burial of Mary Jervis, wife whitefish172 has a baptism to William 4 Sep 1726 at Drayton. This would make Mary around 24 at her marriage in 1750, although the licence suggests 29 (or 27, or 21).

The local baptisms of Marys around the 1718 to 1730 follow:

Jarvis Mary 1719 Sep 20 Bap Thomas Alminton Drayton L5 Stoke on Jervis Mary 1721 May 14 Bap Thomas Anne Tern labourer S4 S10? Stoke on Jervis Mary 1725 Mar 7 Bap Robert Mary Ollerton Tern labourer 1724/5 S7 Jarvis Mary 1726 Sep 4 Bap William Bloor Heath Drayton D26/M1 Stoke on Jervis Mary 1728 Jul 31 Bap William Eaton Tern S11

A burial at Drayton in 1802 of Mary Jervis, age 81, could be her: it suggests a birth around 1720/21.

Baptism of Richard Jervis

Richard’s age of 25 in 1750 suggests a baptism around 1725. DataPublished has two within a few years of this but both are rather early:

Richard son of Richard Jervis of Bloor, 6 Mar 1720 at Drayton (D1)

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Richard son of Thomas Jarvic of Almin(g)ton, 25 Jan 1721 at Drayton (L5)

Looking further afield, there are three baptisms in Wales (FamilySearch) but the closest, at Ruabon, is around 25 miles from Drayton; the only other contender 1719-1729 was at Stanton upon Hine Heath, Shropshire, 22 Jul 1727, to William and Mary. Stanton upon Hine Heath is around 9 miles southwest of Drayton and Hinstock lies between both, to the east.

There is not much to choose between the two Drayton baptisms: Bloor and Almington are under 1½ miles apart; Blore in Tyrley and Almington are both townships of which lie over the border in Staffordshire.

The Jarvis/Jarvis marriage of 1750 is included in two Ancestry public trees and both note Richard’s father as Thomas. They are unsourced and have sufficient differences to suggest they have been compiled independently. Neither has all of the baptisms to Richard and Mary:

Evie Goodworth has three baptisms to Richard & Mary: William (1753) and two Private daughters. It seems she is descended from William Jarvis, who married Sarah Randalls at Drayton in 1777, via their daughter Ann.

The second tree has been submitted by whitefish172 and has just the William of 1753 baptism to Richard and Mary; whitefish172 is another descendant of William’s daughter Ann.

The descendants of Richard and Mary of Bloor Heath (M1) are documented in Jarvis and Jervis of Drayton.docx: in a nutshell, John and Thomas moved to Little Drayton and Abraham to Norton in Hales, then Newcastle under Lyme.

Brief diversion: use of names Abraham and Job

Richard and Mary (M1) were the first Jarvis couple to use the names Abraham and Job (in the parishes of Maer, Mucklestone and Drayton). More common boys’ names were chosen

4 by Richard and Mary for their older sons: John, William and George; and they chose Thomas before Job, their youngest son.

FamilySearch incudes just one earlier reference to Abraham J*rv* 1600-1757:

Abraham Jervis s/o John and Mary bap at Whitchurch Salop 1741

FamilySearch has two local Job J*rv* references 1600-1762:

Job Jervois son of William at Prees was born and buried in 1717

Jobe Jervis son of James was buried at Nantwich, Cheshire in 1654

Once the names were seeded by Richard and Mary they were used in later generations: family groups D21, D41 and AA. Job son of Abraham, D41, was from a Methodist family and the earlier use of these names may reflect religious leanings.

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A third tree has the 1721 baptism of Richard to Thomas and Margaret nee Pitchford:

It does not have Richard’s marriage but records one son, Thomas, baptised Hodnet 1753:

This takes us to the second Richard and Mary who later settled in the Hodnet area of Shropshire:

Richard & Mary, joiner of Drayton at marriage (J1) baptisms 1747-1767, various locations, marriage 1744

Seven baptisms found:

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Mary 1747 at Drayton (RJ of Tyrley)

William in 1749 at Hodnet (RJ of Marchamley)

George 1751, Thomas 1753 & Sarah 1756 at Hodnet (Mary’s home parish)

Jane 1759, Richard 1767 at Stoke-on-Tern

In each baptism both parents were named. The first baptism at Hodnet – William 19 Jun 1749 – describes the parents as being of Marchamley, a hamlet just under a mile west of Hodnet.2

There are two later baptisms at Stoke-on-Tern to Richard and Mary: Jane 1759 and Richard 1767. It is assumed this is the same family as there are no other marriages of a Richard J*rv* to Mary in the period 1747-1767. Stoke on Tern is around 2 miles east of Hodnet.

The baptisms follow a marriage by licence of RJ to Mary Cartwright in 1744; the 1750 marriage was of a bachelor RJ so the 1744 marriage must be a different person.

The marriage allegation dated 6 Dec 1744 refers to Richard Jervis of Drayton in Hales, ‘joyner’ and Mary Cartwright spinster age about 20 of Hodnet. The name Cartwright was common in Hodnet and the best-timed baptisms of Mary are:

8 Jul 1725 to John and Eliza: (beth) Cartwright

10 Jul 1725 to William and Sarah Cartwright

No evidence has been found that John or William Cartwright left a will.

The Jarvis/Cartwright marriage was to take place at Hinstock or Norton in Hales and Thomas Jervis, joyner of Drayton in Hales was party to the bond.

There is evidence that points to the 1744 RJ being the son of Thomas (L5): Thomas was a worker in wood when he married in 1715. Thomas was alive in 1744 so able to sign the bond – as did Richard.

2 http://www.melocki.org.uk/salop/Hodnet.html#top

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The signature of the father Thomas, at marriage in 1715 (above), is quite different to that in 1744; perhaps the bondsman was Richard’s brother Thomas, who was around 20 at the time; possibly the father’s writing skills improved over 29 years.

The 1744 marriage has not been found in Norton-in-Hales OPR, nor in Hinstock OPR, both on Findmypast.

An aside: the witnesses in 1744, Samuel & Sarah Burslem, match the names of a couple who baptised children at Market Drayton 1735-1746. They married by licence in 1734 and were of Drayton, no occupation recorded, Sarah formerly named Justice. The marriage was at Mucklestone; there is a baptism of Samuel Burslem at Sandbach, Cheshire in 1700.

The children of Richard and Mary (J1)

Mary, the eldest child was baptised at Drayton in 1747 and was born at Tyrley. The working assumption is that she married John Dodd in 1775 at Hodnet, and lived at Marchamley until her death in 1844 at the age of 100 (actually around 97). ProbatesDrayton2.docx has more about the Dodd family.

William, bap 1749, is thought to have married Mary Bailey in 1772 (D16): see William&Mary.docx.

The Ancestry family tree by Paul Buffey ‘BuffeyFamilyTree’ incudes the marriage of Thomas (bap 1753) to Martha Ducker at Hodnet 24 Jan 1774 and the baptism of Samuel at Church Aston in 1781 from this marriage.

To sum up the Richards and Marys

There were two families headed by a Richard and Mary Jarvis and they were of similar ages.

• (J1) settled in Hodnet, headed by Richard the joiner, son of Thomas (L5), a joiner • (M1) lived in Bloor Heath, headed by Richard, labourer/husbandman, son of Richard (D1)

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Another Richard marriage

Another Richard Jarvis marriage took place at Drayton after the two previously noted:

5 Jul 1752 Richard Jervis to Elizabeth Allin

Elizabeth’s surname is blank in the OPR but has been transcribed as Allin, presumably from a Bishops Transcript. The baptisms to the other two Richards noted above, M1 and J1, postdate this marriage and indicate there was a third Richard locally. No baptisms to Richard and Elizabeth have been found; it is possible Richard was an older man.

This marriage is of interest as the forename Allen was used by George Jervis (L4): daughter Mary Allen in 1759 and son Allen in 1764. After that point the name was used in multiple branches of descendants.

George Jervis (L4) was born well before the marriage in 1752 and cannot be a child from it. Perhaps George was a relative of Richard and celebrated the latter’s marriage by giving the name Allen to two of his children – possibly after it became clear Richard and Elizabeth would have no children.

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Burials of Richard x 3

Having established the presence of three Richard Jervis, who married in 1744, 1750 and 1752, three burials should follow. Two Richards (M1 and J1) had children baptised in 1767 so were alive then.

The burial of Richard Jarvis of Sandy Lane 6 Sep 1799 at Drayton, age 78 is currently matched to the joiner (J1). This does require him to return to his family home from Hodnet. Sandylane is a hamlet around 2 miles outside Drayton, see map that follows.

This is the only Richard J*rv* burial in the period 1760-1840 in the parishes of Drayton, Mucklestone, Maer, Hodnet, Hinstock (Findmypast). Either the other RJs were buried further afield; or their burials took place locally but entries are not online or have been mis- transcribed.

A PCC will of a Richard Jervis, 1784, is from the family based at Cheswardine; he was of Broadwell, Gloucestershire when he died (Ancestry). At present there is no reason to link him to the three Richards under investigation.

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William & Ellen of Bloore Heath (M13) See Early Mucklestone.docx

Thomas & Mary of (M12) baptisms 1762-1769

Hannah, Thomas, Mary (bur 22 Jun 1768), William (bur 30 Apr 1769)

This 1761 Jervis/Butler marriage in Mucklestone fits:

Thomas did not sign the register and is likely to be a different person to TJ, bondsman for Richard Jervis in 1744 (J1).

Assuming the couple were in their early 20s at marriage, burials prior to 1820 are most likely, most probably in the same churchyard. Two possibilities for Mary follow, but both are south of Mucklestone whereas Woore is to the north:

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Mary Jervis of Hales was buried at Mucklestone 23 Apr 1800 (no age noted)

Mary Jervis of Tyrley was buried at Drayton 10 Jul 1802 age 81: currently linked to (M1)

One later burial is also south of Mucklestone: Mary Jervis age 88 of Audley Cross at Drayton 2 Aug 1830 (this has been linked with greater confidence to family D16).

There are no burials of a Thomas Jervis at Mucklestone in the period 1769-1830.

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Turning to the baptism of Thomas, expected between 1700 and 1743, none were recorded as being of Woore and all are to the south of Mucklestone. It is possible Thomas came into Woore from elsewhere and he and his wife are also buried there.

C848 OPR Jarvis Thomas 1724 Apr 16 Bap Thomas Aminton Drayton C468 OPR Jervise Thomas 1731 Aug 29 Bap William Woodseves Drayton

Stoke on C770 TS Jervis Thomas 1740 Oct 30 Bap William Mary Tern

A baptism at Adderley 30 Jan 1733/4 is a possibility: Adderley is around 5 miles west of Woore. Another Thomas was baptised at Wybunbury, Cheshire 22 Dec 1735, his father William was of Artle Brook (a farm of this name – Artlebrook – is marked on the 1:25,000 OS map of Stoke on Trent, published 1959). This is a little over 5 miles north of Woore.

Neither baptism has been researched further.

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The 1761 Jervis/Butler marriage was witnessed by Thomas Hampton and Henry Skelton. There are two other citations that may be relevant:

1695: William Jervis of Drayton married Anna Hampton at Ashley (D10)

1781: Richard Skelton witnessed the marriage of Mary Allen Jervis to Thomas Groom at Mucklestone (L4)

John Jervis of Ireland’s Cross (IC1) baptisms 1763-4 also

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John Jervis of Drayton (D20) baptisms1766-1780

The starting premise is that two families were headed by a John Jervis; entries from Mucklestone and Drayton are considered here:

labourer / C328 OPR Jarvis John 1758 Apr 2 Mar Catherine Parsons Drayton Drayton husbandman C195 OPR Jervis Elizabeth 1758 May 23 Bap John Little Drayton Drayton C487 OPR Jervis Thomas 1763 Feb 26 Bur John Ireland's Cross Mucklestone son of C286 OPR Jarvis Catharine 1763 Oct 12 Bur John Drayton Drayton wife C583 OPR Jervis Elizabeth 1764 Jun 10 Bap John Ireland's Cross Mucklestone

C329 OPR Jarvis John 1765 Jun 30 Mar Elizabeth Stubbs Drayton Drayton husbandman C196 OPR Jervis Mary 1766 May 19 Bap John Drayton Drayton C198 OPR Jervis Margaret 1771 Aug 19 Bap John Drayton Drayton C203 OPR Jervis Susanna 1774 Jun 24 Bap John Drayton Drayton C205 OPR Jervis Fanny 1777 Jun 4 Bap John Drayton Drayton C210 OPR Jervis John 1780 May 21 Bap John Drayton Drayton

Starting with the entries at Drayton (D20):

The second witness to the marriage was Francis Dawes (not Jarves).

The licence document (top has not scanned well) confirms both were of Drayton:

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Within weeks of the marriage a baptism took place at Drayton: Elizabeth d/o John of Little Drayton; this may have been a parental or sibling home that Catherine went to for her first child’s birth.

The marriage was short-lived: Catharine wife of John was buried 12 Oct 1763 at Drayton:

Two years later a marriage took place at Drayton, by licence 30 Jun 1765 of John Jervis, a husbandman and widower:

His new wife, Elizabeth Stubbs, was a minor, age 19 and her father John Stubbs, a miller of Drayton consented:

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John Jarvis signed with a ‘x’.

After the marriage a series of five baptisms followed to John Jervis of Drayton 1766-1780

Mary, Margaret, Susanna, Fanny and John

The timing of the second marriage, the detail that both licences record John as a husbandman of Drayton, that he was a widower in 1765 and made a mark rather than signed on both occasions, point to this being the same John Jarvis.

John Jervis was buried at Drayton 19 Jul 1807 and left a will which makes references to the Stubbs family: ProbatesDrayton2.docx has more details of his family.

His age at death, 83, suggests a birth year of 1720/1721 and there is a baptism of John Jarvis son of William 27 Oct 1723 at Drayton which is a reasonable fit (D26). There are other options:

Mother Spouse or Spouse or C Status / Father or or other app/mast app/maste o Place occupatio Surname Forename Year Month Day Event other M F er r u (township) Parish n Stoke on Jervis John 1722 Aug 10 Bap Robert Mary Ollerton Tern labourer Stoke on Jervis John 1723 Oct 8 Bap Henry Sarah Eaton Tern Jarvis John 1723 Oct 27 Bap William Dray(ton) Drayton Jarvis John 1725 Feb 7 Bap Richard Wicky tree Drayton Stoke on Jervis John 1727 Feb Bap William Mary Eaton Tern

In his will dated 8 Apr 1804 John refers to his wife Elizabeth. A burial of Elizabeth Jervis of Drayton took place just 12 days later on 20 Apr 1804; her age at death, 59, indicates a birth year of 1744/5 and is a fair match to the birth year suggested by her age at marriage: 19 in 1765.

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This leaves the two Ireland Cross entries (IC1, both from Mucklestone PRs.

Ireland’s Cross is under a mile from Woore on its south side and was the location of several families in the late 1760s, eg Trevitt 1766, Dobson 1767, Sherratt or Sharratt 1768, Timmis 1769. It is recorded twice in Jervis entries in Mucklestone parish registers:

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Thomas s/o John Jervis of Irelands Cross buried 26 Feb 1763 at Woore Chapel

Elizabeth d/o John Jervis of Irelands Cross baptised 10 Jun 1764

No baptism has been found at Mucklestone that matches the 1763 burial of Thomas. A marriage at Madeley the previous year could be relevant – this is ca 4 miles from Ireland’s Cross:

There are no baptisms to this couple at Madeley immediately after the marriage but later there is a baptism of Mary to John and Ann Jerveys 21 Jun 1765. It is possible the couple married at Madeley, buried and baptised a child at Mucklestone and then baptised a third child at Madeley. Ireland’s Cross is in Mucklestone parish but whether they stayed there temporarily or lived there throughout is not clear.

William & Sarah of Bloore (M10) baptisms 1779-1784

Molly 1779, Elizabeth 1783, John 1784 – followed by two burials – the parents?

Sarah Jervis of Bloore 14 Jan 1785

William Jarvis of Blore P(auper?) 9 Mar 1787

A marriage bond dated April 1777 is at the right time: William Jervis labourer of Tunstall in the parish of Drayton, Shropshire and Sarah Randals also of Drayton; both were single and aged 21 and upwards; William swore he had been a resident in Drayton for ‘four weeks last past’ and signed the document ‘x’.

The entry was recorded in the Drayton mixed-entry register and also in the Banns and Marriage register although in the latter Sarah’s name was recorded as Elizabeth and the date as 18 rather than 23 May 1777.

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William could be the individual baptised in February 1756 son of William & Hannah of Bloor Dale – around 3 miles east of Tunstall Hall. Both locations are shown below, Tunstall Hall is NE of Drayton.

Alternatively, he could be the son of Richard and Mary Jervis (M1) baptised 2 Feb 1753. The naming of his three children offer few clues but it is possible Molly – a pet form of Mary or Margaret – was named after his mother. This is assumed in Hierarchy.xlsx.

Regarding deaths of the parents, initially the 1787 WJ burial seemed feasible, but Evie Goodworth attributes an 1825 burial at Mucklestone to William. This is assumed to be correct – this WJ was of Tyrley, and age 72, which fits the timing of his baptism. The 1787 burial of William of Blore at Mucklestone has been added to (M13).

The burial of Sarah in 1785 is at present assumed to be William’s wife – it explains the cessation of baptisms – but if so surely William would have remarried – he had three children age 6 and under.

Whitefish172 attributes two later baptisms to William and Sarah: John in 1795 and Ann in 1797, both at Drayton. Looking into these, the baptism of John, 25 Oct 1795 at Drayton, shows the father named John, not William:

The baptism of Ann was on 14 Jan 1796

There is another baptism to William and Sarah 4 Nov 1798: James; the parents were of Tyrley. It seems likely Ann and James had the same parents but there is a gap of around 12 years between the baptism of John in 1784 and Ann in 1796. At present these two later baptisms are tagged TD and assumed to be from a different couple.

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Could William have remarried Sarah#2 between 1784 and 1796? There is a marriage at Newcastle under Lyme in 1795 of a William Jarvis, potter of Stoke, and Sarah Devenport, spinster, but there is nothing to link them to Tyrley.

Moving on to another set of baptisms to one or two couples:

James & Elizabeth of Winnington/ Bloore (D91) baptisms 1786 (W),1788 (B)

James & Ellen of Winnington (M8) baptism 1789 of Winnington

Extending the search to include later entries and those from Drayton suggest two families: there are two further baptisms to James & Ellen at Mucklestone which are interspersed with baptisms to James and Elizabeth at Drayton. There are also some entries where the mother is not named. A first split into two family groups:

James & Elizabeth (D91); Mucklestone baptisms 1786-1788; Drayton baptisms 1789-1799

John 1786, William 1788 at Mucklestone;

Joseph 1789 (mother not named), James 1794, Thomas 1796 (mother not named), Daniel 1798, Mary 1799 at Drayton

James and Elizabeth were of Winnington when their first child John was baptised, thereafter they were of Blore (Blore Heath in the case of Joseph).

A marriage in 1785 at , Staffs (below) is at the right time although James states he was ‘of this parish’:

Eccleshall is around 8 miles from Mucklestone. The marriage was followed by the baptism of John Jervis on 26 Mar 1786, son of James and Elizabeth of Great Sugnall, at Eccleshall. Gt Sugnall is around 6m SW of Mucklestone and on the road between Eccleshall and Nantwich.

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It makes sense to link the Eccleshall marriage and baptism together; a check of Eccleshall baptisms (using index on Findmypast, Staffs baptisms) shows there were no earlier or later baptisms to James and Elizabeth at Eccleshall (until one in 1803, 17 years later). It is not unusual for the first child to be born in the mother’s home; the presence of two Smith witnesses to their marriage points to it being Elizabeth Smith’s home parish.

If this is the couple who had the string of children between 1786 and 1789 then the first baptism, of John at Mucklestone is a little odd as they had a son John baptised at Eccleshall in the same year. It is concluded either

• The baptism was to a different James and Elizabeth, not the Eccleshall couple; • it was the same couple and John was baptised twice; • the Mucklestone John was actually a child of James and Ellen.

The last option has one point in its favour: James and Ellen were of Winnington in the other baptisms to them, the same as in the baptism of Mucklestone John; this presumes an error was made in the register recording or copying. At present the Mucklestone baptism has been attributed to James and Ellen (M8).

An aside – Jervis reference, Great Sugnall:

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(above from Discovery Catalogue, The National Archives)

As noted there is one later baptism at Eccleshall in 1803 of Ann to James and Elizabeth of Garmelow (a small settlement WSW of Eccleshall). There are no new James to Elizabeth marriages in the period 1783 -1803. It may be the same couple returning to Elizabeth’s home area, perhaps after a death? Or it may be a different couple.

The burial of James has not been found. The burial of an Elizabeth Jervis of Tyrley at Drayton in 1809 age 57 is currently linked to this group.

As to James’s baptism, apart from one in 1757 taken up by (M8) below, the nearest is at Edstaston, Salop, in 1753, to Job and Martha. Edstaston is around 10 miles west of Drayton and Eccleshall is around 20 miles west of Edstaston – so not much in its favour.

There were J*rv* entries at Edstaston from 1749 to 1766 then a gap until 1847, suggesting the family may have moved away.

The father’s name, Job, is uncommon and searches for entries within a 5-mile radius of Edstaston found a baptism at Prees in 1715 and a burial at Weston under Redcastle in 1799 age 84 fits; the burial states Job was of Wixhall (Whixall) chapelry.

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Job’s wife Martha pre-deceased him after the birth of their child Sarah in 1760.

James & Ellen of Winnington (M8); Mucklestone baptisms 1786-1799

(John), Jane, William, James

Three baptisms in 1789, 1797 and 1799 all place the family at Winnington and the baptism of John in 1786 has been provisionally added too, for reasons noted above (D91). James&Mary.docx, research into son James baptised 1799, has more details.

The burial in 1799 of James heading this family was followed by the remarriage of his widow Ellen in 1804 and the will of her new husband, John Bruckshaw, prepared in 1834, details his wife’s first family: John, Jane, Elizabeth, William and James – only Elizabeth’s baptism has not been found.

It is suggested that James (M8) is the son of Andrew and Ellen of Winnington (M2) baptised 8 Apr 1757: his parents were of Winnington, where he settled, and he would have been in his late 20s at marriage.

Edward & Ann of Winnington (ME) 1767 (one baptism followed by two burials)

William baptised 1767 burial of Ann the wife of Edward Jervis of Winnington 3 Jun 1767; burial of William the son of Edward Jervis of Winnington 13 Jun 1767

Edward lived in Winnington, also the home of Andrew Jervis 1741-1757; Edward may be Andrew’s son baptised in 1743.

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A marriage by licence of Edward Jervis at Lapley, around 18m south of Mucklestone, took place in 1772 – rather too far away to be a serious contender.

Edward Jarvis married Abigail Peate at Shrewsbury 11 Jun 1767 and three children baptised at Hinstock in 1768, 1769 and 1774 to Edward and Abigail might be the same Edward, but the marriage took place 8 days after Ann was buried in 3 Jun 1767: at present this family (H1) is counted as a separate family.

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The notes above cover all of the baptisms in the 1738 to 1789 period at Mucklestone that fit into family groups.

There are also some single baptisms:

1. John s/o William & Elizabeth Jervis of Winnington Forge3 9 Nov 1766 2. Ann d/o Thomas & Jane Jarvis of Winnington 8 Jul 1770 3. John s/o George & Mary Jarvis of Blore Heath 22 Mar 1778

1. William & Elizabeth of Winnington Forge (KK) one baptism 1766

The first singleton is preceded by a marriage at Mucklestone of William Jervis to Elizabeth Martin on 25 Jul 1763; William did not sign the register but John Jarvis did as witness – possibly his brother or father.

There are no further baptisms to the couple in the local area after 1766.

William may be the son of Andrew Jervis, baptised in 1741: Andrew lived in Winnington between 1741 and 1757. Perhaps the couple went to his home for the birth of their first child.

There is one contraindicator to Andrew being the father of William – no evidence has been found that Andrew had a son named John who was the marriage witness. Andrew is thought to have a brother named John, baptised in 1700; a possibility...

3 Properties named Winnington Forge Farm and Winnington Forge Cottage survive to the current day

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2. Thomas & Jane of Winnington one baptism 1770

There are no nearby marriages that precede the second singleton and other baptisms to Thomas & Jane are not local. Thomas lived at Winnington, also the home of Andrew Jervis from 1741 to 1757 and he may be the son of Andrew baptised in 1753.

3. George & Mary of Blore Heath (D17) one baptism 1778

The final singleton is of interest as it could be a last baptism to George Jervis, gtx4 grandfather of Louise (L4), following the last known baptism in 1775. The baptism notes his wife was Mary and residence Blore Heath. The previous baptisms to George were at Maer and that in 1775 did not give a location within the parish; George previously baptised a son named John in 1753. This John may have died and prompted the 1778 ‘replacement’ baptism, but there is no certainty this is the same George.

Delving deeper, a marriage took place during the year before the 1778 baptism, at Audlem in Cheshire: George Jervis to Mary Chidlow. The groom was of Adderley, a parish adjoining Market Drayton to the north.

The Findmypast records set ‘Cheshire baptisms’ does not include any baptisms to a George & Mary Jervis, suggesting the couple either did not settle in Cheshire, or they had no children baptised there (or they did but records are not included in the Cheshire Baptisms record set), or they were too old to have children.

Turning to Drayton OPRs, baptisms of William in 1779 and Mary in 1783 to George, the second naming the mother as Mary, may be the same couple. The baptism of William gives the parents’ location as Blore.

Mary d/o George & Mary Jervis 12 Jan 1783

As no marriage has been found in Drayton it seems plausible that the couple married at Audlem in 1777, their first child was baptised at Mucklestone in 1778, then William and Mary at Drayton in 1779 and 1783.

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For now the singletons are set aside in order to focus on the main clusters of entries, which indicate family groups based in Winnington and Bloor (Heath / Dale).

Winnington is under a mile north of Mucklestone and is a fraction of a mile east of Napeley Heath.

Bloor Heath is the nearest of the three Bloor settlements to Winnington and is just over two miles south: Bloor Heath is around 1 2/3 mile south west of Mucklestone. Winnington is a township of Mucklestone whereas ‘Blore-in-Tyrley’ is a township of Drayton.

Burials at Mucklestone 1740-1783

In the period 1693 to 1737 no J*rv* baptisms were recorded at Mucklestone but there were two marriages and around ten burials – the family was present here. Those from 1740 onwards are considered here as they may relate to the family groups recorded in baptisms from 1738. Conversely some may be of earlier J*rv* not considered in this document.

Burials which seem likely to link to the family groups above have been noted in that context; the following links are unknown or speculative:

Richard Jarvis 17 Nov 1740 (D1)

Andrew Jervis of Tysley (Tyrley?) 30 Jan 1749/50 (there is a will for an individual of this name from 1750 which describes him as being of ‘The Squabb’). It is assumed to be a different individual to the Andrew who baptised children at Mucklestone as the latter was of Winnington and the last baptism postdates the will; but the sharing of an uncommon forename may be pertinent. (XX2)

Sarah wife of William Jarvis of Bloor Dale 28 Sep 1753 (M32)

Elizabeth Jarvis from Bloor Dale 13 Mar 1755 (?)

Mary Jervis of Drayton parish 19 Mar 1762 (?)

Jane wife of William Jarvis of Drayton 4 Feb 1777 (D26)

William Jarvis of Rosemary Hill4 Drayton 7 Nov 1778 (?)

John Jarvis of Drayton 28 Jul 1783 (DJ)

Conclusions

Where locations have been noted in the registers it has helped distinguish different family units.

The place names recorded in the Mucklestone parish registers overlap with the place names recorded at Drayton in Hales (see GeorgeJervis&Ancestors.docx): presumably a family living mid-way between churches chose the one that suited them best and that varied over time.

4 There is a Rosehill south of Drayton marked on OS map of 1899; it is on a road that runs to Hinstock

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It is possible that the same place name may have been recorded in different ways over time, not just as variations in spelling but a location may be noted in different ways by different parish clerks, from farm, to hamlet to township to parish. A hamlet within a township may be recorded in some entries by the hamlet name and in others by the township name. Maps help with pinpointing locations.

The family given names are worth looking into in more detail. The name ‘Allen’ has already been useful as it was handed down from George Jervis gtx4 to two of his children and several grandchildren. ‘Andrew’ may also prove useful: some branches of the family used it, others did not.

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