Family of James Shoebridge and Sarah Goldsmith compiled by John A. Brebner for the Friends of Sandbanks 26th October, 2020 Generation One 1. James Shoebridge #136741, b. c. 1763 in Benenden, Kent, England,1 baptized 19 June 1763 in Benenden, Kent, England,1 d. 1819. It's possible that James had a brother John (1771 - 1832) who married Sarah Elizabeth CUTBEARTH (1772 - 1811),William (1773 - 1819) and Oak SHOEBRIDGE based on the recorded graves of St. George's Benenden, fingagrave.com. Those children were sons of Oak SHOEBRIDGE and Mary OXLEY. The 1841 census shows SHOEBRIDGE and MILLS families... He married Sarah Goldsmith #136742. Children: 2. i. Thomas Shoebridge #69432 b. 1807. 3. ii. Richard Shoebridge #136812 b. c. 1807. 4. iii. Eliza Shoebridge #69348 b. c. 1816. Generation Two 2. Thomas Shoebridge #69432, b. 1807 in England,2 baptized 29 May 1807 in Benenden, Kent, England, occupation 1841 Groom in St. James, Middlesex, England, occupation 1851 Labourer in Hallowell Township, occupation 1871 Hop Grower in Hallowell Township, religion 1851 Church of England, d. 19 November 1891 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario,3 buried in Hicksite Friends Cemetery, Bloomfield, Prince Edward County, Ontario.3 . There are a number of related SHOEBRIDGE families in the Benenden and Rolvenden areas of Kent, England. 1841: Family lived at Blenheim Mews, St. James, Middlesex, England. 1851 - 1871: Lived in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County with family. Note alternate spelling as "SHUBRIDGE". He married Mary Ann Searles/Sorrel #69433, 15 August 1838 in Benenden, Kent, England,4,5 b. c. 1816 in Middlesex, England,6,2,7 (daughter of (unidentified) Searles #189525 and (unidentified) #189526), d. 23 December 1893 in Prince Edward County, Ontario, buried in Hicksite Friends Cemetery, Bloomfield, Prince Edward County, Ontario.3 Mary: Surname also appears as "SORRELL" in some English records. Children: 5. i. William Shoebridge #136739 b. c. 1830. 1 6. ii. Sarah (Sally) Shoebridge #78848 b. c. 1835. 7. iii. Emma Shoebridge #136740 b. 23 May 1835. 8. iv. Sarah Ann (Roseanna) Shoebridge #74362 b. 2Q 1841. 9. v. Thomas Shoebridge #74363 b. c. 1843. 10. vi. Edmund (Edwin) Shoebridge #69431 b. 29 October 1845. 11. vii. Ellen Shoebridge #74364 b. 18 May 1848. 12. viii. Phoebe Jane Shoebridge #69972 b. 05 March 1849. 13. ix. Mary Emily Shoebridge #74366 b. c. 1854. 14. x. James D. Shoebridge #74365 b. August 1857. 15. xi. Finley Shoebridge #74367 b. 21 June 1859. 16. xii. Eliza D. Shoebridge #100997 b. 29 January 1856/66. 17. xiii. Lydia Shoebridge #100996 b. c. 1862. 3. Richard Shoebridge #136812, b. c. 1807 in England, christened 29 March 1807 in Benenden, Kent, England. Verify that this is the same Richard SHOEBRIDGE... Assumed he emigrated with wife and son... see 05 APR 1875 death in Wentworth County, Ontario. He married Charlotte (unidentified) #136813.8 Children: 18. i. Thomas Shoebridge #136809 b. 07 September 1846. 4. Eliza Shoebridge #69348, b. c. 1816 in England,9 baptized 15 September 1816* in Benenden, Kent, England,5 religion 1871 Church of England, d. 29 January 1895 in Prince Edward County, Ontario,10 buried in West Lake Disciple Cemetery, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County.10 . 1895: Age at death: 78 years, 5 months, 2 days. She married Alfred Mills #69347, 3Q 1841 in Maidstone, Kent, England,11 b. c. 1814 - 1820 in England,9,10 (son of (unidentified) Mills #139941 and (unidentified) #139942), occupation 1851 - 1861 Labourer in Hallowell Township, religion 1851 - 1871 Church of England, occupation 1871 Farmer in Hallowell Township, d. 1897 in Prince Edward County, Ontario,10 buried in West Lake Disciple Cemetery, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County.10 Alfred: 2 1841: May have lived in Milton, Gravesend Kent before marriage based on possible 1841 census details... left England shortly after marriage. Relationship to brother based on proximity of families in 1841. 1851: Lived in Hallowell Township, enumerated next to Thomas SHUBRIDGE (sic) and family 1861: Lived in Hallowell Township; with wife, children: Albert, 1850; Emily, c 1855; E. Amelia, c. 1858. Subsequently enumerated families were those of Obadiah COOPER, and Shove BARKER. 1871: Enumerated next to Hugh MCDONALD and family in Hallowell Township. Gravestone shows birthdate as 1820... Children: 19. i. Eliza Mills #69968 b. c, 1838/48. 20. ii. Annie Mills #81398 b. c. 1843. 21. iii. Alfred (Fred) Mills #70052 b. c, 1845 -1847. 22. iv. Miriam (Mary Ann) Mills #69346 b. c, 1847. 23. v. Albert Mills #100251 b. 30 June 1850. 24. vi. Emily Mills #70994 b. October 1853. 25. vii. Amelia (Araminta) Mills #70995 b. c. 1858. 26. viii. Walter Mills #70996 b. c. 1862. Generation Three 5. William Shoebridge #136739, b. c. 1830 in England.7 . William not yet found in Ontario. Did he remain in England? 6. Sarah (Sally) Shoebridge #78848, b. c. 1835 in Ontario,2 religion 1871 Wesleyan Methodist. She married Stephen Bedell #78847,12 b. c, 1826 - 1833 in Ontario,2 (son of Elias Bedell #70988 [Farmer] and Rachel Ferguson #70989), occupation 1871 Farmer in Hallowell Township, religion 1871 Wesleyan Methodist, occupation 1872 Labourer, occupation 1880 Labourer in Bloomfield, occupation 1881 Labourer in Hallowell Township, d. 1881? Stephen: The Genealogy of Ichabod BOWERMAN of Dutchess County suggests that Stephen was a son on William BEDELL and Mary BOWERMAN... I don’t think this is correct. More research to follow. 1871: Enumerated in Hallowell Township. Thomas SEARLES, 30 was with family (likely farm servant.) and related to Sally's mother 1872: Lived in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario 1881: Lived in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County. Children: 3 27. i. William Albert Bedell #94893 b. c. 1859. 28. ii. Mary Elizabeth (Sarah, Alice?) Bedell #94456 b. c. 1857. 29. iii. Lydia Jane (Jennie) Bedell #89124 b. c. 1863. 30. iv. Sarah Alley (Ella) Bedell #78846 b. 06 January 1872. 31. v. Elmer Clayton Bedell #97359 b. 27 February 1879. 7. Emma Shoebridge #136740, b. 23 May 1835 in Middlesex, England,7,13 baptized 21 June 1835? in St. Luke, Chelsea, Middlesex, London. 8. Sarah Ann (Roseanna) Shoebridge #74362, b. 2Q 1841 in St. James Westminster, England,6,14,15 d. 28 May 1917 in Bloomfield, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County,14 occupation Housewife, buried in Picton, Prince Edward County, Ontario.14 . 1841: Name appears as Roseanna in 1841 St. James, Middlesex census; aged two months. She married (unidentified) Mills #116331, d. before May 1917 in Bloomfield? 9. Thomas Shoebridge #74363, b. c. 1843 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario,6 occupation 1870 Yeoman, occupation 1871 Labourer in Hallowell Township, occupation 1881 Farmer in Athol Township. 1871: Lived with wife Mary in Hallowell Township. He married Mary Wessels #88772, 16 October 1870 in Demorestville, Prince Edward County, Ontario,16 b. c 1845 in Sophiasburgh, Prince Edward County, Ontario,2 (daughter of Benjamin Wessels #86054 and Rebecca Smith #86055), d. 21 September 1903 in Prince Edward County, Ontario.17 Children: 32. i. Alice Victoria Shoebridge #88773 b. 15 July 1872. 33. ii. Alice Shoebridge #136818 b. 12 July 1875. 34. iii. George Shoebridge #96884 b. 28 December 1880. 35. iv. Herbert Leslie Shoebridge #136744 b. 27 December 1881. 36. v. Emma P. (Naomi?) Shoebridge #136819 b. 24 March 1883/1888. 10. Edmund (Edwin) Shoebridge #69431, b. 29 October 1845 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario,18 occupation 1881 Farm Labourer, occupation 1891 Farmer, d. 03 June 1920 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County,19 buried 05 June 1920 in Glenwood Cemetery, Picton, Prince Edward County, Ontario. 1871: Lived in Hillier Township with wife and daughter Sarah/Mary 1881: Lived in Hallowell Township with wife and daughter Mary. 4 He married Susan Hyatt #69427, 28 August 1865 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Canada West,20 b. c 1841 in Canada,21 (daughter of Samuel T. Hyatt #69320 [Labourer in Hallowell Township] and Jane Cole #69321), religion 1851 Society of Friends/Quaker, d. 23 September 1920 in West Lake, Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County,22 buried 25 September 1920 in Glenwood Cemetery, Picton, Prince Edward County, Ontario. Children: 37. i. Mary Jane (Jen) Shoebridge #69434 b. 1868. 11. Ellen Shoebridge #74364, b. 18 May 1848 in Canada,6 occupation Housewife, d. 30 December 1932 in Blissfield, Lenawee, Michigan, USA,23 buried 30 December 1932 in Petersburg Cemetery, Blissfield, Michigan.23 . She married Henry Earl #90283, 06 October 1869 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario,24 b. c. August 1843 in England,25 occupation 1869 Yeoman in Hallowell Township, occupation 1900 Day Labourer in Lenawee, Michigan, d. before 1932. Henry: 1871: Henry and Ellen immigrated to the United States (1900 Michigan census) 1900: Family lived at 360 Michigan Avenue, Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan. Children: 38. i. Alida E. (Lida) Earl #136781 b. September 1886. 39. ii. William Ernest Earl #136782 b. March 1889. 12. Phoebe Jane Shoebridge #69972, b. 05 March 1849 in Upper Canada,26,27,28 d. 22 May 1924 in Commerce, Oakland County, Michigan, USA,28 buried 26 May 1924 in Pontiac, Michigan, USA.28 . She married (1) William Hyatt #69425, 09 December 1866 in Prince Edward County, Ontario, b. 08 September 1839 in Ontario,21 (son of Samuel T. Hyatt #69320 [Labourer in Hallowell Township] and Jane Cole #69321), occupation 1871 - 1901 Labourer, religion 1851 Society of Friends/Quaker, d. 01 August 1903 in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario,29 buried in Church of Christ Disciple Cemetery, West Lake, Ontario.29 William: 1871: Lived in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario 1901: Lived in Hallowell Township. Children: 40. i. Walter S. Hyatt #69973 b. 20 February 1868. 41. ii. William Edmond Hyatt #69974 b. 20 August 1871. 42. iii. Wesley Hyatt #69975 b.