The following is part of research into the Jarvis (or Jervis) family of Shropshire and Staffordshire. 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. 1 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. 2 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) 3 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 Market Drayton 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. *** 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: 5 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 6 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.