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Jane Cowper 1719–1797 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Feb 1719

Birth Location: Scrayingham, York, Yorkshire North Riding, England

Death Date: 2 Mar 1797

Death Location: Cundall, Yorkshire, England

Father: William Cowper

Mother: JANE MOSEY

Spouse(s): Nicholas Smithson

Children(s): John Smithson, Anne Morris, Mary Smithson, Nicholas Smithson, Jane Smithson, Ann Smithson, Ralph Smithson, William Smithson, Elizabeth Smithson

The story of Jane Cowper began in 1719 in Scrayingham, York, Yorkshire North Riding, England. Jane Cowper married Nicholas Smithson, and had children including Ann Smithson, Anne Smithson Morris, Elizabeth Smithson, Jane Smithson, John Smithson, Mary Smithson, Nicholas Smithson, Ralph Smithson, William Smithson. Jane Cowper passed away in 1797 in Cundall, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Jane Cowper began in 1719 in Scrayingham, York, Yorkshire North Riding, England.
  • Jane Cowper married Nicholas Smithson, and had children including Ann Smithson, Anne Smithson Morris, Elizabeth Smithson, Jane Smithson, John Smithson, Mary Smithson, Nicholas Smithson, Ralph Smithson, William Smithson.
  • Jane Cowper passed away in 1797 in Cundall, Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Cowper
1700–
Birth Location: Scrayingham, York, Yorkshire North Riding, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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JANE MOSEY
1685–1779
Birth Location: Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, , England
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Spouses(s)

Nicholas Smithson
1716–1790
Birth Location: Norton le Clay
NS

Children(s)

John Smithson
1756–1850
Birth Location: Cundall and Leckby, Yorkshire, England
JS
Anne Morris
1755–1827
Birth Location: Cundall, York, Yorkshire, North Riding, England
AM
Mary Smithson
1759–
Birth Location: –
MS
Nicholas Smithson
1754–1824
Birth Location: –
NS
Jane Smithson
1751–
Birth Location: –
JS
Ann Smithson
1750–1815
Birth Location: –
AS
Ralph Smithson
1747–1827
Birth Location: –
RS
William Smithson
1746–1826
Birth Location: –
WS
Elizabeth Smithson
1744–
Birth Location: –
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Jane Cowper's Ancestors

Self
Jane Cowper
1719–1797
Birth Place: Scrayingham, York, Yorkshire North Riding, England
Parents
William Cowper
1700–
Scrayingham, York, Yorkshire North Riding, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
JANE MOSEY
1685–1779
Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, , England
Grandparents
Guilemus Cooper
1663–1709
Scrayingham, Yorkshire, England
Maria Handsom
1651–1698
Scrayingham, Yorkshire, England
Richard Mosey
1660–1733
Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, England
Rachel Constable
1662–1736
Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
JOHANNIS\JOHN MOSEY
1635–1690
Frances Wright
1630–1698
Oswald Constable
1630–1700
Ann Roper
1630–1717
2nd-Great-Grandparents
JOHN MOSEY
1610–1675
Shirley Mosey
1618–1665
John Wright
1600–1668

Jane Cowper's Descendants

1.
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Jane Cowper (Feb 1719–2 Mar 1797) m. Nicholas Smithson (1716–25 Jun 1790)
  1. 1. John Smithson 1756–1850 m. Jane Brown 1764–1811
    1. 1. Joseph Smithson 1800–1872 m. Mary Smith 1803–1841
      1. 1. James Smithson 1830–1893
      2. 2. Mary (Jane) Smithson 1834–1908
      3. 3. Eliza Smithson 1837–1913 m. Matthew Thompson 1829–1917
        1. 1. Tom Thompson 1865–1949
        2. 2. Kathleen Naylor 1909–
        3. 3. Nancy (Wilmet) Naylor 1910–
        4. 4. Mary (Jane) Thompson 1863–1947
        5. 5. Edith Thompson 1879–1962
        6. 6. Sarah (Ann) Thompson 1867–1950
        7. 7. Eliza Thompson 1875–1938
        8. 8. Elizabth (Ann) Smithson 1855–
        9. 9. John Thompson 1869–1908
        10. 10. Fanny Thompson 1872–1934
        11. 11. Alice Thompson 1877–
        12. 12. John Thomson 1865–
      4. 4. John Smithson 1839–1919 m. Ann Bewlay 1837–1917
        1. 1. Charles Smithson 1879–1957
        2. 2. John (Matthew) Smithson 1860–1937 m. Hannah (Isabella) Gibson 1866–1932 m. Cornelia Smithson 1837–
        3. 3. Ada Smithson 1873–1895
        4. 4. Eliza (Ann) Smithson 1865–1950
        5. 5. Sarah Smithson 1877–1964 m. John (William) Darnbrough 1876–1953
        6. 6. Hannah (Maria) Smithson 1867–1905
        7. 7. Joseph Smithson 1871–1951 m. Emily (Francis) Hammonds 1873–1956
        8. 8. John (William) Smithson 1875–1933
        9. 9. Jane Smithson 1870–1955 m. John Leavitt 1870–
        10. 10. Mary Smithson 1863–1955
      5. 5. Jane Smithson 1825–1873
      6. 6. William Smithson 1828–1872
      7. 7. Ann Smithson 1831–1882 m. Charles (bannister) ellis 1813–1891
        1. 1. Sarah (E) Elise 1864–1934 m. John Fowler 1858–1937
        2. 2. Charles (Joseph) Ellis 1867–1938
        3. 3. Eliza Ann 1860–1948 m. Ralph Sutcliffe 1864–1943
        4. 4. Hersey Ellis 1870–1954 m. Ellen 1871–1943
        5. 5. Elizabeth Ellis 1855–1922 m. Peter Hartley 1840–1915
        6. 6. Mary (Jane) Ellis 1863–1904 m. James Fowler 1860–1946
        7. 7. Lucy Ellis 1869–1942 m. James Fowler 1860–1946
        8. 8. John (William) Ellis 1874–1946
    2. 2. Thomas Smithson 1787–1848 m. Martha 1786–1842
      1. 1. Smithson 1815–1890 m. Sarah 1811–1880
        1. 1. Jane 1844–1881 m. Peter Hartley 1840–1915
        2. 2. William Smithson 1837–1869
        3. 3. Samuel Smithson 1840–1929
        4. 4. Sarah (Ann) Burnsides 1842–1916
        5. 5. Robert Smithson 1852–1928 m. Mary Johnson 1855–1945
        6. 6. John Smithson^ 1835–1859
      2. 2. Thomas Smithson 1818–1860
      3. 3. Jane Smithson 1808–
      4. 4. Ann Smithson 1820–
      5. 5. William Smithson 1821–1821
      6. 6. Richard Smithson 1811–1852
      7. 7. Isabella Smithson 1806–1872
    3. 3. William Smithson 1791–1884 m. Mary Smithson 1796–
      1. 1. Henry Smithson 1835–
      2. 2. Mary (A) Smithson 1829–
      3. 3. Eliza Smithson 1827–
      4. 4. William Smithson 1832–
    4. 4. Elizabeth Smithson 1792–1842
    5. 5. Nicholas Smithson 1795–1875
    6. 6. Jane Smithson 1798–1883 m. John Nolson 1789–1822
      1. 1. John Nolson 1819–1900
      2. 2. Henry Nolson 1826–1880 m. Elizabeth Pinkney 1823–1889
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Ann) Nolson 1854–1895
        2. 2. Rodger (Pinkey) Nolson 1857–1929
        3. 3. William (Henry) Nolson 1859–1939 m. Emily Nolson 1873–1952
        4. 4. Mary (Jane) Nolson 1862–1954
    7. 7. Ann Smithson 1804–
    8. 8. James Smithson 1808–1848
    9. 9. Richard Smithson 1811–1852
    10. 10. John Smithson 1784–1870 m. Mary Abbey 1786–1865
      1. 1. John Smithson 1815–
      2. 2. Thos Smithson 1821–1869
      3. 3. William Smithson 1821–1821
      4. 4. Isabella Smithson 1819–1872
    11. 11. Richard Smithson 1811–1852 m. Ann Smithson 1819–1911
      1. 1. Mary (Ann) Smithson 1849–
      2. 2. Sarah Smithson 1851–1903
      3. 3. Jane Smithson 1847–
      4. 4. Elizabeth Smithson 1845–
      5. 5. John Smithson 1842– m. Ann 1848–
  2. 2. Anne (Smithson) Morris 1755–1827
  3. 3. Mary Smithson 1759–
  4. 4. Nicholas Smithson 1754–1824
  5. 5. Jane Smithson 1751–
  6. 6. Ann Smithson 1750–1815 m. William Smith 1741–1812
    1. 1. Elizabeth Smith 1777–
    2. 2. Jonathan Smith 1774–1847
    3. 3. Lambert Smith 1786–1867
    4. 4. Isaac Smith 1771–1771
    5. 5. Charlotte Smith 1784–
    6. 6. William Smith 1772–
    7. 7. Mathew Smith 1789–1813
    8. 8. David Smith 1779–1859
    9. 9. Henrietta Smith 1782–1859
  7. 7. Ralph Smithson 1747–1827
  8. 8. William Smithson 1746–1826
  9. 9. Elizabeth Smithson 1744–

Jane Cowper's Timeline

8 Records

1719
Feb 1719
Birth of Jane Cowper in Scrayingham, York, Yorkshire North Riding, England
Scrayingham, York, Yorkshire North Riding, England
1719
9 Feb 1719
Jane Cowper was baptized in Scrayingham, Yorkshire, England
Scrayingham, Yorkshire, England
1720
1720
Age 1
Birth of Jane Cowper in Cundall and Leckby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Cundall and Leckby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1720
1720
Age 1
Birth of Jane Cowper in Cundall and Leckby, Yorkshire, England
Cundall and Leckby, Yorkshire, England
1797
March 1797
Age 78
Death of Jane Cowper in Cundall, York, Yorkshire, North Riding, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Cundall, York, Yorkshire, North Riding, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1797
1797
Age 78
Death of Jane Cowper in Cundall and Leckby, Yorkshire, England
Cundall and Leckby, Yorkshire, England
1797
Mar 1797
Age 78
Death of Jane Cowper in Cundall, York, Yorkshire, North Riding, England
Cundall, York, Yorkshire, North Riding, England
1797
2 Mar 1797
Age 78
Burial of Jane Cowper in Cundall, Yorkshire, England
Cundall, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1720
    Event Place: Cundall and Leckby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1720
    Event Place: Cundall and Leckby, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Feb 1719
    Event Place: Scrayingham, York, Yorkshire North Riding, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 9 Feb 1719
    Event Place: Scrayingham, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980
    [2] England, Select Births and Christenings

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Cundall, York, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: March 1797
    Event Place: Cundall, York, Yorkshire, North Riding, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, North Riding Record Office; Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England; Parish Registers for North Yorkshire; Reference: PRCU 13
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1797
    Event Place: Cundall and Leckby, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Mar 1797
    Event Place: Cundall, York, Yorkshire, North Riding, England

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 2 Mar 1797
    Event Place: Cundall, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, North Riding Record Office; Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England; Parish Registers for North Yorkshire; Reference: PRCU 13
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