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John Smithson 1756–1850 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1756

Birth Location: Cundall and Leckby, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 9 Oct 1850

Death Location: Brafferton and Helperby, Yorkshire-North Riding, England

Father: Nicholas Smithson

Mother: Jane Cowper

Spouse(s): Jane Brown

Children(s): Joseph Smithson, Thomas Smithson, William Smithson, Elizabeth Smithson, Nicholas Smithson, Jane Smithson, Ann Smithson, James Smithson, Richard Smithson, John Smithson, Richard Smithson

John Smithson was born in 1756 in Cundall and Leckby, Yorkshire, England, the child of Nicholas Smithson And Jane Cowper. John Smithson married Jane Brown, and had children including Ann Smithson, Elizabeth Smithson, James Smithson, Jane Smithson, John Smithson, Joseph Smithson, Nicholas Smithson, Richard Smithson, Thomas Smithson, William Smithson. John Smithson passed away in 1850 in Brafferton and Helperby, Yorkshire-North Riding, England.

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Biography

  • John Smithson was born in 1756 in Cundall and Leckby, Yorkshire, England, the child of Nicholas Smithson And Jane Cowper.
  • John Smithson married Jane Brown, and had children including Ann Smithson, Elizabeth Smithson, James Smithson, Jane Smithson, John Smithson, Joseph Smithson, Nicholas Smithson, Richard Smithson, Thomas Smithson, William Smithson.
  • John Smithson passed away in 1850 in Brafferton and Helperby, Yorkshire-North Riding, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Nicholas Smithson
1716–1790
Birth Location: Norton le Clay
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Jane Cowper
1719–1797
Birth Location: Scrayingham, York, Yorkshire North Riding, England
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Spouses(s)

Jane Brown
1764–1811
Birth Location: Cundall, Yorkshire, England
JB

Children(s)

Joseph Smithson
1800–1872
Birth Location: Helperby, Yorkshire, England
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Thomas Smithson
1787–1848
Birth Location: Yorkshire, England
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William Smithson
1791–1884
Birth Location: Helperby York England
WS
Elizabeth Smithson
1792–1842
Birth Location: Helperby York England
ES
Nicholas Smithson
1795–1875
Birth Location: Helperby York England
NS
Jane Smithson
1798–1883
Birth Location: Helperby York England
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Ann Smithson
1804–
Birth Location: –
AS
James Smithson
1808–1848
Birth Location: Brafferton and Helperby, Yorkshire-North Riding, England
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Richard Smithson
1811–1852
Birth Location: Brafferton and Helperby, Yorkshire-North Riding, England
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John Smithson
1784–1870
Birth Location: Norton le Clay, Yorkshire, England
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Richard Smithson
1811–1852
Birth Location: Brafferton and Helperby, Yorkshire-North Riding, England
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John Smithson's Ancestors

Self
John Smithson
1756–1850
Birth Place: Cundall and Leckby, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Nicholas Smithson
1716–1790
Norton le Clay
Jane Cowper
1719–1797
Scrayingham, York, Yorkshire North Riding, England
Grandparents
William Smithson
1686–1762
NORTON LE CLAY North Yorkshire England, YORK
Ann Terry
1680–1762
Ripley, Yorkshire North Riding, England
William Cowper
1700–
Scrayingham, York, Yorkshire North Riding, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
JANE MOSEY
1685–1779
Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, , England
Great-Grandparents
Nicholas Smithson
1652–1710
Isabel Dixon
1651–1733
Ralph Terry
1660–1722
Mary Drury
1657–1694
Guilemus Cooper
1663–1709
Maria Handsom
1651–1698
Richard Mosey
1660–1733
Rachel Constable
1662–1736
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Arthur Smithson
1610–1663
Elizabeth Swann
1625–
JOHANNIS\JOHN MOSEY
1635–1690
Frances Wright
1630–1698
Oswald Constable
1630–1700
Ann Roper
1630–1717

John Smithson's Descendants

1.
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John Smithson (1756–9 Oct 1850) m. Jane Brown (28 May 1764–8 July 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–
        1. 1. Robert (Gibson) Smithson 1891–1960
        2. 2. George (Henry) Smithson 1892–1966
        3. 3. Joseph Smithson 1898–1986
        4. 4. Edith (Jane) Smithson 1900–1986 m. Thomas (Martin) Sleightholm 1901–1986
        5. 5. Stephen (C) Smithson 1888–
        6. 6. Eva Smithson 1890–1971
        7. 7. Ada (L) Smithson 1893–1959
        8. 8. Thomas (M) Smithson 1897–1916
        9. 9. Herbert (G) Smithson 1888–1942
        10. 10. William (C) Smithson 1874–
        11. 11. Cecil (J) Smithson 1875–
      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
        1. 1. Allen Darnbrough 1901–1956
        2. 2. Eric Darnbrough 1906–1978
        3. 3. Edith Darnbrough 1903–1965
      6. 6. Hannah (Maria) Smithson 1867–1905
      7. 7. Joseph Smithson 1871–1951 m. Emily (Francis) Hammonds 1873–1956
        1. 1. Edith (Ellen) Smithson 1897–
        2. 2. Annie Smithson 1898–1983
        3. 3. Charles (Roberts) Smithson 1901–1967
        4. 4. Joseph Smithson 1903–1984
        5. 5. Cyril Smithson 1905–1978
        6. 6. Florence (May) Smithson 1908–
        7. 7. Sydney Smithson 1909–1993
        8. 8. Ada Smithson 1910–
        9. 9. Mary (Georgina) Smithson 1911–
        10. 10. Eva (Francis) Smithson 1913–
        11. 11. Edith (M) Smithson 1919–
        12. 12. Amy Smithson 1914–
      8. 8. John (William) Smithson 1875–1933
      9. 9. Jane Smithson 1870–1955 m. John Leavitt 1870–
        1. 1. Ronald Leavitt 1897–
        2. 2. Norman Leavitt 1900–
        3. 3. Ethel Leavitt 1904–
        4. 4. Leslie Leavitt 1907–
        5. 5. Cyril Leavitt 1909–
        6. 6. John (D) Leavitt 1897–
        7. 7. Laurence Leavitt 1911–
      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
        1. 1. Rebecca Fowler 1886–
      2. 2. Charles (Joseph) Ellis 1867–1938
      3. 3. Eliza Ann 1860–1948 m. Ralph Sutcliffe 1864–1943
        1. 1. Charles (P) Sutcliffe 1888–1938
        2. 2. Arthur (E) Sutcliff 1892–1954
        3. 3. Harry Sutcliff 1894–1947
        4. 4. Doris E 1898–1976
        5. 5. Clera (Ellis) Sutcliffe 1888–1962
        6. 6. Anna (M) Sutcliffe 1890–1984
      4. 4. Hersey Ellis 1870–1954 m. Ellen 1871–1943
        1. 1. Elsie Ellis 1897–
        2. 2. Beatrice Ellis 1900–
        3. 3. Dora Ellis 1902–1994
        4. 4. Nellie Ellis 1903–1997
        5. 5. George (Charles) Ellis 1909–
        6. 6. John (Henry) Ellis 1910–
      5. 5. Elizabeth Ellis 1855–1922 m. Peter Hartley 1840–1915
        1. 1. Peter (W) Hartley 1890–1967 m. Kathleen 1891–1966
        2. 2. Charles (Henry) Harthy 1886–1940 m. Lucy Fowler 1887–1970
        3. 3. Beatrice Hartley 1894– m. Robert (Henry) Watson 1897–1962
        4. 4. Frederick HARTLEY 1893–1974 m. Alice (Ellen) Cooke 1897–1974
      6. 6. Mary (Jane) Ellis 1863–1904 m. James Fowler 1860–1946
        1. 1. Harold (J) Fowler 1896–1976 m. Sarah (Lester) Ince 1894–1961
        2. 2. Henry Fowler 1893–1951 m. Ellen Fowler 1891–
        3. 3. Ernest Fowler 1889–1939 m. Edith (White) Pantry 1888–1938
        4. 4. Lucy Fowler 1887–1970 m. Charles (Henry) Harthy 1886–1940
        5. 5. John (C) Fowler 1883–1933 m. Emily 1878–1943
        6. 6. Rebecca Fowler 1886–1955 m. George Dodsworth 1883–1917 m. John (Edward) Holliday 1896–
        7. 7. Minnie Fowler 1891–1972 m. George (H) Poole 1895–1965
        8. 8. Percy Fowler 1899–1962
        9. 9. Florence Fowler 1892–1895
      7. 7. Lucy Ellis 1869–1942 m. James Fowler 1860–1946
        1. 1. Willie Fowler 1907–1978 m. Barbara Fowler 1913–1975
        2. 2. Marian Fowler 1913–1991
        3. 3. Clara Ellis 1888–1962
      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
        1. 1. John Hartley 1870–
        2. 2. George Heartley 1867–1913 m. Ann Maxwell 1874–1953
      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
        1. 1. John (Robert) Smithson 1883–
        2. 2. William Smithson 1887–
        3. 3. Johnson Smithson 1894–
        4. 4. Nellie Smithson 1895–
        5. 5. George Smithson 1897–
        6. 6. Florence Smithson 1885–
        7. 7. Mary (E) Smithson 1889–
        8. 8. Albert Smithson 1891–
        9. 9. Joseph Smithson 1878–
        10. 10. Alice Smithson 1876–
        11. 11. Lily Smithson 1881–
      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
        1. 1. Lucy (Mary) Nolson 1908–1994
        2. 2. George (H) Nolson 1910–
      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–

John Smithson's Timeline

4 Records

1756
1756
Birth of John Smithson in Cundall and Leckby, Yorkshire, England
Cundall and Leckby, Yorkshire, England
1756
8 Aug 1756
John Smithson was baptized in Cundall, Yorkshire, England
Cundall, Yorkshire, England
1850
9 Oct 1850
Age 94
Death of John Smithson in Brafferton and Helperby, Yorkshire-North Riding, England
Brafferton and Helperby, Yorkshire-North Riding, England
1850
9 Oct 1850
Age 94
Death of John Smithson in Brafferton and Helperby, Yorkshire-North Riding, England
Brafferton and Helperby, Yorkshire-North Riding, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1756
    Event Place: Cundall and Leckby, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 8 Aug 1756
    Event Place: Cundall, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975 - Findmypast, Batch number: I05809-9; Record set: England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975; Subcategory: Parish Baptisms; Category: Life events (BMDs); Collections from: England, Great Britain

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Oct 1850
    Event Place: Brafferton and Helperby, Yorkshire-North Riding, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Oct 1850
    Event Place: Brafferton and Helperby, Yorkshire-North Riding, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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