Person:Aaron Smith (32)

Aaron Smith was baptised on Christmas Day 1814 at Rushton in Northamptonshire, son of a basket maker named Cain Smith and his wife Trinity. The family were Gypsies and travelled extensively. Sadly young Aaron appears to have died when he was just over a year old, being buried on 10th February 1816 at Stanion, also in Northamptonshire.

1. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Rushton (Northamptonshire). Parish registers, 1538-1969. (Northampton, England: Northamptonshire County Record Office, 1994?).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Rushton in the County of Northampton in the Year 1814
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   18	1814 Dec[embe]r 25th	Aaron Son of	Cain and Trinity	Smith	no abode	Fiddler Basket maker	J.L. Wetherall

2. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Stanion (Northamptonshire). Parish registers, 1653-1977. (Northampton, England: Northamptonshire County Record Office, 1994?).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Stanion in the County of Northampton in the Year 1816
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   10	Aron Smith	Stanion	1816 February 10	1 [1814/15]	H.W. Neal, Curate