Person:Elijah Smith (40)

Elijah Smith was baptised on 29th December 1816 at Geddington in Northamptonshire, son of Trinity Smith and her husband Cain, a basket maker and fiddler. The family were frequently described as being Gypsies in contemporary records, and appear to have travelled around Northamptonshire and the adjoining counties.

Sadly Elijah appears to have died as a young man when he was only nineteen years old, being buried at Denford in Northamptonshire on 26th February 1836.

1. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Geddington (Northamptonshire). Parish registers, 1680-1976. (Northampton, England: Northamptonshire County Record Office, 1994?).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Geddington in the County of Northampton in the Year 1816
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   83	Dec[embe]r 29th	Elijah	Cain & Tranetta	Smith	Geddington	Gipsey	J. Hogg

2. ↑ Bishop's Transcript of burials register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Denford (Northamptonshire). Parish registers, 1596-1950. (Northampton, England: Northamptonshire County Record Office, 1994?).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Denford in the County of Northampton in the Year 1836
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   138	Elijah Smith	A Gypsey who died at Outmean in the Parish of Denford	1836 Feb[ruar]y 26th	19 yrs [1816/17]	Ed. Bowman, Curate