Person:James Smith (589)

currier and farmer

Almost certainly the son of John & Elizabeth Smith, the only non-conformist birth in Bedfordshire of the right age the 1841 census only confirms that he was born in Bedfordshire

Children

1. Samuel Smith born Eversholt 1813 died Q1 1894 2. Mary Smith born Eversholt ca 1816 3. Daniel Smith 4. Emma Smith born Eversholt 1818 5. Joel Smith born Eversholt 16 Oct 1818 6. William Smith born Eversholt 1823 currier in 1841 and 1851 7. Sarah Smith born Eversholt 1825 8. Elizabeth Smith born Eversholt 1827

The eldest 5 children were baptised at Westoning Baptist Chapel between 1810 and 1824 (no dates given) Joel was subsequently baptised at All Saints Leighton Buzzard 6 Nov 1844

1841 census Bedford St Pauls with three youngest children and Ann Adams 6 year old daughter of Mary Smith & John Adams (bap Ridgmont 31 July 1834) 1851 census Gwyn Street, Bedford St Paul Ann, a widow and proprietor of houses living with William, Elizabeth and her granddaughter Ann Berwick 1861 56 Gwyn Street, Ann a grocer, Elizabeth a housekeeper

Beds archives has a Deed Poll of 13 Feb 1838 naming James Smith [of Eversholt, grazier] and his wife Ann Smith, In 1832 his warehouse was broken into and hides stolen (QSR1832/4/5/10) His will (Beds Archives BLARS ref 1845/32) only refers to his son Samuel

Samuel Smith 1841 unmarried in Eversholt 1851 a currier of Rads End, Lower, Eversholt married to Mary from Swanbourne with 5 children. 1861 a currier of Rads End, Lower, Eversholt with 5 children at home (2 born since 1851) 1881 retired, of same address, with wife unmarried duaghter Hannah and grandson Sidny born Middx 1891 same 3 adullts at the address plus a visiting Thomas family (his daughter Mary's?)

Joel Smith married Mary Bonest, born Bletchley 1806, dau of William, at eversholt 5 May 1840 In 1851 he was a leather seller living at Leighton Buzzard, High Street with his wife and daughter Charlotte born 1845

Mary Smith married John Adams In 1841 they were at High Street Ridgmont with two children, her mother in law and her sister Emma

Sarah Smith married Philip Smith, a cordwainer of Greenhill Street, Bedford, at Bedford St Paul on 31 October 1842

1.   England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977.