Person:William Tongue (6)

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William TONGUE
b.Abt 1716 Stoke Prior, Worcestershire
d.Aft 1790
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  • H.  William TONGUEAbt 1716 - Aft 1790
  • W.  Mary TONGUEAbt 1721 -
m. 1741
  1. Samuel TONGUEAbt 1762 - 1819
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Name William TONGUE
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1716 Stoke Prior, Worcestershire
Marriage 1741 Stoke Prior, Worcestershireto Mary TONGUE
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Mary TONGUE
Occupation? 1791 Gilt Seal and Toy maker
Occupation? Gun lock maker/weaponry
Death? Aft 1790
Other? 1791 Universal British Directory, Livery StDirectory
Reference Number? 5571
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1766 - Directory 

    43 Snow Hill

1767 - Sketchley's Directory 

    Snow Hill

1770 - Sketchley's Directory 

    43 Snow Hill, gunlock makers, forgers, finishers, filers, weaponry

1774 - Birmingham Directory 

    43 Snow Hill

1775/6 - Swinney's Directory 

    43 Snow Hill

1777/80/81 - Birmingham Directory 

    43 Snow Hill now money scale maker/instrument making
    and/or 70 Snow Hill, swivel maker/metal working

1781 - Bailey's Directory 

    43 Snow Hill
    and/or 70 Snow Hill, swivel maker/metal working

Inland Revenue, Apprentice Tax Records, 1710-1775 16/194 1742 Robert Worhood, to William Tongue of Northfield, Worcestershire, gunlock maker, premium 5 pounds 52/193 1756Joshua Denham to William Tongue of Birmingham, Gunlock maker, premium 2.10s-. 53/42 1757, John Floyd to William Tongue of Birmingham Gunlock maker, premium 2.2s-. 22/220 1761, Joseph Sanders to William Tongue of Birmingham, Gunlock maker, premium 5-.

An Anne Tongue is listed as living at Snow Hill in the 1786 Grand Levy book.....did he marry again? His daughter Anne is married by then.

FILE - Attornments for premises at Snow Hill and Steelhouse Lane, including the Nag's Head. - ref. MS3101/A/A/1/3 - date: 1777

Scope and Content This bundle contains agreements between Samuel Galton of Birmingham, merchant, and individual tenants. Tenants include: Thomas Acton of Birmingham, victualler; Elizabeth Amas of Birmingham; Robert Eagles of Birmingham, shoemaker; Edward Hales of Birmingham, huckster; William Harding of Birmingham, toymaker; Francis Jackson of Birmingham; Joseph Roberts of Birmingham, carpenter; William Tongue of Birmingham, gunlockmaker; Henry Wiggin of Birmingham, merchant; Edward Wilks of Birmingham, buttonmaker. These premises were part of an estate mortgaged to Samuel Galton by William Bonnington of Birmingham, victualler.


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