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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Durham => Topic started by: sam-ann on Thursday 17 April 08 13:35 BST (UK)
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Elizabeth Stephenson/Stephinson b 1812 Satley Hexham. Could you please tell me if Hexham is under the Durham heading? Trying to find the family of Elizabeth.
thank you
Sam-Ann
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Satley is in County Durham, and Hexham is in Northumberland
Try this link for information on Satley:
http://website.lineone.net/~pjoiner/genuki/DUR/Satley/index.html
Satley is not on the IGI, according to the batch numbers.
Ashley
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I had a look at the Satley Bishop's Transcripts online - I could find no baptism for an Elizabeth Stephenson between 1805 and 1815 but some years were missing. What I did find in 1814 was a John Stevenson born to a Joshua Stevenson and his wife Sarah.
Looking at the children's names for William Charlton and Elizabeth I would guess that these were her parents. You would have to check the real records with the missing years to prove it.
They would be the Joshua Stephenson and Sarah Cambell who married in Satley 29 Nov 1806
Ashley
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Ashley i am ever so grateful to you for your wonderful help...simply amazing. Now when i go to the record office i can check the missing years and hopefully get Elizabeths siblings. Thank you ever so much, i cant believe that i could have the start of another link to the Cambell name now...amazing, thank you.
Sam-Ann
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Elizabeth Stephenson/Stephinson b 1812 Satley Hexham.
Hi sam-ann, I'm curious to know what the Hexham connection is?
Jennifer
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Also born to Joshua and Sarah was a son James 26 Oct 1817.
Sometimes some of the Satley baptism are mixed in with Lanchester. Satley was a chapel in the parish of Lanchester.
Janis
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I just checked on Durham Records Online (without paying for the actual record)
It is showing an Elizabeth Stevenson with father Joshua being baptised in Lanchester district (which is correct according to their system) in 1810.
There are only a dozen or so baptisms in Satley each year at that time so it shouldn't be hard to find!
Ashley
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Thanks Janis
In fact on Durham Records online it is showing Elizabeth, John and James but only the last two are marked as being in Satley, so it may be that Elizabeth's was in Lanchester.
Ashley
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Once you all had it down to a year I looked in my transcript of Satley St. Cuthbert
5 Aug 1810 Elizabeth Stevenson,(no place of birth or birth order) born 8 May 1810, daughter of Joshua Stevenson, native of Healyfield, by his wife Sarah, native of Broomhaugh, in the parish of Bywell[St. Andrew], Northumberland
Too bad as many of the other entries have the first name of the mother's father.
Janis
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So she will be the Sarah Campbell baptised 23 Jan 1780 at Bywell St Andrew with parents Michael Campbell and Elizabeth.
Ashley
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Sorry forgot to ask Janis - do you have the marriages as well? I suspect that Joshua may have been a widower in 1806 - there is a marriage in Lanchester in 1789 for a Joshua Stevenson too and I think it may be him. That would make him the JS baptised in Lanchester in 1754.
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this is all so amazing!!!! wow..
Jennifer sorry if i have thrown you with the Hexham bit, i thought Satley was in Hexham!
This is just amazing...now i know Sarah's father was Michael and her mother was Elizabeth this is wonderful,cant thank you kind people enough. I just wish i cud get my head around it all the way you people can...
thank you thank you
Sam-Ann
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Hello sam-ann
These are well worth bookmarking for looking up place names
Durham:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0227/
http://www.rootschat.com/links/038x/
Northumberland:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/038z/
Jennifer
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thank you Jennifer i have book marked these sites and have viewed some amazing pictures of St Andrews church Bywell.
Many thanks for your kindness
Sam- Ann
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Bywell is most unusual in that there are two churches - Bywell St. Peter and Bywell St Andrew - virtually next door to each other. They are in a most beautiful and tranquil location by the River Tyne.
My great-great-great grandfather was baptised at Bywell St. Andrew in 1816. His parents were married there in 1815 and his grandparents are buried in the churchyard at Bywell St. Peter.
Jennifer
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Its only when you make that point about Bywell having two parish churchs that i realised how strange it is but as you say Jennifer what a beautiful place going by the pictures i have been able to see from the site you told me about, also that both you and i have had g g g grandparents baptised there. I will be making a trip to Bywell to see this place where my ancestors came from.
thank you so much
Sam-Ann
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Ancient Northumbrian parishes were huge. The two parishes probably comprised one of the shires of the old Northumbrian kingdom like Hexhamshire next door. The two parishes coincide with two medaeval baronies, Bywell St Andrew probably the older church, for the Barony of Bolbec. Bywell St Peter for the Barony of Balliol. The two barons gave the religous income from their baronies to different monasteries, St Andrew to Blanchland and St Peter to Tynemouth, hence two churches.
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goodness peter what interesting info. My Joshua Stevenson/Stephenson was b Healyfield 1754, i think im right in thinking thats Hexham... wonder who his parents were....
Thank you Peter
Regards
Sam
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Stevenson/Stephenson was b Healyfield 1754, i think im right in thinking thats Hexham... wonder who his parents were....
sam-ann,
Please consult the place-name links I gave you here......http://www.rootschat.com/links/039p/
Hexham is in Northumberland.
Healeyfield is in County Durham http://www.rootschat.com/links/039o/
Jennifer
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Hi not sure if this is any help
marriage 21/12/1789 satley durham
joshua stephenson to isabella robson
lynnej
added baptisms
margaret stephenson 19th sept 1790 father joshua mother isabella robson lanchester
28th dec1794 joshua stephenson father joshua mother isabella robson
lanchester
thomas stephenson 1798 father joshua mother isabella
st margarets durham
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thank you Lynne i will keep this info and see if it fits in anywhere, thank you very much
Regards
Sam-Ann
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Hi Sam- Ann have you any other info on elizabeth ,who she married or even any census with her on sometimes family are living near and It does help you trace her
lynnej
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Healey township is in Bywell St Peter parish, Northumberland but Healeyfield, not far away and earlier called South Healey for distinction is as Jennifer points out, in Muggleswick Parish, County Durham. There are more on-line sources for church records in Durham than in Northumberland if you consult the Genuki parish sources.
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Hi lynne- i know Elizabeth was b 8 May 1810 and i hadnt been able to find her and her husband William charleton b. 1809 Washington on the 1841 cen ( that could be down to my lack of knowledge of family history..) Now i have been told by the kind help of the Rootscaht people her parents were a Joshua stevenson b. 1754 Healyfield and Sarah Campbell bap 1780 Bywell. From some notes my late sister has, it reads Elizabeth Stephenson b Satley. I have elizabeth and William on the 1871 census living at Birtley and she states her place of birth as Satley.
From the info you have found me Lynne:
joshua Stephenson marr 21/12/1789 at SAtley to isabella robson, then you so kindly list their children....somewhere these possibly have a link to my elizabeth...
How i wish my late sister was here to help me ...its a headache..
thank you for your kind help
Regards
Sam-Ann
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Hi could this joshua stephenson be any relation in your family tree
baptised 25/6/1775 joshua stephenson father william mother mary atkinson
parish simonburn nbl place linhurst
lynnej
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If you look back through the Census returns, William Charlton and Elizabeth live continuously in the vicinity of Washington, at Harraton in1861 and Little Usworth in 1851 and 1841, always employed in agriculture although this is the heart of the Durham coalfield. I would suspect therefore that William was Little Usworth born and bred, and probably married Elizabeth there about 1830. Certainly their first child was born there. Satley where Elizabeth was born is a very rural place, not far from Healeyfield. She may have moved from there to find work as a farm servant at Usworth.
Hope this is of help.
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Hi Peter: from the info i have Elizabeths father,joshua stevenson/Stephenson was also born Healyfield abt 1754, possibly married to Sarah Campbell b. 1780 Broomhaugh.
also, thank you Lunne i will keep the info you have kindly given me, as yet i dont kow if there is a connection but in time i hope i can see if the Joshua you found is of any relation to my joshua.
Many thanks
Regars
Sam- Ann
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There are two villages locally.
One is called Slaley, which is just outside Hexham in Northumberland. It is situated to the western side of Healey and on what is known as the back road from Castleside to Hexham.
The other is Satley which is south of Castleside.
People often get mixed up between Slaley and Satley, even some local people.
Healey and Healeyfield.
In 1173/4 Alan de Chilton received the manor of Healey from the Bishop of Durham in return for his lands at Cornforth, Co. Durham. In the latin manuscripts it describes the rivers which were the boundaries of the manor, later on Healey was enlarged and slipped roughly 10 miles north, up one side of the hill and then down the other side of the hill towards Corbridge to it's present position.
The manor of Healey was later split into two, that of Healey which has also been known as Temple Healey in Northumberland on the way to Corbridge and the other being known as South Healey, which later became known as Healeyfield, this is located to the western side of Castleside in Co. Durham.
The parishes.
Bywell St Peter parish came as far as where the Derwent reservoir is now located or at least the farm which adjoins the reservoir, the river was probably the boundary, to South of this was Muggleswick Parish. to the south eastern side was the parish of Shotley (known as Shotley Bridge)
The registers that you would need to check are Castleside from 1864 onwards. before that, the churches people went to from that area, were: Muggleswick, Shotley, Satley and Lanchester, sometimes they went to Edmundbyres and Blanchland, also from 1642 onwards Rowley Baptist church in Rowley which adjoins Castleside to the south.
Stephenson's from Satley had a shop in Castleside in the 1800's, there are several different branches of Robsons in the area and there was a William Charlton who had Whitehall farm just to the south west of Castleside in the late 1700's. Whitehall which was in South Healey, now Healeyfield used to belong to the descendants of Alan de Chilton.
I am doing a project on the whole of the area at the moment, going back to when the Bishop of Durham first started getting rid of what was known as the waste lands in the 1100's.
Rewcastle.
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Thank you rewcastle, ehat intersting information. I can understand there being confusion with the two villages of slaley and Satley, sounding much the same, my elizabeth however was born at Satley.
I am amazed to think that the Derwent Reservoir is where the parish of St peter used to come, many times i have visited the reservoir.. such a beautiful area.
I have taken down ALL the parish registers details that you have kindly given me, im sure they will hold some of my families in those areas.
now, i was more than interested to learn of the Stephenson's from Satley who had a shop in Castleside in the 1800s, that is something i would like to try and learn more about as my Elizabeth was born at Satley..hopefully some connection there, also the William Charleton who had Whitehall Farm... my Elizabeth married a William Charleton. The earliest Wm Charleton i have was born late 1700s ( dont have an exact DOB) at Hamsterly.. would be nice if i could connect somwhere along the lines with my Wm Charleton to the one who had the farm...thank you again for the amazing information which has given me lots to think about!
Regards
Sam-Ann
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Hi Sam-An
William Charlton was baptised in 1784 in Hamsterley.
Baptism from the IGI is 11 Apr 1784 with parents William C and Margaret.
Ashley
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There is a marriage for William Charlton and Elizabeth Stephenson, allowing for variant spellings, on the Joiner Marriage Data base for Durham at about the right date of 1830, but you would have to pay to get further details. Not much, but Charlton and Stephenson are common names and Durham a wide area so it is a slight gamble. Usworth parish records are in the Durham Record Office. A marriage entry should show if Elizabeth was resident in the parish at the time of marriage. Muggleswick parish records only start in 1755 unfortunately.
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William Charlton married Elizabeth Stevenson at Washington Holy Trinity 26 Jan 1833
From the George Bell Index
Ashley
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Hi Ashley, thank you very much for the Hamsterley bap of William Charleton which provided another generation of William Charleton and Margaret, somewhere along the line i can remember the names of William and Margaret being mentioned by older family members who are no longer alive...your brilliant. Indeed William did marry Elizabeth 26 Jan 1833 at Washington.
thank you Ashley/Peter for your help.
Regards
Sam-Ann
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I have just joined this site and the Joshua you mention is my 4xgt grandfather. I have loads of info going right back to the 1600s. I am descended from Michael, Elizabeth's brother.
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There are two villages locally.
One is called Slaley, which is just outside Hexham in Northumberland. It is situated to the western side of Healey and on what is known as the back road from Castleside to Hexham.
The other is Satley which is south of Castleside.
People often get mixed up between Slaley and Satley, even some local people.
Healey and Healeyfield.
In 1173/4 Alan de Chilton received the manor of Healey from the Bishop of Durham in return for his lands at Cornforth, Co. Durham. In the latin manuscripts it describes the rivers which were the boundaries of the manor, later on Healey was enlarged and slipped roughly 10 miles north, up one side of the hill and then down the other side of the hill towards Corbridge to it's present position.
The manor of Healey was later split into two, that of Healey which has also been known as Temple Healey in Northumberland on the way to Corbridge and the other being known as South Healey, which later became known as Healeyfield, this is located to the western side of Castleside in Co. Durham.
The parishes.
Bywell St Peter parish came as far as where the Derwent reservoir is now located or at least the farm which adjoins the reservoir, the river was probably the boundary, to South of this was Muggleswick Parish. to the south eastern side was the parish of Shotley (known as Shotley Bridge)
The registers that you would need to check are Castleside from 1864 onwards. before that, the churches people went to from that area, were: Muggleswick, Shotley, Satley and Lanchester, sometimes they went to Edmundbyres and Blanchland, also from 1642 onwards Rowley Baptist church in Rowley which adjoins Castleside to the south.
Stephenson's from Satley had a shop in Castleside in the 1800's, there are several different branches of Robsons in the area and there was a William Charlton who had Whitehall farm just to the south west of Castleside in the late 1700's. Whitehall which was in South Healey, now Healeyfield used to belong to the descendants of Alan de Chilton.
I am doing a project on the whole of the area at the moment, going back to when the Bishop of Durham first started getting rid of what was known as the waste lands in the 1100's.
Rewcastle.
Rewcastle, you are 100% correct in what you have said, I managed to find my Stevenson branch going further back than Joshua at these parishes you mention, in those days a trip to Morpeth and local knowledge solved it it wasn't helped by them crossing the Derwent several times in the past. I am wondering when in the 1800s the Stevensons had the shop in Satley? Joshua,s grandson and my 2xgt Grandfather was a Blacksmith at Staley in the1870s and also owned some property which was sold in 1912 known as Stevensons buildings. Or was this shop from the earlier branch of the family?
Thanks,
Paul Stevenson