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I am trying to trace my maternal ancestry and have managed to get back as far as Timothy Dewis born 1786 , I believe in Foleshill, Bedworth, Warwickshire. He was married to Patience Haywood, but she died in 1827 and thereafter he married Catherine Mallabone on 25.04.1827. We know he was a Silk ribbon weaver Timothy died on 8th May 1853 in Foleshill. He had a son called Edward who married Hannah Hackett.
Try as I might I cannot get any further back from Timothy.
I know that Bedeorth churchyard is full of the graves of Dewis folks and appreciate the waters may be muddy but does anyone have records back from our Tim??
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I do not see a marriage to Patience but there is this below.
Timothy signed and it is the same as the signature on his marriage to Catherine.
Timothy Dewis (Transcribed Dewig) to Mary Cade.
Marriage or Bann Date: 11 Dec 1810
Marriage or Bann Place: Bedworth, Warwickshire
Colin
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When Timothy married Patience he was a widower, so the CADE marriage looks likely.
His parish is recorded as Bedworth.
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When Timothy died he was 76, so born about 1777..
DEWIS, TIMOTHY 76
GRO Reference: 1853 J Quarter in FOLESHILL AND SOWE Volume 06D
Colin
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Thank you .Mary Cade showed up in other searches so that now makes more sense than Patience. Shame I can't find Timothy mum and dad but we think it might have been Edward.?.
They were hugeunot by descent and I believe the silk ribbon weavers came mostly from Normandy?
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Dewis is not such a common name, but it may have been spelled other ways.
I note there is a a James DEWIS born in 1770 Coventry to Thomas and Susannah.
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There is a marriage in Bedworth 1774, for a William DEWIS and Grace PROCTOR.
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The three marriages are on freereg.
Mary CADE Timothy DEWIS Marriage 11 Dec 1810 Warwickshire Bedworth : All Saints :
Patience HAYWOOD Timothy DEWIS Marriage 11 Aug 1825 Warwickshire Bedworth : All Saints :
Catherine MALLABONE Timothy DEWIS Marriage 25 Apr 1827 Warwickshire Bedworth : All Saints : Unspecified
This is how the 1825 marriage appears on Ancestry.
Timothy Davis 7 Aug 1825 Bedworth Ratience
Colin
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Another marriage in Bedworth 1778 for a Thomas DEWIS and Mary HIGGINSON.
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Ah ha, this one maybe …..
Marriage in Bedworth 1780 for Edward DEWIS, widower, and Elizabeth ACRES, both of Bedworth parish.
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Also consider these marriages, all in Bedworth ….
Edward DEWIS to Susannah HARVEY, 1769
Edward DEWIS to Elizabeth HARRISON, 1766
Edward DEWIS to Sarah HARTOP, 1762
Also
Edward DEWIS, wid to Elizabeth EDWARDS, wid, 1793.
No baptism for Benjamin found, in fact very few Dewis baptisms.
Graham, I have silk ribbon weaver ancestors from Bedworth too. Their children were baptised in the non- conformist church, very often as older children or young adults.
This maybe the same for your family, and could explain why it is difficult to find baptisms for them.
ADDED Just noticed that Timothy’s daughter, Sarah was baptised in the Independent chapel in 1837, at age 5 ( as explained in my note above.)
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The three marriages are on freereg.
Mary CADE Timothy DEWIS Marriage 11 Dec 1810 Warwickshire Bedworth : All Saints :
Patience HAYWOOD Timothy DEWIS Marriage 11 Aug 1825 Warwickshire Bedworth : All Saints :
Catherine MALLABONE Timothy DEWIS Marriage 25 Apr 1827 Warwickshire Bedworth : All Saints : Unspecified
This is how the 1825 marriage appears on Ancestry.
Timothy Davis 7 Aug 1825 Bedworth Ratience
Colin
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The three marriages are on freereg.
Mary CADE Timothy DEWIS Marriage 11 Dec 1810 Warwickshire Bedworth : All Saints :
Patience HAYWOOD Timothy DEWIS Marriage 11 Aug 1825 Warwickshire Bedworth : All Saints :
Catherine MALLABONE Timothy DEWIS Marriage 25 Apr 1827 Warwickshire Bedworth : All Saints : Unspecified
This is how the 1825 marriage appears on Ancestry.
Timothy Davis 7 Aug 1825 Bedworth Ratience
Colin if the signature of Timothy on banns for Cade and Mallabone are correct, then I guess we can discount Patience . The registry office has Tim's death cert but alas no birth record have tried the local history society and the church community facebook group but nothing going back further than Tim. A contact suggested his dad was Edward Dewis, but mostly because he was only person that fitted with dates. Shame.
I know Samuel Dewis my Gt Gt grandad left Bedworth for Oxenhope in Yorkshire where he worked as a weaver at the mill. He was also a congregational minister as was Reginald Samuel Dewis, my Grandpa.
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Timothy's signature on all three marriages appears to be the same.
I note the names Dewis has been mistranscribed on occasions, so the best I can come up with happens to be 1777, which according to his death record was his year of birth. It is on Ancestry & Family Search and is about 20 miles from Bedworth.
Tim Davis
Christening 27 November 1777
Worthington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Parents James Davis, Eliz. Davis
Might be worth a look.
Colin
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Thank you Colin. Same signature all three wow.
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Ah ha, this one maybe …..
Marriage in Bedworth 1780 for Edward DEWIS, widower, and Elizabeth ACRES, both of Bedworth parish.
aha you might be right as this is the Edward and Elizabeth Acres that the contact named to me. Thanks for this, will keep scratching and see what turns up.
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Regarding Tim's father being Edward, as mentioned there were two marriages for him at Bedworth.
Edward Dewis
15 Nov 1762 Bedworth Sarah
Edward Dewis, as signed but recorded as Davis.
15 Nov 1766 Bedworth Eliz
There were also baptisms for an Edward & Mary & Edward & Susanna
In the period 1762 - 1782 they all had children baptised Bedworth. All on Ancestry.
Colin
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Ah ha, this one maybe …..
Marriage in Bedworth 1780 for Edward DEWIS, widower, and Elizabeth ACRES, both of Bedworth parish.
It appears that his first marriage was to Sarah Hartop on 15.11.1762.
I thank you for your help.