WILLIAM PENN - WALSALL, 1781

[misskim]

Hi there

Desperately trying to tie up this birth to a marriage in Shropshire.

Is this possible???

I have a birth entry for a WILLIAM PENN, christened on 31/5/1781, Saint Matthew, Walsall, Stafford.

I need to know if this is the same William PENN that married Ann BYTHEWAY on 1807 in Kinlet, Shropshire.

Was PENN a popular surname in this region.

Would appreciate any help.

Many thanks

KIM MILLER - AUSTRALIA

[irret]

Have found the birth and marriage as RE: sometimes on birth it puts parents and birth persons spouse and likewise on marriage sometimes parents I think the only way forward is to order the birth.The site I was using may be of some help to you.
http://www.familysearch.org/

[misskim]

Many thanks for the info.

Will chase up.

Regards
KIM

[yonderpeasant]

there is a William Penn of similar age in Kinlet in 1841 married to Ann but his age is recorded as 55 which would make it  around 1786

[misskim]

That does sound interesting.....

Is there any way you could investigate further if there were still children at home etc.

I do have the list of children.

Would really appreciate your help.

Regards
KIM MILLER

[yonderpeasant]

HO107/922/16 Kinlet
not easy to decipher
address ? house
William Penn 55 Ag Lab
Ann       do    50
Sarah   do     ?
Rebecca do     7

near to Eagle and Serpent Pub
 

[Tati]

Hi Kim,

We are PMing regarding this family, so I thought I'd post on this thread.

The family are still around in 1851 
HO107/1985 303 16
Kinlet, Shropshire
William Penn, head, 66, Day Lab, b. Worcestershire Bayton
Ann, wife, 61, b. Kinlet
Rebecca, dau, unm, 17, b. Kinlet

If William says the truth, you might want to search for him on the IGI.

Tanja 

 

[misskim]

Hi

Don't know if this is my William Penn - I could be wrong.

Family Search have William's birth around 1782 and Ann's around 1786.

Of the children listed I haven't got a Rebecca.  The last child I have was born in 1827.  He was the 11th child.

Is there a birth entry for William Penn in 1782 in Kinlet?

Regards
KIM

[Tati]

Did you get my PM with the different details? There was a birth for Rebecca 1833. I couldn't find a birth for William. I may have missed it, but the IGI has nothing I could see either. Have you found anything interesting? There are plenty of William Penn's on the IGI as you must have noticed but I definitely think these (on 1851) look very good.   

Also, I couldn't resist having a look on familysearch:

WILLIAM PENN 
Christening:  14 NOV 1784   Bayton, Worcester, England
Father:  WILLIAM PENN 
Mother:  ELIZABETH     
Batch No.:  C039821  1710 - 1812 

Matches perfectly the 1851 Census info !
I'd definitely go for this rather than the Walsall birth. What document do you base William's age on?
 
Tanja  
 
PS.The record on familysearch is a member-submitted record. If the person says 'about', it means he hasn't found any christening so it's just his guess, obviously.     

Also, they had a daughter Sarah born 1827.