Millership/Millichamp/Millichoppe/Millichap

[POCKET DRAGON]

Hi Eric,

Now you've said that some of the Nottinghamshire Millerships went to Oldbury, I think maybe my tree is right....it was after talking to other people on Genes Reunited about Millerships that I began to wonder - plus the name changes don't help!! 
You state in your last post that you went as far as William and MARY Ann Simpson - it was actually Sarah Ann. I have a lovely photo featuring her (at the ripe old age of 93ish!!) with her daughter Mary Louisa, HER daughter Doreen (my nana) and HER baby daughter, my aunty Cynthia.
Aunty Cyn was born in 1938, and Sarah Ann died in 1939 - so it's nice to see the four generations on one photo - I really treasure it.
If there's anything you want to know about the later Millerships, I might be able to help 

Regards,
Angi
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[dustycat]

I am related to Job Millichip b. about 1801.He was my gt.grandfather x4.He was born in Bedworth, and was an irin stone miner. Does anyone have any info on this person and family, or is related to him. Thanks
Kevin

[cire]

Hello Kevin,
The Millerchips & variants are part of my wife's family.
On 15 Dec 1793 a Richard Millerchip married Frances Williams in Bedworth. On 2 Feb 1800, Elizabeth and Richard Millerchip were baptised in Bedworth. I'm not sure whether these were twins or whether they were born at different times and were just baptised on the same day. That is the last I have found on Richard, Frances and family in Bedworth ---- BUT  on the 10 April 1803 a Job Millerchip, parents Richard and Frances Millerchip was baptised in Deritend and Bordesley (now part of Birmingham) The entry in Family Search says Job was born on 10 Oct 1802. I'm sure this is the same family. I presume the family moved between his birth in Bedworth and baptism in Deritend.

I'll have a look back through my notes to see if I ever decided who were Richard's parents. There were several related Millerchip familiesc in the Bedworth area and they all used the same christian names!!!!!!
 Eric

[daveclark001]

Does anyone have any evidence regarding the parents of Richard Millership born around 1809 in Oldbury. He married Emma Smallman in 1834. I found a genealogy file on Family search giving his baptism on 3 September 1809 with parents John Millership & Elizabeth Lee. Obviously there was no evidence attached to verify this & I can't find that baptism on Family Search. Please help!

Dave
 

[cire]

Hi Dave
The Richard M************ip !!!!!! you mentioned with baptism 3 Sept 1809 in Oldbury is under the name Milwardship!!!!!! with parents John & Elizabeth. It's some time since I looked at the Millerships but I'm fairly sure that I had decided that his parents should have been Job Millership and Elizabeth Lee.

I'll send more later. You would have got this last night but we had several "power outages"!!!!!
Eric

[daveclark001]

Hi Eric

Thank you for that. Try as I may I could not find that record even with the numerous spellings I tried. Any further that you have would also be gratefully appreciated.

Regards

Dave
ps A happy New Year to you & yours.

[cire]

Hi Dave
They really are a fascinating family and puzzle many people.

I think what happened is that after Job married Elizabeth Lee, the first two sons were baptised with parents Job and Elizabeth. Then I suspect that there was a change of church minister or parish clerk who might have been a bit hard of hearing and got the surname and Job's Christian name wrong and so the other children were baptised as children of John Millwardship!!!!.

One other interesting thing about Job is that after his first wife, Elizabeth Haywood died in 1797, there are, in the Bedworth register, banns read for a marriages between a Job Mellowchip and Sarah Jeakes (Jaques was a well known Bedworth name) on 27 May and 3 & 10 June 1798, But there is no marriage recorded!!!!!! Then in the next year on 2 May 1799, Job married Elizabeth Lee In Warwick.
Why Warwick?? The Warwick register says Job was of the Parish of Warwick St Mary and Elizabeth a widow of Bedworth!!!!!! and they "emigrated" to Oldbury. STRANGE!!!

Have a good New Year

Eric

[daveclark001]

Hi Eric

Having looked at the record for Richard's birth it would appear that his parents are indeed John & Elizabeth Millership, recorded as Milwardship as you point out, however I can't reconcile them as Job & Elizabeth Lee. As you say Job & Elizabeth married in 1799 in Warwick, she from Bedworth & he from Warwick. For them to then move to Oldbury is indeed a possibility. What I find strange though is that after Thomas in 1800 there were no more children for 9 years then Richard 1809, Agnes 1811 & Sarah 1815 all born in Oldbury.
Thomas's parents are given as Job & Elizabeth Millichip & they were married as Job & Elizabeth Millerchip.
All 3 of the other children were baptised as Milwar(d)ship with parents John & Elizabeth.
I have found another marriage for a John Milliship & Elizabeth Barker in Edgbaston on 17 April 1808 & feel that this ties in better with the 3 later births but that is all, it "ties in better".
When you say that the Millerships are a fascinating family & puzzle many people they certainly puzzle me. I believe I have found the parents christian names now thanks to your help but am far from certain of who they actually were & therefore their own parents. What are your thoughts on the spanner I have just thrown in the works?

Regards

Dave

[cire]

Hi Dave
Sorry for the delay in answering the last post.

I have a George Millership son of Job and Elizabeth baptised on 18 July 1803 which fills in a bit of the gap in the births. Knowing the Millerships, they probably had a spell away from Oldbury, where there were some new coal mines being opened. There are a couple in Bedworth that had children in Bedworth and then the next 2 in Co.Durham and the next ones back in Bedworth.

My thoughts about the church minister or parish clerk getting the Millership/Millwardship names mixed up are supported by another couple's children. Thomas and Mary Millwardship had children baptised in Oldbury parish church, about the same time, but when 2 of them died and were buried in the nonconformist cemetery, they are recorded as Millership.

Why was Job said to be of the Parish of Warwick St Mary when he married Elizabeth Lee??
The only occasion in my Warwickshire research when someone unexpectedly turned up as being "of Warwick" was because he was in prison there, having been arrested for ill treating his wife!!!!

Will keep in touch if I turn up anything else!!!!!

Eric