smith/booth gypsies nottingham

[Belleleighton1]

Hello there,  my name is Belle Leighton née Haymes. I was born Annabel. My Grandad was Peter Haymes and we are Romani. My great Granny was Kitty Haymes. I would love to see any old photos you may have of my family. We are a very large family and tracing back, it does get very confusing with name changes. I am on ancestry.co.uk

[Shane H]

Hi all, Kazi particularly as regards Tobias Smith

I'm just joining this thread after recent posts re McLean/McClan/Macklin/Maclean gypsies in and around Bedfordshire, who married into the Smiths. In particular, Charles Macklin married Sarah/Silence Smith at Cambridge in 1777.

The RTFHS have a reference to 'Charles Macklane' as a witness to the marriage of William Smith and Jemima Gray
 at Yelling, Hunts, in 1802, both gypsies.

There's a suggestion that Samuel Macklin, son of Charles and Silence, was a cousin of Tobias Smith - perhaps Silence was a sister of Tobias's father James, therefore?

See https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=313687.27

[kaziah]

That’s interesting. I’ll have a look tomorrow.
Thanks for making contact…
Kazi