Elizabeth Clarvis

[EddieW]

Can anyone help please
Looking for the Parents and Christening of Elizabeth Clarvis age 22 of Hull who married Thomas Smith age 22 of Winterton on the 12th Dec 1786 at the Holy Trinity Hull

The only Elizabeth Clervis on Family Search Org was Chr 5 Jan 1766 in Alkborough Lincoln, father William, close to the age she should be but I think there has to be more than one Elizabeth Clarvis around the area

Thank you
EddieW
 

[jackiewright]

Hello,
I am working on this at the moment!
There was also Eliz Clarvis b 1769 at West Halton which is next to Alkborough.  Dau of John and Mary.
I think the two Elizabeths were cousins.
There was also one married in Gainsborough in 1781. Not sure where she came from.
I think the one in Hull may be the 1766 Elizabeth, but cannot be sure.  She is the right age for the bpatism, and the burial of Elizabeth Smith in 1811, but of course they sometimes told fibs about their age! JackieW

[EddieW]

The 1766 Elizabeth would be my pick at the moment, would be easier for her to pass as 22 than the 1769 (17yr old)
William John and Mary are children's names in the family so could be the two Elizabeth's are cousins as you say
I still think it unusual that Elizabeth is the mother of the family and yet there is no Elizabeth in the children
There is a William Clervas on Family Search buried 1 Jan 1829 in Hull that could be the father but that would put him in his 80s

Eddie

[jackiewright]

My reply has gone missing!
Elizabeth Clarvis in the Hull marriage was 21.
Thomas was 22.
Elizabeth Smith was 45 in 1811 when she died.
I would like to check the East Riding for any Elizabeths before I am sure about the Lincs ones.

[EddieW]

Just going off the age you put in your PM were you said they were both 22 but a year doesn't make a lot of difference
Elizabeth's death I have as 7 Jan 1811 age 45 so that works out to 1766 the year Elizabeth Clervis of Alkborough was born and it doesn't get much closer than that
William was the first childs name born 1787 Burton upon Stather and died 1792 Winterton so could be named after Elizabeth's father

[jackiewright]

Yes it is very close.  And the Alkborough one was baptised Jan 5th 1766 making her born December 1765 I should think.  The only fly in the ointment is the one married 1781 at Gainsborough.
She could just be the Alkborough one but would have only been 15 at the time and I have never found anyone marrying at under 16.
I have found, on the IGI, that someone has stated that the Weat Halton Elizabeth married a Richard Cooper, but no trace found yet!