Samuel Medley born c 1770 Dudley living at Tipton.

[ciderdrinker]

Hello all
Can anyone help with Samuel Medley?
He says on the 1851 census he is 81 and born Dudley.
He married 1793 at Kingswinford Mary Saunders and he had a daughter Hannah 1795 at Dudley and possible sons Samuel 1798 and Edward 1800 at Bilston.
He fails to appear after 1851 and I assumed he died in 1857 but that appears to be his grandson .I can find no death and no birth that fits.

There are 2 Samuel Medleys joining the army -one born 1769-76 Old Swinford from 1795-1817 and the other born 1776 in West Bromwich from 1808-1817.
Presumably they are the Samuel Medleys bapt O/S 1776 s of John and Mary and Wednesbury 1773 s of Richard and Susannah Medley .
I don't fancy the Wednesbury one as there is a Samuel and Elizabeth coach smith having children there in the 1800s and I know wife Mary died 1845 at Great Bridge but if he's the one from O/S how can he be in the army from 1795-1817 and still at Bilston 1798-1800?

Any one have any ideas?

Ciderdrinker

[jacquelineve]

Ciderdrinker
                  One of the witnesses was Hannh.Medley -1793 marriage.

Jackie

[ciderdrinker]

Hi
Thanks for that.
That does through a spanner in the works.Neither possible baptism I was looking at has a Hannah Medley.
I can see a Edward Medley married Hannah Sharples 1768 at Birmingham.
Can I ask did Hannah Medley the witness sign her name?
Only the bride at Birmingham did and she's the only Hannah Medley I can see anywhere.

Ciderdrinker

[jacquelineve]

 Nothing of who signed or crossed on any marriage.

Could Hannah( witness) have been Susannah?

Jackie

[ciderdrinker]

Hi
Yes could be.I'll ponder on it and see what else comes up.
Thanks again
Ciderdrinker