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Annoyingly (as is often the case!), there appears to have been at least 2 couples in Bury in the late 18th century whose names were Philip & Susan Crick. In my opinion, Philip Crick Jnr. b.1778, was born to Philip Crick & Susan(nah) Mills. They were married on 2 May 1778 and Philip was born on 12 Nov 1778 so it looks like, as with many couples, they were expecting a child when they married.

Here are the children (I believe) were born to Philip Crick & Susan(nah) Mills in Bury St Edmunds:

Philip b. 1778 bap. 1779

Susanna b. 1779 bap. 1797

Elizabeth b. 1782 bap. 1797

Charlotte b. 1784 bap. 1797

Mary Ann b. 1787 bap. 1797

Edmund b. 1790 bap. 1797

Frances Sophia b. 1792 bap. 1795 (On Frances' baptism, her mother is listed as Susan MILLS)

As you can see, many were not baptised as babies and quite a few of them were baptised on Christmas Day in 1797.

Queenie 

Sorry josey!

Here is the burial of Maria's father, John Pond.

John POND

died aged 54, buried 4 September 1801 in St Paul, Covent Garden.

So he was born c. 1747.

Hi,

I looked at the Kitty born in Dukinfield but the surname is quite difficult to read so I looked for another record and the surname is clearly listed as BROMILY.

Unfortunately, as you have discovered, there does not seem to be a birth record for Kitty.

However, there are a few interesting leads…

Couples usually married in the parish of the bride and it seems there are many Barnsleys who went to the Presbyterian Church in Cradley, Halesowen.

In 1807, a Kitty Barnsley was baptised in Park Lane Presbyterian, Cradley, Worcester.
Her parents were Joseph Barnsley and Nancy Homer who married in 1790 in Rowley Regis, Stafford. Kitty and Thomas lived in Rowley and Joseph was also born there in c. 1771.

I wonder whether Joseph Barnsley & Kitty Smith were related, possibly siblings? It seems a bit of a coincidence if they were not…

They also both had a daughter called Phoebe (Joseph’s first daughter and Kitty’s second). This isn’t an incredibly common name so perhaps this is another link?

There is a very good chance that Kitty is a relative of all the other Barnsleys who attended Park Lane Presbyterian. However, proving it is another issue and without a record I don’t think anyone will ever know for sure.

Queenie 

Looking on Ancestry, there are many trees with your ancestor in them and they all list Samuel's parents as Thomas & Anne Charles (like crisane said above).

In 1841, Samuel is listed as born in Shropshire. I can't explain why Swansea was listed in 1851 but there were certainly errors in census records, unfortunately  . It is quite a big leap but not unheard of.

If he is this Samuel Charles b. 1797 in Shropshire then his parents are Thomas Charles & Ann Garbet who married on 6 August 1786: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKHP-7MS

Here is Thomas Charles in the 1841 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQRV-4SQ. Interestingly, he lives up the road from your Samuel!

I'd say that he may not be from another country just because he taught foreign languages. There were many educated young people who needed to earn a living and teaching whatever their skill was was one way of doing this - whether as a private tutor or governess or offering lessons

I've found a potential for Laurence jnr - b 1833 in London to Moses and Rayner, also from London. Moses was a merchant.

In 1841 he's in a school in May Place, Northfleet,  Kent with some of his siblings. The surnames of many of the pupils suggest this establishment might have jewish connections (and then a google suggests this was the first jewish boarding school in England)

Thank you for your reply! That's certainly an interesting theory. I have looked into this Laurance and can neither prove nor disprove that he was my ancestor. His parents are in a lot of public trees on Ancestry but no one seems to know what happened to him. Would also explain how he was able to teach foreign languages. As I mentioned in one of my other replies, the family were not Church of England so it is not impossible...

I suppose I have two theories now: he was foreign himself or he was this Laurance and received a good education at a boarding school.