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I have a brickwall where a certain amount of profiling has been done and then some relevent facts are missing...... always the way I suppose....

I am looking for the death/ or burial / or funeral notice /or age at death /or probate /or any other information regarding one Major John Shergold Esq of Conisbrough , Yorkshire West Riding.

The gentleman in question is found paying his taxes** between 1797 and 1802 for a property in Conisbrough which included a garden noted by the Gentlemans Magazine where a Roman Path was found to be under the former.  There is no entry for the chap in the 1820 Directory, but not surprising since out of the 1142 inhabitants only 23 are listed on the page for the town. Amongst those was Rev Henry Watkins vicar and his service period at St Peter may have some bearing to Major John Shergold esq but that is not confirmed.

We know that Major John Shergold Esq was of the Sherwood Rangers, Retford Regiment of Nottinghamshire serving under Sir Thomas Wollaston White, 1st Baronet and this is confirmed by several mentions in London Gazette as well as the Stamford Mercury and the available historical book about the History of the Sherwood Rangers. It is known that between 1802 and 1808 Mr John Shergold Esq received his ranks ie Lieutenant, Captain and Major.    As well there is a probate of the Baronet in the Nottinghamshire archives for which both Gentlemen are mentioned with John Shergold to become a beneficiary for a property for 500 years [ yes 500 years......   they do things with a mild sense of humour in Nottinghamshire and Lancashire as one of the Molyneux family members received a land grant from King Charles for 1000 years] . The Baronet died 1815 so Major John Shergold Esq is probably still alive in that year but again this has not been confirmed.  I dont expect that our John Shergold Esq was going to be alive in 2315 AD even though he would have been a mighty fit chap with all the recorded marching of the Regiment throughout England.

What also at this time has not been made clear is whether in fact both gentlemen went to Spain under Wellington to fight against forces of Napoleon but I will settle for any information regarding his death or burial  from the apparently transcribed burials of 1555 to 1931 St Peter Conisbrough; so his birthplace and genealogical structure can be determined.

**I would like to also point out that in the Tax records the place names of Strafforth and Tickhill were mentioned and have no idea to what end those two places which are some distance from Conisbrough would even be on the entries.

I would also be interested in any biographical entries in English published material ie National Biography which I do not have access to.

Thank you in advance for any contributions that come forth.

Marty Shergold

And Merry Christmas

Hello,

As reported by two articles from the Hampshire Chronicle for January of 1787, and February of 1788 it seems my family was in Winchester at this time. As much as the structure for Winchester seems to be in tact of the John and Ann marriage post 1800 continuing through to the current day, my interest here lies in establishing the lineage prior . The two newspaper articles report a] the drowning of Mary Shergold from being intoxicated in early January of 1787; and then her husband is reported b] Robert has an apoplectic fit in February 1788. We know from the articles that they were man and wife.
Firstly I would like to , if at all possible, find the burial for each person of this marriage. Secondly I would like to know about "St Johns House" which is mentioned in the article and if at possible a map that may show where this was.

From later records of a non conformist nature one Henry died post 1800 with a second person also of a non conformist record which suggests to me that Robert and Mary may have had children; one of which could have been Henry. So thirdly I would like to investigate any baptisms and marriages of Robert and Mary through to any children the couple may have had.
Because my genealogy tree starts with a chart of John and Ann, somewhere I would assume that Henry and his wife or wives had children which may include John. Of course I may be totally off base and Henry came from elsewhere as with John ; but; the census of John indicated that he was of Winchester.

Given that not all burials were microfilmed for Winchester this may be an uphill battle or brickwall to begin with,, however, I have confidence that somewhere there are transcripts done of at least the microfilms in the period 1780 to 1850 for one parish with some burials possibly available for the other microfilm of Winchester College spanning 1678 til 1903... but I dont know who has them or where they might be found but they certainly don't appear on the subscription sites we are accustomed to using. In fact very little appears even after 1800 for marriages and baptisms.
Maybe entries appear on disc that I am not aware of but either way I need assistance to find any entry prior to 1800 for the city of Winchester regardless of which of the ten churches the family may  have used. I do know that St Maurice, and, St Thomas with St Clement were frequented post 1800 so maybe the entries appear there.......

Again, the spelling variation of the family name Shergold may be anything from Shergool, Shargold or some other form....

thank you

Although there is sufficient evidence of the following family for a brief period, some things remain a mystery....
Heres what I have>

Benjamin Shergold [sometimes spelt Shergell] married Elizabeth Munday [ sometimes spelt Mundy]
on the 16th of November 1828 at Downton. The couple had issue of Charles born 28th April 1832 and baptised on 10th May 1832 being about 2 weeks old ; George christened 3rd of March 1830 about 3 months old and James Thomas christened 3.7.1834. Depending on which sources one uses these children appear at St Edmunds Church St Wesleyan Salisbury or Salisbury Methodist.
The 1841 census shows the family as such>

Benjamin Shugarts   53 ag lab
Elizabeth Shugarts   46
Sarah Shugarts   16
William Shugarts   13
George Shugarts   11
Charles Shugarts   9
James Shugarts   7
jacob Down 80 pauper y

The census shows the family with Jacob Down being related in one form or another to Benjamin., and upon reading the image is actually Shergold.

From inspection the family escaped from the mass exodus to Canada aboard the King William but I am finding it difficult to see any of the family from 1841 onwards.
So if someone with some time would find the family in 1851 etc....... it would be appreciated.
I am also interested in any structuring that gives passage for the Mundy / Munday family as it seems there are a few Shergolds marrying into the surname.
Thank you

Hello there,

Can some kind soul please check some entries please that were downloaded from old fs.o site but are incomplete..... these do not appear on new fs.o site.

Mary Shergold married 1747 Southampton [ to whom and proper date if exists]

Sophia Shergold christened 24 May 1797 Hale Hants [ of whom]

Elizabeth Shergold married 13 Oct 1807 St Peters Church Bramshaw [ to whom and any other details]

Elizabeth Shergold baptism 1799 referred to as RG4-1364 [ of whom and where]

Mary Shergold chr 16 Dec 1686 by Thomas & Mary , non conform RG6-1027 [ where];

and if someone does have thegenealogist sub I am interested in any Shergold, Shargold, or variant spellings for Hampshire prior to 1700 please....


Gratitude and thanks for any assistance resolving these entries.