Swineshead MIs - LEWINS

[soulsister]

Anstey PR have been checked I'm afraid...nothing likely in there! The graveyard there too, though most gravestones are older than I was looking for!


The online tree of Charles Crane follows the brother of one of my gt x 7 grandfathers, he seems to have stayed a little longer in Anstey from the baps of his children where as my ancestor was in Hunts, Northants and Beds before 1800.

It is quite a mystery!

Emma

[johnP-bedford]

Hello Emma,  I was at Beds Archives this late afternoon & I had a spare few minutes to scribble down the following Lewin names that appeared on the burials register for Swineshead. Their abode was Swineshead unless otherwise stated.

Elizabeth, daughter of James & Elizabeth Lewin  buried 6/9/1860, died 1/9/1860  age 22

Elizabeth Lewin (fomerly Ekins) wife of James Lewin living at the Swineshead rectory house,  buried 6/2/1862, died 1/2/1862  age 61

William Lewin buried  9/12/1863,  died 2/12/1863  age 78

Joseph Lewin of Dean  buried 16/02/1864, died 13/2/1864  age 58

John Joseph Lewin  of Dean, son of the late Joseph Lewin  buried 31/3/1864  died 25/3/1864  age 14

William Lewin  buried 14/2/1875  age 4

James Lewin buried 10/6/1870  died 5/6/1870  age 76

Harriet Lewin buried 19/03/1889  age 20

Elizabeth Lewin buried 29/01/1892  age 59

William Lewin  buried 27/04/1894  age 70

James Lewin  of Upton, Northants  buried 7/5/1908  age 68

Joseph Lewin  of 3 counties asylum, Stotfold  buried 28/10/1909  age 75
 
Hope its useful stuff,
Regards John

[soulsister]

Thankyou for the taking the time to collect those for me John!! Mostappreciated and definitely useful stuff! Especially the Elizabeth Ekins, this is the proof I need for my assumption!!

Thankyou again

Emma

[johnP-bedford]

The Swineshead, St Nicholas M.I's include the following Lewins

Eliza, wife of William Steane; & daughter of William & Mary Lewin, died Sept 4th 1842 age 28 years

Harriet, wife of William Infield; eldest daughter of James & Elizabeth Lewin, died in Hillhouse farm, Dillingham, Cambs 25 Oct 1886; in 59th year

Elizabeth, wife of James Lewin died Feb 1st 1862 age 61 years

Elzabeth, daughter of James & Elizabeth Lewin, died Sept 1st 1860, age 22 years

Elizabeth, wife of William Lewin, departed this life 26th Jan 1892

three sons of William & Elizabeth Lewin; Henry 1st Jan 1873 age 4 days; Joseph 9th Feb 1875 in his 3rd year; William Millard 10th Feb 1875 in his 4th year.

Harriett, daughter of William & Elizabeth Lewin, died 16th Mar 1889 age 20

Elizabeth, wife of the late Thos Lewin died 17th May 1812, age 78 years

James Lewin, born 15th June 1840, died  2nd May 1908

James Lewin, died 5th June 1871, age 76

John  son of Thos & Elizabeth Lewin, died 12th Aug 1821 aged 29 years

Joseph Lewin, died 13th Feb 1856 aged 58 years, husband & father

John Joseph, son of Joseph & Selina Lewin, died 25th Mar 1864, age 14 years
+ remembrance of 4 children of John & Selina Lewin, died in infancy

Joseph Lewin, born 6th Dec 1833, died 24th Oct 1909

Joseph Lewin died 13th Feb 1864 age 58 years

Mary, wife of William Lewin, died 31 Oct 1834, age 42 years

Richard, son of Thos & Eliz Lewin, died 1st Aug 1828 age 3 or 4 or 34 ? years

Thomas Lewin, died 23rd Jan 1837 ? age 71 years

William Lewin died 2nd Dec 1863 aged 78

I think/hope that includes them all.
You'll have to sort them out.

Regards John

[soulsister]

Thankyou John!!

Looks as though th MI I got excited about was in fact a weathered 1863!! Still all of these will fit into the tree as they are all related!

Thankyou for your time!

Regards

Emma

[bedfordshire boy]

Which means that you're firmly back in Leics in your search for William and his parents - he must be the one I found age 75 in 1861 born Ansty Leics.

Good luck

David

[johnP-bedford]

I should have mentioned,  but on that specific entry, it is recorded with the 6 inside brackets as:  William Lewin died 2nd Dec 18(6)3 aged 78 ; suggesting it wasn't really clear what it was.
 

[soulsister]

Which means that you're firmly back in Leics in your search for William and his parents - he must be the one I found age 75 in 1861 born Ansty Leics.

Good luck

David

The William you found is the grandson of the William I am searching for! The William on the 1861 was the son of Thomas Lewin and Elizabeth Atkins, it is Thomas' father I am searching for!

I have had contact with the gentleman who has the online tree which includes this Thomas but he admitted that when he was looking for his father he just took a lucky guess. Anstey PRs have been checked and wills in Leic R/O to no avail. There is no mention anywhere of this William after the burial of his daughter in Anstey in 1763. Most of the children are in Hunts by the 1780s so my guess is that William maybe passed away between 1763 and 1780, or he came to Hunts with them, or to Northants/Beds with another of his children.

This William is extremely elusive, I cannot find his wife's death either!

Regards

Emma

[marmelade]

john & Emma,

I have been very interested in your correspondences. My great great grandfather was Henry Lewin, born in Anstey, who was referred to in Thomas Lewin's will of 1828. Henry & his brother, Thomas,  were both drapers in Kensington (I have been researching them through the censuses). Henry's other brothers were, I believe, the Swineshead Lewins William, Jonathan, John, Richard , James & Joseph.  Joseph & his sister, Sophia,  were married to brother & sister, John & Selina Astill (or Astell), who I believe were cousins, Thomas Lewin & John Astell having married Elizabeth & Fanny Atkins.

I have been using the familyseatch site for my earlier ancestors, which I know is not completely reliable, so you visits to Swineshead etc. have  been very useful.

From the censuses,

-  Henry's son Henry Thomas Lewin, had a cousin Sophia Astill,  in his household (1881 census).

- Charles Lewin, another of Henry's sons, had a cousin, Jane M Lewin (Kensington Thomas Lewin's grand daughter) , as his housekeeper (1901). Jane was  the sister of Thomas Mayes Lewin (TM Lewin Shirtmakers of London) - 1871 census.

-  1841 -  Elizabeth Lewin, age 75 and presumably Thomas's widow, was living with a Joseph Lewin (age 20), Elizabeth Lewin (age15), & William Lewin (age 5). An Anne Lewin was also present  From Familysearch, Anne may have been the son of Richard and had 2 brothers Thomas & Samuel. Do you know if this is correct & is it possible that the Lewins in the census were from the same family? An Elizabeth Kinton was also present, who would have been the daughter of Elizabeth, Henry Lewin's sister & John Kinton.

My Great Grandfather, George Lewin, married Janet Emily Kent, the daughter of industrialist & patenter of the rotary knife cleaning machine. His descendants published a book about the family, which has references to George.

In A2A, I found a reference to John Lewin retrieving his father Thomas Lewin, farmer of Tilbrooke's stolen pig (1821 app). This would confirm that he was the one who died in 1821 in Swineshead  This would mean that Charles Crane's "John Lewin" is not Thomas's son., What do you think?

If you would like to know more about my side of the Lewin family, please let me know.  I am new to Rootschat, so I apologize if I have not followed the right procedure in contacting you.