SHERRIFF family,Warks,Notts,Staffs,Derby

[MeirSoul]

Hi . I am currently researching this line and wondered if you have any further information on the parents of William Hodgkinson / Hodgkins.  Married Elizabeth Mear .

Thanks

My theory is that it's William Hodgkinson and Eleanor Young, m. 1785; children including Elizabeth, Richard, William and Edward. Both William (1791) and Edward (1796) had daughters named Eleanor, and both Richard and William were b. Dudley. Edward married Sarah Mayer and William married Elizabeth Mear - I think both of these were daughters of Obadiah Mear/Mayer. Lots of connections with these families ... but all just tantalising theory so far

- Garen

Do you have a date and place of birth for Obidiah please?

[Talacharn]

From FreeREG:
St Michael Other Transcript . Lichfield . Staffordshire
Marriage: 27 Jul 1812 . William Hodgkins . Elizabeth Mear
Witnesses: Isaac Hodgkins . Joseph Slater
Notes: Bride, Groom and Witness 1 sign (X)
Any help?

[Garen]

Do you have a date and place of birth for Obidiah please?

Not a definite one (a few candidates 1771-79). Marriage is Obadiah Mare and Sarah Blewer, Whitmore, Staffs, 1 Dec 1793. They had a daughter, Sarah 'May' (Trentham, 1797), who I think may be the wife of Edward Hodgkinson (possible/likely brother to William Hodgkinson). Other children were b. Trentham and Longton (Elizabeth claims to have been born Blurton, between Trentham and Longton - all very close).

Obadiah's grandson, also Obadiah Mayer (son of William and Ann), had as a witness on his 1852 marriage Caroline Blewer - very likely this is Caroline Hodgkinson who married John Bloor/Blewer - Caroline being the daughter of William Hodgkinson and Elizabeth Mear. And this Obadiah was a witness on the marriage of Charles Nield and Mary Ann Grundy.

Best - Garen.