In the dark and surrounded by four brick walls and a ceiling concerning the the families Boden, Acton, Gibbons and Pountney in the late 1700's. Tried all sorts of marriage and birth combinations to fit these names and relationships but without further data concerning the "UNKNOWNs" any certainty is a distant hope. Any comment/data would be much appreciated.
(1) siblings
John Pountney ACTOR (IGI transcript error) Christening 28 MAY 1780 Saint Leonard, Broseley, Shropshire
Elisabeth Pountney ACTON Christening 24 AUG 1784 Saint Leonard, Broseley, Shropshire
Parents John ACTON/Ann (UNKNOWN - possibly Pountney see below) marriage place/date unknown.
(2) Eliz. Pountney GIBBONS Christening 24 JUN 1796 Saint Leonard, Broseley, Shropshire
parents James GIBBONS/ Mary Ann BODEN (marr place/date unknown)
(3) Samuel Pountney SMITH Christening 27 DEC 1812 Munslow, Shropshire
(parent's Edward Smith/ Emma (UNKNOWN) marr place/date unknown)
(4) James Gibbons BODEN / Mary Ann ACTON marr. 14/8/1793 Saint Leonard, Broseley
children, about 5, of which :-
Benjn. Pountney BODEN Christening 17 MAR 1805 Saint Leonard, Broseley
Jesse Pountney BODEN birth 1/3/1815 Christening 3/4/1815 Wesleyan Methodist, Broseley/Madeley Wood, Shropshire, England - the bureaucrats have him thrice christened or recorded, including on 4/4/1822 in St Michael's Paternoster Royal, London! ( RG4 1814, RG 1815, RG5 171-2).
(5) John Aston BODEN b 10/8/1794 Broseley. Parents James BODEN and Mary Ann GIBBONS.
He is likely be the same person as John Acton Boden (b about 1794, Salop (ex 1851 census) parents James & Mary Ann, twice married and whose descendents are fairly well known to me. They include Acton & Gibbons as patronymics also Jesse, Eliza, Emma, Margaret, Mary, Ann, Benjamin, John and James - all between 1820 and 1860).
ALSO
Lease and Release of Property in Dudley Street, Wolverhampton
Ref No: DB-44/3/2/7
Repository: Wolverhampton Archives & Local Studies
Date: Sep 1794
Description: Lease dated 16th September 1794, between:
1. Ann Acton of Broseley, Salop, Widow (late Ann Pountney, Spinster, grand-daughter and devisee in tail of the Will of John Pountney of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Butcher, deceased); James Gibbons Boden of Broseley, Mercer, and Mary Ann his wife (late Mary Ann Acton, Spinster, only child and heir apparent of Ann Acton and Benjamin Pountney of Wolverhampton, Gentleman).
2. William Clarke the younger of Wolverhampton, White Tawer.
Consideration: 5s paid by #2 to #1. #1 leased to #2 a warehouse in Dudley Street, Wolverhampton, ...... etc
Mary Ann Acton "spinster, only child of Ann Acton & Benjamin Pountney of Wolverhampton" - why is she ACTON rather than POUNTNEY?
Who are the parents of "Ann Acton of Broseley, Salop, Widow (late Ann Pountney...)"?
Cheers
MALNZ
