From
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CLWYD/2002-01/1010483336St.Chad's, Shrewsbury
p1282 6 Jan 1767 Richard s/o Samuel and Mary Pritchard baptized.
p1295 10 Aug 1768 Samuel - as above
p1309. 22 Jun 1770 William - as above
p1327. 14 Jul 1772 Mary - as above - but now the register lists the parents
as Mr. Samuel and Mrs. Mary Pritchard. Obviously they had attained some
higher level of social significance in the community by that date! Patti
tells me that Samuel was a Burgess.
p1340. 30 Sept 1774 Ann d/o Samuel & Mary Pritchard baptized (I note you
have her listed as Hannah. Depends what records you read, I guess!)
p1355. 1 Jul 1776 Edward - as above
p1361. 7 Jan 1777 John - as above - (Samuel is now listed as "hatter." A
gentlemen's hatter, no doubt! Doesn't that put a spin on things?)
p1363. 23 Feb 1777 Maria d/o Samuel and Elean: (sic) Pritchard, baptized
THIS IS INTERESTING!
p1377. 18 May 1778 Elizabeth d/o Samuel and Mary Pritchard baptized. Born
24th April
p1389. Laetitia d/o Samuel & Eleanor, baptized, born 14th. Woops - forgot
to write down the date. Must have been, just at that time, the thunder
rolled and I looked up through the clear glass roof to see the grey clouds
rolling by.
Didn't rain, anyway. Shame. Anyway, she doesn't belong to
Samuel and Mary, so let's just forget her for the time being. Poor
Laetitia. Probably a cousin.
p1408. 18 Mar 1781 Martha d/o Samuel and Mary Pritchard, baptized
p1413. 13 Jul 1781 Maria d/o Samuel and Eleanor Pritchard of Franl,
baptized. (I reckon that this is Frankwell, wherever that might be!)
p1420. 20 Jan 1782 Samuel s/o Samuel and Eleanor Pritchard baptized, born 4th
p1424. 19 Jun 1782 Frances d/o Samuel and Mary Pritchard baptized, born
18th (Nice to have the birth dates, is it not?)
p1446. 7 Jul 1784 Laetitia d/o Samuel and Mary Pritchard baptized, born 25 June
p1462. 18 Oct 1785 Sarah - as above, no date of birth given
p1488. 21 Oct 1787 Priscilla - as above, born 7th
p1551. 25 Oct 1793 Samuel s/o Mr. Samuel and Ann Pritchard (Corn Market)
baptized, born 25 Oct.
(Son of Samuel born 1768???)
p1745. 2 Aug 1811 Samuel Pritchard aged 59 buried (no wonder, after siring
all those chidlren! He must have been exhausted!)
p1784. 22 Dec 1765 Samuel Pritchard and Mary Harris married by licence
p1799. 5 Oct 1773 Samuel Pritchard and Eleanor Brownhill married
p1832. 22 Jun 1789 Samuel Pritchard and Elizabeth Hill married
p1884. 25 Feb 1805 Samuel Pritchard and Ann Nickless [signs Nicholass]
married. Wit. John Hughes and John Saxon jnr. (possibly connected with St.
Chad's)
No more entries concerning a Samuel Pritchard in the transcribed register.
Re. the children
p1538. 30 Aug 1792 Lett. Pritchard age 13 buried
p1507. 3 Sep 1789 Mary Pritchard buried (could be an elder person, of coursel)
p1907. 4 Dec 1810 Francis Pritchard parish of Buttington, Montgomeryshire,
and Elizabeth Hughes married. Wit. Thomas Humphrey and Martha
Pritchard. (Seems the younger Martha survived at least to this date. What
is the connection to Buttington, near Welshpool? Cousin, perhaps?).
The other girls obviously married later, or married out of the parish.
Transcripts end 1812.
p1907. 4 Dec 1810 Francis Pritchard parish of Buttington, Montgomeryshire,
and Elizabeth Hughes married. Wit. Thomas Humphrey and Martha
Pritchard.
http://www.melocki.org.uk/salop/StChadShrewsburyPart1.htmlhttp://www.melocki.org.uk/salop/StChadShrewsburyPart2.htmlFor future reference.
