Timothy Dewis 1786

[Neale1961]

Ah ha, this one maybe …..
Marriage in Bedworth 1780 for Edward DEWIS, widower, and Elizabeth ACRES, both of Bedworth parish.

[Neale1961]

Also consider these marriages, all in Bedworth ….
Edward DEWIS to Susannah HARVEY, 1769
Edward DEWIS to Elizabeth HARRISON, 1766
Edward DEWIS to Sarah HARTOP, 1762

Also
Edward DEWIS, wid to Elizabeth EDWARDS, wid, 1793.

No baptism for Benjamin found, in fact very few Dewis baptisms.

Graham, I have silk ribbon weaver ancestors from Bedworth too. Their children were baptised in the non- conformist church, very often as older children or young adults.
This maybe the same for your family, and could explain why it is difficult to find baptisms for them.

ADDED  Just noticed that Timothy’s daughter, Sarah was baptised in the Independent chapel in 1837, at age 5 ( as explained in my note above.)

[Graham Hobbs]

The three marriages are on freereg.

Mary CADE Timothy DEWIS   Marriage   11 Dec 1810   Warwickshire   Bedworth : All Saints : 

Patience HAYWOOD Timothy DEWIS Marriage 11 Aug 1825 Warwickshire Bedworth : All Saints :

Catherine MALLABONE Timothy DEWIS   Marriage   25 Apr 1827   Warwickshire   Bedworth : All Saints : Unspecified

This is how the 1825 marriage appears on Ancestry.
 
Timothy Davis       7 Aug 1825   Bedworth   Ratience

Colin

[Graham Hobbs]

The three marriages are on freereg.

Mary CADE Timothy DEWIS   Marriage   11 Dec 1810   Warwickshire   Bedworth : All Saints : 

Patience HAYWOOD Timothy DEWIS Marriage 11 Aug 1825 Warwickshire Bedworth : All Saints :

Catherine MALLABONE Timothy DEWIS   Marriage   25 Apr 1827   Warwickshire   Bedworth : All Saints : Unspecified

This is how the 1825 marriage appears on Ancestry.
 
Timothy Davis       7 Aug 1825   Bedworth   Ratience

Colin if the signature of Timothy on banns for Cade and Mallabone are correct, then I guess we can discount Patience . The registry office has Tim's death cert but alas no birth record  have tried the local history society and the church community facebook group but nothing going back further than Tim. A contact suggested his dad was Edward Dewis, but mostly because he was only person that fitted with dates. Shame.
I know Samuel Dewis my Gt Gt grandad left Bedworth for Oxenhope in Yorkshire where he worked as a weaver at the mill. He was also a congregational minister as was Reginald Samuel Dewis, my Grandpa.

[ColC]

Timothy's signature on all three marriages appears to be the same.

I note the names Dewis has been mistranscribed on occasions, so the best I can come up with happens to be 1777, which according to his death record was his year of birth. It is on Ancestry & Family Search and is about 20 miles from Bedworth.

Tim Davis
Christening 27 November 1777
Worthington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Parents James Davis, Eliz. Davis

Might be worth a look.

Colin

[Graham Hobbs]

Thank you Colin. Same signature all three wow.

[Graham Hobbs]

Ah ha, this one maybe …..
Marriage in Bedworth 1780 for Edward DEWIS, widower, and Elizabeth ACRES, both of Bedworth parish.

aha you might be right as this is the Edward and Elizabeth Acres that the contact named to me.  Thanks for this, will keep scratching and see what turns up.

[ColC]

Regarding Tim's father being Edward, as mentioned there were two marriages for him at Bedworth.

Edward Dewis
    15 Nov 1762   Bedworth   Sarah

Edward Dewis, as signed but recorded as Davis.
    15 Nov 1766   Bedworth   Eliz   

There were also baptisms for an Edward & Mary & Edward & Susanna

In the period 1762 - 1782 they all had children baptised Bedworth. All on Ancestry.

Colin

[Graham Hobbs]

Ah ha, this one maybe …..
Marriage in Bedworth 1780 for Edward DEWIS, widower, and Elizabeth ACRES, both of Bedworth parish.

It appears that his first marriage was to Sarah Hartop on 15.11.1762.
I thank you for your help.