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                     m.13 Mar 1715  | m.

                     @ Bulmer, Yks. |

                 Phebe STABLER = James = Margaret -

                chr.6 Mar 1686 |       |

      Bur.19 Sep 1721 @ Bulmer |       |

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               John               |  Phebe  William  George  Frances

               1716               |  1723   1725     1730    1732

                 < @   Bulmer  -  |       -       -        -   >

                                  |  m.23 May 1738 @ Settrington, Yks.

                                James = Elizabeth COLESON

                      Chr 9 May 1719  |

                      @  Bulmer       |

                      bur.11 Mar.1780 |  bur.24 Feb 1793

      @ Settrington (of Scagglethorpe)|  @ Settrington

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                                 |       Thomas   John  

                                 |       1742     1744  

                                 |       @ Settrington  

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                                 |  m.12 Feb 1771 @ Langton by Malton, Yks.

                               Robert = Mary MONKMAN

                      chr.24 Mar.1738 | b.5 Nov 1745 ?

                      @ Settrington   | @ Langton

                      bur.12 Mar 1820 |

                      @ Rillingtton   |

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                   Elizabeth    Thomas       |

                   1771         1773         |  m.21 Feb.1801 @ Birdsall, Yks.

                      all @ Rillington     Robert  =   Esther SMALLWOOD

                                   chr.10 Nov.1774 |   chr.17 Feb.1781 @ Birdsall

                                      d.5 Nov 1847 |     d.22 Sept 1855 @ Rillington

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   |Mary  Arma   Abel Robert  Jonah  Ezra  u/n  Laban Zilpah  Hadassah  Adah  Maacah

   |1804  1806   1808 1810    1812   1815  1815 1817  1817    1819      1822  1825

   |             <    -    all born  @   Rillington   -    -      >

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                  |m.11 Mar.1820 @ Fridaythorpe         m.16 Jan 1862 @ W.Retford

             John (Shadrack) = (1) Judith VAREY        = (2) Sarah HEWITT

             chr.9 Dec.1801  |     chr.14 Dec.1794

             @  Rillington   |     @ N.Frodingham

             d. 22 June 1868 |     d.    1852

             @  Retford      |     @ Retford, Notts.

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    Mary S. John  John S.|Thomas S. William S. Charles S. James S. Walter  Ellen

    1820    1823  1824   | 1828     1830       1833       1835     1837    1839

    @ Wetwang     <   -  |  all b. @ Retford     ( S. = Smallwood)    -      >

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                         |    m. 26 Feb.1851 @ Clarborough, Notts.

                   Robert-Smallwood = Maria SMITH

                   chr.26 Dec.1826  | chr.14 Jul.1828

                   @ Retford        | @ Clarborough

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          Henry-Smallwood    Charles-Alma    |  Tom                Ellen    Amanda

          1853 @ Manchester  1856 @ Retford  |  1859 @ Clarborough 1861     1864

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                   m.3 Sep.1885 @ Clarborough|

                   William JENNINGS   =  Elizabeth

          chr.8 Apr 1862 @ Aberford      chr.9 Jun.1858 @ Retford (Clarborough)

            d.           @ Retford        d. 12 Feb 1915 @ Retford

 

 

                                                                        PIERCY

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  James PIERCY married Phebe STABLER 13th March1715 at Bulmer, Yorks.   Their children bapt. at Bulmer were John 1716 and James 1719. Phebe Piercy was buried 19th Sept 1721 at Bulmer.  No marr. of James Piercy to Margaret has been found but Children of James and Margaret Piercy bapt. at Bulmer are-  Phebe 1723, William 1725, George 1730 and Frances 1732.

  James PIERCY, assumed to be of Bulmer, married Elizabeth COLESON on the 23rd of May 1738 at Settrington.    Their children baptized at Settrington were: Robert, 1738; Thomas, 1742 and John, 1744.

James was buried at Settrington on the 11th of March 1780. His wife Elizabeth was buried in 1793 at Settrington.

  Robert PIERCY, son of James and Elizabeth, was baptized 24th March 1738 at Settrington.

He married Mary MUNKMAN on the 12th of February 1771 at Langton by Malton. At the time Robert was a servant 'of Settrington' and Mary was a servant 'of Langton'.

Their children baptized at Rillington were: Elizabeth, 1771; Thomas, 1773 and Robert, 1774.

Robert was buried at Rillington on the 12th March 1820, aged 80. His daughter Elizabeth was buried 8th August 1825 aged 53.

   Robert PIERCY, son of Robert and Mary, was baptized 10th November 1774 at Rillington.

He married Esther SMALLWOOD on the 21st of February 1801 at Birdsall.  Robert was Schoolmaster at Rillington and Overseer of the Poor in 1827.

Their children baptized at Rillington were: John,1801; Mary,1804; Hannah 1806; Abel,1808; Robert,1810; Jonah,1812; Ezra,1815; twins Laban and Zilpah,1817; Hadassah,1819; Adah,1822 and Maaeah 1825.

PiercyHouses47-53.jpgIn 1825 Robert bought 2 houses and 2 roods of land on Westgate, Rillington, next to the Angel Inn.  In 1840 Robert built 4 houses on the site of the above 2 houses and the Angel Inn.  Now numbered 47 – 53 Westgate.   After Robert’s death Esther and son Robert sold 6 houses on Westgate, Rillington, in 1848.

Robert died 5th Nov 1847 aged 73 and Esther died 22nd Sept 1855 aged 74, and were buried at Rillington.  Headstone photographed.

 

 

JSPface.jpg John PIERCY, the son of Robert and Esther, was baptized John on 9th December 1801 at Rillington but he always used the name John Shadrack Piercy.                  

He married Judith VAREY, a mantua maker, and daughter of Thomas and Mary from North Frodingham, on the 11th of March 1820 at Fridaythorpe, where he was the schoolmaster.

 John and Judith's first child Mary Smallwood Piercy was born in 1820 at Wetwang.  Their children born at Retford were: John Shadrack 1823; John Smallwood 1824; Robert Smallwood 1826; Thomas Smallwood 1826; Thomas Smallwood 1828; William Smallwood 1830; Charles Smallwood 1833; James Smallwood 1835; Walter Smallwood 1837; Ellen Smallwood 1839.

John followed his father Robert's occupation of schoolmaster but was also a journalist, editor of the Retford Advertiser, land surveyor, and Parish Clerk of St. Swithin's.

He became the first Registrar of Births and Deaths in Retford and is renowned for writing his 'History of Retford' in 1828.

In 1830 he travelled to the House of Lords with others as a witness for the East Retford Election Bill. 

Son Charles Smallwood Piercy served with the Black Watch in the Crimean War and his very detailed diary survives.   

John's wife Judith died early in 1852 and he married Sarah Hewitt at Retford on 16th Jan 1862.

John died 22nd June 1868 aged 68 and is buried in Ordsall churchyard. There is a memorial window to him in Ordsall Church.    

 

Robert Smallwood PIERCY, son of John and Judith, married Maria SMITH on the 26th of February 1851 at Clarborough near Retford. He was a tailor. Their first child Henry Smallwood Piercy was born in Hulme near Manchester in 1853. Their children christened at Clarborough were: Charles Alma 1856 (named after his uncle Charles S. PIERCY who had fought at the battle of Alma); Elizabeth 1858; Tom 1859; Ellen 1861 and Amanda 1864.

 

Elizabeth PIERCY, daughter of Robert and Maria, married William JENNINGS on the 3rd of September 1885 at Clarborough, near Retford.