Born: 10 Aug 1818, Ashburton, Devon

Baptised: 28 Aug 1818, Ashburton Independent Chapel, Devon 1

Died: Sep 1851, Lambeth, London 2

Census: 1841, Gloucester Terrace, Stepney, Mile End Old Town 3

Census: 1851, 14 Vassall Road, Lambeth, Surrey 4

Married: Mar 1843, Newington, London, Joseph Finch 5

Children:
  • Ann Finch, born 1846
  • Thomas H Finch, born 1849
  • Edwin Finch, born 1851
  • Father: Thomas Smerdon

    Mother: Susanna Ireland

    Notes:

    todo: tell Jan Wood - re marriage & children

    Sources:

    1. IGI Great Meeting-Independent, Ashburton, Devon - C063281
    2. entry is SMEERDON
    3. BMD Index
    4. Name:	FINCH,  Ann Bennett
      Registration District: 	Lambeth, London
      Year of Registration: 	1851	Jul-Aug-Sep
      Volume No: 	4
      Page No: 	181
    5. 1841 British Census, Gloucester Terrace, Stepney, Mile End Old Town
    6. Reg. District:	Stepney	Sub District:	Mile End Old Town, Upper
      Parish:	Stepney	Enum. District:
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:	Tower Hamlets
      Address:	Gloucester Terrace, Stepney, Mile End Old Town, Upper, Tower Hamlets
      County:	Middlesex
      
      SMERDON, Thos		 M	59	1782		Middlesex
      SMERDON, Ann		 F	22	1819		Middlesex
      SMERDON, Elizh		 F	20	1821		Middlesex
      MIERS, Fanny		 F	23	1818		Middlesex

      Note sure this is correct - re Y to born in Middlesex
    7. 1851 British Census, 14 Vassall Road, Lambeth, Surrey
    8. Reg. District:	Lambeth	Sub District:	Kennington
      Parish:	Lambeth	Enum. District:	 1
      Ecclesiastical District:	St Marks Kennington	City/Municipal Borough:	Lambeth
      Address:	14 Vassall Road, Lambeth, Surrey
      
      FINCH, Joseph	Head	Married	 M	34	1817	Mercantile Clerk Whitechapel Middlesex
      FINCH, Ann B	Wife	Married	 F	32	1819	 Ash Burton Devonshire
      FINCH, Ann	Daughter	Unmarried	 F	5	1846	 St Georges East Middlesex
      FINCH, Thomas H	Son	Unmarried	 M	2	1849	 Hackney
      FINCH, Edwin	Son	Unmarried	 M	0 (5 MOS)	1851	 Brixton Surrey
      KILLICK, Ann	Servant	Unmarried	 F	21	1830	House Servant Sutton
      KILLICK, Mary	Servant	Unmarried	 F	14	1837	House Servant Sutton
    9. BMD Marriage Index
    10. Name:	SMERDON,  Ann Bennet
      Registration District: 	Newington, London
      Year of Registration: 	1843 	Jan-Feb-Mar
      Volume No: 	4
      Page No: 	280
      
      FINCH, Joseph
      MORRIS, James
      PRINCE, George
      DARVELL, James

    Born: 19 Mar 1799, Ashburton, Devon

    Baptised: Ashburton Independent Chapel, Devon 1

    Census: 1841, Shaldon, St Nicholas, Devonshire 2

    Census: 1851, Thaldon Green, Saint Nicholas, Devonshire 3

    Census: 1861, Shaldon, St Nicholas, Devonshire 4

    Census: 1871, West Street, Ashburton, Devonshire 5

    Married: 3 Jan 1828, Ashburton Parish Church, Devon, Robert Stephens 6

    Father: Thomas Smerdon

    Mother: Anne Bennett Weekes

    Sources:

    1. Ashburton, Great Meeting: Independent Chapel, register of baptisms
    2. date not known
    3. 1841 British Census, Shaldon, St Nicholas, Devonshire
    4. Reg. District:	Newton Abbot	Sub District:	Teignmouth
      Parish:	St Nicholas	Enum. District:
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:
      Address:	Shaldon, St Nicholas, Devonshire
      
      STEPHENS, Robert		 M	40	1801		Devon
      STEPHENS, Charlotte		 F	40	1801		Devon
      WHIDDON, Eliza		 F	18	1823		Devon
    5. 1851 British Census, Thaldon Green, Saint Nicholas, Devonshire
    6. Reg. District:	Newton Abbot	Sub District:	Teignmouth
      Parish:	Saint Nicholas	Enum. District:	 4A
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:
      Address:	Thaldon Green, Saint Nicholas, Devonshire
      
      STEPHENS, Robert	Head	Married	 M	51	1800	Landeed Proprietor Stokeinteignhead Devonshire
      STEPHENS, Charlotte	Wife		 F	52	1799	 Ashburton Devonshire
      WIDDON, Eliza	Servant	Unmarried	 F	25	1826	 Ilsington Devonshire
    7. 1861 British Census, Shaldon, St Nicholas, Devonshire
    8. Reg. District:	Newton Abbot	Sub District:	1 Teignmouth
      Parish:	St Nicholas	Enum. District:	 13E
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:
      Address:	Shaldon, St Nicholas, Devonshire
      
      STEPHENS, Robert	Head	Married	 M	61	1800	Landed Proprietor Stoke Devon
      STEPHENS, Charlotte	Wife	Married	 F	62	1799	Landed Proprietors Wife Ashburton Devon
      WHITE, Gerias	Nephew	Unmarried	 M	4	1857	Scholar Shaldon Devon
      WHIDDEN, Eliza	Servant	Unmarried	 F	33	1828	Servant Aldington Devon
    9. 1871 British Census, West Street, Ashburton, Devonshire
    10. Reg. District:	Newton Abbot	Sub District:	Ashburton
      Parish:	Ashburton	Enum. District:	 5
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:
      Address:	West Street, Ashburton, Devonshire
      
      STEPHENS, Charlotte	Head		 F	72	1799		Devon Ashburton
      SMERDON, Lavinia	Servant		 F	15	1856		Devon Buckland in the Moor

      Lavinia Smerdon is no relation
    11. IGI Ashburton, Devon - M050201
    12. The witnesses were Thomas SMERDON (her father or brother) and her youngest sister, Eliza SMERDON
      

    Born: 17 Dec 1802, Ashburton, Devon

    Baptised: Ashburton Independent Chapel, Devon

    Died: 26 Jan 1873, Ashburton, Devon 1

    Buried: Ashburton Parish Church, Devon

    Census: 1841, North St, Ashburton, Devonshire 2

    Census: 1851, North Street, Ashburton, Devonshire 3

    Census: 1861, North St, Ashburton, Devonshire 4

    Census: 1871, North Street, Ashburton, Devonshire 5

    Married: 24 Dec 1834, Ashburton Parish Church, Devon, Richard Eales 6

    The witnesses at her wedding were her sister Charlotte STEPHENS and her brother-in-law Robert
    STEPHENS

    Children:
  • Richard Smerdon Eales, born 1835
  • Robert Eales, born 1836
  • Richard Smerdon Eales, born 1840
  • Father: Thomas Smerdon

    Mother: Anne Bennett Weekes

    Notes:

    She buried in Ashburton churchyard, with her late husband and their two oldest sons.   Their
    gravestone is in the same row as that of William and Margaret POPE, and Eliza's sister Lydia
    POPE.

    Sources:

    1. BMD Index
    2. Eales	Eliza 	Deaths	Mar 1873	Newton Abbot 	5b	112	70
    3. 1841 British Census, North St, Ashburton, Devonshire
    4. Reg. District:	Newton Abbot	Sub District:	Ashburton
      Parish:	Ashburton	Enum. District:
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:	Ashburton
      Address:	North St, Ashburton, Devonshire
      
      EALES, Richd		 M	55	1786		Devon
      EALES, Eliza		 F	37	1804		Devon
      EALES, Rich		 M	1	1840		Devon

      living 2 doors up from the Popes
    5. 1851 British Census, North Street, Ashburton, Devonshire
    6. Reg. District:	Newton Abbot	Sub District:	Ashburton
      Parish:	Ashburton	Enum. District:	 5C
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:	Ashburton
      Address:	North Street, Ashburton, Devonshire
      
      EALES, Eliza	Head	Widow	 F	48	1803	Annuitant Ashburton Devonshire
      EALES, Richard Smerdon	Son		 M	11	1840	Scholar Ashburton Devonshire
    7. 1861 British Census, North St, Ashburton, Devon
    8. Reg. District:	Newton Abbot	Sub District:	4 Ashburton
      Parish:	Ashburton	Enum. District:	 4
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:	Ashburton
      Address:	North Street, Ashburton, Devonshire
      
      EALES, Eliza	Head	Widow	 F	58	1803	Fundholder Ashburton Devon
      POPE, Lydia	Head	Widow	 F	64	1797	Fundholder Ashburton Devon
      POPE, William H	Son	Unmarried	 M	35	1826	Landed Proprietor Ashburton Devon
    9. 1871 British Census, North Street, Ashburton, Devonshire
    10. Reg. District:	Newton Abbot	Sub District:	Ashburton
      Parish:	Ashburton	Enum. District:	 4
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:
      Address:	North Street, Ashburton, Devonshire
      
      EALES, Eliza	Head		 F	68	1803	English Fund Holder	Devon Ashburton
      POPE, Lydia	Head		 F	74	1797	English Fund Holder	Devon Ashburton
      POPE, Wm Hy	Son		 M	45	1826	Land owner	Devon Ashburton
      
      and
      
      Reg. District:	Newton Abbot	Sub District:	Ashburton
      Parish:	Ashburton	Enum. District:	 3
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:
      Address:	North Street, Ashburton, Devonshire
      
      BECK, Nathan	Head		 M w 	77	1794	Retired Chemist		Devon Ashburton
      BECK, Susan H	Daughter	 F	45	1826	Girls Day School	Devon Ashburton
      FERRIS, Emma L	Granddaughter	 F	13	1858		Devon Ashburton
    11. Parish Register Ashburton

    Born: 1831

    Census: 1841, Park Street, St Catherine, Gloucester 1

    Census: 1851, High Street, Topsham, Devonshire 2

    Father: Richard Smerdon

    Mother: Maria

    Notes:

     marriages?
    Smerdon	Eliza 	Marriages	Dec 1860	Gloucester 	6a	520
    Smerdon	Eliza 	Marriages	Jun 1863	Newton A 	5b	241

    Sources:

    1. 1841 British Census, Park Street, St Catherine, Gloucester
    2. Reg. District:	Gloucester Union	Sub District:	St Nicholas
      Parish:	St Catherine	Enum. District:
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:	Gloucester
      Address:	Park Street, St Catherine, Gloucester
      County:	Gloucestershire
      
      SMERDON, Richard		 M	45	1796
      SMERDON, Maria		 F	35	1806		Gloucestershire
      SMERDON, Richard		 M	15	1826
      SMERDON, Thomas		 M	14	1827		Gloucestershire
      SMERDON, Eliza		 F	10	1831		Gloucestershire
    3. 1851 British Census, High Street, Topsham, Devonshire
    4. Reg. District:	Saint Thomas	Sub District:	Topsham
      Parish:	Topsham	Enum. District:	 5D
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:
      Address:	High Street, Topsham, Devonshire
      
      SMERDON, Richard	Head	Married	 M	56	1795	Superannuated Officer Of Excise Ashburton Devonshire
      SMERDON, Maria	Wife	Married	 F	45	1806	 Gloucester Gloucestershire
      SMERDON, Eliza	Daughter	Unmarried	 F	20	1831	 Bristol Gloucestershire

    Born: 1820, Mile End Old Town, London

    Census: 1841, Gloucester Terrace, Stepney, Mile End Old Town 1

    Father: Thomas Smerdon

    Mother: Susanna Ireland

    Notes:

    if this was her marriage
    Name:	SMERDON,  Elizabeth
    Registration District: 	Newington, London
    Year of Registration: 	1843	Oct-Nov-Dec
    Volume No: 	4
    Page No: 	424
    ALLEN, William
    REEVES, William Edward
    RILEY, George
    WARD, Joseph Read
    only Riley matches in 1851 census

    Sources:

    1. 1841 British Census, Gloucester Terrace, Stepney, Mile End Old Town
    2. Reg. District:	Stepney	Sub District:	Mile End Old Town, Upper
      Parish:	Stepney	Enum. District:
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:	Tower Hamlets
      Address:	Gloucester Terrace, Stepney, Mile End Old Town, Upper, Tower Hamlets
      County:	Middlesex
      
      SMERDON, Thos		 M	59	1782		Middlesex
      SMERDON, Ann		 F	22	1819		Middlesex
      SMERDON, Elizh		 F	20	1821		Middlesex
      MIERS, Fanny		 F	23	1818		Middlesex

      Note sure this is correct - re Y to born in Middlesex

    Father: William Michael Smerdon

    Mother: Mary Anne Harris

    Notes:

    An assumption as she was a witness to the marriage of JAJ Mack to Susan Smerdon BUT not in any
    census - so probably wrong
    only BMD entries
    Smerdon	Emma 	Births	Sep 1855	Totnes 	5b	167
    Smerdon	Emma 	Births	Dec 1856	Totnes 	5b	163
    Smerdon	Emma Mirian Holmes 	Births	Dec 1857	Pancras 	1b	146
    and marriage?
    Smerdon	Emma 	Marriages	Sep 1882	Fulham 	1a	429
    Furnell	William 	Marriages	Sep 1882	Fulham 	1a	429
    Harris	William John 	Marriages	Sep 1882	Fulham 	1a	429

    Baptised: 5 Aug 1774, Ashburton parish church, Devon 1

    Buried: 16 Mar 1775, Ashburton parish church, Devon 1

    Father: Thomas Smerdon

    Mother: Mary Rowe

    Sources:

    1. Parish Register Ashburton
    2. only 12 days before his father was buried

      'son of the widow SMERDON'

    Baptised: 31 Jul 1809, Ashburton, Devon 1

    Died: Jun 1838, Asbhurton, Devon 2

    Married: 12 Nov 1834, Ashburton, Devon, Nancy Edwards 3

    Children:
  • Sarah Smerdon, bapt. 1837
  • Father: Richard Smerdon

    Mother: Sarah Cockey

    Sources:

    1. IGI Ashburton, Devon - C050201
    2. BMD Index
    3. Name:	SMERDON,  John Cockey
      Registration District: 	Newton Abbot, Devon
      Year of Registration: 	1838	Apr-May-Jun
      Volume No: 	10
      Page No: 	94
    4. IGI Ashburton, Devon - M050201

    Baptised: 22 Aug 1814, Ashburton Parish Church, Devon 1

    Buried: 1818, Ashburton, Devon

    Father: Thomas Smerdon

    Mother: Susanna Ireland

    Notes:

    Jan Wood - died young

    Sources:

    1. Parish Register Ashburton

    Born: 1849, Widcombe Devon

    Census: 1891, Glass House, East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire 1

    Married: Sep 1882, Newton Abbot, Devon, William Henry Pope 2

    Sources:

    1. 1891 British Census, Glass House, East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire
    2. Reg. District:	Exeter	Sub District:	Ashburton
      Parish:	Ashburton	Enum. District:	 3
      Ecclesiastical District:	Ashburton	City/Municipal Borough:
      Address:	Glass House, East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire
      
      POPE, William H	Head	Married	 M	65	1826	Living On His Own Means Ashburton Devonshire
      POPE, Louisa	Wife	Married	 F	42	1849	Widcombe Devonshire
      STONE, Louisa	Niece	Single	 F	14	1877	Scholar Manaton Devonshire
    3. BMD Marriage Index
    4. Pope	William Henry 	Marriages	Sep 1882	Newton Abbot 	5b	266
      Smerdon	Louisa 	Marriages	Sep 1882	Newton A. 	5b	266