GEORGE Family Summary

16-18C, Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire

12 John GEORGE

m Elizabeth

11 John GEORGE 1581-1668 blacksmith

m Elizabeth c1605

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10 Robert GEORGEc1607-1675 blacksmith

m Isabel c1640

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9 Robert GEORGEc1640-1714 blacksmith

m Ann c1684

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8 Martha GEORGE 1690-1759

m Robert KING 1722 Bletchingdon blacksmith

The parish registers of Steeple Aston show that the George family was in the parish from at least 1540.

The earliest confirmed ancestor is John George the blacksmith of the village. He died in 1668 and in his will he left half his smith's shop and tools to his grandson Robert, together with boxes and coffers standing in the shop. The other half went to Robert's father also Robert, on condition that he did not alter or diminish the boxes and coffers during his son's lifetime!

These three blacksmiths all lived through the civil war; perhaps because of this, no record of their marriages has been found

Robert's youngest daughter continued the tradition by marrying another blacksmith in a neighbouring village