Evans family		9 January 2018
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	5 Sarah EVANS 1780-1871	6 John EVANS
spouse's records	m James SMITHERS 1803

Sarah was born in 1780 in the small village of Froyle, Hampshire, which is about 16 miles west of Guildford on the main road to Winchester. It seems likely that she moved to Guildford either in service or with her family, since when she was 23 she married at Stoke next Guildford. Her husband was the recently widowed James SMITHER from the neighbouring parish of Worplesdon

James became a famer in Worplesdon and they baptised five children there. At the age of 60 Sarah was living at Perry Hill in the centre of the village with James and her unmarried son Henry. The other children had married and moved away after receiving property in Windsor from the will of Sarah's brother James Evans. Henry married soon after and moved to London, and in 1844 her husband James died of heart disease.

Sarah spent the rest of her life with one or other of her children. For a while, she moved to Windsor; her youngest son James kept a public house at Bray in 1845 and in 1851 she was living at Windsor with Frederick her eldest son. Both James and Frederick had been bequeathed property in Windsor by Sarah's brother James

Sarah’s daughter Ann married James MAY, parish clerk at Worplesdon; and for at least the last ten years of her life, Sarah lived with Ann back at Perry Hill in the centre of Worplesdon. She died in 1871 of old age, aged 90, and was buried in Worplesdon. She made a will leaving everything (less than £100) to he daughter Ann

C=Christened

age DATE SE JS

EVENT

6Aug1780 10Sep1803 23 24 27Jul1805 24 25 1Mar1807 26 27 22Oct1809 28 30 11Jul1813 32 33 17Nov1816 35 37 28Jun1836 55 57 7Oct1837 56 58 1Mar1841 60 61 6Jun1841 60 61 20Nov1844 63 65 15Oct1845 64 66 22Oct1845 64 66 30Mar1851 70 7Apr1861 80 22Feb1870 89 2Apr1871 90 10Jun1871 90 16Jun1871 90

Sarah baptised at Froyle Hampshire, daughter of John & Elizabeth EVANS m James SMITHER at Stoke next Guildford son Frederick C at Worplesdon; address: Perry Hill dau Martha C at Worplesdon; address: Perry Hill dau Hannah (Ann) C at Worplesdon; address: Perry Hill son Henry C at Worplesdon; James a labourer son James Smither C at Worplesdon beneficiary of brother James' will husband James described as a farmer of Worplesdon in affidavit by Martha Mercer dau Ann m James MAY at Shere at Perry Hill with husband James,a farmer,and son Henry son Henry, a farmer, m at Worplesdon; James described as a farmer James, a farmer, died at Worplesdon of heart disease James, of Goose Rye, buried at Worplesdon Sarah at Windsor with son Frederick Sarah living with daughter Ann MAY, wife of parish clerk, at Perry Hill Sarah made last will leaving everything to daughter Ann Sarah living with dau Ann and son Frederick at Perry Hill Sarah died at Perry Hill; death registered by Frederick Sarah of Perry Hill, buried at Worplesdon

PRINCIPAL RECORDS

b=born m=married d=died

C=Christened B=Buried

BIRTH

Three census records show that Sarah EVANS was born in Froyle Hampshire about 1781. There is one and only one suitable baptism in the Froyle register:

C 6Aug1780 Sarah d John & Elizabeth EVANS

MARRIAGE

the affidavit to correct the 1816 baptismal record in the Worplesdon register of James SMITHER 4 shows that his parents were James SMITHERS and Sarah EVANS. There is a suitable marriage in the neighbouring parish of Stoke next Guildford:

m 10Sep1803 Stoke next Guildford: James x SMITHER of Worplesdon parish and Sarah EVANS spr otp by banns

witness: Rebekah x SOUTH, Thomas x S--hor [Smither?]

However there is an earlier Worplesdon entry for m of James SMITHER to Jane STRUDWICK followed by burial of Jane:

m 31Mar1801 Worplesdon:James x SMITHER otp & Jane x STRUDWICK otp by banns; wit: Thomas STRUDWICK, JI

B 14Aug1801 Worplesdon: Jane, 21, wife of James SMITHER, Perry Hill

There is no corroborating evidence that this is the same James, but there is no other suitable James in the Worplesdon register, and James was of Perry Hill when he baptised his children

DESCENDANTS

from Worplesdon register:

C 27Jul1805 Frederick s James & Elizabeth SMITHERS, Perry Hill

C 1Mar1807 Martha d James & Sarah SMITHER, Perry Hill

C 11Sep1808 Louisa d James & Mary{?} SMITHER, Perry Hill

C 22Oct1809 Hannah d James & Sarah SMITHER, Perry Hill

C 11Jul1813 Henry s James & Sarah SMITHER, labourer;

C 17Nov1816 James Smither s James & Sarah SMITHER b10Oct1816

from census:

b c1806 Frederick; proves that the register entry of Elizabeth as mother was an error for Sarah

b c1810 Ann - probably a contraction of Hannah; m James MAY at Shere 1Mar1841

the entry for Louisa’s mother is another error, Mary for Sarah. No other records found of James and Mary and Louisa is mentiones in James Evans' will as his niece.

a Louisa SMITHERS m John SKILTON 5Oct1829 at Haslemere

marriage certificate for son Henry:

m 20Nov1844 at Worplesdon parish church by banns

Henry SMITHERS bch full farmer, Attfields Farm, Worplesdon & Elizabeth GODDARD spr full, Worplesdon

fathers:James SMITHER, farmer; James GODDARD, labourer; w: James x GODDARD, Mary GODDARD

DEATH

certificates

d 15Oct1845 James SMITHER male 66 farmer; died at Worplesdon from heart disease

r 20Oct1845 at Woking, Guildford SRY by Henry SMITHER son, of Worplesdon pad

d 10Jun1871 Sarah SMITHER female 90 widow of James SMITHER, farmer; died at Perry Hill, Worplesdon from old age

r 15Jun1871 at Woking, Guildford SRY by Frederick SMITHER, of Perry Hill, Worplesdon pad

from Worplesdon register:

B 22Oct1845 James SMITHER, 66, Goose Rye [b 1779]

B 16Jun1871 Sarah SMITHER, 91, Perry Hill [b 1780]

will of Sarah:

Sarah SMITHER widow late of Perry Hill, Worplesdon signed 22Feb1870 d 10Jun1871 at Perry Hill proved 7Jul1871 by James MAY:

all (<£100) to daughter Ann MAY wife of James MAY of Worplesdon, parish clerk

CENSUS

1841 Worplesdon, Perry Hill HO107/8 f7

James SMITHERS 61 1780 farmer y

Sarah SMITHERS 60 1781 y

Henry SMITHERS 25 1816 y

Isaac GUNNER 20 1821 male servant y

Charles COOK 15 1826 male servant y

Charlotte CHANDLER 15 1826 female servant y

1851 Old Windsor Green, Berks; Mill's Buildings, HO107/1695 f266

Frederick SMITHERS he mar 45 1806 gardener (proprietor of houses) Worplesdon SRY

Jane SMITHERS wi mar 53 1798 Bishopswa--nth, Durham

Sarah SMITHERS mo wid 70 1781 retired farmers [blank] Lower Froyle, Hampshire

1861 Worplesdon, Perry Hill RG9/424 f55

James MAY he mar 54 1807 parish clerk Worplesdon

Ann MAY wi mar 52 1809

Sarah SMITHER bo wid 80 1781 farmer's widow bo=boarder Froyle, Hants

1871 Worplesdon, Perry Hill RG10/808 f24

James MAY he mar 64 1807 parish clerk Worplesdon

Ann MAY wi mar 61 1810 wife of parish clerk Worplesdon

Sarah SMITHERS mo wid 90 1781 retired farmer's wife Froyle, Hants

Frederick SMITHERS br wdr 65 1806 retired tax collector Worplesdon

OTHER

will of Frederick SMITHERS son of James & Sarah

Frederick SMITHER of 4 Stoughton Terrace, Stoke-nr-Guildford of no occupation. James William LOVELAND of 23 Stoughton Terrace, executor and undertaker; to be buried in Worplesdon churchyard near my sister; all to John and Emily SHIRLY of 3 Stoughton Terrace. wit: Stewart RAMSAY 5 Stoughton Terrace, carman; Sarah RAMSAY; s 14Sep1891 p 1Feb1892

James EVANS Will Extract

James EVANS of Slough in parish of Stoke Poges, Brandy and Spirit merchant

To my nephews and niece Frederick SMITHER, James Smither SMITHERS, and Mercy the wife of William BENNINGTON, freehold estate in Sheet Street, New Windsor, divers messuages or tenements garden and outbuildings commonly calles Brunswick Terrace now in lease to Mr Thomas ADAMS builder to hold as tenants in common and not as joint tenants / to nephew Frederick SMITHER tenements in Sheet St in occupation of James HUGHES and John BAILEY / to niece Mercy BENNINGTON two freehold tenements in Sheet St in occupation of STEVENS widow and Thomas DOWSETT / to nephew James Smither SMITHERS two freeholds in Sheet St now being built my executors to complete the building / to my two nephews and niece £200 / to Frederick SMITHER my chest of drawers with contents and my wearing apparel / to my niece my chest of drawers with folding doors and contents / to James Smither SMITHERS a pair of silver tablespoons now in the care of Mrs LUFF and my watch and appendages / to Maria LUFF the widow of Charles LUFF my feather bed all my printed books and other articles in my room and the interest of £1000 3% bank annuity for life and after her decease the interest of £600 part of £1000 to har daughter Elizabeth LUFF for life and after her decease the £600 to my nephews and nieces Frederick SMITHER James Smither SMITHERS Mercy BENNINGTON, Louisa SMITHER Henry SMITHER and Ann SMITHER equally / the interest of £400 remaing to Henry LUFFson of Maria LUFF for life and after his decease to all my nephews and nieces [as before] / to my relation Mrs MARKHAM £50 / to my friends Mr Thomas LUFF Mr Henry LUFF £10 each / to my friend Mr Robert MASON surgeon £19 19s / to executors £5 each / to my sister Sarah SMITHER my brother-in-law James SMITHER for their lives all my book debts stock in trade utensils and the rest of my estate and after their death one third to Louisa SMITHER one third to Henry SMITHER one third to Ann SMITHER / first refusal of the Wine and Brandy business to Henry LUFFnow carried on by us at Slough.

Executors: Thomas ADAMS of New Windsor Mr Jack William BL--COT of Langley

To be buried at Froyle near my father

Signed 31 March 1836 witness:Richard J BARTON, Windsor, William Jonathon WHITE Slough

Proved 28 June 1836 by Thomas ADAMS Jacob William BLU-COT

Genealogical Summary:
sister Sarah SMITHER
brother-in-law: James SMITHER
nephews: Frederick SMITHER; James Smither SMITHERS; Henry SMITHER
nieces: Mary BENNINGTON, Louisa SMITHER, Ann SMITHER

thanks to Elizabeth Thompson  thompson.elizabeth09@gmail.com a descendant of Sarah Evans who drew my attention to this will

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