Just doing a bit of work on my tree to keep my mind occupied Going through my ancestry list to see which names have waving leaves on and following them up. Hence I got to work on my Smith family :( William Webb Smith is my 3xGGF.
Baps are now on ancestry for the area and period and I have just found a couple of siblings for him, Mary Ann and Ann Webb Smith. Father and mother the same as William - William Sayer (or Syer) Smith and Rachel Davis.
NOW, on the register for Mary Ann, 1787, apart from the usual just name of parents it actually says "from The Tower Liberty 1787". I noticed another kid with this next to them further up the page.
I have looked this up on google and can see it is an area within the Tower of London which gave certain weird and wonderful rights to the inhabitants. But I cant yet find WHO would be living in that area. As the son became a customs officer and William Sayer Smith and Rachel Davis married in Bristol, Im thinking it must be something to do with mariners in this case, rather than beefeaters . Anyone know though please?
Baps are now on ancestry for the area and period and I have just found a couple of siblings for him, Mary Ann and Ann Webb Smith. Father and mother the same as William - William Sayer (or Syer) Smith and Rachel Davis.
NOW, on the register for Mary Ann, 1787, apart from the usual just name of parents it actually says "from The Tower Liberty 1787". I noticed another kid with this next to them further up the page.
I have looked this up on google and can see it is an area within the Tower of London which gave certain weird and wonderful rights to the inhabitants. But I cant yet find WHO would be living in that area. As the son became a customs officer and William Sayer Smith and Rachel Davis married in Bristol, Im thinking it must be something to do with mariners in this case, rather than beefeaters . Anyone know though please?
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