Consanguinity | 4th great-grandfather of Private |
Father | William ("Snellson") Snellson (b. 1721, d. after 1749) |
Mother | Sarah Davies (b. 1721, d. 4 January 1761) |
Son | John Snelson (b. October 1769, d. February 1774) |
Son | William Snelson+ (b. about March 1776, d. 20 June 1833) |
Son | John Snelson (b. September 1779, d. August 1780) |
Daughter | Hannah Snelson (b. 1781, d. 1 October 1847) |
Daughter | Elizabeth Snelson (b. March 1784, d. August 1792) |
Son | John Snelson+ (b. 3 March 1789, d. 30 September 1833) |
Person References | Ancestors Lifespan, Father, Mother, Spouse Descendents of William Snelson c.1670 Family Tree Blood Line My Family Tree Sarah Davies 1721 - 1761 Thomas Edwards c1645 - aft 1690 William Snelston bef 1668 - aft 1707 |
Last Edited | 17 February 2024 10:59:04 |
Reference Number | John Snelson had reference number 530. |
Birth | He was born in April 1748 in Gresford, Wales. |
Christening | He was christened on 12 April 1748 in All Saints, Gresford.2,3 |
His father William ("Snellson") Snellson died after 1749. | |
His mother Sarah Davies died on 4 January 1761 in Gresford, Wales. | |
Marriage | John Snelson married Elizabeth Crooks on 5 April 1769 in the church of St. Mary the Virgin, Eccleston, The BTs record the marriage date as 9th April 1769.4,5,6 |
His son John Snelson was born in October 1769 in Eccleston. | |
Residence | In 1774 John Snelson lived in Rough Hill, near to Chester. |
His son John Snelson died in February 1774 in Eccleston. | |
His son William Snelson was born about March 1776 in Dodleston, Cheshire, England. | |
His son John Snelson was born in September 1779 in at Dodleston, Cheshire. | |
His son John Snelson died in August 1780. | |
His daughter Hannah Snelson was born in 1781 in Dodleston. | |
His daughter Elizabeth Snelson was born in March 1784 in Dodleston, Cheshire. | |
His son John Snelson was born on 3 March 1789. | |
His daughter Elizabeth Snelson died in August 1792. | |
Death | John Snelson died on 20 January 1800 in Lache, Chester, England. |
Burial | He was buried on 27 January 1800 in St. Mary the Virgin, Eccleston.7 |
His wife Elizabeth Crooks died on 19 April 1822 in Rough Hill, near to Chester, England. | |
Reference | In 1990 SNELJ$48. |
Biography | Let's call him "John of Lache". Lache lies about 2 kilometers out of Chester to the South-West between the Wrexham road (A483) and the railway. It is in England. The parish of Lache-cum-Saltney was formed in 1855 out of the parishes of St. Mary ( Chester ) and Hawarden ( Flintshire ). Registers of (a) Baptisms 1853-1964, (b) Marriages 1857-1972 and (c) Marriages at St Mathew's church, Saltney Ferry 1925-55 are held at the Cheshire Record Office. Clwyd parishes are now in the diocese of St. Asaph except for Higher Kinnerton, Lache-cum-Saltney, Threapwood and Whitewell Church, Iscoyd, which are in the diocese of Chester. Until 1849 Hawarden was a peculiar, exempt from episcopal jurisdiction; and parishes in the deanery of Dyffryn Clywd, Denbighshire were in the diocese of Bangor until 1859. Roughill is a country area located about 2 kilometers West of Eccleston, 1 kilometer South of Lache, and just North of Dodleston and Pulford. It is in England and in the township of Marlston-cum-Lache, St. Mary's parish, Chester. It's true that the county (and country!) boundaries are very confusing in the "Burton, Denbighshire" area. Burton lies just to the north-west of Rossett. Burton was in Denbighshire until 1974, then it was in Clwyd, and now in Yr 2000 it's in the County Borough of Wrexham. In ecclesiastical parish terms, Burton was in Gresford until 1840, when most of the township became part of the new parish of Rossett. In civil registration terms, in the early days Burton was in the Registration District of Wrexham (Denbighshire), in the sub-district of Hope (which was in Flintshire) ! There's more information about these parishes on the relevant GENUKI web pages, at: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/DEN/Gresford/ and http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/DEN/Rossett/ The England/Wales boundary follows the line of the Pulford Brook, just south of Pulford Church (which is in Cheshire); and the old Flintshire/Denbighshire boundary follows the line of Stringer's Brook, which joins Pulford Brook (i.e. the Cheshire border) about a mile south of Dodleton. Dodleston is in England. However, just to confuse matters, for the last 80 years, the ecclesiastical parish of Dodleston has included Higher Kinnerton, which for all other purposes is in Flintshire. The neighbouring small village of Lower Kinnerton has always been in England ! John was aged 52 when he died in 1800 according to his gravestone and was therefore born about 1748. The children of John Snelson and Elizabeth Crooks were undoubtedly John ( 1769 ), William ( 1776 ), John ( 1779 ), Hannah ( 1781 ), Elizabeth ( 1784 ), John (1789 ). There is also an entry in the red Eccleston parish books ( burials ) at the Chehire Record Office which is as follows :- "18 April 1790 Mary Dau of John and Mary Snelson aged 3." This is a bit of a mystery at the moment. I don't really know who this Mary is. She is not mentioned in the Eccleston Monument Inscriptions held at the CRO in the same series of Red Books relating to the Eccleston Parish Records.8 |
Consanguinity | Partner of William Snelson (1st cousin 6 times removed of Private) |
Son | Joseph Snelson (b. February 1790, d. 1863) |
Daughter | Elizabeth Snelson (b. December 1791, d. April 1796) |
Son | William Snelson (b. before 13 July 1794, d. 1818) |
Person References | Descendents of William Snelson c.1670 William Snelston bef 1668 - aft 1707 |
Last Edited | 6 August 2024 17:40:51 |
Name | Sarah Parker was also known as Sarah Snelson. |
Reference Number | She had reference number 535. |
Birth | She was born before 1769 in Holt, Denbighshire, Wales. |
Marriage | She married William Snelson on 20 September 1789 in St. Chad, Farndon.1 |
Her son Joseph Snelson was born in February 1790 in Farndon. | |
Her daughter Elizabeth Snelson was born in December 1791 in Farndon. | |
Her son William Snelson was born before 13 July 1794 in Farndon. | |
Death | Sarah Parker died in March 1796 in Farndon, England. |
Burial | She was buried on 22 March 1796 in the parish church graveyard, St. Chad's, Farndon.2 |
Her daughter Elizabeth Snelson died in April 1796 in Farndon. | |
Her husband William Snelson died on 27 November 1820. |
Consanguinity | 4th great-grandmother of Private |
Father | Thomas Crooks |
Mother | Ann Davies (b. about 1719) |
Son | John Snelson (b. October 1769, d. February 1774) |
Son | William Snelson+ (b. about March 1776, d. 20 June 1833) |
Son | John Snelson (b. September 1779, d. August 1780) |
Daughter | Hannah Snelson (b. 1781, d. 1 October 1847) |
Daughter | Elizabeth Snelson (b. March 1784, d. August 1792) |
Son | John Snelson+ (b. 3 March 1789, d. 30 September 1833) |
Name | Elizabeth Crooks was also known as Elizabeth Snelson. |
Reference Number | She had reference number 536. |
Birth | She was born in October 1748.2 |
Christening | She was christened on 20 October 1748 in St Lawrence, Stoak, Chester. |
Marriage | She married John Snelson on 5 April 1769 in the church of St. Mary the Virgin, Eccleston, The BTs record the marriage date as 9th April 1769.3,4,2 |
Her son John Snelson was born in October 1769 in Eccleston. | |
Her son John Snelson died in February 1774 in Eccleston. | |
Her son William Snelson was born about March 1776 in Dodleston, Cheshire, England. | |
Her son John Snelson was born in September 1779 in at Dodleston, Cheshire. | |
Her son John Snelson died in August 1780. | |
Her daughter Hannah Snelson was born in 1781 in Dodleston. | |
Her daughter Elizabeth Snelson was born in March 1784 in Dodleston, Cheshire. | |
Her son John Snelson was born on 3 March 1789. | |
Her daughter Elizabeth Snelson died in August 1792. | |
Her husband John Snelson died on 20 January 1800 in Lache, Chester, England. | |
Death | Elizabeth Crooks died on 19 April 1822 in Rough Hill, near to Chester, England.5 |
Burial | She was buried on 21 April 1822 in St. Mary the Virgin, Eccleston, Aged 74 ... the burial note says she lived in Handbridge (not Eccleston). |
Biography | Eccleston is an old parish and records exist going back to 1593. It is situated about three kilometers South of Chester on the Roman Road that follows the River Dee southwards to Eaton Hall, the seat of the Grosvenor Estate of the Westminster family. The association with Eccleston seems to have started with Elizabeth Crooks, as she married John who lived at Lache in Wales. John, like his forebears, was christened at Gresford. His parents and grandparents were married at Gresford; some of John's ancestors were also buried at Gresford. Presumably then, Elizabeth Crooks' family home was at Eccleston, and this was the prime reason for the later christenings and burials. There seems to be no logical connection with the marriage of Samuel Snelson and Mary Benyon - that took place at Eccleston apparently only because that was where Mary lived. |