The Wythe/Wyeth family of Hannington

E22. ELIZABETH BAGGS born WYTHE

Elizabeth Wythe was born in 1755.¹

She married [E5] Henry Baggs on the 25^th November 1773, at All Saints church, Hannington, Hampshire, after banns. In 1773 the newly married couple were provided with a moiety of the Wythe copyhold farmhouse. Their children, all baptised in Hannington, where they continued to reside, were: Elizabeth (1774–1774), Elizabeth (1775–1775), Sarah (1776–1844), Mary (1777–1795), [E4] John (1781–1838), Joseph (1783–1860), Robert (1785–1801), Rachael (1787–1857), Richard (1789–1844), Hester (1790 – ?), Henry (1792–1873), Thomas (1794–1794), Hannah (1795–1887), and James (1798–1808).²

She was buried in Hannington churchyard on the 1^st June 1837.³

Elizabeth Wythe was a daughter of [E23] Richard and [E25] Elizabeth Wyeth.⁴

1 Ken Smallbone (2010) Baggs: The History of a Family. The Ancestors and Descendants of the Baggs Family of Hannington, Hampshire, England. Basingstoke: The Changing Seasons; International Genealogical Index shows the birth at Hannington in 1755, to Richard and Elizabeth Wythe. Hannington doesn't yet appear to be included in the Hampshire parish register collection at Ancestry, so this IGI reference is not yet confirmed. I'm keeping it despite this, as Ken Smallbone's research has proven meticulous.

2 parish register; Smallbone (2010), which says 1773.

3 parish register

4 Smallbone (2010)

E23. RICHARD WYETH

Richard Wyeth married [E25] Elizabeth ____. Their children were probably Richard (1752 – after 1782), [E22] Elizabeth (1755–1837), Sarah (? – ?), Mary (? – 1831), and John (? – 1804). Richard was copyhold tenant of the manor of Manydown, Hampshire, from the death of his father in 1772. In 1773 he borrowed £34 so that he could afford a dowry for his daughter Elizabeth, of Thomas Webb, yeoman (often called 'squire') of Hannington, on mortgage at 3% p.a.¹

He died in 1795, his body being buried at Hannington on the 16^th May that year.²

Richard Wyeth was the child of [E24] ____ Wyeth.³

1 Ken Smallbone (2010) Baggs: The History of a Family. The Ancestors and Descendants of the Baggs Family of Hannington, Hampshire, England. Basingstoke: The Changing Seasons; International Genealogical Index shows the marriage of a Richard and Elizabeth Wythe in Hannington, apparently in 1754, as well as the birth of a Richard Wythe about 1710, in Hannington.

2 Hampshire burials; Smallbone (2010)

3 Smallbone (2010)

E24. ____ WYETH

____ Wyeth died in 1772.¹

E25. ELIZABETH WYETH born ____

Elizabeth ____ was born in about 1728. She married [E23] Richard Wyeth. Their children were probably Richard (1752 – after 1782), [E22] Elizabeth (1755–1837), Sarah (? – ?), Mary (? – 1831), and John (? – 1804). She died in 1807, her body being buried at Hannington on the 28^th January that year.¹

1 Hampshire burials; Ken Smallbone (2010) Baggs: The History of a Family. The Ancestors and Descendants of the Baggs Family of Hannington, Hampshire, England. Basingstoke: The Changing Seasons

Suggestions for further research

Ken Smallbone's work has proved invaluable and reliable, but even so there is ample room for independent verification. This must start with the birth/baptism and parentage of [E22] Elizabeth Wythe.

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