My Smith Family

Descendants of James Smith and Hannah Unknown

Hannah Smith (1802-1873)
Benjamin Smith (1808-1865)

Family of James Smith and Hannah Unknown

James Smith.

b: date and place unknown; d: date and place unknown.

Spouse - Hannah Unknown.

b: date and place unknown; m: date and place unknown; d: date and place unknown.
[Possible marriage - James Smith married Hannah Cowlar at Newport, Essex, England on 7 Jul 1791 which ties in with the birth of James Smith who was baptised 19 Aug 1792 at Elmdon, Essex, England (see no 1. below)].

Children of James Smith and Hannah Unknown:

  1. James Smith - b: abt 1792, Elmdon, Essex, England; bap: 19 Aug 1792, Elmdon, Essex, England; d: Oct 1792, Elmdon, Essex, England; bur: 28 Oct 1792, St Nicholas Cemetery, Elmdon, Essex, England.

  2. John Smith - b: abt 1793, Elmdon, Essex, England; bap: 25 Nov 1793, Elmdon, Essex, England; d: Mar 1794, Elmdon, Essex, England; bur: 12 Mar 1794, St Nicholas Cemetery, Elmdon, Essex, England.

  3. Joseph Smith - b: abt 1795, Elmdon, Essex, England; bap: 30 Aug 1795, Elmdon, Essex, England; d: Jul 1806, Dagenham, Essex, England; bur: 11 Jul 1806, Dagenham, Essex, England.

  4. James Smith - b: abt 1797, Elmdon, Essex, England; bap: 25 Jun 1797, Elmdon, Essex, England; d: Aug 1797, Elmdon, Essex, England; bur: 27 Aug 1797, St Nicholas Cemetery, Elmdon, Essex, England.

  5. Samuel Smith - b: abt 1798, Elmdon, Essex, England; bap: 25 Dec 1798, Elmdon, Essex, England; d: Nov 1801, Elmdon, Essex, England; bur: 24 Nov 1801, St Nicholas Cemetery, Elmdon, Essex, England.

  6. Sarah Smith - b: abt 1801, Elmdon, Essex, England; bap: 24 May 1801, Elmdon, Essex, England; d: date and place unknown.

  7. Hannah Smith - bap: 17 Nov 1802, Elmdon, Essex, England; bur: 15 May 1873, St Mary the Virgin Cemetery, Wendens Ambo, Essex, England.

  8. Daniel Smith - b: abt 1804, Elmdon, Essex, England; bap: 27 Jul 1804, Elmdon, Essex, England; d: Bef. 31 Jul 1804, Elmdon, Essex, England; bur: 31 Jul 1804, St Nicholas Cemetery, Elmdon, Essex, England.

  9. Benjamin Smith - b: 17 Mar 1808, Dagenham, Essex, England; d: 13 Jan 1865, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia.

  10. Peter Smith - b: 24 Jul 1810, Dagenham, Essex, England; bap: 6 Aug 1810, Dagenham, Essex, England; d: Aug 1810, Dagenham, Essex, England; bur: 27 Aug 1810, Dagenham, Essex, England.

  11. William Smith - b: 13 Sep 1811, Dagenham, Essex, England; bap: 13 Oct 1811, Dagenham, Essex, England; d: date and place unknown. 

Second Generation of James Smith and Hannah Unknown

Family of Hannah Smith and James Pledger

Hannah Smith, daughter of James Smith and Hannah Unknown.

b: abt 1802, Elmdon, Essex, England; bap: 17 Nov 1802, Elmdon, Essex, England; d: May 1873, Wendens Ambo, Essex, England; bur: 15 May 1873, St Mary the Virgin Cemetery, Wendens Ambo, Essex, England.

Spouse - James Pledger, son of George Pledger and Sarah Smith.

b: abt 1786, Elmdon, Essex, England; bap: 22 Oct 1786, Elmdon, Essex, England, m: 10 May 1818, St Margaret's Church, Barking, Essex, England; d: Apr 1874, Wendens Ambo, Essex, England; bur: 17 Apr 1874, St Mary the Virgin Cemetery, Wendens Ambo, Essex, England.

Children of James Pledger and Hannah Smith:

  1. Sarah Pledger - b: 20 Nov 1819, Hornchurch, Essex, England; bap: 11 Jun 1820, Hornchurch, Essex, England; d: Feb 1824, Hornchurch, Essex, England; bur: 29 Feb 1824, St Andrew's Cemetery, Hornchurch, Essex, England.

  2. George Pledger - b: 28 May 1821, Hornchurch, Essex, England; bap: 24 Jun 1821, Hornchurch, Essex, England; d: Dec 1890, Wendens Ambo, Essex, England; bur: 30 Dec 1890, Wendens Ambo, Essex, England.

  3. William Pledger - b: 28 Feb 1823, Hornchurch, Essex, England; bap: 6 Apr 1823, Hornchurch, Essex, England; d: Aug 1895, Wendens Ambo, Essex, England; bur: 13 Aug 1895, St Mary the Virgin Cemetery, Wendens Ambo, Essex, England.
    Spouse - Elizabeth Gibbs, daughter of Mary Gibbs, b: abt 1825, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; bap: 25 Dec 1825, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; m: 19 Apr 1847, Southampton, Hampshire, England; d: Mar 1909, Wendens Ambo, Essex, England; bur: 15 Mar 1909, Wendens Ambo, Essex, England.

  4. Louisa Pledger - b: 22 May 1824, Hornchurch, Essex, England; bap: 27 Jun 1824, Hornchurch, Essex, England; d: Oct 1825, Hornchurch, Essex, England; bur: 30 Oct 1825, St Andrew's Cemetery, Hornchurch, Essex, England.

  5. Eleanor Pledger - b: 5 May 1828, Hornchurch, Essex, England; bap: 8 Jun 1828, Hornchurch, Essex, England; d: Jan 1831, Wendens Ambo, Essex, England; bur: 16 Jan 1831, St Mary the Virgin Cemetery, Wendens Ambo, Essex, England.

  6. Martha Pledger - b: abt 1833, Wendens Ambo, Essex, England; bap: 29 Sep 1833, Wendens Ambo, Essex, England; d: 28 Jan 1858, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia; bur: General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia.

  7. Mary Ann Pledger - b: abt 1837, Wendens Ambo, Essex, England; bap: 26 Feb 1837, Wendens Ambo, Essex, England; d: 6 Nov 1862, New South Wales, Australia; bur: Frederickton Cemetery, Frederickton, New South Wales, Australia.
    Spouse - Joseph Saunders - b: abt 1834, Arkesden, Essex, England; bap: 11 May 1834, Arkesden, Essex, England, m: 12 Aug 1858, Frederickton, New South Wales, Australia, d: 20 Dec 1903, Macleay St, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia; bur: Frederickton Cemetery, Frederickton, New South Wales, Australia.

  8. James Pledger - b: 1841, Wendens Ambo, Essex, England; bap: 3 Oct 1841, Wendens Ambo, Essex, England, d: bef 13 Jun 1858, at sea on board the Castalian between England and Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Family of Benjamin Smith and Ann Hammond

Benjamin Smith, son of James Smith and Hannah Unknown.

b: 17 Mar 1808, Dagenham, Essex, England; bap: 29 May 1808, Dagenham, Essex, England; d: 13 Jan 1865, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia; bur: General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia.

Spouse - Ann Hammond, daughter of Robert Hammond and Sophia Debnam.

b: 20 Mar 1812, Arkesden, Essex, England; bap: 19 Apr 1812, Arkesden, Essex, England; m: 2 Nov 1829, St Nicholas Church, Elmdon, Essex, England; d: 4 Nov 1887, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia; bur: General Cemetery, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia.

Spouse (2) - Ferdinand Norton, son of Richard Norton and Hannah Unknown.

b: abt 1810, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England; bap: 11 Feb 1810 West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England; m: 21 Aug 1865, St Luke's Church, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia; d: 11 May 1885, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia.

Benjamin Smith and Ann Hammond had the following children:

  1. Sarah Smith - b: abt 1831, Elmdon, Essex, England; d: 31 Aug 1915, New Town, Tasmania, Australia.

  2. James Smith - b: abt 1833, Elmdon, Essex, England; d: 31 Oct 1901, Colebrook, Tasmania, Australia.

  3. Benjamin Smith - born 9 Aug 1835, Elmdon, Essex, England; d: 1 May 1927, Priory, Tasmania, Australia.

  4. Zacharias Smith - born 1838, Elmdon, Essex, England; d: 3 Jul 1898, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

  5. Hannah Smith - born 1840, Elmdon, Essex, England; d: 14 Dec 1880, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia.