Rev. William Sandford (1815-1882)

Susan MaryLyster (1820-1901)

Rev. John Ford (1804-1872)

Eliza Hackett (1818-1857)

Dr.William Webb (1824-1856)

Mary Tudor Dawes (1824-1903)

James Bishop Hounsham (1820-1869)

Emma Catherine Price (1817-1870)

Rev. Charles David Brereton (1790-1868)

Frances Wilson (1796-1890)

Rev.William Martin (1798-1850)

Jane Champer-nowne (1807-1892)

Josiah Stokes (1803-1880)

Emma Mary Serjeantson (1805-1861)

Joseph Coates (1804-1876)

Mary Ann Howells (1814-1893)

Rev. William Wingfield Sandford (1845-1929)

Bertha Caroline Ford (1847-1931)

Dr. William Henry Webb (1852-1911)

Florence Phoebe Hounsham (1848-1895)

Rev. Joseph Lloyd Brereton (1822-1901)

Frances Martin (1834-1891)

John Whitley Stokes (1845-1907)

Mary Beach Coates (1855-1950)

Rev. John Hamilton Sandford (1876-1963)

Florence Marjorie Tudor Webb (1889-1961)

Rev. Philip Harington Lloyd Brereton (1877-1960)

Mary Eileen Stokes (1885-1967)

Capt. John William George Sandford (1916-2001) Ciceley Eileen Brereton (1915-1998)

Michael Sandford (1942- ), Angela (Bennett) (1945- ), John Sandford (1953- )

Updated 22 Feb 2015. For further information about these families contact: michael@sandfordfamily.org.uk

Bennett-Sandford: Seasonal Gardening in a small garden

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Beech (Bartholemew) Sandford, a schoolmaster, was educated at Trinity College Dublin. His father was John Sandford of an auctioneer, Merchant, and sherrif of Tuam, County Galway, Ireland and his great grandfather may have been James Sandford, the Collector of Sligo. Beech's and John's tombs are in the graveyard at St Mary's Cathedral, Tuam.

James Sandford was the grandson of Captain Theophilus Sandford who fought in Ireland with Cromwell (1649-1650) and came from Lancashire and whose ancestors were originally from Cumberland/Westmorland, the progenitor being Gamel De Sandford c1175. It is said that the family pre-dated the Norman conquest and had Viking connections.

Alice's father was John McCullagh of Tuam. My grandfather, John Hamilton Sandford and his cousin Christopher Sandford believed that Alice McCullagh's ancestors were Scottish. William Wingfield Sandford told the story of how his father went to Scotland, possibly for the burial of Alice, and brought back a kilt for him.

John Lyster lived at Abbeyleix and ran flour mills. His father Philip Lyster came from Clonaslee, Queen's County, Ireland. Philip was married to Ann Hamilton.

Several of Philip Lysters children emigrated to Canada, and our 5th cousins there have extensive records including the family in Ireland.

Hugh Kimmins may have been the son of John Kimmins, who married Susan McClean or McLean. In 1792 Hugh received a certificate as a Mason when he was in the Dragoons. Susan Lyster recorded in her engagement book the death of John Kimmins in 1845

Stephen Williams Ford is recorded as a wharehouseman on the marriage certificate of his son John Ford, who was born in Cornwall. Of the two Stephen Fords found to be found in Cornwall it seems that the best fitting one is the Stephen Ford who lived in Falmouth.

John Ford was a dissenting minister at a free chapel in Derby before marrying and entering Cambridge in his late 30s and then becoming the Church of England Vicar at Old Romney in Kent.

Catherine Dunstan and Stephen Ford were married in Falmouth in 1797. 3 Children were christened in Falmouth: Thomas in 1798, Mary in 1799 and William Stephens in 1802. John Ford's christening around 1804 has not yet been found

Thomas Hackett was a wool and linen draper at 20/21 Market Street Derby. The premises is also recorded as a Straw Bonnet Wharehouse. He lived for 50 years in Derby. He left a fortune to his grandchildren - a total of some £65,000.

A memorial brass to Thomas and Kezia is in Derby Cathedral. Thomas was actually buried in Marston-upon-Dove which is a small village 8 miles SE of Derby, and I have found his grave together with about ten other Hacketts from C17-C19, but I have not tracked down the relationships yet.

There is a monumental brass in Derby Cathedral recording the death of Kezia Job Hackett (1792-1847), her husband Thomas and their grandson Frank Earp who died aged 1 month.

Kezia was born to Thomas Tonkin and Jane Job in Devonport and christened the Morice Sq Baptist Chapel. She married Thomas Hackett in Derby in 1816.

The Tonkin and Job families seem to be of Cornish origin - probably near Falmouth which may explain the later link with the Ford family.

Thomas Webb (1787-1843), who may have been born in Staffordshire, was clerk to the Wrockwardine Wood glass works. The glass works temporarily closed in the depression of 1815, and Thomas became a maltster and inn keeper just down the hill in Trench. He also owned Trench Farm, which was still in the family in 1911. He apprenticed his son William to a doctor in Shrewsbury. The family vault built on his death in 1843 is an imposing structure with iron railings in the church yard of Preston-on-the-Weald-Moors about 1 mile from Trench Farm.

Catherine Paschal was born in Shropshire. She carried on in the Kings Arms and Dun Cow as a maltster and inkeeper after Thomas Webb's death. She remarried to a Hollis.

George Dawes was a Shropshire farmer. He lived in Ketley near Wellington at the time his children were born, and they were christened in Wellington. Later he lived at Street Grange Farm just North of Watling Street, which his family had held as tenant farmers for at least 5 generations.

Elizabeth Tudor's parents were Edward Tudor and Mary Fenn who lived in Oakengates Salop. Their sons were merchants in the white lead business and one was a surgeon. Some 284 descendants are known.

The family was proud of the Tudor name, many of Elizabeth's great grand children had the name Tudor as their second Christian name.

James Bishop Hounsham was a private tutor, and teacher who was born in Bishop's Waltham, Hants. He was grandson of a shop keeper. He was given his mother's surname. No father's name appears in the register. Hounsham is not a common name and the origin does seem to be in Hampshire. My grandmother's notes records that he (or more probably his father) was a favourite of the Court, coming from Germany with the Hanoverian Court. My Aunt told me that he was said to be a librarian to the "Kaiser" - actually the first Kaiser did not rule until 1860. A search of the index to the Royal archives in Windsor has not revealed any details. His son also became a private tutor and just before his death actually coached my great grandfather, WH Webb, who was being prepared to enter medical school. There is a story written in the diary of my half great aunt describing how a German lady visited her half sister, my grandmother Florence Webb, and very animated converstation ensued all day. The diary records that 14 year old writer was told that this was because my grandmother had German blood.

Anne Matthews, JB Hounsham's wife, was born in Chidham, Sussex. Her ancestors seem to have been located in the SW corner of Sussex for several generations. She ran a school in Portsmouth after she was widowed.

My grandmother records the Prices as being wealthy and from South Wales. I know think she must have been refering to the wife of WH Price. There is a possible origin for WH Price in tetbury, since a cousin born there is recorded in the 1870 census.

In the 1779 marriage record Anna Maria is recorded as Pryce. An earlier document in 1799 in anticpation of the wedding settles a farm at Little Leighs in Essex on Anna-Marie Pryce and her future husband William Henry Price. This farm had been the property of Anne Marie's grandfather, Vincent Pryce, a surgeon of Shrewsbury who died c 1745. He appears to be related to one Mary Keble who died in c 1702, owning the farm. There is a family letter which says the Pryces could trace their descent from The C17 family of Keble of Newton in Suffolk who were lawyers at Grays Inn. In particular Serjeant Richard Keeble, keeper of the seal during the Protectorate, may be connected.

John Brereton's male line was traced back by my grandfather and his ancestors to c1100. Our branch were from Randle Brereton of Ipstones, Shocklach, and Malpas who as Chamberlain of Chester effectively controlled the Palatinate of Cheshire which included much of Lancashire and North Wales. Through the female line's our ancestors include many noble and royal lines in England, Scotland, Normandy, Scandinavia.

In the C16 our branch moved from Cheshire first to Suffolk then to Norfolk, and married the following families: Howse, Greene, Shorting, Cooke, Brett. Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell (1650 -1707) was a half uncle.

The Lloyds were a prominent welsh family with a seat at Llanfechan in Cardiganshire. They have a pedigree going back 20 generations.

Surnames in this line back to C16 include: Lloyd(several families), Vaughan, Pryse, Cornwallis, Johnes

Joseph Wilson, a wealthy silk merchant from London, had purchased a country seat in Suffolk, and also the Little Massingham living and lands in Norfolk, having turned down the Sandringham Estate because it was like a "rabbit warren". When his daughter married the Rev Charles Brereton he gave the family the living of Little Massingham.

Mary Anne's father, Robert, was a merchant in London trading with the West Indies. In the male line our Maitlands trace their descent from Thomas de Mautland who died in 1228. Surnames in this line back to C16 include: Gordon, Michen, Brown, Jardine, Wilson.

Her mother was Elizabeth Ridge from a Sussex family of yeomen farmers, and gentlemen living near Lewis.

The Martins (the Martins Bank Family) trace their descent from Thomas Martin (1583-1653) who was mayor of Evesham. His 3 grandsons became bankers in Lombard street "under the sign of the grasshopper," and then MPs.

Surnames in this line back to C16 include: Knight, Rawlings, Gardiner, Mann, Hinton, Alston, Mannock, Dyer, Guise, Brydges, Dennis, Ken.

Isabella Sturges had many ancestors and relations who played significant political, theological, and administrative roles, and are featured in the ODNB. Her brother was William Struges-Bourne, MP & Poor Law reformer. Direct ancestors in the Struges and Lowth lines include several theologians and prebends of Winchester. Her uncle was Robert Lowth bishop of London. Her father's second cousin was the prime minster, Pitt the Elder. Her 2 greats uncle was Charles Trimnell, bishop of Winchester. Her grandfather was Richard Bourne of Acton & sheriff of Worcestershire. A 2 greats grandfather was the apothecary Simon Lowth who lost his business in the Fire of London.

The Devonshire Champernowne family of Dartington Hall is descended from Richard Champernowne who died in 1338. They are also descended from Richard Harington who died in 1501, and Richard Courtenay who died in 1291.

Sir Walter Raleigh married our 12 greats aunt who was a Champernowne.

Surnames in this line back to C16 include: Harington, Lane, Kindon, Wright, D'Oyley, Sapcoate, Fowell, Chichester, Paulet, Reynell, Addington, Fulford, Montgomerie, Courtenay, Waller, Seymour, Manners, Paston

The ancient Buller family is a very well connected Devonshire family which has an extensive pedigree.

Surnames in this line back to C16 include: Polexfen, Duncomb, Maynard, Coode, Honywood, Hayward, Trelawney, Hele, Seymour, Mohun, Killigrew, Bathurst, Apsley, Peter, St John, Shelley, Villiers, Randolph, Apsley, Fostrey, Oliver, Willyams, Day, Addington, Vyvyan, Honeychurch.

The Stokes family contains many distinguished Irish academics, descended from Gabriel Stokes (1682-1868), mathematical instrument maker, and deputy surveyor general of Ireland, who was the son of John Stokes, a Dublin taylor. It is believed that John Stokes descended from a landed Gloucestershire family, but the line of descent is not established.

Eminent Victorian descendants include Rev Henry Stokes's nephew Sir George Gabriel Stokes, the Cambridge Mathematical Physicist, and a more distant medical cousin William Stokes who promoted the use of the stethoscope in Britain.

Marion Marshall was born in Ireland, the daughter of Rev John Marshall and Angel Knox.

Angel Knox's line can be traced back at Rathmullan & Munnymore, co Donegal to Rt Rev Andrew Knox who was made Bishop of the Isles in 1605, and had the grant of land at Rathmullan. His father Uchtred Knox was from Ranfurlie in Scotland where the Knox's had been since abt 1200.

The Serjeantsons can be traced back to Robert Serjeantson (1570-1659) and beyond., and owned Hanlith Hall in the Yorkshire Dales

An interesting Uncle was Thomas Sylvester, who became chief engineer at the Tower of London in the time of Charles II. He constructed a chain that could be pulled across the Thames to stop Dutch ships attacking London. His estate passed to his sister Priscilla whose daughter Mary Smith married Robert Serjeantson (1690-1724)

The Yorkshire Bell family of Sowerby and Thirsk can be traced back to William Bell ~1456

Joseph Coates was descended from a line of yeoman farmers who had farmed at Eyton in Herefordshire since the 17 Century. 3 of his grand sons went to New Zealand to farm. His great grandson Joseph Gordon Coates became prime minister of New Zealand in 1925. Joseph Gordon Coates visited the family home in Eyton when he came to England on official business. He had possession of many of the family papers. Unfortunately these were lost when many governmental papers were destroyed following his death in 1943.

The family farmhouse is still occupied by John Joseph Coates, our third cousin.

The Beach family can be traced back several generations at Stanton Lacy in Shropshire. Family documents claim descent from Hanah Baker the daughter of Captain Baker of HMS Monmouth who fought in the Battle of La Hogue in 1692 and was awarded a gold medal. However, the log of the Monmouth does not show a Capt Baker onboard at that time. The Stanton Lacy registers suggest another possibility: descent from Admiral Sir Richard Beach (d 1692), a royalist captain who was Commissioner of the Portsmouth Dockyards until the reign of William and Mary.

John Howells was a labourer living at Dearfold in the hills south of Walford Leintwardine, Herefordshire, when his daughter Mary Ann was baptised in Leintwardine Church. He claimed to have been born in Acton Scott about 10 miles North of Leintwardine, but his christening does not appear in the church register amongst the family of Howells who lived there in the 1780's.

It is recorded that Ann was born in Leintwardine around 1785, but I have not yet found the marriage of Ann and John, and so I don't know her surname. She died a widow 23 May 1873 in the hamlet of Whitton, Leintwardine, where she was then living with her son William.