Nehemiah Smith - The Mystery Man

[avidt1]

Hi

I have a Nehemiah Smith who married Sarah Hackett in Frome @1823. He was an Engine Driver and on each census from 1851/1881 he claimed to have been born in a different parish.

Midsomer Norton#
Chewton Mendip
Timsbury
Farmborough

He appears to have been born @1799, but searches on online Parish Transcriptions have not uncovered his baptism. His son also c alled N ehemiah went on to become a well respected Methodist Minister.

Many Thanks

David

[Peter Goodey]

Try the Somerset Baptisms Index (Google for it).

[DRosebud]

Hello David,

Welcome to the B-G forum.

I had a look at the Census records and remember a similar ancestor I was searching. Someone once explained to me that depending on the Census informant, the birthplace might be a guess or just plain wrong. Agree with Peter, search for the record.

Good luck hunting!

Deborah

[emeltee]

Hi,
I can't find anything on Nehemiah but i have found the births of three children.
Samuel born 10 Feb 1830 Midsomer Norton
Charles 21 Oct 1832 Midsomer Norton
Nehemiah 5 Mar 1839 Midsomer Norton
Emeltee

[avidt1]

Try the Somerset Baptisms Index (Google for it).

Hi Peter

Thanks, but I have alreadt tried there, and he is not on ther.

Regards

David

[avidt1]

Hi,
I can't find anything on Nehemiah but i have found the births of three children.
Samuel born 10 Feb 1830 Midsomer Norton
Charles 21 Oct 1832 Midsomer Norton
Nehemiah 5 Mar 1839 Midsomer Norton
Emeltee

Hi Emeltee

I have his Children, But thanks anyway

Regards

David

[Brian Smith]

Hi
I too have come up against the same brickwall. We know the Smiths were non-conformists but I haven't found Nehemiah in any of the records that appear to be available. One of his descendants (my grandfather) was a Unitarian and there were Unitarian chapels in Somerset and further north into the Midlans, But again I cannot trace any records. (Nehemiah was my 3x great-grandfather.) What is your connection?

Brian

[Wally Masters]

Hi

I have a Nehemiah Smith who married Sarah Hackett in Frome @1823.

Hi David,
I'm sorry I cant help with your query on Nehemiah SMITH but I would like to ask if you have any info on Sarah HACKETT. My 3 x great grandmother was Maria HACKETT of Frome a daughter to James & Elizabeth HACKETT nee MASTERS. Maria was baptised in 1810 but was probably born a few years prior to then.
Any chance these two girls are sisters.?

Cheers
Geoff

[Jan1954]

Hi Geoff - unfortunately, David has not visited the forum for nearly 2 years and so may miss seeing your message. However, if you click on his user-name, a drop-down box appears and one of the options is to send him an email. :smile5:

[Brian Smith]

Hi Geoff

Nehemiah Smith married Sarah Hackett in Frome in 1824. The following is what I have found out so far about Sarah Hackett - but there is a puzzle about who her parents actually were, as you will see from the following:

The Hacketts go way back in Frome
Robert Hacket m Ann Spencer 13 Aug 1722 St Johns, Frome
Mary bap 09 May 1731
Joseph Hacket[t] was baptised in St Johns, Frome on 18.03.1767, bastard son of Mary Hacket.

Joseph m. Sarah Street 26.12.1789 in Frome
Joseph bap 27.01.1792
Sarah b 18.05.1798, bap 28th May, 1798 in Rook Lane, Independent Meeting, Frome in 1798.
(I took the baptism date from the microfilm at PRO. In BMD Registers the date of birth, from the same source, is given as 18th May 1790. Having looked at the original image this is clearly a transcription error for 1798 (ie she was baptised 10 days after her birth). bmd have been notified.

Place Frome
Church St John the Baptist
Burial Date 19 Aug 1794
Forename Joseph
Relationship son of
Joseph HACKETT

Place Frome
Church Workhouse Death Register
Burial Date 20 Dec 1837
Forename Joseph
Surname HACKETT
Age 75
Notes Died 14 Dec1837; Old age; buried Christ Church Frome by Frome Union

However on the record of Charlotte Smith’s baptism in 1832 it notes that Sarah’s parents were Robert and Mary HACKETT!!!!
Frome St John the Baptist 19 Jun 1786
Robert HACKETT m Mary HYMAN
They had several children baptised at St John, Frome but not Sarah.

Hope this is of some help

Brian

[Wally Masters]

Hi Brian,

Your Sarah and my Maria are both born out of wedlock, different mums though, mine was Betty HACKETT as to your Mary HACKETT.
As yet I have not looked into Betty's beginnings.
Thank you for passing on the info you had if I ever look like matching them up I'll get back to you.

Cheers
Geoff