Banford, Woodyatt, Higley

Submitted by chrisb on Wed, 16/07/2008 - 16:00

Family History

My ancestor John Banford was born in Mathon around 1781, he possibly had a brother William Banford born 1778. I believe John Banford was a general labourer or possibly a cordwainer (shoemaker). He married a Sarah (or susanah) maiden name unknown possibly around 1820 and they had several children. Upon marriage I think they had moved to Upton on Severn. Amongst the children they had twin daughters Sarah born circa 1826 who in turn married a Richard Woodyatt (c1850) and Martha who married a John Higley (c1847). Any confirmation or additional data would be very interesting. Thankyou for your time and interest. Chris Banford, Church Gresley, Derbyshire

Woodyatt

Submitted by Dolefield on Fri, 08/08/2008 - 20:31.

Hello We have been looking at the history of our cottage and we found that Richard Woodyatt's name came up. Suggest you just type into the google search engine Richard Woodyatt Mathon. You will find plenty of information.

Debi Roper

Dolefield Cottage

Mathon

Richard Woodyatt

Submitted by chrisb on Sun, 10/08/2008 - 20:17.

Thanks for the reply, I was aware of the numerous items found when Googlng Richard Woodyatt, but it is a very common name in the Mathon area. On 'Ancestry' there are several family trees for the Woodyatt family. I believe a Richard Woodyatt was the local 'Hayward' c1780-1800 (unsure if this is the same one with a link to your Dolefield cottage), but on the web sites I have so far looked at I can only find one linking my ancestry by marriage. The Richard Woodyatt in question b c 1828 was a labourer in 1850 on his marriage to Sarah Banford (his father Richard Woodyatt was a gardener). My family surname Banford (and also the corruption Bamford) is also very common within the Great Mavern area but finding connections for these families of general labourers between 1700 - 1800 will I imagine prove quite challenging.