Peter Hunnisett

Thomas & Hannah Speed of High Ercall

Thomas Speed was baptised in Waters Upton on 30^th December 1771, the son of Martha Speed with Thomas Farmer named as the father. However no marriage has been found, nor any other information about either Martha Speed or Thomas Farmer.

Hannah Dod, daughter of William and Mary, was baptised in Forton, Staffordshire in October 1771.

Thomas Speed married Hannah Dod in Edgmond, Shropshire, on 20^th January 1792 and their known children were baptised:

Thomas was buried in High Ercall on 13^th May 1796.

Hannah then married William Yale, a widower with children, in High Ercall on 21^st August 1800 and they had a further two children:

William Yale was buried in High Ercall on 26^th December 1803 and Hannah was buried there on 1^st February 1835, aged 63.

Of Hannah's children by Thomas Speed:

• Elizabeth married William Gregory in High Ercall on 31^st December 1818 and lived in Crudgington Green.

• John, a farm worker, married Ann Giles in Kinnersley on 31^st January 1825 and they are believed to have had the following children:

  James

  22 May 1825

  High Ercall

  John

  31 Dec 1826

  High Ercall

  William

  17 Oct 1830

  High Ercall

  George

  2 Jun 1833

  High Ercall

  Samuel

  15 Mar 1835

  High Ercall

  Benjamin

  7 Feb 1838

  High Ercall

  John appears to have lived all his adult life in Crudgington Green. His wife Ann died in 1865 and in 1871 his son James was living with him along with his family. John died in 1876, aged 79.

Of Hannah's children by William Yale:

• Ann married James Nevell in High Ercall on 30^th January 1821 and they are known to have had the following children:

  John

  8 Apr 1821

  High Ercall

  Sarah

  26 Jan 1823

  High Ercall

  Elizabeth

  26 Dec 1830

  Longdon upon Tern

  Thomas

  3 Mar 1833

  Longdon upon Tern

  Hannah

  14 Dec 1834

  Longdon upon Tern

  James

  13 Aug 1837

  Longdon upon Tern

  Jane

  ca. 1842

  The family lived at Long Waste, just north of Isombridge and Ann died in 1855 and James in early 1861.

• Sarah married Samuel Taylor in Wellington on 22^nd February 1826 and they had 3 children with them at the 1851 census although no baptisms have been traced:

  Samuel

  ca. 1832

  Philip

  ca. 1835

  William

  ca. 1839

  They have not been found in 1841 but in 1851 they were at Leegomery, now a suburb of Telford.

  In 1861 Sarah was a widow, living on her own in a private cottage in Leegomery. Samuel may have only just died then although his death has not been identified.

  In 1871 and 1881 Sarah was living with her married son Philip who was a tailor in Leegomery. She died in 1890 aged 87.