Smart and Closely-related Families

(Unknown) SMART

Born about 1625

Not known

Father: Not known Mother: Not known Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Children

Son: John SMART(E)

Son: Abednigo (or Abednego) SMART

Son: Robert SMART

Abednigo (or Abednego) SMART

Born about 1652

Mary EDMONDS (?)

Born about 1656

Father:
(Unknown) SMART		 Mother:
Not known		 Father:
Not known		 Mother:
Not known

Married 22 June 1676 at Bexwell

Child

Son: Abednigo SMART, born 1661, baptized 28 April 1661

John SMART

Born about 1673, baptized 7 February 1673/74 at Welney

Not known

 

Father: John SMART(E) Mother: Mary COOPER Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Children

Son: Robert SMART, born 1690, baptized 28 August 1690 at Welney

Son: Abednego SMART, born 1692, baptized 10 January 1692

Daughter: Jane SMART, born 1694, baptized 19 March 1694 in Welney

Daughter: Margarett SMART, born about 1697, baptized 6 February in Welney

Daughter: Catherine SMART, born 1697, baptized 23 November 1697 in Welney

Edward SMART

Born or baptized 24 October 1700 at Hilgay, Norfolk

Frances (surname not known)

Born about 1700

Father: Edward SMART Mother: Anne Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Children

Daughter: Sarah SMART, born about 1727(?), buried 27 October 1727 at Hilgay

Daughter: Anne SMART, born about 1727(?), buried 27 February 1727/28 at Hilgay

Son: William SMART, born about 1737(?), buried 6 June 1737 at Hilgay

Daughter: Sarah SMART, born about 1738(?) – after 1727, buried 14 January 1738 at Hilgay

Daughter: Elizabeth SMART, born about 1738(?), buried 10 December 1738 at Hilgay

Robert SMART

Born or baptized 10 April 1737 at Welney; died 1789 at Welney, Norfolk

Mary NEWDIKE

Born about 1731, possibly buried 18 April 1811 at Welney, widow aged 80 (A/Ts)

Father: George SMART Mother: Abigail SCOTT Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Married 21 November 1756 at Welney, Norfolk

Children

Son: Benjamin SMART

Son: Robert SMART, born 15 November 1761; died before 1764; see also his brother Robert SMART (below)

Son: John SMART, born or baptized 20 May 1766 at Welney

Daughter: Mary SMART, born 25 December 1768

Son: William SMART, born or baptized 10 February 1771 at Welney

Son: George SMART, born or baptized 31 October 1773 at Welney; died or buried 13 February 1774 at Welney; see also his brother George SMART (below)

Son: Robert SMART; see also his brother Robert SMART (above)

Son: George SMART, born or baptized 21 January 1776 at Welney; see also his brother George SMART (above)

Son: Joseph SMART

Daughter: Sarah SMART, born 9 September 1781, baptized 24 September 1781 at Welney; on 21 July 1802 she married Thomas WILLIAMS (born about 1775) in Welney, witnesses John Loveday and William Moxon

Benjamin SMART

Born or baptized 5 April 1761 at Welney; died aged 69, buried 30 December 1830 at Welney

Mary GALLOWAY or GALEWAY

Born about 1761; possibly related to Jos. GALLAWAY (born about 1714, who married Elizabeth SMART, also born about 1714, on 26 August 1734 at Southery)

Father: Robert SMART Mother: Mary NEWDIKE Father: Mother:

Married 14 April 1789 at Welney (A/Ts), both marked the register

Children

Son: Robert SMART, born or baptized 13 September 1789 at Welney; died or buried 18 April 1803 at Welney

Daughter: Mary Newgate SMART, born 16 September 1792

Daughter: Elizabeth SMART, born or baptized 11 October 1795 at Welney; see also her sister Elizabeth SMART (below); she married John ATTWOOD (or ATWOOD) (born about 1794), on 21 May or 25 June 1819 at Welney (Elizabeth marked the register, witnesses William Jackson and Ann Smart)

Son: Edward SMART

Daughter: Ann SMART, born 23 December 1798 in Welney, baptized 23 December 1798 at Welney

Son: George SMART

Son: Benjamin SMART, born 10 January 1802 in Welney, baptized 10 January 1802 at Welney; died 14 September 1807, buried 14 September 1807 at Welney; see also his brother Benjamin SMART (below)

Son: Benjamin SMART

Son: Job (or Joab) SMART

Daughter: Elizabeth SMART

Son: Robert SMART, born 5 September 1825, baptized 5 September 1825 at Welney

Edward SMART

Born 1797 at Welney, Cambs; labourer; abode Upwell in 1825 on baptism of Ann; in 1851 census living at Upwell; 1851 census

Elizabeth MOTT

Born 1799 in Welney, Norfolk; 1851 census

Father:
Benjamin SMART		 Mother:
Mary GALLOWAY (or GALEWAY)		 Father:
Not known		 Mother:
Not known

Married 21 May 1819 at Upwell, both marked the register, witnesses William Beart and Benjamin Smart (probably his father)

Children

Daughter: Susan SMART

Son: William Mott SMART, born 13 November 1822, Welney, Norfolk, baptized 13 November 1822 at Welney

Daughter: Ann SMART, born 5 May 1825 in Upwell, Norfolk, baptized 5 June 1825 at Welney

Daughter: Harriet SMART, born 3 April 1829, baptized 3 April 1829 at Welney

Daughter: Hannah SMART, born 25 March 1832 in Upwell or Welney, Norfolk, baptized 25 March 1832 at Welney; 1851 census. Her parents were either Edward SMART and Elizabeth MOTT, or George SMART and Lydia TOLWITHY. She married John SIRER (born 1842, Upwell, Cambs) on 21 May 1864, St. Peter’s Church, Upwell, Cambs (Parish Record, Page 107, Entry 213, by banns)

Daughter: Lucy SMART, born 1 November 1835 at Upwell or Welney, Norfolk, baptized 1 November 1835 at Welney; 1851 census

Son: Henry SMART, born 25 March 1838 at Upwell, Norfolk; 1851 census. He married Maria HEWSON (born 1837) 4 May 1861 at St. Peter’s Church, Upwell, Cambs (Parish Record, Page 72, Entry 143, by banns)

Daughter: Ann SMART, born 22 August 1842 in Upwell, Norfolk; 1851 census. She married John COLLINS (b. 1841) 5 April 1861 at St. Peter’s Church, Upwell, Cambs (Parish Record, Page 71, Entry 141, by banns)

William TROWER

Born 1811 in Leverington, Cambs; baptised 17 November 1811, Leverington, Cambs; 1851 census; 1881 census

Susan SMART

Born 1819, baptised 14 July 1820; 1851 census; 1881 census

Father: Benjamin TROWER Mother: Mary WELFARE Father: Edward SMART Mother: Elizabeth MOTT

Married 16 July 1841 in St. Mary the Virgin, Welney, Cambs, witnesses: Clarissa Smart, Matthew Redhead

Children

Son: Edward TROWER

Son: Johnathan TROWER

Son: Harry TROWER

Son: Frederick William (‘Fredwilly’) TROWER

Daughter: Harriet TROWER

Benjamin SMART

Born 5 February 1812 in Welney, Cambs, baptized 5 February 1812 at Welney; died 4 February 1869 in LeRoy, Mower County, Minnesota, USA; see also his brother Benjamin SMART; 1841 census

Sarah WEBB

Born 15 April 1825 [this cannot be correct as she was married in 1835; possibly 1815?], probably born about 1812; died 28 July 1883 in LeRoy, Mower County, Minnesota, USA; burial LeRoy, Mower County, Minnesota, USA; 1841 census (which indicates she was born between 1812 and 1816)

Father:
Benjamin SMART		 Mother:
Mary GALLOWAY or GALEWAY		 Father:
Samuel WEBB (born about 1787)		 Mother:
Not known

Married 28 May 1835 at Welney, both marked the register, witnesses: Jos. Easy, Mat. Redhead

Children

Daughter: Mary Ann SMART, born 30 July 1837; 1841 census

Daughter: Sarah Ann SMART, born 18 April 1841 in Welney, Cambs; 1841 census

Son: Joseph SMART, born about 1844 in England

Son: William SMART, born 31 August 1846, Welney, Cambs; died 18 August 1847, Welney, Cambs

Son: John Murry SMART, born 12 April 1850 in New York, USA; died 30 November 1924 in Hill City, Aitkin Co., Minnesota, USA; married Mary Elizabeth SHADVILLE (born about 1848, died 1930) on 25 December 1871, 13 children

Son: James B. SMART, born 4 April 1851 in Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, USA; died 15 July 1909 in Piere, Minnesota, USA; married Jessie NYE (born about 1856), in 1881 in South Dakota, USA, 3 children

Daughter: Hannah SMART, born about 1855, Illinois, USA; married Steven SHADVILLE (born about 1845), on 4 July 1877 in Fillmore, Minnesota, USA

Son: Charles SMART, born 28 April 1858 in Mower Co., Minnesota, USA; died about November 1933, buried at LeRoy cemetery; married Nina KNAPP (born about 1884) on 8 November 1909 at Little Falls

Charles SMART

Born or baptized 3 May 1820 at Hilgay or Welney, Norfolk; died 6 December 1906 in Welney; agricultural labourer, widower aged 62 in 1881; 1841 census; 1851 census; 1861 census; 1871 census; 1881 census

Phoebe SEE

Born 1825, baptized 31 July 1825 in Welney, Norfolk; died 14 November 1873; 1851 census; 1861 census; 1871 census

Father: John SMART Mother: Matilda DEARSLEY Father: William SEE Mother: Rebecca RIDGER

Married 17 March 1843 in Welney, Cambs

Children

Son: Frederick SMART

Son: Charles SMART

Daughter: Emily (or Emilie or Emila) SMART, born 27 January 1847, baptized 21 February 1847 in Welney, Norfolk; 1851 census; 1861 census

Son: William SMART, born May 1849, baptized 17 June 1849 Welney; 1851 census; 1861 census

Daughter: Susan SMART, born August 1851, baptized 7 September 1851 at Welney, Norfolk; 1861 census. Married Robert BROOKES (born about 1842), 12 August 1867, Welney, Cambs; Susan was 16

Son: John SMART, born April 1854, baptized 28 May 1854 Welney, Norfolk; died 11 November 1868; 1861 census. Married Matilda, born about 1854

Son: George ‘Fish’ SMART

Son: Jarman (or Jermyn or Jerman) SMART

Daughter: Harriet Elizabeth SMART

Son: James SMART

Benjamin SMART

Born 31 January 1824 in Welney, Norfolk, baptized 31 January 1824 at Welney; died 24 October 1868 in Welney, Norfolk; in 1841 lodging with Charles REED and Elizabeth REED and his brother Joseph and sister Lucy; 1841 census; 1851 census; occupation in 1849, brickmaker

Sarah DONCASTER

Born 1824 or 1826 in Wisbech St. Peter; agricultural labourer’s widow aged 58 in 1881; 1851 census; 1871 census; 1881 census (age 58, widowed, living at Bedford Bank, Welney in 1881)

Father:
Joseph SMART		 Mother: Elizabeth
(SCOTCHPOLE) CATCHPOLE		 Father: David DONCASTER,
born about 1800		 Mother: Mary GORDON,
born about 1800

Married 3 June 1849, Wisbech St Peter, Cambs, witnesses: Joseph Doncaster and Sarah Woodcock

Children

Son: James SMART, born 31 December 1849 at Welney; 1851 census

Stepson: David SMART, born 1 February 1852

Daughter: Naomi SMART (first name could be Lacum), born 27 November 1853; illegitimate son John William Bennett SMART (born 8 April 1872, baptized 2 March 1873 at Welney); on 27 September 1876 she married James WILLMOTT (born about 1851)

Son: Israel SMART

Son: Joseph Edward SMART, born 31 August 1856; 1871 census

Son: George SMART, born 21 March 1858; 1871 census

Son: Frederick SMART, born 10 May 1859; presumably died before birth in 1861 of brother Frederick (below)

Son: Frederick SMART, born 6 January 1861 in Welney, Norfolk; died 11 October 1946 in Zimmerman, Minnesota, USA; [his first name has also been noted as Trudwick]; 1871 census; see also his brother Frederick (above); on 4 November 1891 in Granite Falls, Minnesota, USA he married Annie Eliza SIDDALL (born 20 March 1867 in Ecclesall-Bierlow, near Sheffield, Yorks; died 31 March 1933 in Zimmerman, Minnesota, USA, father Henry SIDDALL, mother Emma SLACK, both born about 1842); Frederick and Annie had three children: John David SMART (born 22 July 1893 in Granite Falls, Minnesota, USA, and died 23 July 1968 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA), Lillian May SMART (born 28 May 1896 in Zimmerman, Minnesota, USA, and died 14 July 1977 in Princetown, Minnesota, USA) and Alfred SMART (born 11 August 1899 in Zimmerman,Minnesota, USA, and died 15 May 1960 in Duluth, Minnesota, USA)

Daughter: Ruth SMART, born 28 September 1862; 1871 census

Son: Charles SMART, born 16 February 1864 in Welney; died December 1945, Strandberg, South Dakota, USA;, unmarried agricultural labourer aged 16 in 1881; 1871 census; 1881 census

Daughter: Esther SMART

Israel SMART

Born 7 January 1855 at Welney; 1871 census (on which name could be mistaken for ‘Frank’), unmarried agricultural labourer aged 26 in 1881; 1881 census

Harriet EMERSON

Born 1862

Father: Benjamin SMART Mother: Sarah DONCASTER Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Married 18 October 1884 at St Mary’s, Welney, witnesses Charles Smart and Esther Smart

Children

Son: George SMART, born 25 February 1885, baptized 12 March 1885

Son: Horace SMART, born 10 February 1887, baptized 10 January 1889

Son: Percy SMART, born 2 March 1896, baptized 9 April 1896

Daughter: Priscilla SMART, born 5 January 1899, baptized March 1899

John NAYLOR

Born 1823 in Welney, Norfolk; baptized 24 March 1823, Welney Parish Record, Page 55, Entry 4394; 1841 census; 1851 census; 1881 census

Elizabeth SMART

Born 16 March 1823 in Welney, Norfolk, baptized 16 March 1823 at Welney; see also her sister Elizabeth SMART; 1851 census; 1881 census

Father:
John NAYLOR		 Mother:
Elizabeth BUTCHER		 Father:
Benjamin SMART		 Mother:
Mary GALLOWAY or GALEWAY

Married 28 March 1846 in St. Mary’s Church, Welney, Cambs (P.R. page 48, entry 95)

Children

Daughter: Maria NAYLOR

Daughter: Eliza NAYLOR, born 1848 in Welney, Norfolk, baptized 18 June 1848 (Welney Parish Record, Page 122, Entry 970); 1851 census; married James BOWLER (born about 1850 in Welney, Norfolk) on 20 October 1871 at St. Peter’s Parish Church, Upwell, Norfolk (Parish Record, Page 175, Entry 349)

Son: Robert NAYLOR, born 1851 in Welney, Norfolk, baptized 13 July 1851 (Welney Parish Record, Page 143, Entry 1142); 1881 census

Daughter: Elizabeth NAYLOR, born 1854 in Welney, Norfolk; died September 1854 in Welney, Norfolk, baptized 13 July 1854 (Welney P. R., page 160, entry 1280); buried 22 September 1854 (Welney P. R., page 22, entry 174, age 2m); see also her sister Elizabeth (below)

Daughter: Elizabeth NAYLOR, born 1855 in Welney, Norfolk, baptized 25 November 1855 (Welney Parish Record, Page 167, Entry 1336); 1881 census (domestic servant with William GIDDENS and family at time of census); see also her sister Elizabeth (above)

Son: John William NAYLOR, born 1858 in Welney, Norfolk, baptized 22 August 1858 (Welney Parish Record, Page 183, Entry 1462); 1881 census

Daughter: Rebecca NAYLOR, born 1861 in Welney, Norfolk, baptized 19 May 1861 (Welney Parish Record, Page 199, Entry 1591); 1881 census; married Robert SWANN (born about 1862 in Welney, Norfolk) on 16 October 1885 at St. Mary’s Church, Welney, Cambs (Parish Record, Page 219, Entry 437)

Daughter: Mary Ann NAYLOR, born about 1865 in Welney; 1881 census; married Isaac SEE (born 1865, baptized 23 April 1865 in Welney, Norfolk) on 12 October 1888 at St. Mary’s Church, Welney, Cambs (Parish Record, Page 227, Entry 454)

Charles SMART

Born 15 April 1845, baptized 11 May 1845 Welney, Norfolk; died 1886; 1851 census; 1861 census; 1871 census (aged 24)

Eliza ROLFE (or ROLF)

Born 1847; 1871 census (aged 22)

Father: Charles SMART Mother: Phoebe SEE Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Married 16 February 1867 in Welney

Children

Son: Frederic (Fred) SMART, born about 1867 or 1868, Outwell, Norfolk; 1871 census

Son: Charles SMART, born about 1871, Outwell, Norfolk; 1881 census

Daughter: Harriet SMART, born 18 March 1873, and died 5 March 1955 Bellevue, Michigan, USA, buried Bellevue, Michigan, USA; married John Knox HARRISON (born 17 November 1867 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, and died 10 March 1947, buried Bellevue, Michigan, USA); 6 children

Daughter: Lillie SMART, born October 1883, Ohio, USA

Son: Clifford SMART, born April 1889, Michigan, USA

Daughter: Emma SMART, born about 1890

Jarman (or Jermyn or Jerman) SMART

Born April 1859 in Welney, Norfolk, baptized 8 May 1859 Welney Parish Church, Norfolk, and died 13 February 1920 in Welney; 1861 census; 1871 census; 1881 census

Mary (‘Polly’) CARTER

Born about 1860 or 1861 in Welney, Norfolk, and died 10 April 1931; 1881 census

Father: Charles SMART Mother: Phoebe SEE Father: William CARTER
(born about 1835)		 Mother: Mary LAVENDER
(born about 1835)

Married 24 October 1879 in Welney, Cambs, both aged 19

Child

Son: George SMART, born 6 October 1880, Welney, baptized 14 October 1880, Welney Parish Church

William ‘Turkey’ SMART

Born 1830 in Welney, Norfolk, baptized 20 February 1831 at Welney; died 22 February 1919 in Welney, Cambs, buried in Welney, Cambs;
1871 census; 1881 census.
See Speed Skating with the SMARTs of the English fenlands and photos of “Gutta Percha” SEE and him and him alone; the SMARTs of the fenlands were champions in this sport, especially ‘Turkey’ SMART. See also what Wikipedia has to say about him and fen skating.

Susan SEE

Born 1830, Welney, baptized 24 January 1830 in Welney, Norfolk; died 4 or 5 January 1919 in Welney, Norfolk;
1841 census; 1851 census; 1871 census; 1881 census

Father: George SMART Mother: Mary KIRTON Father: William SEE Mother: Rebecca RIDGER

Married 2 October 1852 in Welney Chapel, Welney (Parish Record, Page 75, Entry 150)

Children

Son: George Robert William SMART, born 1853, Welney, Cambs, baptized 26 June 1853, Welney; in 1917 or 1918 living at Glen House, Welney; 1871 census; 1881 census; married Sarah Ann PAGE (born about 1855 or 1857 in Welney; 1881 census) on 15 November 1876 in Welney Chapel, Welney (Parish Record, Page 185, Entry 369); children were George Fredrick SMART, Gertrude SMART and Herbert James SMART

Son: Robert SMART, born 1853 or 1854 in Welney, Cambs, baptized 12 November 1854, Welney, Norfolk; 1871 census; 1881 census; married Elizabeth GORDON [or GORDEN] (born 1847 in Welney, Cambs; died 1925; 1881 census) on 31 October 1879 in Welney Chapel, Welney, Norfolk; children were Harriet E. GORDEN, Fanny GORDEN, Emma SMART, George William SMART and John SMART

Daughter: Emma SMART, born 1856, Welney, baptized 18 May 1856, Welney, Cambs; aged 24 at marriage; died 29 October 1922; 1871 census; 1881 census; married John SEE [or LEE] (born 1854, Welney, baptized 7 May 1854, Welney, Norfolk; aged 26 at marriage; died 1932; 1881 census; his parents were Abraham SEE and Sarah Jane BLINCH) on 8 October 1880 in Welney Chapel, witnessed by Isaac See and Harriet Smart; their children were William SEE, Isaac SEE, Mary Elizabeth SEE, Kate SEE, Harriett SEE, George Abraham SEE and Walter SEE

Daughter: Henrietta Victoria SMART, born 1858 at Welney, Norfolk, baptized 14 March 1858 at Welney; 1871 census; 1881 census; married Frederick BENSLEY (born 5 October 1858 or 20 September 1863 at Welney, baptized 30 September 1863, Parish Record, Welney, Page 12, Entry 94) on 10 October 1881, Welney Chapel, Welney, Norfolk, both aged 23

Daughter: Harriet (or Harriett or Harriott) SMART, born 1860, Welney, Norfolk, baptized 19 February 1860 Welney, Norfolk; died 20 July 1928, Welney, Cambs, aged 68, burial, 23 July 1928, Welney, Cambs; 1871 census; 1881 census; married Henry Nalor [or Naylor] DALTON (born 1863, Welney, Norfolk, died 5 January 1955, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, baptized 17 May 1863, Baptism Record, Welney Parish Church, Page 10, Entry 79. Burial, January 1955, Welney, aged 91. He became a fruit grower; in 1887, he was a coachman when he married and was living in Wandsworth, Surrey. Will 1 written 15 March 1949; Will 2 probated 30 March 1955, Peterborough) on 16 July 1887, Welney, Cambs, witnesses Frederick Dalton and Adelaide Rudland (Parish Record, Page 224, Entry 448)

Daughter: Hannah SMART, born 1862, baptized 2 March 1862 Welney, Norfolk (age 19, unmarried, living as a general servant to William Racey, grocer and baker, and family at Hollowcroft Road, Emneth, Norfolk in 1881); 1871 census; she had a daughter Harriet Elizabeth SMART [presumably illegitimate]

Son: James ‘Young Turkey’ SMART, born 1865 in Welney, Norfolk, baptized 23 July 1865 Welney, Norfolk; died 1928; 1871 census; 1881 census

Son: Joseph SMART, born 1867 in Welney, Norfolk, baptized 11 August 1867, Welney, Norfolk, and died 30 March 1945 in Christchurch, Cambs; 1871 census; 1881 census; married Ellen MOORE (born 1868, and died 11 September 1953 in Christchurch, Cambs, parents George MOORE and Mary BUTCHER) on 20 October 1888 in Welney, Cambs, witnesses Thomas Wilderspin and Harriet Elizabeth; children Fred SMART, Ada SMART, Ernest SMART, Alice SMART, Ethel Bertha SMART, Susan SMART, Bertrum (‘Bertie’) SMART, Llewellyn SMART and Sidney SMART

Son: Frederick (or Frederic) SMART, born 1871 in Welney, Norfolk, baptized 19 March 1871 Welney; died 9 July 1900; 1871 census; 1881 census; married Emma MOORE (born about 1874) on 23 October 1892, Welney, Cambs, witnesses Harry Howard and Mary Ann Smart

Daughter: Mary Ann SMART, born 1873 in Welney, Norfolk, baptized 30 March 1873 Welney, Norfolk; 1881 census; married Henry (‘Harry’) KENT (born 1871) on 5 August 1894, Welney, Cambs

Granddaughter: Louisa SMART, born 1881; 1881 census; mother Henrietta Victoria SMART or Harriet (or Harriett or Harriott) SMART

John SMART(E)

Born about 1650

Mary COOPER (?)

Born about 1652

Father:
(Unknown) SMART		 Mother:
Not known		 Father:
Not known		 Mother:
Not known

Married 10 October 1672 at Hockwold

Children

Son: Edward SMART

Son: John SMART

Robert SMART

Born about 1652

Not known

 

Father:
(Unknown) SMART		 Mother:
Not known		 Father:
Not known		 Mother:
Not known

Children

Daughter: Katherine SMART, born 1669, baptized 22 August 1669 at Welney

Daughter: Mary SMART, born 1672, baptized 1 September 1672

Edward SMART

Born 1672, baptized 14 November 1672; died or buried 15 September 1726 at Hilgay

Anne (surname not known)

Born about 1670; died or buried 1 April 1712 at Hilgay

Father: John SMART(E) Mother: Mary COOPER Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Children

Daughter: Mary SMART, born or baptized 26 April 1696 at Hilgay, Norfolk

Daughter: Anne SMART, born or baptized 2 November 1697 at Hilgay, Norfolk; died or buried 4 April 1712 at Hilgay

Son: Edward SMART

Daughter: Elizabeth SMART, born or baptized 7 July 1702 at Hilgay, Norfolk

Daughter: Sarah SMART, born or baptized 12 November 1704 at Hilgay; died or buried 12 June 1719 at Hilgay

Son: George SMART

Son: Thomas SMART, born or baptized 27 April 1709 at Hilgay; died or buried 30 March 1712 at Hilgay

Son: William SMART, born or baptized 18 November 1711 at Hilgay; died or buried 2 August 1712 at Hilgay

George SMART

Born or baptized 2 March 1706 at Hilgay, Norfolk

Abigail SCOTT

Born about 1710 at Welney, Norfolk

Father:
Edward SMART		 Mother:
Anne		 Father:
Not known		 Mother:
Not known

Married 5 November 1729 at Welney, Norfolk

Children

Son: Robert SMART, born or baptized 5 March 1731/1732 at Welney, Norfolk

Daughter: Ann SMART, born 30 March 1735

Son: Robert SMART

Son: George SMART, born or baptized 11 May 1738 at Welney

Son: Edward SMART, born or baptized 3 December 1741 at Welney (presumably a twin)

Son: John SMART, born or baptized 3 December 1741 at Welney (presumably a twin)

Robert SMART

Born or baptized 19 February 1764 at Welney; see also his brother Robert SMART (born 15 November 1761)

Elizabeth HULL

Born in Upwell about 1760, possibly buried 20 January 1833 at Welney, aged 73, abode Welney (B/Ts)
Father: Robert SMART Mother: Mary NEWDIKE Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Married 15 October 1788 (A/Ts), both marked the register with ‘X’; witnesses Adam Blackwell and Robert Smart (presumably his father)

Children

Son: John SMART

Daughter: Sarah SMART, born 5 May 1793 of Upwell; married John MOTT (born about 1789) on 30 January 1814 at Welney, Sarah marked the register

Son: Thomas SMART, baptized 13 February 1796 at Welney

Son: Benjamin SMART, born 19 June 1796, baptized 2 August 1796 at Welney; married Elizabeth LEECH (born about 1795) on 7 February 1820 — one daughter, Elizabeth SMART, born 1 January 1821, baptized 1 June 1821 at Welney

Son: Robert SMART, born or baptized 13 October 1799 at Welney

Joseph SMART

Born or baptized 23 May 1779 in Manea or Welney; labourer on baptism of son Jonathon, abode Manea on baptisms of Joseph and Benjamin, buried 6 July 1832 at Welney, aged 52, abode Manea

Elizabeth (SCOTCHPOLE) CATCHPOLE

Born 1788 in Wimbotsham, Norfolk
Father: Robert SMART Mother: Mary NEWDIKE Father: James CATCHPOLE
(born about 1758)		 Mother: Susan (surname not known) (born about 1758)

Married 5 May 1808 at Welney (A/Ts), both marked the register, witnesses: Major Parker, John Loveday, Joseph Marriot

Children

Son: Joseph SMART, born 3 September 1809 in Welney, baptized 3 September 1809 at Welney; buried 13 December 1819 at Welney, aged 11; see also his brother Joseph (below)

Son: James SMART, born 28 July 1811, Welney, baptized 28 July 1811 at Welney; 1841 census; 1851 census; in 1851 living with wife, as agricultural labourer, aged 40; married Hannah ROBERTS (born 1817 in Welney; 1841 census; 1851 census) on 1 November 1836, Welney, witnesses Edward SMART, Mary PITCHFORD and Hannah ROLFE

Son: Jonathon SMART, born 12 March 1815, baptized 12 March 1815 at Welney

Son: Edward SMART, born 21 May 1818, baptized 24 May 1818 at Welney

Son: Joseph SMART

Son: Benjamin SMART

Daughter: Lucy SMART, born 26 September 1825 in Manea, baptized 26 September 1825 at Welney; in 1841 lodging with Charles REED and Elizabeth REED and her brothers Joseph SMART and Benjamin SMART (immediately above); 1841 census; Lucy had one daughter Betsy SMART (born about 1850)

John SMART

Born 28 February 1789 in Hilgay (or Upwell); labourer in 1815 on baptism of son German SMART, abode Upwell in 1827 on baptism of Emma SMART; died 1868; agricultural labourer in 1841;
1841 census; 1851 census

Matilda DEARSLEY

Born 1797; 1841 census; 1851 census
Father: Robert SMART Mother: Elizabeth HULL Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Married 29 November 1814 at Hilgay

Children

Son: German SMART, born or baptized 14 November 1815 at Welney; died or buried 16 December 1823 at Welney, aged 8

Son: Charles SMART

Son: John SMART, born 1822, baptized 23 June 1822 at Welney; possibly John Garner SMART (birth about 1822, buried 30 November 1822 at Welney, infant); or John SMART (birth about 1822, buried 13 January 1827 at Welney, aged 4 years 6 months); or in 1841 there was a John SMART, aged 15 to 19, living with William WEBB and family, who could be him (1841 census). See also John SMART

Daughter: Clarissa SMART, born 5 June 1825, baptized 5 June 1825 at Welney; 1841 census

Daughter: Emma SMART, born 21 May 1827, baptized 21 May 1827 at Welney; married Issac (or Isac) PLUMB (born about 1821) on 10 October 1846 at Welney, witnesses: Clarissa Smart and Matthew Redhead

George SMART

Born 1799 or 1801; labourer; 1851 census; 1871 census; see the note for George SMART

Mary KIRTON

Born about 1800; 1851 census; 1871 census
Father:
Benjamin SMART		 Mother:
Mary GALLOWAY (or GALEWAY)		 Father:
Not known		 Mother:
Not known

Married 16 October 1823

Children

Child (gender not known): [Forename not known] SMART, born about 1823

Son: John SMART, born 1824, baptized 26 August 1824 at Welney; in 1841 there was a John SMART, aged 15 to 19, living with William WEBB, Ann WEBB and family who could be this person or John SMART (son of John and Matilda); 1841 census. He married Mary GURMLEY in 1850

Son: George SMART, born 1826, baptized 10 May 1826 at Welney; see also his brother George (below)

Son: Henry SMART

Son: William ‘Turkey’ SMART

Son: Robert SMART, born 26 August 1832 in Welney, baptized 26 August 1832 at Welney; in 1841 and 1851 censuses shown as son of George SMART, aged 8 and 18; in 1871 census, possibly living unmarried aged 38, as a lodger, occupation labourer, at 82 Wisbech Road, Welney; 1841 census; 1851 census or 1851 census; the census records are possibly for two different people (to be investigated). Details for Robert SMART appear to be for two different people (and see the note for George SMART).

Daughter: Eliza SMART, born 25 May 1834 in Welney, baptized 25 May 1834 at Welney; 1851 census

Son: George SMART, born 26 June 1836 in Welney, baptized 26 June 1836 at Welney; see also his brother George above

Daughter: Rebecca SMART, born about 1839 at Welney; 1851 census

Granddaughter: Emily (?) SMART, born about 1858 at Welney; in 1871 census aged 13 living with grandparents; 1871 census; not clear who her parents were

George SMART

Born about 1814 in Welney; widower at marriage to Lydia TOLWITHY; 1841 census; 1851 census; 1871 census; [the details given here for this George SMART and his family are doubtful; Robert SMART and Hannah SMART may not be his children; possibly he and George SMART are the same person, with Robert SMART as a son]

Lydia TOLWITHY

Born about 1817 at Oxlode, Cambs; 1851 census shows her born at Welney; 1871 census shows Downham, Cambs (presumably Downham Market, now in Norfolk); age 64, widowed, living at Bedford Bank, Welney in 1881, widow aged 64 in 1881; 1841 census; 1851 census; 1871 census; 1881 census; [possibly two different people]
Father: Not clear Mother: Not clear Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Married 3 November 1835 at Welney, both marked the register, witnesses Benjamin Smart and Matthew Redhead

Children

Son(?): Henry SMART, born about 1829; 1841 census

Son(?): William SMART, born about 1846, 1847 or 1848 at Welney, Norfolk; 1851 census; 1881 census (agricultural labourer aged 34 in 1881, living at Bedford Bank, Welney); his parents were either Job (or Joab) SMART and Ann (or Anna) THIRSTON, or George SMART and Lydia TOLWITHY; he married Agnes HANNAH (#ach-70) on 14 August 1869 inWelney Chapel, Welney, Norfolk, she married as Agnes Patterson, her previous married name; William and Agnes were of legal age (over 21), Agnes being a widow; their children were Job SMART, Ann(e) SMART, Fred SMART, Agnes SMART, Eliza SMART, Benjamin SMART, Arthur SMART and Herbert SMART

Daughter(?): Hannah SMART, born 25 March 1832 in Upwell or Welney, Norfolk, baptized 25 March 1832 at Welney; 1851 census; her parents were either Edward SMART and Elizabeth MOTT, or George SMART and Lydia TOLWITHY; she married John SIRER on 21 May 1864, St. Peter’s Church, Upwell, Cambs (Parish Record, Page 107, Entry 213, by banns)
or
Daughter(?): Hannah SMART, born about 1845 at Welney 1841 census; 1851 census; 1871 census [This entry may refer to two different people]

Son: George SMART, born about 1847 in Welney, aged 34 in 1881; 1851 census; 1871 census; 1881 census

Son: James SMART, born 1850 or 1851 in Welney, agricultural labourer aged 30 in 1881; 1851 census; 1871 census; 1881 census; he married Ann (born about 1851 in Welney, agricultural labourer aged 30 in 1881; 1881 census); they had a son Charles SMART and a daughter Kate SMART

Son: Philip SMART, born about 1853 at Welney; 1871 census

Job (or Joab) SMART

Born 2 July 1820, baptized 2 July 1820 at Welney; 1851 census; 1871 census

Ann (or Anna) THIRSTON

Born about 1821 in Welney; 1851 census; 1871 census
Father:
Benjamin SMART		 Mother:
Mary GALLOWAY or GALEWAY		 Father:
William SEE		 Mother:
Rebecca RIDGER

Married 25 August 1844 in Welney, witnesses Christopher Green and Matthew Redhead

Children

Son: George SMART, born about 1845 at Welney; 1851 census

Son: William SMART

Daughter: Hannah SMART, born about 1849 at Welney; 1851 census

Son: Ben (?) SMART, born about 1853 at Welney; 1871 census

Joseph SMART

Born 3 April 1821, baptized 3 April 1821 at Welney; in 1841 lodging with Charles REED and Elizabeth REED, agricultural labourer aged 61 in 1881; 1841 census; 1851 census; 1871 census; 1881 census; see also his brother Joseph SMART

Susanna (or Susan or Susanah) WARFE

Born about 1813 (according to 1851 census) or 1816 (1871 census) at Watlington or Magdalen, Norfolk, tailoress aged 64 in 1881; 1851 census; 1871 census; 1881 census
Father:
Joseph SMART		 Mother: Elizabeth
(SCOTCHPOLE) CATCHPOLE		 Father:
Not known		 Mother:
Not known

Married 1851

Children

Son: Jonathon SMART, born 1849 or 1850; 1851 census

Daughter: Mary Ann SMART, born 1852 in Welney, unmarried agricultural labourer aged 29 in 1881; 1871 census; 1881 census; in 1884 she married William HOPKIN (born 1850 in Welney; died 1900; possibly related to Francis HOPKIN (born about 1842 in Denver, widower on marriage; father Richard HOPKIN [born about 1825], mother Ann [born about 1825]) married on 30 March 1867 at Hilgay to Hanna(h) SMART (born about 1842, widow on marriage, living at 100-ft Bank, father Benjamin SMART); son Frank George HOPKIN, daughter Olive HOPKIN

Son: Robert Worth SMART, born 1854; his second name may be Warfe, his mother’s maiden surname, or her name might have been Worth; 1871 census

Daughter: Hannah SMART, born about 1858 at Welney Isle; 1871 census

Daughter: Elizabeth SMART, born 1860 in Manea Isle; 1871 census

Gustaf JOHNSON

Born 23 September 1860 in Sweden, and died 21 December 1938 in Zimmerman, Minnesota, USA

Esther SMART

Born 2 April 1867 in Welney, Norfolk; died 31 December 1930 in Zimmerman, Minnesota, USA; scholar aged 13 in 1881; 1871 census; 1881 census
Father: Not known Mother: Not known Father: Benjamin SMART Mother: Sarah DONCASTER

Married 2 April 1891 in Granite Falls, Minnesota, USA

Children

Son: Albert Theodore JOHNSON, born 1 March 1892; died 27 April 1892

Son: Willis Roy JOHNSON, born 13 February 1893; died 26 May 1933, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Daughter: Hattie May JOHNSON, born 27 October 1894; died 27 September 1895

Daughter: Mayme Ruth JOHNSON, born 18 September 1896; died 18 May 1975

Daughter: Sarah Ellen JOHNSON, born 31 August 1898; died 2 September 1899

Son: Percy Albert JOHNSON, born 9 August 1901

Daughter: Ruby Mae JOHNSON, born 6 February 1904 in Zimmerman, Minnesota, USA, and died 29 November 1986 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Son: Harold Glenn JOHNSON, born 15 August 1906 in Zimmerman, Minnesota, USA, and died 29 November 1973 in Strandberg, South Dakota, USA

Daughter: Hazel JOHNSON, born 3 July 1910 in Zimmerman, Minnesota, USA, and died 11 October 1988 in Princetown, Minnesota, USA

Daughter: Effie Lanore JOHNSON, born October 1913

John NAYLOR

Born between 1787 and 1791; 1841 census

Elizabeth BUTCHER

Born between 1787 and 1791; 1841 census

Father: Not known Mother: Not known Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Children

Daughter: Eliza NAYLOR, born between 1817 and 1821; 1841 census

Son: John NAYLOR

Son: James NAYLOR, born between 1822 and 1826; 1841 census

John LAND

Born about 1843 in Upwell; 1881 census

Maria NAYLOR

Born 6 July 1846 in Welney, Norfolk baptized 15 July 1846, Welney Parish Record, Page 107, Entry 850; 1851 census; 1881 census
Father:
James LAND (born about 1818)		 Mother:
Not known		 Father:
John NAYLOR		 Mother:
Elizabeth SMART

Married 13 September 1872 in St. Mary’s Church, Welney, Cambs (Parish Record, Page 166, Entry 331)

Children

Son: George Henry NAYLOR, born 1870, Welney; died October 1870, Welney, baptized 31 July 1870, Welney Parish Record, Page 47, Entry 371; burial, 21 October 1870, Welney Parish Record, Page 66, Entry 527; probably illegitimate

Son: Robert LAND, born 1874, Outwell; 1881 census

Daughter: Louise LAND, born 1876, Outwell; 1881 census

Daughter: Julia LAND, born 1879, Outwell; 1881 census

Frederick SMART

Born 8 April 1843, baptized 25 April 1843 at Welney, Norfolk; occupation general labourer; agricultural labourer aged 36 in 1881; 1851 census (name ‘Frederic’); 1881 census

Sarah Ann (surname not known)

Born about 1849, Upwell or Outwell, Norfolk; 1881 census

Father: Charles SMART Mother: Phoebe SEE Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Children

Son: Frederick William SMART, born about 1871, Outwell, Norfolk; 1881 census

Daughter: Emma SMART, born about 1873, Outwell, Norfolk; 1881 census

Son: Harry SMART, born about 1880, Outwell, Norfolk; 1881 census

George ‘Fish’ SMART

Born January 1856, baptized 8 February 1857 Welney, Norfolk; died 1909 in Hull following dock accident; 1861 census; 1871 census
See Speed Skating with the SMARTs of the English fenlands; the SMARTs of the fenlands were champions in this sport, especially ‘Fish’ SMART

Mary Ann (surname not known)

Born about 1856

Father: Charles SMART Mother: Phoebe SEE Father: Not known Mother: Not known

Children

Daughter: Ada SMART, born 8 May 1881, baptized 20 May 1886

Daughter: Martha SMART, born 12 August 1883, baptized 20 May 1886

Son: Jarman SMART, born about 1885

Son: John William SMART, born 23 April 1886, baptized 20 May 1886; married Nellie LISTER (born about 1886)

Son: Benjamin James SMART, born 26 September 1888, baptized 28 October 1888, Tydd St James

James SMART

Born November 1865 in Welney, Norfolk, baptized 10 December 1865, Welney, Norfolk, and died 2 May 1928 in Welney; agricultural labourer aged 15 in 1881; 1871 census; 1881 census
See Speed Skating with the SMARTs of the English fenlands and a photo of him; the SMARTs of the fenlands were champions in this sport

Hannah ‘Fanny’ HINES

Born 1866 or 1868 in Gorefield, Leverington, Cambs; died 13 October 1941 in Welney, Cambs; 1881 census

Father: Charles SMART Mother: Phoebe SEE Father: Thomas HINES
(born about 1829, one son and one other daughter)		 Mother: Elizabeth HUDSON
(born about 1829 at Leverington, Cambs, 1881 census)

Married 11 November 1884 in Prim. Methodist Chapel Wisbech, witnesses Jarmin Smart and Mary Smart

Children

Son: Charles SMART, born 15 January 1885, Bedford Bank, Welney, and died 2 July 1982 in Welney; on 29 December 1904 married Kate Elizabeth GREEN (born 1886, died 17 March 1968 in Welney; parents George GREEN and Hannah Ann LISTER), one daughter and four sons

Daughter: Clara SMART, born 1 June 1885 (or 1896?) in Welney, baptized 7 July 1895 in Welney; died 1949 in Welney; married Frederick (or Fredrick) JACKSON in 1913; two sons and one daughter

Son: James SMART, born 1887 in Welney, and died 2 February 1925 in Welney; gassed at Ypres but never fully recovered; married Connie WHITTAKER in 1918, two sons

Son: Walter SMART, born 1890 in Welney, and died 1960 in Welney; married Florence Ethel WOOLLARD; two sons

Son: Harold Hagen SMART, born 21 January 1893 (or 1892 or 1882), baptized 5 March 1893 (or 1892), Welney, Norfolk; died 1958, Welney; married Mabel May Lilian MOUSELL. Note: the Norwegian speed skate was introduced and perfected (1887-1902) by Axel Paulsen and Harald Hagen; the SMARTs of the fenlands were champions in this sport (see Speed Skating with the SMARTs of the English fenlands)

Daughter: Violet SMART, born 12 March 1898, Welney, Norfolk, baptized 5 June 1898; died 1983, Yalding, Kent; married Arthur Frederick William GOWLER in 1920 in Welney, two sons and one daughter

Daughter: Ivy SMART, born 10 May 1903 (or 1904?), baptized 5 July 1903, Welney; died 1977; married Jack William WRIGHT in 1924, three sons and one daughter