Samuel Belfield (abt. 1780 - bef. 1837)

Born about 1780 in Staffordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Green) Belfield — married 27 Apr 1814 in Prestbury, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Died before 3 Apr 1837 before about age 57 in Sheen, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Lynn Drasdo [send private message]

Biography

Samuel was born about 1780, estimated from age at death and from a Poor Law removal order for his family in 1783 where his age was given as two years. He may have been born at Sheen, Staffordshire, where his two elder brothers were born.^[1]

He married Ann Green on 27 April 1814 at Prestbury, Cheshire. Marriage by banns, both of Macclesfield, he a husbandman, she a spinster. Both signed. witnesses Richard Green and Jane Garside.^[2] They returned to Sheen within a couple of years, where they had children Luke, Joseph, Isaac, Samuel, Ann, and Sarah.

Samuel died in 1837 and was buried at Sheen, Staffordshire, on 3 April 1837, aged 56 years.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Poor Law removal: Staffordshire Record Office Alt Ref No Q/SB 1783 T/137-142 Title Removal orders Date 1783 Description Endorsed with result of appeal /142 Joseph Bellfield, wife Mary and four [named] children from Leekfrith to Fawfieldhead, 27 Jun 1783
2. ↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F361-858 : 7 December 2017), Samuel Belfield and Ann Green, 27 Apr 1814, Marriage; citing item 2 p 110, , Prestbury, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,093,547.
3. ↑ "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL7N-5VZ6 : 13 December 2017), Samuel Bellfield, 03 Apr 1837; citing Burial, Sheen, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archive Service, Stafford; FHL microfilm 101,424,482.