Greenwell Family Bible

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: County Durham, England, United Kingdom
Surname/tag: Greenwell

Greenwell family bible in possession of John Williams, g g grandson of Ralph Greenwell (1827-1866) and Alice (Hamilton) Greenwell (bef.1825-1899).

Names of family members with birth and death dates written in five hands, including Ralph's father Thomas Greenwell (1801-), with an inscription 'Thomas Greenwell His Bible 10th June 1843', although dates start from 1801 (Thomas's birth). Entries were continued later by Ralph and three other hands.

Transcription by John Williams shared with Marjorie Gibbon (descended from sister in law of Sarah Jane (Greenwell) Wright (1850-1891)). MG added the page numbers to the transcription.

Basically, Thomas Greenwell (1801-) appears to have acquired the bible in June 1843 and has recorded his, his parent's, his wife's and his children's births and deaths from 1801 until 1843. His first son (second child) Ralph Greenwell (1827-1866) has then continued the records. I have tried to include in the table who each person is relative to Thomas or Ralph.

Ralph's younger children weren't included in the bible, starting with Elizabeth Greenwell (1858-1863), although some other events are included from the same time period.

I'll continue to add links as I make or find profiles on WT. Humphrey-6461 09:23, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

Name	Page	Detail	Date	Comment	Who they are	Wikitree profile
1st hand
Margery-Ann Burnitt	1	b	11/9/1839	Parents Thomas & Jane		Margery Ann Burnet (1839-)
Elizabeth Burnitt	1	b	28/1/1842	found in 1841 onwards		Elizabeth Burnet (1842-)
2nd hand (Thomas Greenwell)
Thomas Greenwell	1	b	23/6/1801	married 16/10/1824	Thomas, original owner	Thomas Greenwell (1801-aft.1851)
Sarah Waggitt	1	b	2/10/1802	d 19/12/1859 aged 57	Wife of Thomas Greenwell	Sarah (Waggitt) Greenwell (1802-1859)
Jane Greenwell	1	b	15/8/1825	died 29/5/1842 - see page 2	1st child of Thomas	Jane Greenwell (1825-1842)
Ralph Greenwell	1	b	28/2/1827		2nd child of Thomas	Ralph Greenwell (1827-1866)
Richard Greenwell	1	b	21/3/1829	d Dec 1846?	3rd child of Thomas	Richard Greenwell (1829-aft.1851)
Thomas Greenwell	1	b	26/3/1831		4th child of Thomas	Thomas Greenwell (1831-aft.1851)
Susannah Waggitt Greenwell	1	b	13/11/1833		5th child of Thomas. Married surname probably Culbertson, not Cuthbertson	Susannah Waggitt (Greenwell) Culbertson (1833-aft.1891)
William Waggitt Greenwell	2	b	15/12/1835(4?)	Prob 1835- census ages	6th child of Thomas	William Waggitt Greenwell (1835-)
Sarah Waggitt Greenwell	2	b	6/7/1838		7th child of Thomas	Sarah Waggitt Greenwell (1838-)
Matthew Waggitt Greenwell	2	b	18/2/1841		8th child of Thomas	Matthew Waggott Greenwell (1841-1841)
John Waggitt Greenwell	2	b	4/2/1843		9th child of Thomas	John Waggott Greenwell (1843-1882)
‘my mother’	2	d	1/12/1840	cert 28/11/1840 Jane (nee Vest)	mother of Thomas	Jane Vest (1771-1840)
Jan Greenwell	2	d	29/5/1842	see above, Jane b 1825	1st child of Thomas	Jane Greenwell (1825-1842)
3rd hand
Tm Greenwell	2	b	22/12/1854		son of Richard b 1829	Thomas Greenwell (1854-)
Tm Greenwell	2	d	1(21?)/6/1855		tbc	Thomas Greenwell (abt.1853-1855)
William Culbertson	2	b	30/6/1855	Culbertson, but later records for the family are Cuthbertson	first child of Thomas' daughter Susanna	William Culbertson (1855-1863)
Baberty Greenwell	2	b	18/6/1852		3rd child of Ralph	Barbara (Greenwell) Bell (1852-1885)
Richard Greenwell	2	d	12/1846	(see the 4 in marriage date in marriage record in next line)	Father of Thomas	Richard Greenwell (1767-1846)
Ralph Greenwell	2	m	28/8/1847	Cert says 20/9/1847	2nd child of Thomas	see above
Ales Hemligton	2	"	"	Alice Hamilton!!	wife of Ralph	Alice (Hamilton) Rea (bef.1825-1899)
4th hand (Ralph Greenwell?)
Ed Greenwell (could be Richard?)	2	b	18/7/1853	Died 1854
Jane Greenwell	2	b	24/2/1848		1st child of Ralph	Jane Greenwell (bef.1849-1849)
Jane Greenwell	2	d	29/10/1849		1st child of Ralph	see above
Sarah Jane Greenwell	2	b	6/9/1850		2nd child of Ralph	Sarah Jane (Greenwell) Wright (1850-1891)
Ralph Ricd Greenwell	2	d	??/??/1858	aged 1yr 7 months	4th child of Ralph	Ralph Richard Greenwell (1856-1858)
Sarah Waggitt Greenwell (my mother)	2	d	19/12/1859	aged 57 years	Wife of Thomas, mother of Ralph	Sarah (Waggitt) Greenwell (1802-1859)
Geo Greenwell	2	d	23/3/1860		? 73 year old George Greenwell d in S Shields. May be George Greenwell (1792 - ), brother of first Thomas, in which case profile has wrong death record.
5th hand (list page 3)
John Elliot (aged 38)	3	d	21/1/???		Brother of Barbara who m James Hamilton? (ie maternal uncle of Alice (Hamilton) Rea (bef.1825-1899))?