Ann Tonks

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence at marriage: Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England

Ann married John Hough on 4 Dec 1800 in All Saints, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England. John (son of Theophilus Hough and Ruth UNKNOWN) was born in Sep 1750 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; died in Dec 1830 in Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 9 Dec 1830 in All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There could well have been another marriage between these two :-
John Hugh married Mary Garridge at Ratcliffe Culey on 24 Nov 1774
Mary Hough was buried on 26 Aug 1800

John married Sarah Cheatle on 2 Nov 1769 in All Saints, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England. Sarah (daughter of Joseph Cheatle and Mary Orme) was born in Jun 1746 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; died in Jul 1828 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 20 Jul 1828 in All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 30 Jun 1745, All Saints, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England

Notes:

Of interest is the oldest memorial to survive in All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey; LEI, lying to the South West of the Chancel, (that ground being considered in pre-reformation times as being the most holy), a small roughly incised slab of Sarah's Brother Joseph Viz:-
Here Lyeth the Body of Joseph Cheatle
Departed this life March ye 15th
the year of our lord 1765 aged 22
Farwell my wife and child most dear
I am not dead but sleeping here
My life is spent my grave you see
my loving wife mourn not for me
. My mother and Sister too
For now I have bid this world a dew
as I am so you must be steay
but awile and follow me

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The Cheatle family were notable farmers at Bodymoor Heath close to the border with Lea Marston in the Parish of Kingsbury. There are numerous family memorials in the churchyard there. Today at Dosthill there is a building called Cheatle's Court and a farm at Bodymoor heath called Cheatle's Farm.

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Mary the widow of Joseph Cheatle of Ratcliffe Culey in her will dated 1 Aug 1767 named her daughter Sarah as executrix and her main beneficiary including her messuage. after her death in Feb 1797 probate was granted 27 April 1797 to her daughter Sarah wife of John Tonks.

Notes:

John Pemberton was the Parish Clerk and William Farmer the Church Warden

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Thomas Tuncks

Thomas married Anne Browne on 6 Nov 1740 in Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England. Anne was born about 1719; died in Nov 1760 in Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England; was buried on 10 Nov 1760 in Saint Peter and Saint Paul's Churchyard, Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the IGI, (1539 - 1663 and 1673 - 1834), there are no Brown baptisms at Kingsbury between 1697 and 1726 although the registers for this period are good. Browns are well represented in the period 1642 - 1827 over all.
The hearth tax returns 1671 a William Browne occupied a cottage at Hurley Common owned by George Allsop of Tamworth it was empty in 1670 and the returns of 1673 and 1674 indicate only that the ownership was that of Allsop.
On the 4 Sept 1715 Anne Browne Dau of William Browne was Baptised at Tamworth according to the IGI. The Tamworth Registers have yet to be read.

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Abstract of Will Dated 16 April 1749
Joseph Cheatle of Ratcliffe Culey, My son in law Thomas Worthington trustee for my two children Joseph and Sarah Cheatle. My wife Mary to be Executor. Witnessed by Silvester Vincent, Richard Cheatle and William Farmer. Probate Granted to Mary Cheatle Widow 2 Oct 1749 sole executrix.
N.B. Thomas Worthington married Ann Cheatle at Baxterley on 17 June 1736.
N.B. there is no burial entry for Joseph Cheatle at either Ratcliffe or Sheepy. There is however a burial on April 25 1749/50 of Richard Cheatle at Sheepy Magna.

Joseph married Mary Orme on 27 Nov 1738 in Saint Martin's, Desford, Leicestershire, England. Mary (daughter of John Orm and Elizabeth Glen) was born in Oct 1712 in Orton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England; died in Feb 1797 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 12 Feb 1797 in All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Oct 1712, Saint Edith's, Orton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England
• Probate: 27 Apr 1797; To Sarah Tonks nee Cheatle

Notes:

Will Dated 1 Aug 1767
Mary Cheatle widow of Ratcliffe Culey, to my grand daughter Mary Cheatle 5/- to my daughter in law Sarah Eggington 1/- my daughter Sarah Cheatle my messuage here and my executrix. Witnessed by William Eborall, Henry Ward and William Hollier. Probate granted 27 April 1797 to Sarah wife of John Tonks previously Sarah Cheatle sole executrix. Value under ?10.
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Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Thomas Tonks

Notes:

The marriage of Ann Bickley and Thomas Tunkes has not been found as yet. This information is from the IGI and is a submitted entry. The hearth tax returns do however place the Bickley and Tunks families in adjacent properties. Research here is in it's Infancy.

The Tunkes of Sutton Coldfield are mainly from the Canwell Hall area right on the parish boundary less than a mile from both Kingsbury and Tamworth Parishes.

Thomas married Anne Bickley on 4 May 1710 in Holy Trintity, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England. Anne was born about 1688. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Orton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England
• Baptism: 25 Nov 1686, Saint Edith's, Orton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England
• Office: 1765, Saint Edith's, Orton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England; Churchwarden

John married Elizabeth Glen on 29 Dec 1709 in Saint Botolph's, Sibson, Leicestershire, England. Elizabeth was born about 1688; died in Aug 1734 in Orton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 16 Aug 1734 in Saint Edith's Churchyard, Orton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]