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Hello,
Does anyone have any information regarding John Aston born c1754 Sedgley.
His father was Abel Aston born c1723 married to Elinor born c1727
I am looking for John's wife and children.
Many thanks.

Look for info at.............

https://familysearch.org/

How did you work back without knowing at least one of his children?

On the site I gave you..............

Name: John Aston

Spouse's Name: Martha

Event Date: 27 Feb 1778
Event Place: Sedgley,Stafford,England

Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00998-3

No way of knowing is it's in any way relevant.

the name is very common

I took the information from other people's trees on GR, I am now checking it out.
Apparently one of his children is Susannah but I can't find her birth anywhere.
Also I have been in touch with other members but have had no replies yet.

Check www.freereg.org.uk, there are many entries for the surname Aston in Sedgeley and Staffordshire.,

This appears to be your man:

County Staffordshire
Place Sedgley Staffs
Church All Saints
RegisterNumber
DateOfBirth
BaptismDate 06 Jun 1756
Forename John
Sex M
FatherForename Absolam
MotherForename Elianor
FatherSurname ASTON
MotherSurname
Abode Ettingsall

A brother

County Staffordshire
Place Sedgley Staffs
Church All Saints
RegisterNumber
DateOfBirth
BaptismDate 05 Nov 1758
Forename William
Sex M
FatherForename Absolam
MotherForename Elianor
FatherSurname ASTON
MotherSurname
Abode Ettingsall

Sister

County Staffordshire
Place Sedgley Staffs
Church All Saints
RegisterNumber
DateOfBirth
BaptismDate 30 Sep 1759
Forename Margaret
Sex F
FatherForename Abel
MotherForename Elianor
FatherSurname ASTON
MotherSurname
Abode Ettingsall
FatherOccupation Limer

County Staffordshire
Place Sedgley Staffs
Church All Saints
RegisterNumber
DateOfBirth
BaptismDate 13 Jan 1754
Forename John
Sex M
FatherForename Abel
MotherForename Eleanor
FatherSurname ASTON
MotherSurname
Abode Ettingsall
FatherOccupation Boxmaker
Notes
FileNumber 437

John's marriage as posted by Reggie

County Staffordshire
Place Sedgley Staffs
Church All Saints
RegisterNumber 191
MarriageDate 27 Feb 1778
GroomForename John
GroomSurname ASTON
GroomAge
GroomParish Otp
GroomCondition Bachelor
GroomOccupation
GroomAbode
BrideForename Martha
BrideSurname BENNETT
BrideAge
BrideParish Otp
BrideCondition Spinster
BrideOccupation
BrideAbode
WitnessOneForename Joseph
WitnessOneSurname HIGGS
WitnessTwoForename William
WitnessTwoSurname NEWTON
Notes Bride and Groom sign (X). Witnesses sign the register.


All from FreeReg

The last three entries definitely fit in with what I have. I didn't know the spouse's surname so many thanks for that.
I'll try and find out whether they had any children. :-)

I can't see any children born to the couple in Sedgley. Maybe they moved to another part of Staffs. or elsewhere.

Sorry safc is right, the two births to an Absalom and Eleanor are a different family. There are an awful lot of Astons in Sedgley.

You've been a great help anyway, I found out that Susannah was born in Dover so they could have moved? I'll have a look into that.
On the other hand that information could be incorrect so if they idn't have any offspring than I'll have to start again! x

Unless the other trees show evidence of documentary proof of their 'findings' treat them with extreme caution.

You haven't said how you relate to these people...................you must have a reason for looking for info about them

There are quite a few trees on ancestry with Abel married to Elinor Mason b 1727 in Sedgley in 1748.


Abel Aston
1723 – 1801

Margaret Aston
1749 –

thomas aston
1751 –

John Aston
1754 –

hannah aston
1756 –

margaret aston
1759 –

mary aston
1760 –

abraham aston
1761 – 1817

Benjamin Aston
1763 – 1790

Joseph Aston
1765 – 1843

tamar aston
1767 –


I think most trees have their information from ancestral files like this.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/M4XW-S15

Another tree has a son, Thomas born c 1801.


John Aston
1754 –

No Mother


Thomas Aston
1801 – 1840

Spouse 1 Ann
1806 –

Spouse 2 Mary Ann Hancox
1812 –

son John Aston
1829 – 1874


Nothing substantiated though.

Thank you, I need to start from scratch with Susannah Aston. <3

I have Abel and Elinor in my tree. My husband is descended from their son Thomas.

There is a recurring middle name in the family of Styche and so, with no evidence whatsoever, I have Elinor as Elinor Stytch born Broseley in 1733. Can't find a marriage that fits though...and she would be a very young mother/bride

LIke most people my Aston line owes a lot to guesswork on Familysearch. It's only when I get down about three generations to Elizabeth Aston that I start to guess less.

Can't help more - sorry!

Jude

That's ok, there are just too many of them! I need to go back to the start. It's frustrating as I can't find susannah aston, born Dover anywhere. :-)

I would be very suspicious of a birth that far from staffordshire or shropshire. They didn't travel far in those days. The family moved to wolverhampton at some point before the hunts moved to newport to work in the iron snd steel industry

I know, I can't understand that either....it seems unlikely.
However according to the 1841 census her place of birth is down as Dover. I checked the image of the original page and it does say Dover underneath her husband's name.