The Shropshire (Salop) Blayneys (and beyond)
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Blainey and Blayney have been Shropshire surnames for over three centuries [667] yet the Christian names such as Thomas, Richard and Howell are also very common Blayney names of younger brothers of landed Blayneys of nearby Montgomeryshire. Direct links with these nearby Blayneys are still being searched. The earliest parish records of Shropshire Blayneys include Lewes BLAYNEY (bur.02Oct1602), Dorathy BLAYNEY bur.23Dec1636 and Martha BLAYNEY (married John EVANS on 20May1792) in the parish of parish of Clunbury and Thomas Blayney who married Mary Phillips 10Apr1638 in Stapleton who could possibly be the father of Thomas Blayney (b.1675).
This possibility became a probability when I found evidence that David Lloyd Blayney purchased land in Churchstoke (before 1585) and Hordley [1496] and as early as 1607 his son John also had holdings in Churchstock and other parts of Shropshire. [1497]. David Lloyd's oldest son and heir was Lewis Blayney who is recorded selling some of his father's Churchstoke land in 1591 along with brothers Thomas & Edward. [1293]. It is this Thomas Blayney (who became Deptuty Sheriff to Arthur Weaver in Shropshire in 1667) is the best candidate as father or grandfather of Thomas Blayney born 1675 (below).
Condover (see ChurchStoke below) is 5km south of Shewsbury in Shropshire. Also, Richard Blayney was born in Berriew (30km SW of Shrewsbury) in 1622 but lived in Broseley SE of Shrewsbury and on his death in 1683 he was residing in Wrockwardine, which is 15km east of Shrewsbury. Lichfield is another 50km east showing an easterly migration pattern of landless Blayneys into England is the probable origin of many Shropshire (and probably even some London Blayneys).
Churchstoke "on the border"ChurchStoke
Less than 20km East of Newtown (and only 7km SE of Montgomery) is the small Mercian village of Churchstoke, while technically still in Wales (Powys), the parish is partly in the Hundred of Cawrse (Montgomery) and partly in the Hundred of Chirbury (Salop). Is is right beside Offa's Dyke.
Because the border does a loop, Churchstoke is actually East of a section of Shropshire!
The following genealogy is by Peter Blayney [636], via (John) Brian Blayney, supplemented by on-line genealogies (eg Julie Ann Williams, Meryl Liptrott).
1 Thomas BLAYNEY b.1675 Probably the son (or grandson) of Thomas BLAYNEY, in turn son of Lewis BLAYNEY. See evidence above. Alternative parents are Thomas & Maria BLAYNEY of Gregynon who married 1666 in Chirbury + Mary Ann TRACY b.1680; m.1702 (Shrewsbury, Shropshire) I had wondered if "M TACY" was actually "TRACY", given the close relationship between the Blayneys and Tracys [Gregynog was left to the Tracys -see Arthur BLAYNEY and [1501]] Found to be Mary Ann TRACY on Ancestry.com [1500] 2 Thomas BLAYNEY b.~1704; bpt.6May1704 (Churchstoke [637]) +(1) Mary NAPP b.~1723 (Westbury, Wilts.) 3 John BAYLEY b.~1746; d.19Feb1748 (Westbury, Wilts.) +(2) Mary BAYLEY b.1721 (Shrewsbury, Shrops.) [not sure if this is the same person as Mary NAPP] 3 John BAYLEY b.~1746; d.19Feb1748 +(3) Sarah BISHOP m.1735 [1284]; 2 Howell BLAYNEY b.18May1707 [See below] 2 Elizabeth BLAYNEY b.1720 (Wiltshire); 2 Howell BLAYNEY b.18May1707 (Shrewsbury, Shropshire) bpt.18May1707 (Churchstoke [637]) + Mary ROBERTS b.1708 (Shrewsbury, Shropshire); m.15May1732 (Churchstoke [637]); or m.1730 3 Thomas BLAYNEY bpt.18Mar1733 (Churchstoke [637]) 3 George BLAYNEY bpt.25Jan1735 (Churchstoke [637]); d.1809; bur.14Sep1809 + Sarah MATTHEWS bpt.13Feb1736 (Condover, Shropshire [638]); m.26Jun1755 (Condover, Salop [638]) 4 Richard (Richd) BLAYNEY (BLAINEY) b.~1754 (Condover, Shrops.); bpt.4Jun1759 (Condover, Salop [638]) +(1) Mary DODD b.1750; m.18Jun1770 5 Richard (Rich) BLAYNEY b.1778 (Wellington, Shropshire); chr.7Apr1782 (Condover [638]); d.Q2 1858 (Atcham)This Richard fits the time, place and birthdate for the Richard who married Ann HODGES. [644] [645] [1279] + Anne / Ann HODGES (HODGE) b.1769 (Leebotwood, England); m.23Apr1804 (Leebotwood, Shropshire, 10km south of Condover); d.Q1 1863 (Atcham) 6 George BLAYNEY chr.17Aug1806 (Stapleton, 2km SW of Condover) + Mary PERKINS b.1807 (Wentnor, Shropshire) (or b.1798 Knighton, Radnorshire although this may be a confusion with the Radnor, Kinsham & Evesham Blayneys); m.30Nov1829 (Stapleton); d.May1892 (Atcham, Shropshire). 7 Mary BLAYNEY b~1830 7 Eliza BLAYNEY b~1832 7 Harriott BLAYNEY chr.13Apr1834 (Condover) 7 Richard BLAYNEY chr.28Feb1836 (Condover) 7 John BLAYNEY b.1838; chr.23May1838 (Condover) + ____ 8 Margaret M JONES b.~1875 7 Ann BLAYNEY b~1840 7 George BLAYNEY b.12Jan1842 (Chelmarsh, Shropshire); chr.02Oct1842 (Condover) + ___ 8 Charlotte BLAINEY b.1876 7 Samuel BLAYNEY chr.2Feb1845 (Condover) 7 Emily BLAYNEY chr.1Aug1847 (Condover) 6 Samuel BLAYNEY / BLAINEY chr.22May1808 (Stapleton) d.5Jul1872; Farmer; Labourer + Hannah INGLE b.6May1810 (Church Pulverbatch, Staffs); m.13Aug1830 (Pulverbatch, 5km SW of Condover) d.Q2 1901 (Atcham, Pulverbatch) 7 Sarah BLAYNEY b.1830 (Stapleton) [1279] or b.26Sep1831; d.11Jan1920 + Robert WALL b.1824, Miner [son of Thomas Wall (farmer)]; m.8Jul1849 at Atcham, Shewsbury; d.1887 8 [12 WALL children] 7 Maria BLAYNEY chr.16Sep1832 (Stapleton); d.56y + Henry JONES chr.25May1834 (Pontesbury); m.1857 (Shrewsbury) 7 Samuel BLAYNEY Chr.14Dec1834 (Stapleton); d.1881 7 Thomas BLAYNEY b.5Jan1840 (Church Pulverbach, Shropshire); d.1851 (Atcham) Confused with Thomas b.1852 below 7 Jordan BLAYNEY b.1843 ?chr.1847 (Churton); d.17Dec1913 + Martha DAVIES b.1845 (Shropshire); m.1873 (St. Chad, Shropshire); d.1926 (Cardiff, Wales) 6 Samuel Jordon BLAYNEY bpt.19May1875 (St Chad, Shrewsbury); d.>1881 6 Louesia A BLAYNEY b.1879 (Flint, Flintshire, Wales); d.17Sep1940 (Birkenhead, Merseyside) + George HORBY b.25Sep1868 (Claines,Worcester); m.3Sep1905 (Huntley, Gloucester); d.17Sep1940 [5 children] 6 Annie BLAYNEY b.1880 (Flint, Wales); d.22Nov1911 (Iowa, USA) + John Finnimore BUSS b.1878 (Gloucestershire); m.9Apr1905 (Huntley, Gloucester); d.Q1 1926 (Cardiff) 6 Rose BLAYNEY b.1881 (Gloucester); d.>1901 (Perth, WA) + Herman Carl WIELERT b.1890 (Hannover, Germany); m.1917 (Katanning, Western Australia =WA); d.1980 (WA) 6 Lizzie BLAYNEY b.Sep1882; d.1883 (both Huntley, Gloucester); 6 Maggie BLAYNEY b.1884 (Huntley, Gloucester); d.>1901 7 Richard b.22Oct1843 (Churton, Pulverbatch); d.1858 (Atcham) 7 John William BLAYNEY b.1849; chr.12Aud1849 (both Churton, Pulverbach); d.Jul1851 7 Thomas BLAYNEY b.03Oct1852 (Churton, Shropshire) [1279]; d.1911 Confused with Thomas b.1840 above. + Harriet b.1841 or 1851 St Chadds, Shropshire; m.~1868 (Church Pulverbach, Shropshire) 8 Thomas BLAYNEY b.1870 (1880) 8 William Heny BLAYNEY b.6Nov1884 (Wrentnall, Shropshire) 8 Lillian May BLAYNEY b.8May1877 (Wrentnall, Shropshire) 6 John BLAYNEY chr.3Jun1810 (Stapleton) + Elizabeth DUGGAN b~1810; m.10May1824 (Chirbury) 7 Mary BLAYNEY b~1826 7 Elizabeth BLAYNEY b~1827 7 John BLAYNEY b~1829 7 Edward BLAYNEY b~1831 7 Lucy BLAYNEY b~1835 7 Sarah BLAYNEY b~1837 7 Hannah BLAYNEY b~1839 7 Emma BLAYNEY b~1840 6 Eliza BLAYNEY / BLAINEY chr.1Mar1812 (Church Pulverbatch) + William TUDOR b.1811; m.13Oct1836 (Stapleton) 7 Jemima TUDOR (1835-1864) 7 William TUDOR (1838-1908) 7 Richard TUDOR (1843-1909) 6 Mary BLAYNEY b.~1816; chr.07Apr1816 (Stapleton) +(2) Mary EVANS b.~1757 (?Ludlow, Shrops.); m.11Apr1779 (Condover, Shrops.) d.1796 ?bur.9Apr1797 (Condover, Shrops.) 5 Elizabth (Eliz) BLAYNEY bpt.20Feb1780 (Condover [638]) 4 George BLAYNEY b.~1756 bpt.1Aug1756 (Condover, Salop [638]) 4 Anne BLAYNEY (BLANEY) bpt.13Sep1761 (Condover, Salop [638]) 4 Sarah BLAYNEY bpt.6Jan1764 (Condover, Salop [638]) d.15Jan1769 (Condover, Salop [638]) 4 Mary BLAYNEY bpt.29Dec1766 (Condover [638]); d.9Apr1797 + Richard ANDREWS m.21Apr1794 (Condover [638]) 4 Samuel BLAYNEY bpt.7Sep1769 (Condover [638]); bur 17 Sep1769 [1279] 4 Sarah BLAYNEY bpt.12Jun1772 (Condover [638]) + Richard WILLIAMS m.6Dec1792 (Condover [638]) 4 Elizabeth BLAYNEY bpt.5Mar1775 (Condover [638]); bur.20Feb1806 age 31 (Condover [638]) 4 Arthur BLAYNEY See below 4 Hannah BLAYNEY bpt.28Jul1780 (Condover [638]) + Edward CARTER m.20Feb1812 (Condover [638])
Blayneys in Shropshire4 Arthur BLAYNEY b.6Jan1778, bpt.13Jan1778 (Condover [638]); d.Oct1839 (Clun, Shropshire) Gardner to Sir Charles Oakley of Lichfield some 85km ENE from Churchstoke, right over Shropshire into Staffordshire (if he worked there). + Anne (Ann) ROBERTS (of London); b.1780 (1778) (Shrewsbury, Shropshire) m.24Jun1802 (Holy Cross And Saint Giles, Shrewsbury) 5 Jordan BLAYNEY chr.1802 (Shrewsbury, Shropshire) d.Mar1843 (Cheshire, Flintshire, UK) 5 John BLAYNEY b.9Apr1805; chr.20Apr1805 (Shrewsbury, Shropshire) Monumental Mason of Chester (75km North of Churchstoke, beyond Shropshire into Wrexham) The Master stonbemason on the renovations of Chester Cathedral. d.Dec1883 (Cheshire) + Mary Smith b.1805 (Liverpool, Lancashire); m.19Oct1830; d.1878 (Cheshire) 6 Joseph Javis BLAYNEY b.22Sep1831 (Chester, Cheshire) Chemist of Haslingden (in Lancashire, 70km NE of Chester); d.11Dec1915 (Haslingden, Lancashire) + Jane Wilson HARTLEY b.1833 (Liverpool); d.12Feb1907 (Haslingden, Lancashire) [dau. of Joseph b.1791 and Elizabeth b.1800 née HARTLEY] 7 Dr John Hartley BLAYNEY b.1858 (Haslingden); d.1940 (Blackpool, Lancashire); bur. Sale, Cheshire; Chief Medical Officer, Central Division, New Guinea, 1895-1901 and led a number of inland expeditions collecting many indigenous works of art. [1493] + Amy Beatrice MARCHANTON b.1863; m.6Nov1882; d.6Nov1940 (Blackpool); bur 1940 [dau of James and Betsy MARCHANTON] 8 Captain John Howard BLAYNEY b.1883 (Middleton, Lancashire); d.1945 (1950) The Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Chester in early 1800s [805]8
Joseph and Adlaide Blayney
Edith Mary BLAYNEY
F/O A Javis Blayney
Blayneys in Shropshire & beyondJoseph Jarvis BLAYNEY b.Sep1885 (Middleton, Lancashire); d.Jun1935 (Conwy, Wales) 100 years old Captain of 2nd/6th M/C Regiment Badly wounded at Pasendale (WW1) +
Jordan BLAYNEY b.1843; chr.11Aug1843; d.1843 6
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Emma (Stevenson) Blayney
Nurse Kate BlayneyPhotos above & below courtesy of
Linda Worthy
Front L-R: Ada, Bernard and Annie Blayney
Mablethorpe seaside resort 1920s
Mainstone
As noted by S. P. Thomas, S. P. [208], a number of Blayneys seemed to migrate from Montgomeryshire into Shropshire during the 17th & 18th centuries. The ancestors of Professor Blainey were in Mainstone, Shropshire in the mid 1700s through to at least 1837, but some moved south to Llanfair Waterdine and Knighton then well east to Chelmarsh on the banks of the Severn by the 1830s
Lydbury North
Not 8km east of Mainstone, one finds Lydbury North where some Blayneys are buried [208]. [628] [629] [630]
Thomas Blayney (1785-1830), the renown Welsh harpist "kept a public-house at Lydney North (sic), near Walcot, the Shropshire seat of Lord Powis". Interestingly, This Thomas was born as the 3rd son of Arthur Blayney, publican of Llanllwchaiarn. It is very possible that the inkeeper Thomas Blayney (below) was his close relative as his son was also born in Llanllwychairn.
1 Thomas BLAYNEY b~1763 bur.31Oct1830 age 67 1 John BLAYNEY ?=the John BLAYNEY bur.5Dec1798 Pauper (Lydbury North) Settled in Leintwardine 5/Jan1756 + Martha POWELL m.12Mar1748 [1283] or m.12Mar1749 [1495] 2 John BLAYNEY 2 Martha BLAYNEY bpt.18Jul1762 (Lydbury North) ?=the martha bur.28Jun1778 2 Mary BLAYNEY Bpt.18Mar1765 (Lydbury North) + Richard Powell SMITH of Lydbury North m.2Oct1775 3 Martha BLAYNEY b.1776 or 2(1) 2 Charlotte BLAYNEY b~1779; d.18Nov1810 age 31 [628] 2 Thomas BLAYNEY b.1772 (1773/1776) "Not born in Shropshire"; d.2Aug1853 (aged 84) [628]; Innkeeper +(1)Susanna (Elizabeth) BEETLE m.9Nov1789(92) (Lydbury North) 3 Mary BLAYNEY bap.10Jan1793 [1280] 3 Susanna BLAYNEY Bur.19Sep1794 [1280] 3 Thomas BLAYNEY b.1807 (Llanllwychairn); d.9Nov1863 age 59 [628] Cowman, Gardener and Churchman then Innkeeper. Widowed by 1861 + Ann WILKS b.1812 (Ludlow); d.~1858 4 Thomas BLAYNEY b.1831 4 Thomas BLAYNEY (BLAINEY/BLANEY) b.1837 (Ludlow, Shropshire) 4 John BLAYNEY b.1839 (Condover) 4 Elizabeth BLAYNEY b.1841 (Ludlow) 4 Jane Elizabeth BLAYNEY b.1843 (Ludlow) 4 Jane Elizabeth BLAYNEY b.1846 (Ludlow) 4 Arthur BLAYNEY b.1849 (Ludlow) [130] [see Arthur Blayney below; d.1878 4 Charlotte BLAYNEY b.Jun1851 (Scholar) (Sal, Ludlow) ?=Charlotte SUTCLIFFE b.18614
James
MaryRev James and Mary Garland Blayney
Primitive Methodist Magazine 1911 [130]No Blayneys seem to appear in the Lydbury Parish Registers after about 1854 except a John BLAINEY b.1860/1
Eliza Blayney
née Hill, age 58 [631]
George M, Arthur B[R]
Emily & Annie [R] 1925
Arthur & Emily
Blayney ~1940
Doris & mum Annie
Everton (Blayney) [631]
[L-R] Groom, Emily & dad Arthur Blayney [631]Movement from Ludlow to Leicestershire
1 Arthur BLAYNEY b.Jun1849 (Ludlow, Shropshire, England, which is 30km east of Llanfair Waterdine or 20km SE of Lydbury North); Probably son of Thomas BLAYNEY b~1806/7 above d.1878 (Leicester, Leicestershire, England); Occ. baker (1871) Moved to Aston, Warwickshire, England, by 1871 Census [631] +
Other Salop Blayneys
1 David BLAYNEY b.1807 (Guilsfield in the Llanfyllin district, Montgomeryshire, Walese) [IGI] + Elizabeth HUMPHRIES (HUMPHREYS) b.1815 (Bromarth, Guilsfield, Montgomeryshire); m.8Feb1833 (Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire) Thirteen children [819]: 2 Elizabeth BLAYNEY b.1834 chr.21Jul1833 (Guilsfield) 2 Mary BLAYNEY chr.30Nov1834 (Guilsfield) 2 David BLAYNEY b.(Guilsfield) chr.20Mar1836 (Guilsfield) [IGI] + [?Elizabeth GRIFFITHS or Jane SAVAGE] m.Dec1876 Llanfyllin [130] (Guilsfield)2 John BLAYNEY 05Nov1837; d.Feb1906 (both Guilsfield) BLAYNEY not BLANEY on headstone +
David Owen Blayney 1932
Emma Evans
William A Blaney
William A Blaney
Elizabeth J & William A Blaney
A Rev Richard BLAYNEY, great-grandson of Sir Arthur BLAYNEY was curate then priest at Stoke upon Tern (Salop) 1736, then he moved to Whitchurch where he was Schoolmaster in 1743 and Deacon by 1746 [632] He was the father of Rev Rowland BLAYNEY and Richard BLAYNEY, Haberdasher of London.
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