Lucy Ann SMITH

1766 - 1843  (77 years)

• Histories

  Our Family History - Private Burial Ground at Thackley On Apr 3 1785 Lucy Ann Smith #63, a Quaker, married Dr John Rawson #382 at Calverley St Wilfrid, Yorkshire. The ceremony was performed by a priest. This was against the Quaker rules and, after various investigations, it was decided that Lucy and her parents (William and Ann Smith) should have 'Testimonies of Denial', meaning that they were in effect excommunicated. When William Smith Rawson #802, the only son of John and Lucy, died in infancy, his grandfather wanted him buried in the Quaker graveyard at Idle. He was refused, so William established a private cemetery at Thackley for the interment of the child and other members of the family. This is a historical record of some of the families descended from William and Ann who are buried at this cemetery, as compiled by J. Horsfall Turner in 1907.

  
  

• Name	Lucy Ann SMITH
  Birth	13 Mar 1766	Bradford Quaker Meeting, Yorks, England   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Burial	Dec 1843	Private Graveyard, Thackley, Yorkshire, England   [2]
  Death	6 Dec 1843	Idle, Yorkshire, England   [3]
  Person ID	I63	Our Family Tree
  Last Modified	14 May 2016

  
  

  Father	William SMITH,   b. Abt 1728   d. 26 Oct 1791 (Age ~ 63 years)
  Mother	Ann (SMITH),   b. Abt 1734   d. 8 Jan 1807 (Age ~ 73 years)
  Family ID	F98	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Dr John RAWSON,   b. 1760   d. 27 Dec 1790 (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	3 Apr 1785	Calverley St Wilfrid, Yorkshire, England   [4]
  Children	1. Martha RAWSON,   b. Aug 1786, Idle, Yorkshire, England d. 14 Jan 1867 (Age ~ 80 years)   2. William Smith RAWSON,   b. 1788   d. 31 Dec 1789, Idle, Yorkshire, England (Age 1 year)   3. Mary RAWSON,   b. 21 Jun 1790, Idle, Yorkshire, England d. 18 Apr 1856 (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F119	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 May 2016

  
  

  Family 2	William BROWN,   b. 1772, Thackley, Yorkshire, England d. 30 Mar 1812, Idle, Yorkshire, England (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	7 Sep 1794	Calverley St Wilfrid, Yorkshire, England   [5]
  	He a woolstapler of Calverley, she of Calverley, witnesses Margaret Brown and JO.
  Children	1. John Smith BROWN,   b. 16 Jul 1795, Idle, Yorkshire, England d. 16 Jul 1852 (Age 57 years)   2. William BROWN,   b. 26 Mar 1797, Idle, Yorkshire, England d. 27 Apr 1881 (Age 84 years) + 3. Thomas BROWN,   b. 16 May 1799, Idle, Yorkshire, England d. 19 May 1858 (Age 59 years)   4. Ellen BROWN,   b. Abt 1800   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Edward BROWN,   b. 14 Nov 1801, Idle, Yorkshire, England d. 6 Aug 1859, Thackley, Yorkshire, England (Age 57 years)   6. Margaret Ann BROWN,   b. 1803   d. 30 Jan 1872 (Age 69 years)   7. Lucy Ann BROWN,   b. 1805   d. 27 Jun 1847 (Age 42 years)   8. Peter BROWN,   b. 15 Jun 1807, Thackley, Yorkshire, England d. 22 Sep 1875, Failsworth, Lancashire, England (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F21	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 May 2016

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 13 Mar 1766 - Bradford Quaker Meeting, Yorks, England Marriage - 3 Apr 1785 - Calverley St Wilfrid, Yorkshire, England Marriage - 7 Sep 1794 - Calverley St Wilfrid, Yorkshire, England Burial - Dec 1843 - Private Graveyard, Thackley, Yorkshire, England Death - 6 Dec 1843 - Idle, Yorkshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Only child of William and Ann according to Wright Watson, p. 110. Quakers of Thackley End (Turner). Lucy had a son by her first marriage to Dr Rawson who died young. This death prompted her father William Smith to start a small private burial ground at Thackley. I have a copy in the files of reports from meetings of the Quakers who discovered that Lucy was married to Dr Rawson by a Priest. This was against the Quaker rules and, after various investigations, it was decided that Lucy and her parents should have 'Testimonies of Denial', meaning that they were excommunicated, I believe.

  
  

• Sources

  [S433] IGI P011041, IGI P011041. [S385] J Horsfall Turner (1907), Idle Upper Chapel Independent Sunday School,, (Harrison and Sons, Bingley). [S265] J Horsfall Turner, Turner 1907, (Harrison & Sons, 1907). [S329] IGI P007253, IGI P007253. [S372] www.calverley.org, www.calverley.org.