thrale & thrall family history
Richard Smith
- Bef 1770
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Richard Smith (son of Richard Smith and Anna Thrale); died before 1770. Family/Spouse: Anne. Anne died after 1770. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Richard Smith was born in Kingsbury, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; died after 29 May 1770. Other Events and Attributes:
- Property: Kingsbury, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; Maynes & Kingsbury
- Will: 29 May 1770; This indicates that of his 9 Christened children, only Ralph Thrale Smith, Stephen Smith, William Smith and Hannah Smith were still alive and another three, Sally, Mary Ann and Harriot baptised after. PCC
Notes:
Name:
Hester Lynch Thrale calls Richard Smith, "Ralph Smith" in her writings.Richard married Anna Thrale before 1732. Anna (daughter of Ralph Thrale and Anne Halsey) died in 1770. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Anna Thrale (daughter of Ralph Thrale and Anne Halsey); died in 1770. Other Events and Attributes:
- Will: Anna Smith left a considerable estate.
Notes:
Married:
Their daughters married into the Peyton and Langford families. Her sons inherited a good deal because "her dear husband has much more than sufficient".Children:
- Henry Smith died in 1768.
- 1. Richard Smith died before 1770.
- Ralph Smith was born in 1727; died in 1800.
- Sarah Smith was born before 1750; and died.
Generation: 3
6. Ralph Thrale was christened on 4 Sep 1665 in Saint Leonards Church, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England (son of Richard Thrale and Susan Thrale); died in 1711. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Cottager
- Residence: Offley, Hertfordshire, England; Offley
- Note: 1697, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
- Religion: 1702; Sacrament certificate signed by Ralph Thrale
Notes:
Residence:
Moved to Offley from Sandridge
Note:
Elizabeth Zarvite, wife of Francis Zarvite, was attacked by other women for breaking marriage vows by consorting with Ralph ThraleRalph married Anne Halsey on 7 Sep 1693 in St James Garlickhythe, Middlesex, England. Anne (daughter of ? Halsey) died in 1704. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Anne Halsey (daughter of ? Halsey); died in 1704. Children:
- 3. Anna Thrale died in 1770.
- Susan Thrale died in 1711.
- Ralph Thrale, M.P. was born in 1698 in Offley, Hertfordshire, England; died on 9 Apr 1758; was buried in Saint Leonards Church, Streatham, Surrey, England.
Generation: 4
12. Richard Thrale was christened in 1617 (son of Richard Thrale and Helen); died in 1690. Other Events and Attributes:
- Property: Sandridgebury, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England
- Will: He was described in his will as Richard Thrale the elder of Marshalswick, Sandridge. He left a large family and a substantial estate and left a substantial legacy to the poor of the parish, like his father before him. In his will he left ... * a legacy to the poor of the parish; * his son William £400 and the bedstead in the chamber called the Maids Chamber, two feather beds, two feather boulsters, one cover lid, two blankets, one flock bed, six pairs of sheets, his mother's coffer, the long table and from the kitchen, the form, four joint stools, and other items; * his son John similar articles which were at the house of another son Ralph; and * the remainder of the estate to the eldest son Richard.
- Property: 1630, Marshalswick, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England
- Residence: Abt 1687, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England; Farm Berristead
- Property: 1688, Cell Barnes, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England; Took a lease of Cell Barns Farm, St. Peters, St. Albans, part of the Gorhambury Estate, at a yearly rental of £-60, and the original lease is preserved in the County Muniment Room at Hertford (Hert. Muniment Room, Gorhambury Document Vo. 4, No. C 61A).
Richard married Susan Thrale on 30 Apr 1650 in Saint Mary's, Watford, Hertfordshire, England. Susan died in 1675. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Susan Thrale died in 1675. Notes:
Name:
She was born a Thrale although it is not known from which branch of the family that she came.Children:
- Richard Thrale died in 1711.
- William Thrale died before 1732.
- John Thrale died in 1736.
- 6. Ralph Thrale was christened on 4 Sep 1665 in Saint Leonards Church, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England; died in 1711.
- Thomas Thrale died about 1736.
- Susan Thrale died in 1675.
14. ? Halsey and died. Children:
- 7. Anne Halsey died in 1704.
- Edmund Halsey, MP died in Aug 1729.