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Locality
Early Generations (5)
1 ♦ Richard Dillon (c1720-5…) m.1749 Mary Sympson (c1720-5…)
2 ♦ Thomas Worrall (c1730-35…) m.1754 Bridget Cotteril (c1730-35…)
2.1 ♦ Thomas Worrall (c1761…1824) m.1785 Jane Dillam (c1761…1819)
2.1.1 William Worrall (c1800…1873) m. Elizabeth Jarvis (c1794…1851+)
2.1.1 ♦ Thomas Worrall (1803…1874) m. Mary — (c1798…1870)
2.1.1.1 Thomas Worrall (1826…1861+) m. Jane — (c1827…1861+)
2.1.1.1 ♦ Jane Worrall (1831…1903) m. John Batcheldor (1829…1889)
Thomas Worrall (c1793…) m.Mary Hunt (c1798…)
These families lived in the Coventry
- Kenilworth - Offchurch area of Warwickshire (WAR)
England from about 1790 to the 1850s.
Richard Dillon and Mary Sympson, married in the parish church at Stoneley [Stoneleigh], Warwickshire [midway between Coventry and Royal Leamington Spa], on 8 January 1749G [1748J] , were probably the parents of:
Note that these children appear to have been born some years after the marriage of Richard and Mary.
Thomas Worrall and Bridget Cotteril married in the Radford Semele parish church on 14 January 1754G. They were the parents of:
Another Elizabeth <Worril> was christened on 19 December 1779 at Leamington, the child of Thomas and Hannah Worril. An Eliz Worrall married a Wm Townsend at Stoneleigh on 11 October 1785.
Thomas
Worrall, born circa circa
1761 (possibly
the son of THOMAS WORRALL and BRIDGET COTTERIL), married Jane Dillam
in the Stoneleigh parish church on 28 December 1785. Jane, born circa
1761, was probably the daughter of RICHARD DILLON and MARY SYMPSON of Stoneleigh,
although born perhaps 10-15 years after their marriage. [An Eliz Worrall had
married a Wm Townsend at Stoneleigh on 11 October 1785, the seventh marriage
prior to Thomas and Jane].
While at Green Lane, Stoneleigh, Thomas and Jane were the parents of at least
seven children:
Jane
the wife of Thomas Worrall, labourer of Stoneley, was buried aged 58 years at
Stoneleigh on 16 June 1819.
Thomas Worrall, labourer of Stoneleigh aged 63 years, was buried at Stoneleigh
on 30 July 1824.
A William Marsters was baptised at Stoneleigh later in 1803, son of Thomas and
Mary Marsters thereof.
William Worrall, son of THOMAS WORALL and JANE DILLAM, married Elizabeth Jarvis on 14 June 1818 at Stoneleigh; both were of the parish of Stoneleigh though it appears that Jane had been born at Preston Baggot WAR [Preston Bagot, about 9m west of Royal Leamington Spa] circa 1794. William and Elizabeth Worrall were the parents of at least nine children:
William and Elizabeth appear
in the 1851 census at Stoneleigh:
(Stoneleigh, Warwick) [PRO ref HO/107/2073, FHL film 0087339, folio 61, page
20]
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
William Worrall Head M 51 Road Lab Stoneleigh WAR 1803
Elizabeth Worrall Wife M 57 Preston Baggot WAR 1798
James Worrall Son U 27 Ag Lab Stoneleigh WAR 1824
Emma Worrall GDau U 12 Scholar Stoneleigh WAR 1839
George Worrall GSon U 10 Scholar WAR 1841
Pos = position in Household; MS = marital status (U:unmarried, M:married, W:widowed).
Extracts from Warwickshire
Newspapers 1874-1907
- DEATHS -
The data has been extracted from the Coleshill Chronicle, Kenilworth
Advertiser, Birmingham Daily Mail, Birmingham Daily Gazette,
Knowle Journal and Solihull Advertiser.
12/6/1873 WORRALL 3i Stoneleigh, William age 75
http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/bmd/death_announcements_1874-1907.html
An Emma WORRALL married William DRY on 6 April 1856 at St Michael, Coventry
http://www.ballaratweb.net/suec/edry7.html
Thomas Worrall, the son of THOMAS WORALL and JANE DILLAM of Green Lane, Stoneley [Stoneleigh] WAR, was baptised on 13 February 1803 at Stoneleigh. Thomas married Mary —, who had been born at Haseley WAR [3m NW of Warwick] circa 1798. Thomas and Mary Worrall were the parents of at least four children:
Thomas and Mary appear
in the 1841 census for Ashow: [folio , page ]
(Ashow)
Name MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Thomas Worrall M 37 Ag. Lab in country [WAR] 1804
Mary Worrall M 41 in country [WAR] 1800
Thomas Worrall S 12 in country [WAR] 1829
Martha Worrall S 11 in country [WAR] 1830
Jane Worrall S 9 in country [WAR] 1832
Hannah Worrall S 6 in country [WAR] 1835
A neighbour in nearby Deal House was Dinah Bachalor:
(Ashow/Deal House)
Dinah Bachalor ? 20 F. S. [Farm Servant?] in country [WAR] 1821
MS = marital status [implied] (S:single, M:married, W:widowed).
Thomas and Mary appear
in the 1851 census for Ashow Village has the following entry: [folio 5, page
2]
(Ashow Village, Ashow Leek Wootton & Guys Cliff, Warwick)
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Thomas Worrall Head M 48 Ag Lab Stoneleigh WAR 1803
Mary Worrall Wife M 53 Haseley WAR 1798
By this time Kenilworth-born
Jane Worrell, aged 20 and unmarried, was working as a scullery maid in the household
of Baron Cave at Townpool Bridge, Kenilworth. Her sister Hanna was a servant
in the household of butcher Richard Gibbs in Leamington Priors: [folio 382,
page 21]
(68 Regent St, Leamington Priors, Warwick)
Hannah Worrall Serv S 16 Stoneleigh WAR 1825
Pos = position in Household; MS = marital status (S:single, M:married, W:widowed).
Mary Worrall of Ashow,
aged 72 years, wife of farm labourer Thomas Worrall, died at Ashow [midway between
Kenilworth and Cubbington / Royal Leamington Spa] on 12 December 1870. The informant
for the registration of her death was Martha Aries, perhaps her daughter, of
Whitemoor, Kenilworth, who was present when Mary died.
Thomas Worrall of Ashow, aged 71 years, died at Ashow on 18 January 1874 and
was buried thereat on 22 January 1874 by the Rector, W Powys . The informant
for the registration of his death was Harriet Cleaver of Ashow, who had been
in attendance when Thomas died.
WORRALL - BATCHELDOR
with possible connections to COTTERIL, DILLAM/DILLON and SYMPSON
Thomas Bridget Richard
Mary
WORRALL COTTERIL DILLON SYMPSON
b1730-5c WAR b1730-5c WAR b1720-5c WAR b1720-5c WAR
+-------+ +-------+
¦m 1754 Radford Semele WAR ¦m 1748 Stoneley WAR
?+? ?---------------------+
Thomas* Jane*† Mary* Richard*
WORRALL DILLON DILLON DILLON
b1750-65 WAR b1760-5c WAR b1766 WAR b1772 WAR
d1766 WAR
+-------------------+
¦m 1785 Stoneleigh WAR
+--------------------+---------------------+
Elizabeth Jane Thomas Hannah John William Thomas MaryÍ
WORRALL WORRALL WORRALL WORRALL WORRALL WORRALL WORRALL ? GIBSON ?
b1788 WAR b1792 WAR b1792 WAR b1794 WAR b1796 WAR b1803 WAR b1803 WAR b Haseley
WAR
d1792 WAR d1797 WAR d1874 WAR d1871 WAR
+------+
¦? m 1823 WAR
+-----------------------------+
John || Thomas Martha Jane || Hannah
BATCHELDOR WORRALL WORRALL WORRALL WORRALL
b1829 WAR b1829c b1826 WAR b1830 WAR b1831 WAR b1834 WAR
d1889 NSW d1903 NSW
+---------------------------------------+
¦m 1851 Kenilworth WAR
eleven children, five born at Cubbington and six in NSW
* Parentage not confirmed
but possibly as shewn.
† If Jane was the daughter of Richard Dillon and Mary Sympson, she probably
had siblings born 1749-1760.
Í Perhaps Mary was Mary Gibson who married a Thomas Worrall on 26 Jan
1823 at Holy Trinity, Coventry.
|| John and Jane Batcheldor emigrated with their three first-born sons, sailing
from Plymouth ENG 22 June 1859 aboard the Abyssinian, arriving Sydney NSW 20
September 1859. A Martha Worrall, probably the older sister of Jane, was signatory
witness at Jane's wedding in 1851.
Beattie, after Wallis2004
Figure 1 : Worrall - Batcheldor with possible Cotteril, Dillam/Dillon and Sympson
connections.
Modern map shewing Haseley, Ashow, Stoneleigh, Cubbington, Radford Semele and
other towns and villages.
Note also Radford in Northern Coventry.
(©Collins Bartholomew Ltd 2003, per www.MultiMap.com)
Thomas Worrall, the son of THOMAS WORALL and MARY —, was baptised on 24 February 1826 at Kenilworth. Thomas married Jane —, who had been born circa 1827 at Milverton WAR. Thomas and Jane Worrall were the parents of at least four daughters:
Thomas and Jane appear
in the 1861 census for Kenilworth in the following entry: [folio x, page x]
(Grose Row?, Kenilworth, Warwick)
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Thomas Worrall Head M 35 Bricklayer Lab Kenilworth WAR 1826
Jane Worrall Wife M 34 Wife Milverton WAR 1827
Eliza Worrall Dau - 8 Scholar Kenilworth WAR 1853
Catherine Worrall Dau - 7 Scholar Kenilworth WAR 1854
Emma Worrall Dau - 5 Scholar Kenilworth WAR 1857
Mary Worrall Dau - 18m Kenilworth WAR 1860
Pos = position in Household; MS = marital status (S:single, M:married, W:widowed).
Jane Worrall,
daughter of THOMAS WORALL and MARY —, was baptised on 24 February 1826
at Kenilworth. Jane married John Batcheldor, Bachelor sawyer John Batcheldor
(born 24 October 1829, Cubbington ), son of JOSEPH BATCHELOR (1799…1860)
and ELIZABETH BOYS (1804…1838) married spinster Jane Worrall on 17 June
1851 at the parish church of Kenilworth. With the surviving three of five children
born in Warwickshire and baptised at Cubbington, Jane and John emigrated to
New South Wales in 1859, where they had another six children.
John Batcheldor died in NSW in 1889; his wife Jane née Worrall
survived until 1903. Their family is described in greater detail in Section
7.1.1.4 beginning on page 32.
A Thomas Worrall, born circa 1793, not necessarily related to the Worralls noted above, married Mary Hunt on 26 July 1828 at St John's, Coventry . XXXX on 26 June 1828 . They had at least one child:
This family is listed in
the 1841 census for Offchurch:
(Offchurch [folio 643, page 10])
Name Age Occupation Born in country [county] eYoB
Thomas Worrall 48 Shoemaker y 1793
Mary Worrall 49 y 1792
Sarah Worrall 19 F. S. [Farm Servant?] y 1822
This Thomas and Mary are listed in the 1851 census for Offchurch:
(Offchurch [folio 643, page 10])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
Thomas Worrall Head M 58 Shoe Maker Offchurch WAR 1793
Mary Worrall Wife M 53 Shoe Maker's Wife Harbury WAR 1798
Note the disparity in the ages listed for Mary. Daughter Sarah was listed as
a dressmaker residing with the family of her cousin Thomas Townsend at the Bull
and Anchor, Coventry:
(Bull and Anchor Yd, Coventry, Warwickshire (Holy Trinity parish) [folio 151,
page 17)
Thomas Townsend Head M 57 Inn Keeper Coventry WAR 1794
Ann Townsend Wife M 50 Sutton Cheney LEC 1801
William Townsend Son U 28 Machinist Coventry WAR 1823
Emma Townsend Dau U 21 Dressmaker Coventry WAR 1830
John Townsend Son U 19 Hawker, Dealer and Chapman Coventry WAR 1832
Thomas Townsend Son U 12 Scholar Coventry WAR 1823
Joseph Townsend Son U 9 Scholar Coventry WAR 1842
Sarah Worrall Cousin U 28 Dressmaker Off Church WAR 1823
Sarah Barber Cousin - 40 S Winder Coventry WAR 1811
Pos = position in Household; MS = marital status (U:unmarried, M:married, W:widowed).
It is possible that these Worralls and Townsends were related to the marriage
of Eliz Worrall and Wm Townsend at Stoneleigh on 11 October 1785.
Other entries from Bishop's Transcripts of Stoneleigh parish registers:
[per Rob Wallis, September and November 2004]:
" William Townsend married Eliza Worrall, 11 October 1786
" Ann Whorral buried 8 June 1768 (1773) - double date?
" William Worral buried 10 January 1750
" William son of William and Mary Worrall baptised 7 December 1751
" Richard son of Thomas and Ann Worrall baptised 6 January 1750
" Charles Worrall of the parish of Bedford married Elizabeth Yardley of
this parish Stoneleigh on 13 March 1815; no children to this marriage found
in Stoneleigh records; witnesses to the marriage were William Whorral and Sarah
Worral.
William and Sarah Whorral were the parents of:
" ELIZABETH WHORRALL (buried 14 July 1813),
" ANN WHORRALL (buried 14 December 1813) and
" ANN WHORRALL (baptised 13 March 1815, Stoneleigh).
William Whorrall was a farmer at Westwoodheath, Stoneleigh.
" Emma the daughter Henry Thornib (?) and Hannah Worrall was baptised 16
December 1838; Rob Wallis thinks Hannah may be the daughter of William Worrall
and Elizabeth Jarvis.
" Hannah the daughter of labourer Thomas and Mary Worrall was baptised
3 August 1834 by A C H Morrison.
" Lewug Worral was a witness to a marriage at Stoneleigh in 1820.
" William Gee married Jane Batchelor both of Stoneleigh parish on 9 October
1826 (the 1851 census states Jane was born at Kenilworth)
William and Jane Gee (née
Batchelor) appear in the 1851 census at The Hollies, Stoneleigh:
(The Hollies, St John Westwood, Stoneleigh)[PRO ref HO/107/2073, FHL film 0087339,
folio 29, page 13]
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
William Gee Head M 50 Farm labourer employing 2 Stoneleigh WAR 1801
Jane Gee Wife M 53 -- Kenilworth WAR 1798
John Gee Son U 21 Farm labourer Stoneleigh WAR 1830
Harriet Gee Dau - 10 Scholar Stoneleigh WAR 1841
Pos = position in Household; MS = marital status (U:unmarried, M:married, W:widowed).
A William and Sarah Whorrall
appear in the 1851 census for North End, Warwickshire:
(North End, Northend, Burton Dassett, Southam )[PRO ref HO/107/2077, FHL film
0087346, folio 6, page 394]
Name Pos MS Age Occupation Birthplace eYoB
William Whorrall Head M 59 Farmer occupying 100 acres Bedworth WAR 1802
employing 2 labourers
Sarah Whorrall Wife M 60 Knightcote WAR 1801
George Whorrall Son U 20 Farmer's son at home Knightcote WAR 1831
Mary Ann Whorrall Dau U 18 Farmer's daughter North End WAR 1833
Joseph Whorrall Son U 16 Farmer's son North End WAR 1835
Sarah Marshall Serv U 17 House Servant Avon Dassett WAR 1834
Pos = position in Household; MS = marital status (U:unmarried, M:married, W:widowed).
Warwickshire marriages
1779-1830 of Thomas Worralls listed* in the on-line IGI [sep2004] are:
Thomas Worrall of Birmingham married Hannah Corbett on 19 Oct 1779 at Leamington
Priors
Thomas Worral married Ann Wolfe on 29 Sep 1779 at Newbold-on-Avon
Thomas Worrell married Mary Lowe on 11 Jul 1785 at Saint Lawrence, Foleshill
Thos. Warrall married Jane Dillam on 20 Dec 1785 at Stoneleigh
Thomas Worrall Of Birmingham/Grafton married Sarah Coates on 21 May 1786 at
Butlers Marston
Thomas Worrell (born or baptised about 1762 at Leamington Priors) married Esther
Dolton on 10 Oct 1787 at Leamington Priors
Thomas Whorrall married Elizabeth Bartlett on 2 Jan 1788 at Shustoke
Thomas Worral married Ann Malin on 19 Nov 1793 at Stockton
Thomas Worrall married Ann - (born or baptised in 1785 at Kenilworth) about
1811 in Kenilworth
Thomas Worrell married Ann Neans on 26 Mar 1821 at Southam
Thomas Worrall married Mary Mills on 9 Dec 1821 at Holy Trinity, Coventry
Thomas Worrall married Mary Gibson on 26 Jan 1823 at Holy Trinity, Coventry
Thomas Worrall (born or baptised in 1803 at Stoneleigh) married Mary - on about
1823 at Haseley
[perhaps this is a guess at the Worral-Gibson marriage above]
Thomas Worral married Mary Hunt on 26 Jul 1828 at Saint John, Coventry
Thomas Worrall married Lucy Meakin on 15 Nov 1829 at Holy Trinity, Coventry
[*Note: listings from the IGI (on www.familysearch.com) may not be accurate.]
Thomas Worrall married Mary Hunt in Coventry WAR on 26 June 1828. They had at least two children:
Perhaps for this Thomas and Mary, the 1851 census for Offchurch has the following entry:
| Name | Pos | MS | Age | Occupation | Birthplace | eYoB |
| Location : Offchurch | ||||||
| Thomas Worrall | Head | M | 58 | Shoemaker | Offchurch WAR | 1793 |
| Mary Worrall | Wife | M | 53 | Shoemaker's Wife | Harbury WAR | 1798 |
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Jane was baptised in 1832 at nearby Kenilworth. The 1851 census has a Kenilworth-born Jane Worrell, aged 20 and unmarried, working in the household of Baron Cave at Townpool Bridge, Kenilworth: as a scullery maid, she occupied possibly the lowest position in the household staff of thirteen. Jane married John Batcheldor, son of Joseph Batchelor and Elizabeth Boys, in Kenilworth on 17 June 1851; Martha Worrall, conjecturally Jane's older sister, was a signatory witness at Jane's wedding.
Related Families from the same area:
Batcheldor (various spellings), Boyes (various spellings); Masters; Gibbons.
Other (unrelated) Worrall and Hunt Lineages:
No details.
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