Reverend Digby Smith - (My G-G-G-Grandfather) 

   

Date of Birth

Location of Birth & Baptism if known
11 Aug 1752 Doctors Commons, London, England and baptised at St Gregory's, London. 
Date of Death Location of Death & Burial if known
14 Jan 1833 Worcester, England. 

PARENTS

Father

Mother
William Smith Jane (Probably the daughter of Rev Digby Cotes?)

SPOUSE & MARRIAGE DETAILS

Date of Marriage

Spouse

Location of Marriage

26 Aug 1783

 Catherine Charlotte Gray Belbroughton, Worcester, England

CHILDREN
Charlotte Jane Smith  CHARLOTTE JANE SMITH (DIGBY2, WILLIAM1) was born Bef. Jun-1784, and died Deceased. She married ? MITCHELL.
Children of CHARLOTTE SMITH and ? MITCHELL are:
i. HENRY DIGBY MITCHELL, b. Worcester, England ?; m. ELLEN BRIDGET CHAMBERLAYNE, 1872, Long Itchington?; b. Stoneythorpe?.
ii. SPALDING MITCHELL.

They definitely had a son Henry Digby Mitchell as I have a letter from him to his Aunt Caroline here in Australia from Britannia Square, Worcester.
John Davison Smith  JOHN DAVISON SMITH (DIGBY2, WILLIAM1) was born Bef. 19-Jan-1787 in Worcester, England, and died 27-Oct-1871 in Lindenow, Gippsland, Vic, Australia. He married (1) ANNE STANLEY 01-Nov-1821 in St John the Baptist, Croydon, Surrey, England. He married (2) CAROLINE BIRCH GRAY 19-Apr-1824 in Calcutta, India, daughter of JAMES GRAY and FRANCES PRINCE. She was born Abt. 1800 in Calcutta, East Indies, and died 09-Jul-1879 in Lindenow, Gippsland, Vic, Australia.
Children of JOHN SMITH and CAROLINE GRAY are:
i. GEORGE DIGBY SMITH, b. 23-Feb-1825, India; d. 25-May-1827, India.
 
ii. THERESA CHARLOTTE SMITH, b. 12-Apr-1827, India; d. 05-Nov-1908, Bairnsdale, Vic, Australia; m. HENRY MORRISON, 16-Feb-1859, Lindenow Station Homestead, Gippsland, Vic, Australia; b. 28-Apr-1831, Hobart Town, Tasmania, Australia; d. 27-Aug-1890, Bairnsdale, Vic, Australia.
 
iii. JOHN DIGBY SMITH, b. 31-Mar-1829, Calcutta, India; d. 05-May-1916, Bairnsdale, Vic, Australia; m. ANNA ELIZA MARIANNE GIBSON, 24-Oct-1866, Vic, Australia; b. 22-Nov-1845, Mois Gunge, India; d. 10-Mar-1915, Bairnsdale, Vic, Australia.
 
iv. JAMES DIGBY SMITH, b. 18-Aug-1830, India; d. 11-May-1857, Cashmere Gate, India.
 
v. NANCY SMITH, b. 11-Dec-1831, India; d. 28-Jan-1832, India.
 
vi. ALEXANDER HENRY SMITH, b. 30-Mar-1833, England?; d. 03-Jun-1833, England?.
 
vii. FRANCES ANNA SMITH, b. 15-Jan-1837, England?; d. 1916, Malvern, Vic, Australia; m. ARCHIBALD WILLIAM MCLEOD, 25-Aug-1858, Lindenow, Vic, Australia; b. Abt. 1825, Tasmania; d. 24-Jul-1878, Victoria, Australia.
 
viii. ALEXANDER SMITH, b. 12-Apr-1838, England?; d. Aft. 1916, Western Australia?; m. AGATHA MARY HEDLEY, 18-Apr-1865, Tarraville, Victoria, Australia.
 
ix. WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, b. 27-Aug-1839, England?; d. 27-Jun-1900, San Francisco, U.S.A.; m. MATILDA FLIGHT, 05-Mar-1867, Unknown; b. Abt. 1842, Unknown; d. 30-Dec-1935, New Zealand.

Marriage to Anne Stanley is yet to be confirmed as correct but appears in old records.
James Smith JAMES SMITH (DIGBY2, WILLIAM1) was born Bef. 02-May-1788.
Charles Digby Smith CHARLES DIGBY SMITH (DIGBY2, WILLIAM1) was born 1795.  He must have died before 1833 as he wasn't mentioned in his father's Will.

 

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