{"id":2476,"date":"2017-11-15T16:11:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T16:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/?p=2476"},"modified":"2025-07-02T12:40:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T11:40:06","slug":"finding-more-kidderminster-ancestors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/finding-more-kidderminster-ancestors","title":{"rendered":"Finding More Kidderminster Ancestors"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve made a little progress on my Worcestershire based ancestors. I was aware that my 4 x great-grandmother was Elizabeth Lewis<\/a><\/strong> who married Samuel Cotterell at Kidderminster, in 1782. I have now found her baptism dated 4th February 1757 showing that she was the daughter of Richard and Mary Lewis<\/a><\/strong>. Mary’s maiden name was Rook\/Rooke\/Rooks.<\/p>\n

Mary Rooke was born in approximately 1734, the daughter of Thomas Rook and Sarah Payton<\/a><\/strong> who married in Kidderminster on 30th May 1726.<\/p>\n

The eldest of four, Elizabeth Lewis appears to have been Richard and Mary’s only daughter. Two sons, who were probably twins, were baptised on 23rd October 1759 but sadly William died on the 24th and Francis on the 25th. This was also the day both boys were buried. Their youngest son, named Richard after his father, was baptised in October 1760, less than three months after Mary’s husband had died so life must have been tough for her.<\/p>\n

The Payton surname was prevalent in Kidderminster from as early as the beginning of the 17th century when an Elizabeth Payton was baptised in 1620. The Rooke name appears in the town just a little later.<\/p>\n

Kidderminster is known for the manufacture of carpets, which began during the 18th century and developed out of a well established cloth industry. I don’t know what my Lewis, Rooke and Payton forebears did for a living but I do know that Samuel Cotterell was a weaver so I think it very likely he was connected to one of these industries.<\/p>\n

\"Samuel

Samuel Cotterell’s name and occupation
as recorded on his son, Edmund’s, marriage certificate<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve made a little progress on my Worcestershire based ancestors. I was aware that my 4 x great-grandmother was Elizabeth Lewis who married Samuel Cotterell at Kidderminster, in 1782. I have now found her baptism dated 4th February 1757 showing … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[47,46,134,137,135,136],"class_list":["post-2476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ancestors-corner","tag-cotterell","tag-cotterill","tag-lewis","tag-payton","tag-rook","tag-rooke"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t