William Tew (?–1812)
Nothing is known about the early life of William. He is Stephanie's 4x great grandfather.
He married Anne Hinson (1766–?)★ on 17 Oct, 1786 at St. Edward's Church, Shalstonea1 . They had ten children.
- Corbet baptised on 30 Mar, 1788a2. Buried on 30 Dec, 1816 in Shalstone, Buckinghamshirea3 at the age of twenty-eight.
- Anne baptised on 30 Sep, 1791 in Shalstonea4.
- Sarah baptised on 7 Dec, 1794 in Shalstonea5.
- Thomas baptised on 24 Apr, 1796 in Shalstoneb1. Buried in 1798 in Shalstonea6 at the age of two.
- William baptised on 24 Apr, 1796 in Shalstoneb2. Buried on 30 Oct, 1798 in Shalstonea7 at the age of two.
- Mary baptised on 14 Jan, 1800 in Shalstonea8.
- Thomas★ baptised on 12 Dec, 1802 in Shalstonea9. Married Lydia Fetters/Fletcher★ in 1824a10 and Ann Turvey in 1830c1. Died on 8 Jul, 1880 at Huntsmill, Westburyd1 at the age of seventy-seven.
- Elizabeth baptised on 7 Jul, 1805 in Shalstonea11.
- William baptised on 27 Dec, 1807 in Shalstonea12. Buried on 29 Nov, 1815 in Shalstonea13 at the age of seven.
- George baptised on 21 Jul, 1811 in Shalstonea14.
William was buried on 13 Aug, 1812 in Shalstonea15
Timeline
- 1786
- 17 Oct
- Married Anne Hinson★ at St. Edward's Church, Shalstonea1.
Recorded as living in Shalstone, Buckinghamshirea1.
- 1788
- 30 Mar
- Son, Corbet Tew, baptiseda2.
- 1791
- 30 Sep
- Daughter, Anne, baptised in Shalstonea4.
- 1794
- 7 Dec
- Daughter, Sarah, baptised in Shalstonea5.
- 1796
- 1798
- 1800
- 14 Jan
- Daughter, Mary, baptised in Shalstonea8.
- 1802
- 12 Dec
- Son, Thomas Tew★, baptised in Shalstonea9.
- 1805
- 7 Jul
- Daughter, Elizabeth, baptised in Shalstonea11.
- 1807
- 27 Dec
- Son, William, baptised in Shalstonea12.
- 1811
- 21 Jul
- Son, George, baptised in Shalstonea14.
- 1812
- 13 Aug
- Buried in Shalstonea15.
Other Information
Other names and variations
Research Notes
Was Corbett Tew William's Father? #
We believe William was born around 1750-68 since we have a marriage for him to Ann Hinson in 1786 in Shalstone, Buckinghamshire. Without his baptism and father’s name we can’t progress much further back. The Tews appear on many other trees on and off Ancestry and most of them claim that his father is Corbett Tew and his mother Sarah, possibly Allen. However we can’t find a baptism record that shows Corbett as the father nor can we find a marriage between Corbett and Sarah.
Corbett and Sarah were having children in Shalstone around that time. We have the baptism entries for Corbett (1755), Mary (1757), Ann (1765) and Thomas (1769) all in Shalstone. We have burial entries that we think are Corbett and Sarah’s, plus further marriages and baptisms of their descendants. It looks like Corbett and Sarah married somewhere else and moved to Shalstone some time before 1755. William was perhaps born wherever Corbett and Sarah were married.
A lot of trees on Ancestry and other sites seem to have erroneous dates for events in Shalstone relating to these people:
- William Tew baptism 1753 or 1756
- Sarah Allan baptism 1731
- Corbett Tew baptism 1717 or 1729
- Corbett Tew and Sarah Allan marriage 1752
We didn’t find any evidence of these when we looked at the microfilmed registers in Buckinghamshire Archives.
We checked them twice on different visits.
In The Buckinghamshire Posse Comitatus, 1798 (1985) (a military census taken in 1798 of able-bodied men in Buckinghamshire) there are four Tues (Tews) listed: John Tue and Thomas Tue, servants; Corbey Tue and William Tue, labourers. Corbey is the Corbett born in 1755, the son of the elder Corbett Tew (who died in 1794). John is the eldest son of Corbey and would have been 19 at the time. William is presumably our William Tew and Thomas is probably Corbett’s other son.
There is some circumstantial evidence that supports William being the son of Corbett and Sarah:
- Aside from William, these are the only Tews mentioned in the registers of Shalstone or close parishes at the time.
- William named his first son Corbett, his first daughter Ann, his second daughter Sarah, his second son Thomas. This fits the traditional pattern of naming the first son after the father’s father, the first daughter after the mother’s mother, the second son after the mother’s father and the second daughter after the father’s mother.
- In his marriage to Anne Hinson, the register mentions he was “of this parish”, as was she.
Despite this, there is no documentary evidence that links William to Corbett.
There are some candidate William Tew baptisms from further afield. We have followed up and discounted a few of them:
- William Tue; bap. 8 Nov 1750, Grendon Underwood, Buckinghamshire; son of John and Anna; possibly married Judith Brazil, 1775, Quainton, Bucks; possible children Elizabeth (1780), Ann (1777), Mary (1786) and John (1783)
- William Tue; bap. 17 Jul 1757, Bubbenhall, Warwickshire; son of William and Elizabeth; possible marriage to Elizabeth Spencer, 1777, Bulkington; possible burial of William Tue, 1781, Bubbenhall
- William Tue; bap. 8 Jan 1759, Twyford, Buckinghamshire; son of Gabriel and Mary; possible burial, 1760, Claydon, Oxon; Gabriel was having children in Twyford after 1760
- William Tew; bap. 13 Oct 1751, Clifton on Dunsmore, Warwickshire; son of Fielding and Ann
- William Tew; bap. 8 Sep 1765, Clifton on Dunsmore, Warwickshire; son of Richard and Sarah
- William Tew; bap. 9 Dec 1759, Hillmorton, Warwickshire; son of John and Mary
- William Tue; bap. 17 Sep 1763, Weedon Lois. Northamptonshire; son of William and Mary; Buried 19 Sep 1763, Weedon Lois; eliminated
- William Tew; bap. 2 Apr 1751, Sharnford, Leicestershire; son of Richard and Sarah
- William Tew; bap. 23 Sep 1764, Swinford, Leicestershire; son of Arthur and Grace
- William Tew; bap. 9 Apr 1755, Southwark, Surrey; son of John and Elizabeth
- William Tew; bap. 9 Apr 1758, St. Pancras, London; son of John and Elizabeth
- William Tew; bap. 21 Jun 1759, Great Mundon, Hertfordshire; son of William and Sarah
- William Tew; bap. 13 Apr 1762, Birmingham, Warwickshire; son of John and Ann
