The Shropshire (Salop) Blayneys (and beyond)

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Blainey and Blayney have been Shropshire surnames for over three centuries [667]

Churchstoke "on the border"

ChurchStoke

Less than 20km East of Newtown (and only 7km SE of Montgomery) is the small Mercian village of Churchstoke, while technically still in Wales (Powys), the parish is partly in the Hundred of Cawrse (Montgomery) and partly in thte Hundred of Chirbury (Salop). Is is right beside Offa's Dyke.

Because the border does a loop, Churchstoke is actually East of a section of Shropshire!

The following genealogy is by Peter Blayney [636],
via (John) Brian Blayney.

1 Thomas BLAYNEY
 + Tacy
  2 Thomas BLAYNEY 
    bpt.6May1704 (Churchstoke [637])
  2 Howell BLAYNEY 
    bpt.18May1707 (Churchstoke [637])
   + Mary ROBERTS m.15May1732 (Churchstoke [637])
    3 Thomas BLAYNEY bpt.18Mar1733 (Churchstoke [637])
    3 George BLAYNEY bpt.25Jan1735 (Churchstoke [637]); bur.14Sep1809
     + Sarah MATTHEWS bpt.13Feb1736 (Condover, Shropshire [638]); 
       m.26Jun1755 (Condover, Salop [638])
      4 George BLAYNEY bpt.1Aug1756 (Condover, Salop [638])
      4 Richard BLAYNEY bpt.4Jun1759 
        (Condover, Salop [638])
       + Mary EVANS m.11Apr1779; ?bur.9Apr1797
        5 Elizabth BLAYNEY bpt.20Feb1780 (Condover [638])
        5 Richard BLAYNEY chr.7Apr1782 (Condover [638]) 
Blayneys in Shropshire

While I lack confirmation that this is the Richard who married 
Ann HODGES, the time and place fit perfectly, so I have inserted
the following genealogy between the rows. [644] [645]
        ?+ Ann HODGES m.23Apr1804 (Leebotwood, Shropshire, 
           10km south of Condover)
          6 George BLAYNEY chr.17Aug1806 (Stapleton,
            2km SW of Condover)
           + Mary PERKINS b1807 (Wentnor, Shropshire);
             m.30Nov1829 (Stapleton)
            7 Mary BLAYNEY b~1830
            7 Eliza BLAYNEY b~1832
            7 Harriott BLAYNEY chr.13Apr1834 (Condover)
            7 Richard BLAYNEY chr.28Feb1836 (Condover)
            7 John BLAYNEY chr.23May1838 (Condover)
            7 Ann BLAYNEY b~1840
            7 George BLAYNEY chr.02Oct1842 (Condover)
            7 Samuel BLAYNEY chr.2Feb1845 (Condover)
            7 Emily BLAYNEY chr.1Aug1847 (Condover)
          6 Samuel BLAYNEY chr.22May1808 (Stapleton)
           + Hannah INGLE b.1810 (Church Pulverbatch, Staffs);
             m.13Aug1830 (Pulverbatch, 5km SW of Condover)
            7 Maria BLAYNEY chr.16Sep1832 (Stapleton)
             + Henry JONES chr.25May1834 (Pontesbury); 
               m.1857 (Shrewsbury)
            7 Samuel BLAYNEY b.1835 (Stapleton)
            7 Thomas BLAYNEY b.1840 (Churton)
            7 Richard BLAYNEY b.1843 (Churton)
            7 Jordan BLAYNEY b.1844 (Churton)
            7 William BLAYNEY b.1850 (Churton)
          6 John BLAYNEY chr.3Jun1810 (Stapleton)
           + Elizabeth DUGGAN b~1810; m.10May1824 (Chirbury)
            7 Mary BLAYNEY b~1826
            7 Elizabeth BLAYNEY b~1827
            7 John BLAYNEY b~1829
            7 Edward BLAYNEY b~1831
            7 Lucy BLAYNEY b~1835
            7 Sarah BLAYNEY b~1837
            7 Hannah BLAYNEY b~1839
            7 Emma BLAYNEY b~1840
          6 Eliza BLAYNEY chr.1Mar1812 (Church Pulverbatch)
          6 Mary BLAYNEY b~1816 (Stapleton)
          6 Mary BLAYNEY chr.07Apr1816 (Stapleton)

      4 Anne BLAYNEY bpt.13Sep1761 (Condover, Salop [638]) 
      4 Sarah BLAYNEY bpt.6Jan1764 (Condover, Salop [638])
        d.15Jan1769 (Condover, Salop [638])
      4 Mary BLAYNEY bpt.29Dec1766 (Condover [638])
       + Richard ANDREWS m.21Apr1794 (Condover [638])
      4 Samuel BLAYNEY bpt.17Sep1769 (Condover [638])
      4 Sarah BLAYNEY bpt.12Jun1772 (Condover [638])
       + Richard WILLIAMS m.6Dec1792 (Condover [638])
      4 Elizabeth BLAYNEY bpt.5Mar1775 (Condover [638]); 
        bur.20Feb1806 (Condover [638])
      4 Arthur BLAYNEY See below
      4 Hannah BLAYNEY bpt.28Jul1780 (Condover [638])
       + Edward CARTER m.20Feb1812 (Condover [638])
   
Chester in early 1800s [805]
      4 Arthur BLAYNEY b.6Jan, bpt.13Jan1778 (Condover [638])
        Gardner to Sir Charles Oakley of Lichfield some 
        85km ENE from Churchstoke, right over Shropshire
        into Staffordshire (if he worked there).
       + Anne ROBERTS (of London); m.24Jun1802 (Shrewsbury)
        5 Jordan BLAYNEY chr.1802 (<9mths!) 
        5 John BLAYNEY chr.20Apr1805
          Monumental Mason of Chester (75km North of 
          Churchstoke, beyond Shropshire into Wrexham)
         + Mary Smith m.19Oct1830

          6 Joseph Javis BLAYNEY b.22Sep1831
            Chemist of Haslingden (in Lancashire, 70km NE 
            of Chester)
           + Jane Wilson HARTLEY
            7 Dr John Hartley BLAYNEY b.1858; d.1940
             + Amy MARCHANTON
              8 John Howard BLAYNEY b.1883; d.1945 
              8 Joseph Jarvis BLAYNEY b.1885; d.1935
                Badly wounded at Pasendale (WW1)
               + Adelaide STONIER
                9 John Brian BLAYNEY b.1923 (living)
                  [Supplied this genealogy]
                9 Michael Hartley BLAYNEY b.1927; d.1995
            7 Arthur Jesse BLAYNEY b.1860; d.1896
             + Agnes PASLEY 
Blayneys in Shropshire & beyond
              8 Annie BLAYNEY b.1886
              8 Gertrude BLAYNEY b.1889
              8 Edith Mary BLAYNEY b.1892
            7 Joseph Albert BLAYNEY b.1861
             + Sarah Constance BANG
              8 Javis BLAYNEY
               + ___
                9 Peter BLAYNEY  
              8 Mertyl BLAYNEY
            7 William Herbert BLAYNEY b.1869 (Haslingden);
              d.1921 at sea
             + Mary HALSTEAD
              8 Mary BLAYNEY 
            7 Edgar Jordan BLAYNEY b.1872; d.1873

          6 Anne BLAYNEY b.1833
          6 Elizabeth BLAYNEY b.1835
          6 Mary Elizabeth BLAYNEY b.1837
          6 Sarah BLAYNEY b.1839
          6 Arthur BLAYNEY b.1841
          6Jordan BLAYNEY b.1843
          6John Harrison BLAYNEY b.1843
           of No.1, All Saints Terrace, Walter-street, Nottingham .
           Tailor, at No. 20, Market-street, Nottingham of the firm Nelson and Blayney,
           a partnership with Thomas Nelson which went into liquidation in 1881 [856] 
           + Emma STEVENSON m.27May1873 
             dau of Richard and Emma Stevenson of Burton-on-Trent
            7 Anne BLAYNEY b.1874
             + ___
              8 Bernard BLAYNEY b.13Feb1895
                Registered as son of Emma STEVENSON 
                so not carrying any Blayney "y" chromosome.
               + Elsie W COOPER m.17Dec1925
                9 Peter BLAYNEY (living)
                  Researched of much of this genealogy 
                9 Maureen BLAYNEY
            7 Kate BLAYNEY b.1876
            7 Arthur BLAYNEY b.1878
             + Lily
              8 Kathleen
            7 Lucy (Min) BLAYNEY b.1880
             + John SHAW
              8 Raymond SHAW
            7 Ada BLAYNEY b.1882
             + George A PRATT (widower)
            7 John BLAYNEY b.1884
             +(1)Sybil
              8 Doreen BLAYNEY
             +(2)Louie
              8 Phillis BLAYNEY
               + Percy ROSE
              8 Joan BLAYNEY
               + Richard DOVE
              8 Christine BLAYNEY
               + Keith DOVE 
          6 Agnes BLAYNEY b.1845
          6 Catherine (Kate) BLAYNEY b.1847
          6 Robert BLAYNEY b.1852

Mainstone

As noted by S. P. Thomas, S. P. [208], a number of Blayneys seemed to migrate from Montgomeryshire into Shropshire during the 17th & 18th centuries. The ancestors of Professor Blainey were in Mainstone, Shropshire in the mid 1700s through to at least 1837, but some moved south to Llanfair Waterdine and Knighton then well east to Chelmarsh on the banks of the Severn by the 1830s

See Mainstone Blayneys

Lydbury North

Not 8km east of Mainstone, one finds Lydbury North where some Blayneys are buried [208]. [628] [629] [630]

Thomas Blayney (1785-1830), the renown Welsh harpist "kept a public-house at Lydney North (sic), near Walcot, the Shropshire seat of Lord Powis". Interestingly, This Thomas was born as the 3rd son of Arthur Blayney, publican of Llanllwchaiarn. It is very possible that the inkeeper Thomas Blayney (below) was his close relative as his son was also born in Llanllwychairn.


1 Thomas BLAYNEY b~1763 bur.31Oct1830 age 67

1 John BLAYNEY ?=the John BLAYNEY bur.5Dec1798 Pauper (Lydbury North) 
 + Martha b.1772-6
  2 Martha BLAYNEY bpt.18Jul1762 (Lydbury North) 
  2 Mary BLAYNEY Bpt.18Mar1765 (Lydbury North) 
   + Richard Powell SMITH of Lydbury North m.2Oct1775
    3 Martha BLAYNEY b.1776 or 2(1) ?=the martha bur.28Jun1778
  2 Charlotte BLAYNEY b~1779; d.18Nov1810 age 31 [628]
  2 Thomas BLAYNEY b~1779 (1772/3/6) "Not born in Shropshire";
    d.2Aug1853 (aged 84) [628]; Innkeeper
   +(1)Susanna BEETLE m.9Nov1789 (Lydbury North)
    3 Thomas BLAYNEY b~1804 (Llanllwychairn); d.9Nov1863 age 59 [628] 
      Cowman and Gardener. Widowed by 1861
     + ___
      4 Arthur BLAYNEY b.1849 [130] [see Arthur Blayney below 
      4 Charlotte BLAYNEY b.Jun1851 (Scholar) (Sal, Ludlow)
      4 James BLAYNEY b.Dec1853 (SAL, Ludlow) [130]
    3 Charllotte BLAYNEY b.1809; d.20Nov1840 age 31 (Lydbury) 

   +(2)Martha/Margaret BOOLE m.5Jun1815 (Lydbury North)
    3 Jane BLAYNEY b.1816 (15/16/16/18/19) (Kerry) Waiter    
    3 Arthur BLAYNEY b~1816; d.13Nov1839 age 23 (Lydbury) [628] bur.15Nov1839
    3 John BLAYNEY bpt.7Jun1818
    3 Elizabeth BLAYNEY b.1821-26

   +(3)Elizabeth WHITEFOOT b.1792 (Berriew) (1793,6 in 1841 & 1851 censuses);
     m.21Mar1820 (Lydbury); d.17Aug1863 (aged 72) [628]; Inkeeper
    3 Henry BLAYNEY bpt.13Jun1827; d.24Jun1837 age 10 [628]; bur.27Jun1837

No Blayneys seem to appear in the Lydbury Parish Registers after about 1854 except a John BLAINEY b.1860/1

Movement from Ludlow to Leicestershire

1 Arthur BLAYNEY b.Jun1849 (Ludlow, Shropshire, England, which is 30km east of
  Llanfair Waterdine or 20km SE of Lydbury North); 
  Probably son of Thomas BLAYNEY b~1806/7 above
  d.1878 (Leicester, Leicestershire, England); Occ. baker (1871)
  Moved to Aston, Warwickshire, England, by 1871 Census [631]
 + Eliza HILL b.1847/8 (Foleshill, Warwick); m.5Aug1867 (St. Martins, Birmingham); dau. of Robert HILL and Sarah LEADBEATER
  2 Thomas BLAYNEY b.Mar1868 (Birmingham) [130] 
Arthur & Emily
Blayney ~1940
  2 Arthur BLAYNEY b.Sep1870 [130] (Aston, Warwickshire); d~1945
    Living in Leicester in 1881; Occ. shoe finisher
   + Emily BROWNSWORD b~1873 (Derby); m.Jun1892 (Leicester) [130]
    3 Lillian BLAYNEY b.1892 (Leicester)
    3 Arthur BLAYNEY b.1893/4 (Leicester)
    3 Ernest BLAYNEY b.1895/6 (Leicester)
    3 Sydney BLAYNEY b.1897 (Leicester)
    3 Annie BLAYNEY b.Dec1899 (Leicester) [130]
     + George MARSHALL m~1925
    3 Emily BLAYNEY b.Mar1908 (Leicester) [130]
  2 Ashfield BLAYNEY b~1871 (Birmingham)
  2 Jane Elizabeth BLAYNEY b.1872 (Foleshill, Warwickshire)
  2 Ann (Annie) BLAYNEY b.1874
   + Herbert EVERTON m.Sep1903 [130]
    3 Doris EVERTON
  2 James BLAYNEY b.Mar1877 (Foleshill, Warwickshire) [130]
  2 John (Jonh) Henry BLAYNEY b.Mar1879 (Leicester) [130]; 
    d.Jun1879 (Leicester) [130]
    Possible John James (ie same person)

Other Salop Blayneys

1 David BLAYNEY b~1807 (Guilsfield, Wales) [IGI]
 + Elizabeth m~1832 [IGI]
  2 Thirteen children [819]:
  2 Elizabeth BLAYNEY
  2 Mary BLAYNEY
  2 David BLAYNEY (Guilsfield) chr.20Mar1836 (Guilsfield)  [IGI]
   + [?Elizabeth GRIFFITHS or Jane SAVAGE] m.Dec1876 Llanfyllin [130]
     which is 10km from Guilsfield 

?   3 David Owen BLAYNEY (Guilsfield) 
     + ?Mary MORRIS m.Mar1882 [130]
      4 Alan (Allen) David BLAYNEY b.1899 (Wem, Shropshire)
       + Martha F CLAWLEY m.Dec1919 (Ellesmere) [130]
        5 Eva BLAYNEY of Ellesmere Shropshire
         + ____
          6 living  
           + living CHADWICK
            7 Blayney ___

  2 John BLAYNEY 
  2 Jane BLAYNEY
  2 Joseph BLAYNEY b.Mar1841 [130]
  2 Richard BLAYNEY
  2 Eliza BLAYNEY b.1845/6
  2 William BLAYNEY ?b.Mar1851  [130]
  2 Mary BLAYNEY (again) b.1849
  2 Eleanor BLAYNEY b.Jun1850 (Montgomery)
  2Thomas BLAYNEY b.Mar1852; bpt.04Apr1852 (Guilsfield)
  2John BLAYNEY b.Mar1852; bpt.04Apr1852 (Guilsfield)
   + ?Emma Evans m.1912 [634]

A Rev Richard BLAYNEY, great-grandson of Sir Arthur BLAYNEY was curate then priest at Stoke upon Tern (Salop) 1736, then he moved to Whitchurch where he was Schoolmaster in 1743 and Deacon by 1746 [632]

The Register Booke of the parish of Clunbury, Anno Domini (Orig published 1901) Vol 1 Shropshire Parish Registers UKGenealogy Online http://www.shropshire-online.info/parishes/clunbury.pdf Lewes BLAYNEY bur.2Oct1602 Dorathy BLAYNEY bur.23Dec1636 Martha BLAYNEY + John EVANS m.20May1792

http://www.shropshire-online.info/parishes/stapleton.pdf Mr Thomas Blayney mar, Mrs Mary Phillips 10 Apr 1638

GRANT of a messuage and lands called y Ty yn y Pant in Keelkchwyn, co. Montgomery:
Richard Blayney of "Rock-thadine", co. Salop gent, and Ellen Blayney of Brynchamishire, parish of Berriew, co. Montgomery, widow;
15 June 1647: 9148 Glansevern Collection No. 14895) of 188 early deeds compiled by A. F. Heintz, c.1920. [GLANSEVERN (5), Part 5 of Schedule; COMPILED BY R. W. MC DONALD 1971]

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