SMALLWOOD FAMILY HISTORY

THE  SMALLWOODS OF HANDSWORTH WHO SETTLED IN COLSTON BASSETT AND BARNSLEY (TREE 49)

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Thomas and Martha Smallwood baptised several children in Handsworth, Staffordshire, between 1783 and 1798, and after Martha's death in 1798 the whole family may have moved to Colston Bassett in Nottinghamshire, where their son John later had a family and their daughter Jane married. John's son Henry (1817-1864) left Colston Bassett for Leicestershire, with descendants later settling in Bristol, while his son William (1822-1859) settled in Barnsley in West Yorkshire, initiating a local line which flourished down to the present.

OUTLINE OF TREE

SUMMARY OF RESEARCHERS

If you are researching this branch of the Smallwoods and would like to have your name or contact details listed here, please contact Ian Hall.