Sarah Smith1,2

(circa January 1774 - February 1833)
FatherNathaniel Smith3 (cir. 1740 - Apr 1821)
MotherJoan Colling3 (cir. Jul 1739 - May 1822)
Relationship4th great-grandmother of Lorna Henderson

BMDB data

     Sarah Smith was born cir. Jan 1774 Calstock, CON, ENG.3,1 She was baptized on 23 Jan 1774 Calstock, CON; entry reads: Sarah Daugr of Nathl & Joan Smith.4,3
     Sarah Smith married Isaac Dawe, son of John Daw and Sarah Moore, on 12 Jun 1796 Par. Ch, Tavistock, DEV, ENG, entry shows Isaac Dawe "of the Parish of Lamerton batchelor and Miller" and Sarah Smith of this Parish, Spinster, married by banns by Richd Sleeman, Curate Isaac X his mark, Sarah Smith signed; Wit: Nath: Smith, L K Hornbrook.5,6,7
     Sarah Dawe died in Feb 1833 Newton Mill, Par. of Lamerton, DEV, ENG.1 She was buried on 18 Feb 1833 Ang. Ch, Tavistock, DEV, ENG, entry shows Sarah DAW as 59, "Newton Mill."8,1,9
     Nathaniel SMITH & Joan COLLING are now, as at Sep 2023, assumed to be the parents of Sarah Smith because:
- a Nathaniel SMITH witnessed the marriages for both Sarah to Isaac DAWE, and also that for an Honour Smith to Richard DOIDGE
- Honour appears in the 1851 census showing as born Calstock
- a Nathaniel SMITH born 1761-1766, not in Devon, a copper miner was living in the hsehold of Richard and Honor DOIDGE in the 1841 census
- DNA matches are starting to pop up between descendants of both Sarah and Honour

The Calstock baptisms for Nathaniel & Joan from 1761 to 1776 neatly show three siblings, Nathaniel, Sarah and Honour, amongst others, where they are all of an age for the subsequent records found.
Additional circumstantial evidence:
- Nathaniel and Joan are family names in the DAWE family
- the other witness at Sarah's marriage was an L K HORNBROOK.
The prior marriage in the Calstock registers to that of Nathaniel Snr's to Joan COLLING was a Jacob HORNBROOK, surgeon of Tavistock, Devon.
The only Sarah in extant Tavistock records available on FindMyPast was baptised 1780, a little too late to marry in 1796.10

Census/Where lived/Occupations

     By Nov 1819 Sarah Smith and Isaac Dawe were living Leat Mill, Lifton, DEV, ENG, when their last son Richard was born even though tax information on Lammerton Mill does show Isaac as paying tax on the mill to His Grace the Duke of Bedford from 1797 up to and including 1824 (Tax assessed £1/2s to 1820, then £1/6/5) perhaps at least some of these are Isaac's son Isaac, although he is generally shown as being at Newton Mill?11,12,13

External links

     Click here to see Sarah's page on WikiTree, a (free) collaborative on-line tree.14
     Click here to see Sarah and family on the FamilySearch FamilyTree.15

Family

Isaac Dawe (cir. 1769 - Dec 1840)
Children
  • Isaac Smith Dawe+6 (cir. Mar 1797 - May 1851)
  • John Daw+16 (cir. Oct 1798 - Jul 1831)
  • Sarah Dawe+6 (cir. Dec 1800 - Jan 1877)
  • Nathaniel Smith Dawe6 (cir. Apr 1802 - bet. Sep 1866 - Dec 1866)
  • Honor Dawe6 (cir. Dec 1804 - )
  • Betsey Dawe6 (cir. Nov 1806 - May 1876)
  • Joan Smith Dawe+6,17 (cir. Jan 1809 - Feb 1862)
  • William Smith Dawe6,18 (cir. Dec 1810 - May 1877)
  • Richard Dawe6 (Nov 1812 - Oct 1814)
  • Thomas Dawe6,19 (cir. Dec 1814 - Apr 1871)
  • Richard Dawe+11 (cir. Nov 1819 - May 1873)
ChartsMy direct DAWE line
My pedigree chart
Maternal ancestors of Lorna
Maternal timeline
Last Edited15 Oct 2023

Citations

  1. Findmypast online at http://www.findmypast.com, Bur. 18 Feb 1833 Sarah DAWE, aged 59, at Tavistock, DEV, from Devon Family History Society Transcr., extracted Oct 2012.
  2. Lois Saleeba (19674), "EM DAW: Tavistock, ex Lois S," e-mail to Lorna Henderson, Birth abt 1773 Sarah SMITH, from DAW(E) FTree, rcvd Dec 1999.
  3. BDM images: FamilySearch, Bap. 23 Jan 1774 Sarah d/o Nathaniel & Joan SMITH, Calstock, CON, extracted from image Oct 2014.
  4. FamilySearch, England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975: Bap. 23 Jan 1774 Sarah d/o Nathaniel & Joan SMITH, Calstock, CON, from https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JST1-RBW film 1545380 batch I04567-8, extracted Oct 2014.
  5. Findmypast online at http://www.findmypast.com, Marr. 17 Jun 1796 Isaac (miller of Lamerton) DAWE & Sarah (o.t.p.) SMITH, Tavistock, DEV from Devon Marriage Registers 1537-2002, copy d/loaded Oct 2014.
  6. Lois Saleeba (19674), "EM DAW: Tavistock, ex Lois S," e-mail to Lorna Henderson, DAW(E) FTree, rcvd Dec 1999.
  7. Wendy Taylor, "FT:DAWE, Wm SmithWAY, Mary", Descendant report from Isaac DAW(E), rcvd Jun 2002.
  8. Lois Saleeba (19674), "EM DAW: Tavistock, ex Lois S," e-mail to Lorna Henderson, Bur. 18 Feb 1833 Sarah DAWE, Ang. Ch, Tavistock, from DAW(E) FTree, rcvd Dec 1999.
  9. Births marriages burials: DEV, ENG, Bur. 18 Feb 1833 Sarah DAW, Newton Mill, aged 59, bur. Tavistock, extracted Jun 2016.
  10. "Lorna's Family History Musings", Oct 2014, updated May 2021 & Sep 2023.
  11. Val Symis (30421), "EM DAWE/TAYLOR ex Val SYMIS," e-mail to L Henderson (1), Baptism 1819, in Lifton, of Richard DAW to Isaac and Sarah, rcvd Sep 2005.
  12. "Lorna's Family History Musings", Jan 2006.
  13. Wendy Taylor, "FT:DAWE, Wm SmithWAY, Mary", Descendant report from Isaac DAW(E) Jun 2002 ex Lamerton Tax records 1780-1832 Film 1471089 Item 16.
  14. WikiTree online at http://WikiTree.com/, Oct 2011.
  15. FamilySearch Family Tree online at https://familysearch.org/tree/, Sara SMITH, https://familysearch.org/tree/…, Oct 2014.
  16. Births marriages burials: DEV, ENG, Bap. 26 Oct 1798 John s/o Isaac & Sarah DAW, Whitchurch, DEV, copy d/loaded Jun 2016.
  17. Births marriages burials: DEV, ENG, Bap. 1 Feb 1809 Joan Smith d/o Isaac & Sarah DAWE, Lamerton, DEV, image rechecked, Jun 2016.
  18. Births marriages burials: DEV, ENG, Bap. 25 Dec 1810 William Smith s/o Isaac & Sarah DAWE, Lamerton, DEV, extracted Jun 2016.
  19. Births marriages burials: DEV, ENG, Bap. 14 Dec 1814 Thomas s/o Isaac (miller) & Sarah DAWE at Mill Hill Quarry, Lamerton, DEV, extracted Jun 2016.

E. & O. E. Some/most parish records are rather hard to read and names, places hard to interpret, particularly if you are unfamiliar with an area.