PINFIELD - WELLS
This
surname originates from one family in the 1800s.
William PINFIELD, born around 1810 in Ipsley, Warwickshire, married Charlotte
CRISP, also born 1810 in Ipsley. They were married on 14th February, 1831
at Feckenham, Worcestershire.
At some point, William adopted the surname PINFIELD-WELLS. The WELLS part comes from a relative of his called Susannah WELLS, 1777-1853, from Inkberrow, Worcestershire.
William died on 15th May, 1873, aged 64, and Charlotte died on 15th June, 1888, aged 77.
William and Charlotte PINFIELD-WELLS had 8 children:
| William Edward |
1833-1887
|
marr.
Orphah Harris
|
11
children
|
| Edwin |
1834-1895
|
marr.
Mary Bartlett
|
6
children
|
| Jane |
1836-1909
|
marr.
Luke Kings
|
5
children
|
| Mary |
1838-1881
|
marr.
William Clarke
|
1
daughter
|
| Dinah |
1841-1926
|
marr.
(1) George Ward
marr. (2) Alexander Joiner |
3
children (Ward)
|
| Richard Emmett |
1844-1877
|
marr.
Naarah Hemming
|
4
children
|
| Charlotte |
1849-1922
|
marr.
John Styler
|
5+
children
|
| Walter |
1851-1930
|
marr.
Mary Webb
|
8
children
|
Many of William and Charlotte's descendants were baptised and married at Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church in Redditch, which was founded in the early 1830's. Prior to that, some of the family were baptised in the church in the grounds of Coughton Court, home to one of England's leading Catholic families, the Throckmortons.
Most of the Pinfield-Wells family worked in the needle-making industry based around Redditch and Bromsgrove in Worcestershire. It was very hard and dangerous work, resulting in short life expectancies - those working as needle pointers rarely lived past the age of 35.
More about William & Charlotte Pinfield-Wells' ancestors
Links
Forge
Mill Needle Museum in Redditch
Coughton
Court, Warwickshire
Birmingham & Midland
Society for Genealogy & Heraldry
Worcestershire
Record Office
Warwickshire
Record Ofice
Warwickshire
surnames list
Mount Carmel
Church, Redditch
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Sources: Parish register copies held at Worcester Record Office, Warwick Record Office & the Society of Genealogists; Census returns 1841-1901; Birth, Marriage & Death certificates.
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Updated 13 February, 2011