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Descendancy of Adam WESTLAKE
First Generation
1. Adam WESTLAKE was christened on Oct 31 1790 in Somerton, Somerset, England.
Adam married Harriet. Harriet was born about 1784 in Bath, England. She was buried on Sep
11 1871 in Somerton, Somerset, England.
They had the following children:
2 M i. George Haggett WESTLAKE was born about 1814 and was christened on Feb 02 1816. was
buried on Oct 16 1837 in Somerton, Somerset, England.
+ 3 F ii. Jane WESTLAKE was christened on May 11 1817.
+ 4 M iii. Charles WESTLAKE was christened on May 20 1820.
5 M iv. William WESTLAKE was born on Jul 20 1820 in Somerton, Somerset, England and was
christened on Oct 10 1824 in Somerton, Somerset, England.
William married Deborah GILLET, daughter of Edward GILLET, on Jan 15 1848.
+ 6 F v. Caroline WESTLAKE was born on Aug 12 1822.
Second Generation
3. Jane WESTLAKE (Adam) was christened on May 11 1817 in Somerton, Somerset,
England.
Jane married John MUNDAY, son of Edward MUNDAY and Sarah, on Oct 03 1835 in Somerton, Somerset,
England. John was christened on Jan 17 1813 in Somerton, Somerset, England.
They had the following children:
7 M i. Charles MUNDAY was christened on Dec 25 1835.
8 F ii. Caroline MUNDAY was christened on Oct 25 1844.
9 F iii. Charlotte MUNDAY was christened on Jul 08 1846.
10 F iv. Edith Elizabeth MUNDAY was christened on May 15 1850.
11 M v. John MUNDAY was christened on Jun 20 1852.
12 F vi. Jane Alma MUNDAY was christened on Dec 10 1856.
13 F vii. Agnes MUNDAY was christened on Sep 24 1858.
14 M viii. Frederick John MUNDAY was christened on Jun 28 1865.
4. Charles WESTLAKE (Adam) was christened on May 20 1820 in Somerton, Somerset, England.
Charles married Mary Ann/Mary/Maryann.
They had the following children:
15 M i. Samuel Seymour WESTLAKE was christened on Feb 25 1846.
16 M ii. Frank WESTLAKE was christened on Mar 27 1849.
17 F iii. Lydia Mary WESTLAKE was christened on Oct 13 1850.
18 F iv. Jane WESTLAKE was christened on May 27 1855.
6. Caroline WESTLAKE (Adam) was born on Aug 12 1822 in Somerton, Somerset, England and was
christened on Oct 10 1824 in Somerton, Somerset, England.
Caroline married James GARDINER, son of William GARDINER, in 1843 in Somerton, Somerset,
England.
They had the following children:
19 M i. Charles GARDINER was christened on Mar 02 1844.
20 F ii. Edith GARDINER was christened on Oct 12 1845.
21 M iii. John GARDINER was christened on Aug 02 1847.
22 M iv. George Adam GARDINER was christened on Sep 11 1850.
+ 23 M v. William Westlake GARDINER was born on Nov 30 1852.
24 F vi. Jane GARDINER was christened on Jan 03 1855.
25 M vii. Henry GARDINER was christened on Apr 24 1856.
26 F viii. Harriet GARDINER was christened on Dec 14 1858.
27 M ix. Edwin GARDINER was christened on Jun 07 1861.
28 M x. Robert GARDINER was christened on Oct 02 1863.
29 F xi. Emily Ann GARDINER was christened on Jun 03 1868.
Third Generation
23. William Westlake GARDINER (Caroline WESTLAKE, Adam) was born on Nov 30 1852
and was christened on Jan 02 1853.
William married Emma SMITH, daughter of John SMITH and FOX, on May 11 1876 in Street, Somerset
Co., England.
They had the following children:
30 F i. Ella Grace GARDINER was born on Mar 24 1877 in Street, Somerset Co., England. She
died on Nov 08 1943 in Champaign, IL.
Ella married Charles WALTERS.
31 F ii. Elsie Maud GARDINER was born on Jan 05 1879 in Street, Somerset Co., England. She
died in 1943.
Elsie married George YANOS.
32 M iii. William John Henry GARDINER was born on Sep 27 1880 in Street, Somerset Co., England.
William married Nellie ROSS.
33 M iv. Arthur GARDINER was born on Dec 07 1882 in Moberly, MO. He died on May 03 1973
in Birmingham, AL.
Arthur married Mamie Francis WHITTEN.
34 M v. John J. GARDINER was born in Jun 1885 in Moberly, MO.
35 F vi. Lula Evelyn GARDINER was born in Mar 1888 in Moberly, MO.
Lula married E. J. GREENE.
36 M vii. Charles Roy GARDINER was born in Feb 1893 in Mt. Vernon, IL.
Here is Caroline's line as she has posted it on Genealogy.com
My great-great grandparents on my father's father's side of the family were Caroline Westlake and James Gardiner. I have
just come into possession of a copy of the record of their marriage in 1843, in Somerton, County of Somerset, England.
I
have not been able to read everything on this document (at this time I don't have a printed copy, but must read it on the
computer screen), but they were married in the Church of Somerton. Caroline Westlake's father is listed as Adam Westlake,
and James Gardiner's father is listed as William Gardiner.
I have seen several posts relating to several Adam Westlakes
of Somerset County. I am trying to establish if any of these Adam Westlakes is the one who is the father of Caroline Westlake,
and thus my ancestor.
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Here is a follow-up of what I have learned about Caroline Westlake and James Gardiner, my great-great grandparents, who
were married in Somerton, Somerset County, England, in 1843.
Using films from LDS, I searched the Census of 1841, and
found Caroline Westlake living in the home of her parents, Adam Westlake and Harriet ?. They were listed as living on Kirkham
Street. Also living in the census were older brother Charles Westlake and younger brother William. Harriet is shown as having
been born in Bath, the others in Somerton.
I also found John Westlake living in Somerton with his wife Hester and their
rather large family. I am positive that John Westlake is Adam's brother. Also living in John's home was Adam Westlake, age
85, who had to have been the father of John and Adam, and the son of the original William Westlake who was born in Somerset
County in the 1700s.
Then I checked the Census of 1851 records, and found Adam Westlake and his wife Harriet again,
still living on Kirkham Street, this time with no children, but with grandson Adam Westlake, age 3, and Edith Gardiner, age
5, present in the home. It would seem to me that this Edith Gardiner has to be the daughter of James and Caroline Westlake
Gardiner, and thus establishing a definitive link between these two families.
In the Census of 1851, I also found John
Westlake and some of his children; his wife Hester was missing, but I believe that she died about 1850. They were still living
at Old Hill.
I am now in the process of going through Parish baptism, marriage and death records for Somerton.
Here
are some baptism records I found:
May 11, 1817-Jane, daughter of Adam and Harriet Westlake.
May 20, 1820-Charles,
son of Adam and Harriet Westlake.
October 10, 1824-Caroline, daugher of Adam and Harriet Westlake. Her birth date was
also recorded: August 12, 1822.
October 10, 1824-William, son of Adam and Harriet Westlake. His BD was also recorded:
July 20, 1820.
I also found the baptism dates for many, if not all, of John's and Hester's children. Here the names
of the children I found: Elias, Caroline, Grace, George, Jane, and Mary Ann. I have both census records and parish records
for them.
In the Marriage records, I found these records:
John Westlake and Hester Squire-February 10, 1823.
John
Munday and Jane Westlake-October 3, 1835. Jane Munday was a witness at the marriage of James and Caroline Gardiner, and I
believe this forms another link in a chain of circumstantial evidence for this family.
I am not through with these
films, and will post further when I learn more.
Here are the names and numbers for the microfiche films I used:
Census
Returns for Somerton-Somerset-England GB 1841 (#474603)
Census Returns for Somerton-Somerset-England GB 1851 (#221083)
Parish
Registers 1697-1906 (#1526731)
I decided to post this information as a favor to others researching this family. I have
received so much help that I wanted to return the favor.
Unfortunately, I have not had much luck with the Gardiner
side of this marriage, but I'll keep searching.
E-mail me if you would like to ask about other things I found.
Happy
Hunting!
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Here is a follow-up on my Westlake family tree. My tree ties in with that of Sandra Hoard, who has so kindly posted her
website above.
Her famiy tree starts with William Westlake, who married Mary ? about 1742 in Somerset County, England.
If
you follow her tree, you see that the children of William and Mary Westlake were Amos Westlake, William Westlake, Hannah Westlake,
Mary Westlake, and Adam Westlake, who was christened Sep 10, 1758 and who died on Nov 17, 1841.
Her family then descends
from the next-oldest child, William, I believe (**no...I also descend from Adam! --Sandy), and mine from the youngest
child, Adam, whose baptism and death dates are given above. As she notes, Adam Westlake and Elizabeth Masters of Long Sutton
were married the twenty-sixth of June, 1777, Somerton. (film # 1526731).
Adam and Elizabeth's marriage is #221 in the
marriage section of the Parish Register.
I then have a number of children born to Adam and Elizabeth (Betty) Masters
Westlake. My baptism list begins with Sarah, who was baptised in 1785. I do not have the first three baptisms, as I have not
checked the Long Sutton film yet, but after Sarah, I have Elizabeth, Adam, Eve, George, and John.
This Adam, who was
baptized October 31, 1790, was the father of Caroline Westlake, whom I first started trying to find. Adam married Harriet
?, who, according to the Census of 1851, was born in Bath. I am still trying to find a record of their marriage. (Census Record,
Somerton, Somerset County, England, is film # 221083)
Adam and Harriet Westlake had four children that I can document.
Jane Westlake was baptized on May 11, 1817, in the parish church of Somerton. It appears that she married John Munday (Mundy)on
October 3, 1835, in the parish church in Somerton. His parents appear to be Edward and Sarah Munday. John Munday appears to
have been baptized January 17, 1813, in the parish church of Somerton, and may be the John Munday whose burial is recorded
in the Burial Records at age 39 in 1850. (film # 1526731)
The baptism records for younger children Charles, Caroline,
and William appear in the previous post. The Parish Baptism Register even gave the birthdates for Caroline and William, as
I have noted in that post.
I am still searching for many of the records for the above family. It would appear that
some or all of them left the Church of England, and perhaps the area, at about this time (1851 or so). The next documented
record I have is of the marriage of the son of Caroline Westlake Gardiner, William Westlake Gardiner, to Emma Smith, in Street,
Somerset County, in the Congregation Chapel on May 11, 1876.
Within five years, William Westlake Gardiner and Emma
Smith Gardiner would have three children, and would, in 1881, immigrate to America, living first in Moberly, MO, and then
in Mount Vernon, IL, and finally, Champaign, IL, where he died.
I hope this research can be helpful to someone else.
(All films were obtained through the LDS family research center in Birmingham, AL)
--Caroline Nadell
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New information Caroline sent to me in e-mail on 3-3-2002
I have lots more information now! I spent most of last Thursday at LDS, using the same
film (#1526731). I have two new films to look at once I finish with this one, if I ever do!
First, I will handle
corrections and/or additions to my immediate line. Then I'll put in the information I have about the line of John Westlake.
1)
Harriet Westlake, wife of Adam Westlake, was buried 9/11/1871, at age 87, in Somerton, Somerset. She would have been
born about 1784 or so.
2) Adam and Harriet Westlake had a son older than the children listed. His name was George
Haggett Westlake, and he was christened 2/2/1816. His may be the burial record that I have for a George Westlake,
buried 10/16/1837 in Somerton at age 24. He does not appear again in the records that I have. He was probably
born about two years before he was christened, about 1814, so that would make him about 24 in 1837.
3) It appears that
the John Munday who died in 1850 was not Jane's husband, as they were still having children four years later. Here are
their children:
Charles Munday, s. of John and Jane, bap. 12/25/1835.
Caroline
Munday, d. of John and Jane, bap. 10/25/1844.
Charlotte Munday, d. of John and Jane, bap. 7/8/1846.
Edith Elizabeth
Munday, d. of John and Jane, bap. 5/15/1850.
John Munday, s. of John and Jane, bap. 6/20/1852.
Jane Alma Munday,
d. of John and Jane, bap. 12/10/1856.
Agnes Munday, d. of John and Jane, bap. 9/24/1858.
Frederick John,
s. of John and Jane, bap. 6/28/1865.
4) I did not find a marriage record for Charles Westlake, but I did find a number of children born
to Charles and Mary Ann/Mary/Maryann Westlake, who I assume are the brother and sister-in-law of Caroline Westlake:
Samuel Seymour, s. of Charles and Mary Ann, bap. 2/25/1846.
Frank Westlake, s. of Charles
and ?, bap. 3/27/1849.
Lydia Mary Westlake, d. of Charles and, bap. 10/13/1850.
Jane Westlake, d. of Charles
and Maryann, bap. 5/27/1855.
5) William Westlake married Deborah Gillet, daughter of
Edward Gillet, on 1/15/1848.
6) Caroline Westlake and James Gardiner, married 1843 in Somerton, had the following
children:
Charles Gardiner, s. of James and Caroline, bap. 3/2/1844.
Edith
Gardiner, d. of James and Caroline, bap. 10/12/1845.
John Gardiner, s. of James and Caroline, bap. 8/2/1847.
George
Adam Gardiner, s. of James and Caroline, bap. 9/11/1850.
William Westlake Gardiner, s. of James and Caroline, born
11/30/1852, bap. 1/2/1853. (My great-grandfather)
Jane Gardiner, d. of James and Caroline, bap. 1/3/1855.
Henry
Gardiner, s. of James and Caroline, bap. 4/24/1856.
Harriet Gardiner, d. of James and Caroline, bap. 12/14/1858.
Edwin
Gardiner, s. of James and Caroline, bap. 6/7/1861.
Robert Gardiner, s. of James and Caroline, bap. 10/2/1863.
Emily
Ann Gardiner, d. of James and Caroline, bap. 6/3/1868.
7) William Westlake Gardiner, my great-grandfather,
married Emma Smith, daughter of John Smith and ? Fox Smith, on May 11, 1876, in the Congregational Chapel
in Street, Somerset County.
8) William Westlake and Emma Smith Gardiner had the following children:
Ella Grace Gardiner (m. Charles Walters), born 3/24/1877 in Street. Died 11/8/1943, in Champaign,
IL.
Elsie Maud Gardiner (m. George Yanos), born 1/5/1879 in Street. Died after 1943.
William John Henry
Gardiner (m. Nellie Ross), born 9/27/1880 in Street.
Arthur Gardiner (m. Mamie Francis Whitten), born 12/7/1882
in Moberly, MO.
Died May 3, 1973, in Birmingham, AL. (my grandparents)
John J. Gardiner, born June 1885 in
Moberly, MO.
Lula Evelyn Gardiner (m. E.J. Greene), born March 1888 in Moberly, MO.
Charles Roy Gardiner, born
February 1893, in Mt. Vernon, IL.
9) The children of John and Hester Westlake had the following dates of baptism:
Elizabeth,
bap 11/6/1825.
Mary Ann, bap. 11/6/1825.
Elias, bap. 12/31/1826.
Caroline, bap. 1/27/1830. Caroline
married John Cox on 9/4/1865.
Grace, bap. 2/16/1834. Grace apparently had four illegitimate children: George
Henry Westlake (bap. 10/6/1852), Mary Jane Westlake (9/7/1869), John Westlake (3/28/1869), and Hester Westlake (3/28/1869)
George Henry became a solicitor's clerk, and married Eliza Burford. Mary Jane married James Mills on 6/19/1875. She
was 18 when she married, so was apparently was born about 1857. For some reason, these children were not baptized until
they were about 8-10 years of age.
Best,
Caroline
Jane, bap. 1/25/1833.
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