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leveling of the old Alberbury Church graveyard. The work was carried out in 1970 by a local contractor, who, working through the early winter with no help from the Alberbury congregation, removed the headstones and offered some to local farmers. Thomas & Elizabeth Peate’s headstones ended up at Whiston Farm, where the farmer constructed a ramp for his animals out of 24 of them. Sacrilege!
Thomas & Elizabeth’s eldest child, Thomas (1787) married a Martha, and they had 12 children 1818-1837: William born Criggion 1818, baptised Alberbury 18 Sep, p39/305; John born at Llan, Llandrinio 1821, baptised at Llandrinio 21 Jan; Thomas born 1822 at Llan, Llandrinio, baptised Llandrinio 08 Sep (would marry Prudence Lewis of Llansantffraid y Mecham); Elizabeth born 1824 Llan, Llandrinio, baptised 18 Aug (would marry John Edwards); Henry born Llan, Llandrinio 1826, baptised Llandrinio 01 Jan 1827; Martha born Llan, Llandrino 1829, baptised Llandrinio 04 Jan; Eliza born Llan, Llandrinio 1830, baptised Llandrinio 03 Aug (would marry Samuel Morgan); Andrew born Llan, Llandrinio 1832, baptised Llandrinio 26 Feb (would marry Ellen Holland) ; Margaret Ann born Llan, Landrinio 1833, baptised Llandrinio 04 Aug, p72/573; Mary born Llan, Llandrinio 1834 - possibly died in infancy; Charlotte born Llan, Llandrinio 1836 (would marry Charles Parry of Haughton — see under Parry for details); George born Llan, Landrinio 1837.
Martha (1794) married Joseph Cooper at Alberbury 03 Mar 1818.
Samuel (1796) married an Elizabeth Peate at St. Chad’s, Shrewsbury 17 Aug 1819. They had children: Mary born c. 1819 possibly at Llandrinio, who married a Lloyd — nothing further known at this time. Samuel & Elizabeth also settled at Llandrinio and their address in 1850 is known to be Deythur; Thomas born 1820 Llandrinio parish, baptised Llandrinio 30 Apr, buried 13 Nov 1846; Edward also baptised Llandrinio parish 30 Apr 1820 (married Charlotte Lloyd); Andrew 1828 (married Ann Peacock) two known children William 1862, Emma 1872; Elijah 1833 married Emma - four known children: John Henry born 1857 Guilsfield, baptised Guilsfield 07 Jun; William Alfred 1858; Emma Louise 1860; Edward T 1861.
Jane d/o Samuel & Elizabeth born Deythur 1836; Priscilla born Deythur 1840.
Edward Peate (1791) married Elizabeth Brentnall (udoubtedly the daughter of Thomas Brentnall of Criggion Hall) at St. Chad’s Shrewsbury 25 Feb 1817. The Peate children were William 1817 baptised Alberbury 10 Aug, regs p31/245 (would marry Elizabeth Lloyd); Mary 1818 baptised Alberbury 15 Jan regs p40/315 (would marry Joseph Johnson); Thomas 1824 baptised Llanfechain parish 04 Jun, regs p4/12, buried 26 Jun Llanfechain; Sarah c. 1824, never married, died at Oswestry 13 Jun 1873 — Frederick Price of Gresford Mill & Thomas Bather, executors; Andrew 1825 baptised Llanfechain 06 Dec (would marry Mary Jones d/o Nathaniel & Elizabeth); John 1827 baptised Llanfechain 25th Mar, p1/4 parish regs (would marry Ann Evans d/o Edward & Hannah Evans of Bromwich Park, Maesbury); Edward born Oswestry 1829, baptised Morton Chapel 05 Apr (would marry Mary Lewis of Llansantffraid y Mecham). Elizabeth Peate nee Brentnall died in Jun 1929 and was buried at Morton Chapel 10th.
Edward Peate (the elder) married again to Sarah Boffey at St. Julian’s, Shrewsbury, 07 May 1830. Sarah was the daughter of Samuel Boffey (Bouffey or Boughfey) and Ann of the Coach & Dogs, Church St.,
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