Donald Hugh Maxwell Reekie - forebears of his paternal grandmothers family
in South-East Derbyshire, England


Hugh's paternal grandfather was William Maxwell Reekie. His wife Nellie Paterson had both English and Scots parents: David Robert Patterson was born in Hoddam (Ecclefechan), Dumfries; his wife Mary Ann Hoult, the daughter of a Wymeswold, Leicestershire, farmer, moved to Manchester after training as a nurse in London; the family had previously lived near Ockbrook, Derbyshire. Here is some information about Mary Ann Hoult, her family and her known forebears.

                                                        Samuel G  = Hannah White
                                                       b Elvaston |
                                                       27De1744   |
                                                      md Elvaston |
                                                       13No1761   |
                                                                  |
 William Holt/Hoult -  =  -  Elizabeth                    Samuel Goodman*  -   =      -  Jane Cooper
                       |                                         b 2Apr1772    |           b 1784
                       |                                 md 23 Aug 1807
55, Derby |          d 1Jy1866
                       |                                                       |
               William Hoult ~   -      -     -     =    -   -    -   Phoebe Emily Goodman #
    b 13Aug1815, farmed at Hoton-on-the-Hill        |                      b 2 Jne 1813
    d 20 Jne 1886, bd Wymeswold Leicester           |          m 18Oct1836 Ockbrook
44  d 4Dec1878 Wymeswold
       brother Thomas chr 30 Mar 1817               |               
        both chr Ockbrook                           |
   & poss Henry an older brother                    |
                                     Mary Ann Hoult %
                            b 5 Feb 1845 Ockbrook, Derbys
                         md David Robert Paterson, Manchester??+++ 1867
                                              |
                                              |
                                   Mary Helen Paterson
                       b 7 Nov 1869 first of seven children

Other records suggest Mary Ann Hoult was md at Prestwold.

44 IGI: Phoebe Goodman William Hoult - Marr: 18 Oct1836 - Ockbrook, Derbyshire
55 JANE COOPER Samuel Goodman Marriage: 23 Aug 1807 St Werburgh, Derby, Derbyshire

 

1881 census: Phoebe Hoult, 28 [so b ~ 1853] - Wymeswold, housekeeper, b Hoton; head William H ret'd farmer aged 67 b "Derby", @ Brook St, Wymeswold
also: DRP - head, 39, Manager Equitable Life Insurance, Barringdon Rd Altrincham Cheshire [Langham Mount, Bowdon]; Mary A ,wife 35 b Hoton, Lancs!!
Mary E (sic) 11, Jane J 10, Phoebe E 8, Charles W 7, David R 6 Edith 5 (all b M/c) & Agnes 9 months b Altrincham

+++ free BMD Marriages to Jun 1868 Paterson David Robert Loughbro 7a 240 to Mary Ann Hoult --

* Samuel Goodman first md Mary Pearson 19 Sep 1803, Ockbrook; Mary d 1806; issue Hannah chr 12 Ap 1804; John chr 2 Ap 1806, d very young
   Samuel's siblings: John b 13My1761, Anne c 13Nov1763, Sarah c 30Mr1770, Elizabeth c 30Mr1770 (both d young), Samuel.
# Siblings: Ann Goodman chr 13 Nov 1807; John chr 19 e 1809 Jane c 14Jy1811, Phoebe, Samuel c 6Jy1815, Joseph c 19Jy1818
. Gravestone in
Ockbrook Anglican Churchyard states:
"Ann Goodman, wife of James Robb, surgeon Manchester, who died at Ockbrook May 30th 1852 aged 44 years; also James Robb, husband of above,
who died at Ader, London SW, 19 March 1866 aged 51." Other children: John chr 19 Fe 1809; Jane chr 14 Jy 1811, Phoebe, Samuel chr 6 Jy 1815,
Joseph chr 19 Jy 1818 md Marianne - all chr Ockbrook, Derbyshire
% - siblings Henry (? had farm per MMR) and Phoebe chr Ockbrook 14Ap1847
~ William Hoult may have previously md Elizabeth Wilkinson, Sturton-cum-Fenton, Notts 27 Jan 1814, per IGI
  A William Hoult is listed as at Langley, Brailsford, Derbyshire, (boot/shoe maker) in Pigot's 1845 Commercial Directory, courtesy Rosemary Lockie.
Sources
- Family information, incl civil certificates; Mormon church IGI; Ockbrook Parish Church records, courtesy Joyce Wilde.

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This page was last updated on 24 May 2009 - Hugh Reekie h.reekie @ ieee.org Ottawa Canada - horiz 85%