Thomas HAVENHAND was born in 1857 in Coal Aston (near Dronfield),
Derbyshire. His parents were Mark and Sarah Ann (nee HASLAM).
He married Sarah Jane SHARPE
in 1882 in Sheffield and they had 4 children. She died in 1892
and was buried in Dronfield Cemetery. Thomas later married Ann
Elizabeth SHARPE (his
deceased wife's niece!) at Chesterfield Register Office in 1895.
Their son, Ernest died in the First World War.
Thomas's grandfather was Frederick HAVENHAND. He was born in
1808 in Eckington, Derbyshire, the son of Sarah HAVENHAND. There
is a recognisance in the Quarter Sessions naming the father as
John BUTTERLEY. Frederick
married Judith KAY in
1829 in Sheffield, Yorkshire. When she died in 1877, Judith was
the first person to be buried in Dronfield Cemetery, Derbyshire.
I have traced this family back to Thomas, who had two children
baptised in Beighton, Derbyshire (not part of Sheffield) - Mary
in 1659 and Thomas in 1660. Not all baptisms have been found,
but as many of the HAVENHANDs were members of the Cutlers Company
of Sheffield, their records provide paternity evidence - Godfrey
(1761-1842) and Samuel (1754-1825), both sons of Mark. Samuel
was buried in the Quaker Burial ground near Sheffield, though
it is not believed that he was a quaker. The family lived mainly
in Eckington, though some branches moved into Sheffield.
This is the largest of the three Havenhands family trees and
all HAVENHANDs should belong to one of them.
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In the second of the HAVENHAND trees, all the people are descended
from Joseph and his three wives. Joseph was born about 1767 and
died in 1848 in Dronfield. He married Elizabeth JACKSON in Dronfield
in 1790, Sarah JACKSON in 1794 in Sheffield and Mary KING (widow)
in 1812 in Dronfield. Joseph may have been the brother of Godfrey
and Samuel in the main tree, but as I do not have any of the baptisms,
I cannot prove it. Joseph did have a son called Mark (his 3rd
son), so could have named him after his father. This small family
moved more than the larger one, their records have been found
in Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Huddersfield as well as Sheffield.
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The third HAVENHAND tree is descended from Thomas (1773-1848)
and Jane (nee GRAVIL). There are no known marriages of any of
the children, so there may not be any modern descendents.
