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rogerowen
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Hullo, and thank you for taking a moment to look at this and listen for
any bells it may ring.
I have a number of documents relating to Thomas CONWAY, of Moor Street,
Birmingham (later of Great Hampton Street), and his family and business
contacts. I know a little about him and would very much like to exchange
information with anyone else who has come across him or his friends. He
seems to have been a canal-boat builder, but also owned several properties,
invested in canal-building, was appointed to take bails (securities for
people involved in lawsuits - I have his Bail Book with about 1200 names
in it) etc.
He married Mary HASSALL in St Martin's church in 1789; she was a widow,
and he may also have been married before. He corresponded with businessmen
in Stratford-on-Avon; these included William George MORRIS, Thomas and
Charles HUNT, Thomas SMITH, Thomas C ATTWOOD, and Edmund and Samuel
BATTERSBEE. In or near Birmingham, CONWAY was associated with William
BOTTELEY, John DEYKIN (or DAYKIN), Simon Gibbs HEMMING, Thomas CROSS, and
CROSS's wife Elizabeth, nee PAINTER.
CONWAY's will names, among other beneficiaries, Thomas CROSS, and Mary and
Joseph NEWALL. Joseph was a rock-salt miner of Barnton, Cheshire.
I am descended from Thomas CROSS's brother, William. I have a good deal of
information about the CROSS family of Winsford, Cheshire, but I would like
to know more about what they were doing in Birmingham in the early 1800s.
I wonder if someone out there can help fill in the picture? I'm more than
happy to share any information that I have.
Roger Owen (Wimbledon, SW London, England)
I've found another reference to Conway in the National Achives, in the minutes of a committee meeting that discussed the Birmingham Enclosure Bill on 16 May 1798. If anyone wants to see it, add a note to this post, and I'll pass you the URL.
Conway doesn't appear to have played a big part in the debate; the minute says only:
"Mr. Thomas Conway proves the Allegations of the Clause enacting that the Expences of the Lords of the Manor shall be paid by the Lessees; and produces a printed Copy of the Bill & proves the signing thereof by the said Lessees, signifying their Consents thereto."
Another committee member mentioned is Thomas Hunt, whose name also occurs in my original note (above). I also now have the year of Conway's death: 1817.
Maybe someone who knows Birmingham and its past better than I do will recognise the names of these wheeler-dealing entrepreneurs and be able to set me on the path to find out more about them? In any case, thanks for reading this!
Good wishes - Roger Owen
any bells it may ring.
I have a number of documents relating to Thomas CONWAY, of Moor Street,
Birmingham (later of Great Hampton Street), and his family and business
contacts. I know a little about him and would very much like to exchange
information with anyone else who has come across him or his friends. He
seems to have been a canal-boat builder, but also owned several properties,
invested in canal-building, was appointed to take bails (securities for
people involved in lawsuits - I have his Bail Book with about 1200 names
in it) etc.
He married Mary HASSALL in St Martin's church in 1789; she was a widow,
and he may also have been married before. He corresponded with businessmen
in Stratford-on-Avon; these included William George MORRIS, Thomas and
Charles HUNT, Thomas SMITH, Thomas C ATTWOOD, and Edmund and Samuel
BATTERSBEE. In or near Birmingham, CONWAY was associated with William
BOTTELEY, John DEYKIN (or DAYKIN), Simon Gibbs HEMMING, Thomas CROSS, and
CROSS's wife Elizabeth, nee PAINTER.
CONWAY's will names, among other beneficiaries, Thomas CROSS, and Mary and
Joseph NEWALL. Joseph was a rock-salt miner of Barnton, Cheshire.
I am descended from Thomas CROSS's brother, William. I have a good deal of
information about the CROSS family of Winsford, Cheshire, but I would like
to know more about what they were doing in Birmingham in the early 1800s.
I wonder if someone out there can help fill in the picture? I'm more than
happy to share any information that I have.
Roger Owen (Wimbledon, SW London, England)
I've found another reference to Conway in the National Achives, in the minutes of a committee meeting that discussed the Birmingham Enclosure Bill on 16 May 1798. If anyone wants to see it, add a note to this post, and I'll pass you the URL.
Conway doesn't appear to have played a big part in the debate; the minute says only:
"Mr. Thomas Conway proves the Allegations of the Clause enacting that the Expences of the Lords of the Manor shall be paid by the Lessees; and produces a printed Copy of the Bill & proves the signing thereof by the said Lessees, signifying their Consents thereto."
Another committee member mentioned is Thomas Hunt, whose name also occurs in my original note (above). I also now have the year of Conway's death: 1817.
Maybe someone who knows Birmingham and its past better than I do will recognise the names of these wheeler-dealing entrepreneurs and be able to set me on the path to find out more about them? In any case, thanks for reading this!
Good wishes - Roger Owen
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