Wiscasset, in Maine, was the town where Sir Smith Child’s mother, Elizabeth Parsons, was born in 1780. Her parents were Timothy Parsons and his wife, Elizabeth (nee Sylvester). She married John George Child, the son of Admiral Smith Child, in Wiscasset, on 15th May 1806. The couple moved to England and made their home at Newfield Hall, Tunstall. Their only son, Smith, who became Sir Smith Child, was born there in 1808.
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Sir Smith Child: A False Trail
Research in North Staffordshire led us to believe that Smith’s parents, John George Child and Elizabeth Child (nee Parsons), were married in 1806 at St. Margaret’s Church, Wolstanton.
Recent research into Elizabeth’s life shows that the couple were married in the United States of America.
Elizabeth was born in Wiscasset, Lincoln County, Maine, in 1780.
American records* show that John and Elizabeth were married in Wiscasset, where John was living at the time, by the Rev Hezekiah Packard on 15 May 1806.
*Wiscasset Town Records
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