Ralph Sneyd

…in its structure, and neither carries a document; (2) the Keele graft — the descent from Ralph Sneyd of Keele Hall, already DISPROVED here from the Madeley register, where the 1742 baptism names the father as William and Ralph was…

…fails cleanly. The line as the tree carries it runs down from Keele Hall to Kempsey: 1723 Ralph Sneyd, Esq., of Keele · 1723–1793 A real man, and a considerable one: born at Keele 10 December 1723, died at Bath 10 December 1793, sq…

…ed, and confirmed for the reason they gave: Sneyd AND Madeley returns 15 and every one is Ralph Sneyd of Keele or Poor Law Union correspondence, not this family's deeds; Berkeley poor law returns only Quarter Sessions bundle-level…

…r 2026 The baptism this line rests on, and a burial two years later When the descent from Ralph Sneyd of Keele Hall was disproved, what survived was the baptism that disproved it: William Sneyd, baptised at Madeley All Saints on 12…

…am Sneyd not given Keele, Wolstanton 1620 Richard Sneyd gentleman Stafford and Keele 1684 Ralph Sneyd esquire Keele 1704 Sarah Sneyd widow Keele 1706 Ralph Sneyd esquire Keele 1734 Ralph Sneyd not given Keele 1737 Ralph Sneyd gentl…

…of 1855 at Stoke. The year is wrong and so is the house number. → The Sneyds descend from Ralph Sneyd of Keele Hall Disproved from the Madeley register: the 1742 baptism names the father as William, and Ralph was eighteen. → Robert…