William Sneyd
Of Madeley, Staffordshire, England.
FamilyNo record yet ties them to their parents or their children, so the relationships above are the family tree's. 6 records that name them have been read, set out on this page. How this archive grades a claim →
None of the 9 relationships shown here is written in a record this archive has read. Every one comes from the family tree. That is not a claim that they are wrong — it is a statement about what has been checked, and on this site the difference is the point. How claims are labelled →
Family
Parents
William Sneyd · Mary Blackbourne
Brothers and sisters
Samuel Sneyd (1769–1856) · Dinah Sneyd (b. 1772) · Theodosia Sneyd (b. 1773) · Sarah Sneyd (b. 1776) · James Sneyd (b. 1779) · Mary Sneyd (b. 1788) · William Sneyd (b. 1769)
Where this comes from
No relationship on this page has been checked against a record — the parents, marriages and children drawn above are what the family tree says. But 6 records naming William Sneyd have been read, and they are set out below. How claims are labelled →
Others of the same name
This family reuses forenames relentlessly. These are different people, kept apart on purpose rather than merged into one. Why →
- William Sneyd — b. 1746
- William Sneyd — b. 1769
- William Sneyd — dates unknown
What the records say
married Mary Blackbourne · Madeley All Saints, 27 March 1769, entry 68 · WEAVER · witnesses Robert Sneyd and John Kidd
recordFreeREG, Madeley All Saints parish register · the source ↗
weaver of Madeley · thirteen children baptised there 1769-1794, the 1779 entry naming the mother Mary
recordFreeREG, Madeley All Saints parish register · the source ↗
baptised Madeley All Saints, 12 September 1742 · father William Sneyd — and a William son of William buried there 29 September 1744
recordFreeREG, Madeley All Saints parish register · the source ↗
HE IS IN THE PRINTED MADELEY REGISTER, AND DESCRIBED AS THIS ARCHIVE DESCRIBES HIM · a public search snippet of the Staffordshire Parish Register Society's Madeley volume reads “13 MARGARET D. OF WILLIAM SNEYD, WEAVER . 26 John Bourne 1 Margaret d. of William Sneyd 6 Thomas s. of…”, and another “bapt. July 19 THOMAS S. OF WILLIAM SNEYD OF GT. MADELEY” · THE WORD ‘WEAVER’ IS THE MATCH: this archive already had Samuel Sneyd baptised at Madeley All Saints on 4 June 1781, father WILLIAM SNEYD, WEAVER · CAUTION, AND IT IS NOT A SMALL ONE: the snippets carry NO YEARS, so a Margaret and a Thomas cannot yet be placed as Samuel's sisters and brother, only as children of a William Sneyd, weaver, in the same parish · the volume itself returns 401 without a borrow
recordStaffordshire Parish Register Society, the printed Madeley register — Internet Archive staffordshirepar0000mrnw, lending-restricted, read only through its public search snippets · the source ↗
burial · 13 MAY 1827, MADELEY ALL SAINTS, Staffordshire · AGED 84, born about 1743 · the better of two candidates for the weaver, and not proved
recordNational Burial Index for England & Wales (Midland Ancestors) · the source ↗
burial · 1819, Madeley All Saints, Staffordshire · aged 88, born about 1731 · the other candidate for the weaver
recordNational Burial Index for England & Wales (Midland Ancestors) · the source ↗
Everywhere William appears in this archive
Every page of this site that writes aboutWilliam Sneyd in prose, gathered automatically — 11 in total. This counts pages, not records: the lists and registers are skipped on purpose, so a person can be well documented and appear here once or not at all. How claims are labelled →
…register — which stops in 1808, one year shortAddedthe printed Madeley register located — William Sneyd the WEAVER is in it, and Madeley turns out to be two townshipsAdded/abbas-kooli — a page of his own for the governor, linked from…
…register — which stops in 1808, one year shortAddedthe printed Madeley register located — William Sneyd the WEAVER is in it, and Madeley turns out to be two townshipsAdded/abbas-kooli — a page of his own for the governor, linked from…
…y-six. · an enquiry Reference identified 13 September 2026 What it settles The baptism of William Sneyd the weaver, about 1746. FreeREG holds no Bishop's Transcripts for Madeley at all, and his baptism is not in any transcribed Staff…
…f Keele Hall and the subject of a Keele University thesis. He is not in this family. 1742 William Sneyd · baptised All Saints, Madeley the graft fails here The tree makes him Ralph's son. The register does not. 1781 Samuel Sneyd · gr…
…e back 15 Sep 2026 FindMyPast — National Burial Index, Madeley All Saints found something William Sneyd of Madeley, the point where this line rests on a web-site citation EIGHT William Sneyds buried at Madeley across 250 years — 1574…
…— the Service and Casualty Form and the Statement of Service. A third, Pte Ernest Vivian William Sneyd, 3891 (item 8087517), was located and has not been opened . For Sergeant Lindesay Atkinson D'Arcy, 11335 , no B2455 item could be…
…o. The search for Arthur → Private, 3891 · found and read, 9 September 2026 Ernest Vivian William Sneyd — the cousin Searching the National Archives for Vivian turned up a third Sneyd soldier the archive had no idea existed. His atte…
…Ralph Sneyd of Keele Hall was disproved, what survived was the baptism that disproved it: William Sneyd, baptised at Madeley All Saints on 12 September 1742, father William Sneyd . Ralph was eighteen that year, so the graft failed —…
…households — produces the third, and corrects the tree in the process. Madeley All Saints William Sneyd, weaver, and his thirteen children On 27 March 1769 William Sneyd, weaver , married Mary Blackbourne at Madeley, witnessed by Rob…
…ed at Madeley for the tree's 1769. now The Samuel is there, baptised 4 June 1781 — son of William Sneyd, weaver, and Mary Blackbourne, whose thirteen children fill the register between 1769 and 1794. The year 1769 belongs to his elde…
…rows carry no id. Forty-seven names match one person. Eight match between two and four : William Sneyd (4), Thomas Saniger, Catherine D'Arcy, Constantine D'Arcy, George Pitt D'Arcy, James Sneyd, Mary Sneyd, Samuel Charles Sneyd. The…
Sources attached in the tree
- FamilySearch Family Tree — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-1017288237/william-sneyd-in-familysearch-family-tree
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