The Denmead/Dinmead Family of Merriott
Earliest Mentions – the 17th Century
The Denmead/Dinmead family are found in the earliest Merriott records – first mention is a baptism in 1648, of a child (William) of Phillip & Mary Denmead. The DINMEAD and DENMEAD names are used interchangeably on this page.
BAPTISMS:
| Phillip & Mary Denmead | Baptism 20 February 1648 William Baptism 3 July 1651 Phillip Birth December. 1654 Thomas |
Birth 6 November 1656 A child |
| Phillip Denmead (no wife’s name given) | Baptism 21 November 1663 Susana | Burial 26 October 1667 Mary Burial 20 October 1673 Nicholas |
| Thomas & Elizabeth Denmead | Baptism 29 July 1688 Elizabeth |
MARRIAGES:
7 October 1679 Elizabeth Denmead m John Lane
BURIALS:
Burial in Woollen 31 May 1689 Thomas Denmead
Burial in Woollen 12 December 1689 Elizabeth Denmead
Burial 15 March 1726 Thomas J.? Denmead No affidavits of burying in woollen; notice given to Churchwarden
Eighteenth Century Records
MARRIAGES
26 October 1790 Thomas Dinmead m Mary Morgan
BAPTISMS
| John & Sarah Denmead | Baptism 1 November 1708 Robert Baptism No date 1712 John |
Baptism 26 February 1721 John Baptism 12 February 1726 Thomas |
| John Denmead | Baptism 26 March 1712 John | Burial 18 July 1714 John Burial 26 February 1726 Thomas |
| Robert & Elizabeth Denmead | Baptism 10 April 1745 James Burial 6 August 1749 Sarah |
Baptism 12 June 1752 Elizabeth Baptism 1 May 1757 Thomas |
| Thomas & Mary/Maria (nee Morgan) Dinmead | Baptism 6 March 1791 Edward Baptism 8 March 1793 Sarah (Thomas noted as a Pauper) |
Baptism 9 March 1796 Elizabeth Baptism 22 March 1799 Sarah |
NOTE: A Mary Dinmead was buried 12 December 1799, and a Thomas Dinmead married a Mary Wills on 9 June 1802. I have concluded that the Mary buried in 1799 was Thomas’ first wife and that he remarried in 1802, again to a Mary, just to add confusion for us. The problem with this is that there are a couple of overlapping baptisms to Thomas & Mary Dinmead
(see below) in 1805/6 and in 1812. Any suggestions considered! Of course, this is Merriott, so there is another Thomas & Mary Dinmead baptising children in the 1830s. This is possibly Thomas, son of Thomas, and another Mary, surname unknown.
BURIALS
Burial 11 July 1759 Sarah Denmead
Burial 24 August 1764 John Denmead
Burial 29 March 1772 John Denmead
Burial 30 December 1787 Robert Dinmead Pauper
Burial 6 May 1794 Elizabeth Dinmead Pauper
Burial 18 June 1794 Sarah Dinmead
Burial 12 December 1799 Mary Dinmead
The Nineteenth Century
MARRIAGES Pre 1837
| MALES – 1 | FEMALES – 3 |
| 9 June 1802 Thomas Dinmead m Mary Wills |
13 September 1827 Catharine Denmead m Simon Trask 28 September 1828 Elizabeth Denmead m Samuel Sweet 13 March 1836 Hannah Denmead m George Gibb |
MARRIAGES post 1837 – extra detail
|
Date |
Year |
Forename |
Surname |
Spouse |
Age |
Condition |
Signed? |
Abode |
Occupation |
Father |
Father’s Occ |
Witness |
|
25-Dec |
1849 |
Mary |
Denmead |
Josiah Hockey |
20 |
Spinster |
No |
Lower St |
Glove sewer |
nil |
nil |
Joseph Rousell |
|
25-Dec |
1849 |
Josiah |
Hockey |
Mary Denmead |
21 |
Bachelor |
No |
Lower St |
Labourer |
nil |
nil |
James Farr |
|
12-Sep |
1863 |
John |
Dinmead |
Eliza Sweet |
43 |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Labourer |
Elizabeth Dinmead |
Single Woman |
Joseph Mitchell |
|
12-Sep |
1863 |
Eliza |
Sweet |
John Dinmead |
40 |
Spinster |
No |
Merriott |
|
William Sweet |
Labourer |
Elizabeth Mitchell |
BAPTISMS
| Elizabeth Denmead | 4 May 1818 John 15 May 1820 Robert 15 May 1820 Susanna |
15 October 1826 Mary, B. B. 1 June 1828 Anna, B. B. |
| Thomas & Mary (nee Wills) Denmead | 1 May 1803 Ann 3 May 1805 Thomas 23 February 1806 Catharine |
7 June 1812 Ann 9 August 1812 Hannah 4 May 1818 Robert |
| Thomas & Mary (maiden name unknown) Denmead | 21 April 1833 George 8 November 1835 Ambrose |
15 April 1838 Edwin |
BURIALS
| MALES | FEMALES |
| 18 November 1821 Robert Denmead 1 24 May 1839 Thomas Denmead 83 24 July 1877 John Dinmead 60 |
19 February 1836 Ann Denmead 24 28 August 1817 Elizabeth Denmead 65 11 August 1840 Mary Denmead 64 13 October 1809 Hannah Dinmead 13 October 1809 Sarah Dinmead 12 April 1816 Susan Denmead 1 |
CENSUSES
There is just one mention in all the censuses of Merriott up to 1911:
1891 (11 105 060) Tinkers Lodge, West Crewkerne Denmead Eliza Head W 64 Works on land (Gardener) born Merriott.
This is most likely Eliza, nee Sweet, widow of John Dinmead who died 1877.