The Gentle's of Ashwell, Hertfordshire
The name may also be spelt Gentel or Gentell.
The Gentle family lived in Ashwell, Herts from at least the beginning of the 17th Century until circa 1862. Tracing the early years is made more difficult by gaps in the Bishop's Transcript which provide the only source until the 1680's.
1.
James Gentle (paterfamilias), buried in Ashwell on 22 March 1615
Joan Gentle (widow) buried in Ashwell on 16 May 1636
2.
Children of John Gentle and Mary ------
Mary Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 24 September 1637
3.
Children of James Gentle and Mary ------
James Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 12 April 1640
4.
Samuel Gentell, buried in Ashwell on 10 April 1660
Mary Gentell, buried in Ashwell on 12 Feberuary 1672/73.
Mary Gentle, buried in Ashwell on 18 April 1685.
5.
Edward Gentle, born circa 1645; buried in Ashwell on 22 May 1719. He married Elizabeth Wyne in Ashwell on 3 October 1667.
Elizabeth Wyne, born circa 1645; buried in Ashwell on 15 April 1714
Children of Edward Gentle and Elizabeth ------
Jeames (James) Gentle, born 1667(?); buried in Ashwell on 15 March 1667/68
Samuel Gentle, farmer, baptised in Ashwell on 13 August 1671; buried in Ashwell on 8 September 1727. He married Anne Blackaby (born circa 1680; buried in Ashwell on 20 September 1748) in Ashwell on 29 November 1702. For children of Samuel Gentle and Anne Blackaby see 6 below.
6.
Children of Samuel Gentle and Anne Blackaby
James Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 31 October 1703; buried in Ashwell on 14 September 1738(?). He married Mary Warbiss (Warboys) (born circa 1703; buried in Ashwell on 4 March 1771) in Ashwell on 3 November 1723. For children of James Gentle and Mary Warbiss, see 10 below.
NOTE: The burial entry in 1738 says "James son of Samuel Gentle labourer". This seems to be in order to distinguish between this James Gentle and, for example, the one born in 1730. It is otherwise unsual to give the name of a parent when an adult is involved.
Mary Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 25 August 1706. She married William Pigott in Ashwell on 22 August 1726
Samuel Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 25 May 1713; buried in Ashwell on 27 November 1753. He married Jane Smith (born circa 1713; buried in Ashwell on 11 September 1771) in Ashwell on 6 October 1733. For children of Samuel Gentle and Jane Smith, see 13 below.
7.
Edward Gentle, born circa 1665; buried in Ashwell on15 June 1731. He married Susan (Susannah) Saby in Ashwell on 31 December 1691
Susan (Susannah) Saby, baptised in Ashwell on 1 September 1668; buried in Ashwell on 26 February 1747/48. She was the daughter of William Saby and Susan Saby.
Children of Edward Gentle and Susannah Saby
Elizabeth Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 16 October 1692. She married Thomas Detter in Ashwell on 22 December 1714.
Edward Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 26 November 1693; buried in Ashwell on 17 August 1723. He married Joannah Weston (born circa 1698; buried in Ashwell on 23 November 1731) in Ashwell on 8 February 1718/19. For children of Edward Gentle and Joannah Weston see 9 below.
William Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 5 November 1699. He married Barbara ------ (born circa 1700; buried in Ashwell on 7 November 1779) circa 1725. For a child of William and Barbara Gentle see 12 below.
Samuel Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 11 February 1704/05; buried on 26 January 1781 in Guilden Morden Cambridgeshire. He married Elizabeth Papper in Orwell, Cambridgeshire on 24 October 1729. (For children of Samuel Gentle and Elizabeth Papper see 11 below)
Ann Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 7 November 1708.
8.
George Sabey, baptised in Ashwell on 8 March 1674, the son of William Saby and Susan ------. He married Elizabeth Gentle in Ashwell on 1 July 1705.
NOTE: Elizabeth Gentle may have been the sister of Edward Gentle, who married George Saby's sister Susan in 1691 (see above)
9.
Children of Edward Gentle and Joannah Weston
Edward Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 4 October 1719; buried in Ashwell on 23 April 1769. He married Mary Stone in Ashwell on 27 November 1743. For children of Edward Gentle and Mary Stone, see 14 below
Thomas Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 9 July 1721
10.
Children of James Gentle and Mary Warbiss
William Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 6 September 1724. He married Lettice ---- (buried in Ashwell on 27 May 1752) circa 1745 (not in Ashwell) and after she died he remarried, to Sarah Wilson (buried in Ashwell on 26 January 1782) in Ashwell on 9 September 1753. For children of William Gentle and Lettice ---- and William Gentle and Sarah Wilson see 15 below.
James Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 29 May 1726; buried in Ashwell on 14 December 1729.
James Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 15 November 1730. He married Susannah Everard in Ashwell on 21 January 1753. For children of James Gentle and Susan (Susannah) Everard, see 16 below.
11.
Children of Samuel Gentle and Elizabeth Papper
Mary Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 19 April 1730
Samuel Gentle, baptised in Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire on 21 May 1732
David Gentle, baptised in Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire on 7 April 1734
William Gentle, baptised in Guilden Morden on 7 September 1745
Joseph Gentle, baptised in Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, on 28 November 1748; buried in Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire on 1 December 1824. He married Elizabeth Langhorne (baptised in Ashwell on 12 November 1752; buried in Guilden Morden on 19 November 1833) in Ashwell on 12 November 1773. For children of Joseph Gentle and Elizabeth Langhorne, see 19 below.
12.
Children of William Gentle and Barbara ------
Barbara Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 26 December 1731. She married Thomas Jermayne in Ashwell on 28 October 1754.
13.
Children of Samuel Gentle and Jane Smith
Samuel Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 18 May 1734
Thomas Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 2 October 1737
William Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 6 July 1740
Edward Gentel, baptised in Ashwell on 3 July 1743; buried in Ashwell on 15 March 1747/48
James Gentel, baptised in Ashwell on 4 May 1746
Ann Gentel, baptised in Ashwell on 17 May 1749; buried in Ashwell on 15 July 1754
Edward Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 25 December 1752
14.
Children of Edward Gentle and Mary Stone
Elizabeth Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 10 June 1744. She married John Pitt of Southill, Bedfordshire on 9 January 1787.
Mary Gentel, baptised in Ashwell on 17 August 1746. She married John Pooley in Ashwell on 25 December 1769.
Ann Gentel, baptised in Ashwell on 27 November 1748
Edward Gentel, baptised in Ashwell on 2 June 1751. He married Ann Bennet (born circa 1755; buried in Ashwell on 11 February 1793) in Ashwell on 16 October 1776. For children of Edward Gentle and Ann Bennet see 20 below.
William Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 19 May 1754; buried in Ashwell on 10 September 1755
William Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 25 May 1760 (but born 1756); buried in Ashwell on 16 September 1769
Johanna Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 25 May 1760. She had a son, Thomas Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 3 March 1782; buried in Ashwell on 21 March 1782
Thomas Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 20 November 1763
15.
Children of William Gentle and Lettice ------
James Gentel, baptised in Ashwell on 23 November 1746; buried in Ashwell on 17 April 1796. He married Ann Austin (born circa 1748) in Ashwell on 12 October 1768. For children of James Gentle and Ann Austin see 17 below.
William Gentel, baptised in Ashwell on 1 October 1749. He married Elizabeth Warren (born circa 1750; buried in Ashwell on 30 September 1779) in Ashwell on 8 January 1771. After her death he remarried, to Susan ---- (marriage not in Ashwell). She was buried in Ashwell on 27 July 1793. For children of William Gentle and Elizabeth Warren and William Gentle and Susan ------, see 18 below.
Children of William Gentle and Sarah Wilson
Richard Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 1 March 1754
Samuel Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 25 May 1760 (but born in 1758). He married Elizabeth Warboys (born circa 1760) in Ashwell on 16 May 1780. For children of Samuel Gentle and Elizabeth Warboys see 21 below.
Ann Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 10 March 1765
John Gentle, born ?; buried in Ashwell on 8 April 1762.
NOTE: Possibly born in 1762, or a son by William Gentle's previous marriage and born before the family came to Ashwell.
16.
Children of James Gentle and Susannah Everard
Edward Gentel, baptised in Ashwell on 15 July 1753
Ambrose Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 19 January 1755; buried in Ashwell on 17 February 1757
James Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 11 March 1759 (but born in 1757). He married Susan Bowls (born circa 1760; buried in Ashwell on 3 May 1792) in Ashwell on 4 April 1781. He then remarried to Mary Lilley in Ashwell on 22 February 1793. For children of James Gentle and Susan Bowls and James Gentle and Mary Lilley, see 22 below.
Jane Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 11 March 1759; buried in Ashwell on 28 September 1786. She had a daughter, Fanney Gentle, baptised at Ashwell on 1 July 1781; buried in Ashwell on 10 September 1786.
Hannah Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 15 May 1761
Ambrose Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 13 July 1763
Timothy Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 3 November 1765. He married Mary Sanders in Ashwell on 10 October 1787. For children of Timothy Gentle and Mary Sanders see 23 below.
Frances Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 23 August 1767; buried in Ashwell on 28 October 1768
Gladin Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 10 September 1769; buried in Ashwell on 6 August 1772
William Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 22 September 1771; he died from smallpox and was buried in Ashwell on 15 January 1796. He married Elizabeth Lilly in Ashwell on 20 November 1791. She remarried to Thomas Austin, widower, in Ashwell on 20 May 1803. For children of William Gentle and Elizabeth Lilly, see 25 below.
Barbara Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 23 April 1775; buried in Ashwell on 22 May 1775
Reuben Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 30 June 1776
Benjamin Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 27 December 1778. He married Mary Gentle on 11 October 1801.
17.
Children of James Gentle and Ann Austin
Lettice Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 12 March 1769
John Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 10 March 1771. He married Elizabeth Crane on 15 October 1794. For children of John Gentle and Elizabeth Crane see 27 below.
Ann Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 20 May 1775
Jane Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 16 January 1778; buried in Ashwell on 1 November 1783 (aged 6)
A still-born child buried in Ashwell on 22 November 1780
James Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 11 December 1781
Elizabeth Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 4 July 1784
Jane Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 27 January 1778
Fanney Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 30 May 1791
William Gentle, born ?; buried in Ashwell on 9 October 1794
18.
Children of William Gentle and Elizabeth Warren
James Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 17 April 1774; buried in Ashwell on 30 August 1793
William Gentle, born ?, buried in Ashwell on 5 August 1778
Samuel Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 26 July 1778; buried in Ashwell on 12 October 1779
Children of William Gentle and Susan ------
Ann Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 11 March 1781
Mary Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 25 March 1783; buried 22 June 1787
William Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 1 May 1786
Lucy Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 1 May 1788; buried in Ashwell on 5 January 1789
Lydia (Lydy) Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 25 July 1790, buried in Ashwell on 17 February 1791
Mary Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 11 December 1791; buried in Ashwell on 26 August 1794
19.
Children of Joseph Gentle and Elizabeth Langhorne
Mary Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 8 May 1774; buried in Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire on 8 September 1863. She married Robert Matthews in Tadlow, Cambridgeshire on 4 November 1799.
Elizabeth Gentle 1782 -1787
Samuel Gentle
William Gentle
Charles Gentle
20.
Children of Edward Gentle and Ann Bennet
Edward Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 25 April 1779; buried in Ashwell on 23 August 1779
Thomas Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 17 September 1780; buried in Ashwell on 28 October 1786
Mary Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 30 July 1783. She married Benjamin Gentle in Ashwell on 11 October 1801
Edward Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 21 May 1786; buried in Ashwell on 14 July 1788
Elizabeth Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 14 August 1791; buried in Ashwell on 14 October 1791
George Gentle, born ?; buried in Aswell on 24 May 1790
21.
Children of Samuel Gentle and Elizabeth Warboys
Samuel Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 10 December 1780
James Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 7 July 1782
Frances Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 13 April 1785
Francis Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 4 March1 1787
Edward Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 16 October 1791
22.
Children of James Gentle and Susan Bowls
Timothy Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 28 November 1781
Ann Gentle, born in Ashwell on 5 November 1783, baptised in Ashwell on 30 November 1883
Jenney Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 30 January 1785
Fanney Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 3 January 1790
Children of James Gentle and Mary Lilley
Isabella Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 2 June 1793
John Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 27 March 1795
William Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 22 October 1797
Benjamin Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 6 July 1800; buried in Ashwell on 26 September 1801
23.
Children of Timothy Gentle and Mary Sanders
Fanney Gentle, born 1789?; buried in Ashwell on 23 September 1789
William Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 2 March 1790
Fanney Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 5 February 1792
A stillborn child buried 13 December 1793
24.
Children of Thomas Gentle and Sarah ------
Edward Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 27 April 1788
Michael Gentle, born ?; buried in Ashwell on 7 May 1792
Michael Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 4 December 1792
25.
Children of William Gentle and Elizabeth Lilly
Edward Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 5 February 1792
A still-born child buried 27 February 1794
A still-born child buried 24 October 1794
William Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 3 April 1796 (posthumous son of William and Elizabeth Gentle).
26.
Children of Thomas Gentle and Mary ----
Hales Gentle (daughter), baptised in Ashwell on 11 January 1795; buried in Ashwell on 12 February 1795
John Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 13 December 1796
27.
Children of John Gentle and Elizabeth Crane
James Gentle, baptised in Ashwell on 22 December 1799.
(To be continued)