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Francis Greensmith 1755-1831

Francis Greensmith
Born: 1755 Kniveton, Derbyshire
Died: 1831 Thorpe, Derbyshire
Father
John Greensmith 1716-1806
Mother
Sarah Buxton 1717-
Siblings
Thomas Greensmith 1744-1763
John Greensmith 1746-1792
Martha Greensmith 1748-
Sarah Greensmith 1752-
Elizabeth Greensmith 1759-
Spouse
Anne Gilman
Child
Thomas Greensmith 1785-1876

Francis Greensmith was born in 1755, the son of John Greensmith and his wife nee Sarah Buxton of Bradbourne in Derbyshire. He was baptised on 12 October 1755 at Kniveton in Derbyshire.

He married Anne Gilman on 13 June 1782 at Longford in Derbyshire.

They had a son Thomas Greensmith. He was born on 15 September 1785. He married Thomasin Goodwin Gould 1787-1853, and died on 8 September 1876.

His father Francis Greensmith died at Thorpe on 26 June 1831 aged 75 years, and was buried at Thorpe in Derbyshire.