The Lacell branch starts with Alice Lacell(124) who married my great-great-grandfather James Steward(123). I have not had much success so far in tracing this branch of the family back, but there is a branch of cousins who have contacted me.
| Generation | Lacell Ancestor | Spouse | Date and place of marriage |
|---|---|---|---|
| N | Alice Lacell(124) (1795-1844) | James Steward(123) (1794-1870) | 12 Jun 1817 (?) at Gretna (?) |
| M | John Lacell (133) (ca. 1761-?) | Sarah Firman(134) (ca. 1763 - 1809?) | 1787 at Prittlewell, Essex. |
My great-grandmother Alice Sophia Steward, in her manuscript memoir, says that her father James Steward(123) married Alice Lacell(124) of Prittlewell, Essex. The IGI contains no record of this marriage which, again according to Alice Sophia Steward, took place at Gretna. There are birth or baptismal records of the children of James Steward and Alice Lacell, the first being that of James Dick Steward born in 1818 at Paglesham, Essex. The wedding of James Steward and Alice Lacell will therefore probably have been in or before 1817, and Alice born say around twenty years earlier, in 1797 plus or minus a few years. The only Alice Lacell in the IGI in this period baptised at Prittlewell was baptised in 1795, the daughter of John Lacell(133) and Sarah Firman(134). I have therefore taken this Alice as likely to be the one who married James Steward.
For details of the children of this marriage, see the entry for James Steward(123). There is a death of an Alice Steward at Dover in the GRO index for the Jun quarter of 1844, which is probably hers. Alice Sophia Steward, in her diary says that her mother died shortly before the family left Dover. Her death certificate gives the date as 22 Apr 1844, and the cause of death as "congestion of the lungs". The place of death is given as "Extra Parochial, adjoining the Parish of St James", which seems a little odd. She was only 48.
There is reference in the IGI to a John Lacell (Lasell)(133) who was born around 1761 at Prittlewell, in Essex. There is no information on his parents in the IGI. In 1787 a John Lacell married Sarah Firman(134), also at Prittlewell. The basis of the IGI marriage record is a microfiche of extracts from the parish records of St. Mary the Virgin, Prittlewell, which were published in April 1921 by John H. Burrows and Sons of Southend-on-Sea. The publication contains baptisms from 1649-1812, marriages from 1645-1812 and burials from 1645- 1812, but these are listed by year only. Thus the list of marriages for 1787 simply says John Lacell and Sarah Firman, Southchurch, and this I have been taken to mean that Sarah Firman was from the adjacent parish of Southchurch.
The baptismal records give the first names of both parents, and there are eight children listed with parents John and Sarah Lacell.
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Sarah Lacell(257) | Baptised 1789 at Prittlewell, Essex |
| John Lacell(258) | 1790 |
| Charlotte Lacell(259) | Born in 1791, in Rochford, Essex. On 24 Oct 1826, married the Rev. George HARRIS(260) at Rochford, Essex and had issue. Some descendants of Charlotte and George Harris can be seen at rootsweb. In particular one of their daughters, Mary Louisa Harris(439) married her cousin James Dick Steward(181). |
| Mary Ann Lacell(261) | Baptised 1792 at Prittlewell, Essex. Died in infancy of smallpox? |
| Mary Lacell(262) | Baptised 1793 at Prittlewell, Essex. Died in 1810? |
| George Lacell(263) | Baptised 1794 at Prittlewell. Died in infancy in 1794? |
| Alice Lacell(124) | Baptised 1795 at Prittlewell, Essex. Married James Steward (123) possibly on 12 Jun 1817. See her entry above. |
| Louisa Lacell | 1804 |
The record also has a baptism of an un-named child of John, with no mother's name given, in 1798, but there was another John Lacell, married to Susan, with children being baptised at around the same time. I also wonder about the two Marys. There is a burial record for an un-named child of John who died of smallpox in 1792, so possibly the first Mary died in infancy. Also a George Lasell died as an infant in 1794, with no parent's name given. As the only other George was baptised in 1774, it seems likely that the George who died in 1794 was the child of John and Sarah. A Mary Ann Lacell was buried in 1810, aged 17. At the moment this branch cannot be carried further back.
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