Cumberbatch Family History

Clement Swetenham[1]

Male 1787 - 1852  (65 years)


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  • Name Clement Swetenham  [1, 2
    Birth 7 Feb 1787  [2
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Major in the army: Served in the Peninsula and at Waterloo  [2
    Custom Reference Number 0000099 
    Burial Nov 1852  St Mary's Church, Astbury, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Monumental Inscription at St Mary's Church, Astbury, Cheshire.
    Death 17 Nov 1852  Congleton Registration District, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Age: 65y 
    Person ID I99  Cumberbatch
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2017 

    Father Roger Swetenham,   b. 1758   d. 27 Jan 1814, Astbury, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Anne Archer,   b. Cal 1763   d. 12 Jul 1819, Astbury, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage 11 Jun 1781  St Oswalds Church, Chester, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5
    Notes 
    • See Ormerod's History of Cheshire, vol. 3, p.299 for more children. [1, 6]
    Family ID F33  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eleanor Buchanan,   b. Est 1797   d. 15 Jun 1858 (Age 61 years)  [1
    Marriage 1 May 1817  Trinity Church, Chester, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Clement Swetenham,   b. 28 Apr 1819
     2. Edmund Swetenham,   b. 15 Nov 1822
     3. James Swetenham,   b. 2 May 1824   d. Dec 1891 (Age 67 years)
     4. Eliza Swetenham
     5. Fanny Swetenham   d. 20 Sep 1863
    Family ID F35  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2017 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 May 1817 - Trinity Church, Chester, Cheshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Nov 1852 - St Mary's Church, Astbury, Cheshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Age: 65y - 17 Nov 1852 - Congleton Registration District, Cheshire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Son and heir. [1]
    • of Somerford Booths. Major 16th Dragoons. Served Peninsula: Busaco, Fuentes d'Onoro, Salamnca, Vittoria; Quatre Bras, Waterloo. After battle went to tell Buchanan family of death of friend and met sister. JP DL. President Hunt Club 1829.
      retired 1831.Letter published in Times in 1930s [7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] George William MARSHALL LL.B., Collections for a Genealogical Account of the Family of COMBERBACH, (Privately published in London 1866) (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S229] J P Earwalker, Swetenham of Somerford Booths in J.P. Earwaker “East Cheshire: past and present” vol 2 pp. 646 - 648, (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002088543229&view=1up&seq=716 Visited 25 Oct 2020).

    3. [S232] Deaths England & Wales 1852 Dec Congleton, Swetenham Clement.

    4. [S17] Family Search; Collection: England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000, (http://pilot.familysearch.org).

    5. [S20] Family Search; Collection: England Marriages, 1538-1973, (http://pilot.familysearch.org).

    6. [S1] George William MARSHALL LL.B., Collections for a Genealogical Account of the Family of COMBERBACH, (Privately published in London 1866).

    7. [S6920] Swetenham Family History, (http://www.qlinks.net/FamilyHistory/swetenham.html).