Benjamin and Hannah Weaver had eleven children. Remember the caution around the tortuous relationship via Rebecca but that we do have a DNA link to Benjamin.
- 33.2.1 - Thomas Weaver (1813-1878)
- Agricultural labourer, Sutton Coldfield
- Married Maria Thompson in Aston Juxta, nearby, in 1846
- Children:
- Ann Thompson (1837)
- Harriet Weaver (1848)
- 33.2.2 - Benjamin Weaver (1815-1863)
- Agricultural labourer, Aston at marriage.
- Coal miner in West Brom, then Tamworth in 1851, 1861.
- Married Christiana Showell (1818-1896) in the same church in 1837
- Children:
- Thomas Weaver (1838). Thomas died in 1838.
- Benjamin Weaver (1839)
- Samuel Weaver (1842)
- George Henry Weaver (1844)
- Luke Weaver (1849)
- Charlotte Weaver (1851)
- Isiah Weaver (1853)
- Sarah Weaver (1854)
- Jeremiah Weaver (1857)
- William Weaver (1858)
- 33.2.3 - Mary Weaver (1817-1898)
- Married William Hastilow (1811-1873) in Aston in 1840
- In 1841, William was a cordwainer; the couple lived in Kingsbury, Warks with his parents who were shopkeepers
- In 1851, he was a labourer at a timber yard in Sutton
- In 1861, Mary is a widow and a laundress in Sutton, with the youngest son still at home
- Children:
- James Hastilow (1841)
- Richard Hastilow (1842)
- Emma Hastilow (1844)
- Sarah Hastilow (1844)
- Jane Hastilow (1844). Looks like triplets with two toddlers already around.
- William Hastilow (1847)
- Samuel Hastilow (1849)
- Mary Hastilow (1851)
- Hannah Hastilow (1855)
- Charles Hastilow (1860)
- 33.2.4 - John Weaver (1819-1899)
- Agricultural labourer in Aldridge in censuses from 1851
- Married Mary Mason (1812-1870) in Walsall (probably Aldridge) in 1845. She was a laundress during their married years
- Children:
- John Stringer (1839)
- Samuel Stringer (1841)
- Ann Stringer (1842)
- Jane Weaver (1846)
- Sarah Weaver (1848)
- Mary Weaver (1850)
- Clara Weaver (1854)
- 33.2.5 - Samuel Weaver (1822-1872)
- Wire drawer, Sutton Coldfield
- Married Elizabeth Perkins (1823-1888) in Aston Juxta in 1845
- Children:
- Edward Weaver (1848)
- Rebecca Weaver (1849)
- Joseph Weaver (1852)
- Elizabeth Weaver (1853)
- Samuel Weaver (1855)
- Hannah Weaver (1857)
- Sarah Weaver (1859)
- Esther Weaver (1861)
- John Perkins Weaver (1862)
- Thomas Weaver (1864)
- 33.2.6 - Daniel Weaver (1826-41)
- Died at age 15
- 33.2.7 - Rebecca Weaver (1829-1924)
- See Chapter 33
- 33.2.8 - Emmanuel Weaver (1831-1876)
- In 1851, was a waggoner (servant) at the same farmer's house that Rebecca served
- He joined the army (but no record found) and was posted to Québec, Canada.
- Married Mary Ann McCarthy (1840-1892) in Québec Garrison, Canada in 1857. This was ten years before Canada became responsible for its own defence (against the USA and everyone else). It's now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Children:
- Emanuel Weaver (1860) b. Bermuda
- Mary Ann Weaver (1862) b. Bermuda
- Samuel Weaver (1864) b. Bermuda
- Hannah Weaver (1866) b. Dover, Kent
- Rebecca Weaver (1868) b. Dublin, Ireland
- Sara Weaver (1871) b. Chatham, Kent
- My photos of Chatham (Historic Dockyard) are here. Sadly, I don't have any photos of Dublin but I am keen to return.
- Other researchers have him arriving in San Francisco in 1862, and/or getting caught up in the American Civil War (as did 50,000 Brits). There must be a story there!
- Died in Dagshai, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- 33.2.9 - Joseph Weaver (1836-1908)
- Married Martha Shorthouse (1837) in Birmingham in 1879 (at age 43)
- No known children
- 33.2.10 - Rebekah Weaver (1840)
- Clearly recorded with her parents in the 1841 census at age 1
- No further record found
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