Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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William Steer, of Darnal

Cutler
Male Abt 1652 - 1726  (~ 74 years)

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  • Name William Steer 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth Abt 1652  [1] 
    Occupation Cutler  [1] 
    Residence Darnall, Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death Aug 1726 
    Burial 15 Aug 1726  St Peter & St Paul (Sheffield Cathedral), Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • The entry reads "William Steer, Hardware Chapman [aka hardware vendor or merchant]". So whilst this doesn't completely conflict with his desciption as a cutler in FMG, it's not perfectly consistent. Secondly, FMG states he was buried in Attercliffe Chapel, whilst this record is for Sheffield Cathedral.
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2021 

    Father Robert Steer, of Edensor
              b. Abt 1620 

    Wife Sara Ludlam
              b. Cal Jul 1656  
              d. Jul 1729 (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Marriage [J] 13 Mar 1674  Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    Age at Marriage William was ~ 22 years old - Sara was 17 years old. 
    Children 
     1. Rev. William Steer
              b. 13 Dec 1681  
              d. 2 Jan 1745 (Age 63 years)
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      William Steer was born c. 1652, son of Robert Steer of Edensor in Derbyshire. Ancestry trees give his date of birth as 23 Nov 1651 and his mother as Mary Trippet. However I can't find any record of a William Steer son of Robert and Mary in Edensor. On the other hand, there are records for a George and a Hannah Steer born in 1667 and 1665 respectively at Edensor, to Robert Steer and Anna.

      Career
      William was a cutler (a dealer or maker of cutlery). FMG1 notes that he was apprentice to Thomas Trippett of Wadsley for 5 years by indenture, enrolled in 1668. This link with the Trippett name might be instructive in terms of his parentage (see above). In his burial record, William is described as a "Hardware Chapman".

      Family Life
      William married Sara Ludlam on the 13th of March 1674 at Sheffield. They had six sons2.

      Death
      William died in August 1726 and was buried at St Peter & St Paul in Sheffield, Yorkshire, on the 15th of that month.

      Footnotes
      [1] Familiae Minorum Gentium, Joseph Hunter, Volume 2, London (1895); Steer, pages 817-820
      [2] As mentioned on p265 of Hallamshire by Joseph Hunter.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Darnall, Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - [J] 13 Mar 1674 - Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 15 Aug 1726 - St Peter & St Paul (Sheffield Cathedral), Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0331] Joseph Hunter, Familiae Minorum Gentium, (London, 1895), 1895, Steer; Volume 2, pages 817-820.

    2. [S0332] FindMyPast, Yorkshire Burials, (findmypast.co.uk), 15 Aug 1726, William Steer; Sheffield Cathedral; Yorkshire West Riding; PR-138-1-6 (Reliability: 1).

    3. [S0330] FindMyPast, Yorkshire Marriages, (findmypast.co.uk), 13 Mar 1764, Steer/Ludlum; Sheffield Cathedral; Yorkshire West Riding; PR-138-1-3.

    4. [S0246] FindMyPast, England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850, (findmypast.co.uk), 1674, Steer/Ludlam; Sheffield St Peter & St Paul; Yorkshire.