Home of the family of Thomas and Ann Jones and their descendants
A history of Pattingham, Staffordshire and the Jones family
Home of Jones family from 1840s
Neither Thomas JONES nor his wife Ann (nee TURNER) was born in Pattingham but they had moved here by about 1835 when their eldest son, Thomas, was born. Thomas (senior) was from Ellesmere in Shropshire, whilst Ann was born in Blymhill, Staffordshire. They married at St Peter's church in Wolverhampton in 1827 and so, presumably, moved to Pattingham sometime between 1827 and 1835. They remained in the village until their deaths - Thomas died between 1851-1861 and Ann died in 1886. Their second child, Samuel, was born in 1849 and lived in Pattingham until his death in 1937.
Pattingham history
The ancient settlement of Pattingham is situated on the top of a sandstone ridge and dates back to Celtic times. In the nineteenth century, the village was nicknamed the 'Damson Village' owing to the many damson trees that were grown for their vegetable dye, used to dye paper for packaging sugar. The village was always agricultural, as can be seen from my report on the comparison of migration patterns in Pattingham and Swindon,and was a popular day out for townsfolk from Wolverhampton and the Black Country.
Below is a short video I took outside the church on 9th March 2008.
