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Absalom Alabon Smith, 17681826 (aged 57 years)

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Name
Absalom Alabon /Smith/
Given names
Absalom Alabon
Surname
Smith
Also known as
King of the /Gypsies/
Also known as
Halebon Hare, /Fido/
Family with parents
father
mother
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elder brother
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Birth: 1751 23 22
Death: about 1767North Marston, Buckinghamshire, England
1 year
elder sister
9 years
elder brother
17591838
Birth: 30 November 1759 32 30 North Marston, Buckinghamshire, England
Death: 15 September 1838Ratley, Warwickshire, England
13 months
elder brother
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Birth: about 1760 32 31 Sharnford, Leicestershire, England
Death: 11 August 1798Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England
13 months
elder brother
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Birth: January 1761 33 32 Cropredy, Oxfordshire, England
Death: 1840Piddington, Northamptonshire, England
7 years
himself
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17681826
Birth: 28 February 1768 40 39 North Marston, Buckinghamshire, England
Death: 10 February 1826Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England
Family with Mary Turtle
himself
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17681826
Birth: 28 February 1768 40 39 North Marston, Buckinghamshire, England
Death: 10 February 1826Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England
wife
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Birth: about 1771Cambridgeshire, England
Death: about 1826Swineshead, Lincolnshire, England
Marriage Marriage
son
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Birth: 1 October 1790 22 19 Marston Trussell, Northamptonshire, England
Death: December 1868Bingham, Nottinghamshire, England
3 years
daughter
17931872
Birth: 9 December 1793 25 22 Dunston, Lincolnshire, England
Death: 7 January 1872Caunton, Nottinghamshire, England
5 years
daughter
17981880
Birth: 1798 29 27 Sapcote, Leicestershire, England
Death: 1880Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England
Family with Elizabeth Jones
himself
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17681826
Birth: 28 February 1768 40 39 North Marston, Buckinghamshire, England
Death: 10 February 1826Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England
wife
1760
Birth: about 1760Sapcote, Leicestershire, England
Death:
Marriage Marriage17 December 1813Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England
-22 years
son
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Birth: 1791 22 31 North Kilworth, Leicestershire, England
Death: 1836Ab Kettleby, Leicestershire, England
9 years
son
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Birth: 15 February 1800 31 40 Desford, Leicestershire, England
Death: 1 July 1865Great Bowden, Leicestershire, England
1 year
son
1801
Birth: 15 February 1801 32 41 East Haddon, Northamptonshire, England
Death:
3 years
daughter
18041841
Birth: 12 February 1804 35 44 Nazeby, Northamptonshire, England
Death: December 1841Northamptonshire, England
Family with Charlotte Jenkins
himself
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17681826
Birth: 28 February 1768 40 39 North Marston, Buckinghamshire, England
Death: 10 February 1826Twyford, Buckinghamshire, England
wife
Marriage Marriage28 August 1784
8 years
daughter
17921868
Birth: 17 February 1792 23 29 Broadwell, Gloucestershire, England
Death: 22 January 1868Lancashire, England
23 months
daughter
1793
Birth: 1793 24 30 Broadwell, Gloucestershire, England
Death:
7 years
son
17991842
Birth: October 1799 31 36 Tadmarton, Oxfordshire, England
Death: July 1842Bradford, Yorkshire, England
3 years
son
18021869
Birth: 7 November 1802 34 39 Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England
Death: 30 October 1869Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England
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Last change
1 January 202315:40:30
Author of last change: 7mikefh
Note

FAREWELL TO THE KING OF THE GYPSIES

Died on the 15th inst of February 1826 aged 60 Absalom Smith better known in the neighbourhood of Nottingham as “King of the Gypsies”, leaving behind him a wife and 13 children (to whom he is said to have left 100 pounds each)and 54 grandchildren. He was attended in his last illness in his camp in Twyford Lane, by doctor Arnold and two surgeons. He was followed to his grave in Twyford churchyard by a large retinue of gipsies on Friday last. He was interred in his coat the buttons of which are silver and marked A.S, lest his circumstance should be a temptation to disturb his body. His followers caused alternate layers of timber and straw to be put into the grave with the earth.

Note

Absalom was probably the son of Thomas and his second wife Hannah

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