Researching John Salt
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4450 people with the Salt surname? In that year Salt was ranked number 953 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Salt on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Salt and the Salt Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Salt Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Salt family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 5315 people with the Salt surname in the UK? Salt is now ranked number 1111 for popularity in the UK. |
Salt Family Tree Databases
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Salt Forums
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Some Famous People called John Salt
John Stevenson Salt
John Stevenson Salt (25 June 1775 – 16 August 1845) was an English barrister, banker and land owner.
He was born in June 1775, the son of Thomas Salt (died 1788) of Rugeley, Staffordshire and Elizabeth Stevenson. He was baptised 7 August 1775 in Aston, Warwickshire.
He married in 1800 Sarah Stevenson, granddaughter of William Stevenson, founder in 1737 of Stevenson's Bank in Stafford. The bank was established at Cheapside, London in 1788. Salt became a partner in the bank, which in 1801 was renamed Stevenson and Salt. In 1867 it merged with Bosanquet & Co and later with Lloyds Banking Company.
He owned estates at Weeping Cross, Stafford where in 1813 he built the White House, and at Standon Hall, Staffordshire. He served as High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1838.
His ten children included:
* Thomas Salt (b 1791) his heir, who replaced the White House with a new mansion, Baswich House, built in 1850 (and demolished in March 2009). His son was Sir Thomas Salt Bt. MP.* William Salt (1808–1863), banker and antiquarian, after whom the William Salt Library at Stafford is named.* Rev Joseph Salt (1810–1862), Rector of Standon, Staffordshire from 1845.
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