i am descended from two of the children of thomas hiorns and mary shakeshaft(nee whitnall or withnall)william married sarah smith and their daughter harriet married hannah's illegitimate son joseph hiorns. the family moved to bordesley birmingham and had six sons and one daughter. my grandfather charles and his wife flora snook managed a shop in sandy lane for a relative, possibly the hiorns brothers of atherstone. it was there just before christmas 1917 that charles and flora's small son was badly scalded dying a fortnight later of pneumonia and shock. has anyone else any more information.
i have found that mary whitnall's parents joseph whitnall of shenstone and his wife ann lowe of ashby de la zouch were granted a certificate of settlement at sheepy magna around 1790.
thomas hiorns father matthew hiorns of higham on the hill in 1796 was a farmer and grazier and took on an apprentice called thomas fletcher.