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The MONKS Families of C17th-C21st, Stapleton, Bristol

Multi-generation Masons & Stone Cutters
A Local One-Name Study

The MONKS moved to Stapleton by 1700, and were a dominant family by the late 1800's.
Their name origins before this time have recently been deduced as originating from an C11th Norman French family given lands in SW of England. Their family name and those associated with it developed through the next four centuries to be MONKS (and similar phonetic variant spellings). Almost all males by the C18th where Stone Cutters or Masons by trade. A paper by Peter MONCK outlines the origins of the name in more detail.

As most of the early MONKS in the Bristol area were people who hewed minerals out of the ground (stone or coal) it is possible that most had a common ancestor. It is also possible that ancestor came from Lancashire. By coincidence, a number of MONKS in Bristol are from Ireland. Branches from Stapleton & the greater Bristol area later settled:

• Lambeth (South London);
  Kensington/Notting Hill (West London);

• Aston (Birmingham);

• Dudley, Worcestershire;

• Cardiff & the South Wales coalfields;

• Emigration to North America & the Antipodes;

Summary of the extended MONKS ancestry of Mark GRACE (corrected & updated June 2009):
The following has been partially verified by census data, BMD and many MONKS researchers who have actual birth or marriage certificates, and is subject to amendments as new data becomes available. Please use it as a guide only and let me know if you have any evidence to contradict any branch described here.

My 6xGGPs are Stephen MONKS & Ann LEGG from the early C18th, m. 11.9.1733 Stapleton. This appears to be Stephen's second marriage after he married Mary MILSOM/MILSUM on 5.1.1730 at Stapleton (she died in 1732 apparently without issue). Children of Stephen & Ann and their descendants include:

• Joseph MONKS (1737), m. Martha BENNETT in 1758 Mangotsfield. Their children:

  • Betty MONKS (1761);

  • Edward MONKS (1765), m. Sarah STRANGE;

    • Mary Ann MONKS (1792), m. Arthur ROBERTS in 1816 Bristol;

  • Ann MONKS (1768);

  • Sarah MONKS (1770);

• Mary MONKS (1740-40);

• Ann MONKS (1747);

• Mary MONKS (1750);

• Sarah MONKS (1751);

• Jonathon MONKS (1750-1827) & Susannah HIGGS (1746-1845) who married in 1773 Stapleton, my 5xGGPs. Their children included: 

  • Elizabeth MONKS (1774-1820);

  • Joseph MONKS (1776-1835); m. Mary LEGG in 1798 Stapleton. their children include:

    • Elizabeth MONKS (1798-1800);

    • William MONKS (1799-1821);

    • Elizabeth MONKS (1801-11);

    • Ann MONKS (1802-02);

    • John MONKS (1803-40), m. Sarah FIDLER (1804) in 1825 Stapleton. Their children:

      • Eliza MONKS (1825), m. Samuel FLETCHER;

      • Emanuel MONKS (1829-93), m. Mary Ann NEWMAN in 1850 Bristol and then moved to Aston, B'ham. Children:

        • Albert William MONKS (1851 Bristol), m. Mary HAMMOND in 1874 Aston. No issue;

        • George MONKS (1853 Bristol), m. Sarah ASTON in 1877 Aston. Child:

          • Ada Elizabeth MONKS (1878), m. Edwin Birks LIGHTWOOD;

        • Sarah M MONKS (1858 Aston);

        • Caroline Eliza MONKS (1859-84), m. William WOOD;

        • Emily MONKS (1863), m. in 1891 to William MILLER or Frederick TURNER;

        • Mary Ann MONKS (1867), m. William EDWARDS;

        • Ada MONKS (1867), m. William BODEN;

      • George MONKS (1832-57);

      • Matilda MONKS (1834-57);

      • Mary Ann MONKS (1837-38);

      • Mary MONKS (1839);

    • Ann MONKS (1805);

    • Mary MONKS (1806-17);

    • Thomas MONKS (1808-29);

    • Samuel MONKS (1809-82), m. Frances STANLEY (1816-45) in 1833 Stoke Gifford, Bristol. Samuel married Sarah Ann HOARE in 1846. Children of Samuel & Frances:

      • Stephen MONKS (1836);

      • Joseph MONKS (1838);

      • Mary Ann MONKS (1840);

      • Henry MONKS (1840);

      • Eliza MONKS (1841)

    • Elizabeth MONKS (1811);

    • Hester MONKS (1813);

    • Joseph MONKS (1814-87), possibly m. Jane REES (1815) & an unknown Mary Ann;

    • Sarah MONKS (1816-27);

    • Charles MONKS (1819-88);

    • Mary MONKS (1820), m. Thomas FUDGE in 1843 Stapleton;

    • William MONKS (1821-22);

    • Harriet MONKS (1823-23);

  • Stephen MONKS (1780-1829; m. Ann SHORTMAN in 1801. Children:

    • Samuel MONKS (1802-32);

    • Sarah MONKS (1804), m. Arthur SUTTON;

    • Mary MONKS (1805);

    • William MONKS (1808-28);

    • Hannah MONKS (1811), m. Charles HIGGS, who may be related to her grandmother Susannah;

  • William MONKS (1781-1832); m. Mary ADAMS (1785-1824) in 1809 Bristol. Children:

    • Samuel MONKS (1812-81), m. Frances TYLER (1810-90) in 1832. Children:

      • Frederick William MONKS (1833-59);

      • Emily MONKS (1837-1913), m. John HAWKES in 1861;

      • Sarah Ann MONKS (1839-67);

    • Henry MONKS (1815-97), m. Ann BOYER (1816-67) in 1833 Bristol. A large family in Stapleton included:

      • Edward MONKS (1835-1902), m. Ann COAKLEY (1841) in Cardiff, Wales. Their Welsh children include:

        • Henry MONKS (1857), m. Mary Jane GRIFFITHS (1859-1907) in 1879 Cardiff. Cardiff children include:

          • Annie MONKS (1880);

          • Esther MONKS (1882-1920), m. Frederick William BALL in 1903 Cardiff;

          • Agnes MONKS (1889);

          • Joseph MONKS (1895);

          • Winifred MONKS (1899);

        • Joseph MONKS (1861), m. Catherine HAYES, who was the family maid, in 1894 Cardiff. Children:

          • Edmund MONKS (1896);

          • Mary MONKS (1900);

        • Mary Ann MONKS (1862), m. 1889 Cardiff to Edward RUBY/RUBEY or James Thomas HICKEY;

        • Ann MONKS (1867);

        • Edward MONKS (1870);

      • Mary Ann MONKS (1841);

      • Joseph MONKS (1844), m. Emma MARSHALL in 1862 Bristol. Children:

        • Sarah MONKS (1864);

        • Mary MONKS (1866);

        • Joseph MONKS (1868);

        • Eliza Ann MONKS (1870);

      • Harriot MONKS (1848);

      • Eliza MONKS (1851);

      • George MONKS (1854);

      • William MONKS (1856), m. Elizabeth RENNELS in 1876 Newport, Monmouthshire. Children in Stapleton:

        • Henry MONKS (1888);

        • William MONKS (1890);

        • Albert Edward MONKS (1893);

        • Elizabeth MONKS (1898);

      • Henry MONKS (1858);

  • John MONKS (1788-1866, my 4xGGF), Mason/Stonecutter married Harriet HOLBROOK on 8.3.1807 at St James's. Bristol. All children at Stapleton:

    • Robert MONKS (c1808-74), m. Mary SMITH in 1831. Children in Stapleton:

      • Elizabeth Harriet MONKS (1834);

      • Charlotte Selina MONKS (1837);

      • Frederick Oliver MONKS (1840), m. unknown GETSON (m. not found). Child:

        • Robert MONKS (1862-91), m. Emily GARLAND in 1879 Bristol. Children:

          • William MONKS (1880-1955), m. Florrie BRACEY (1881-1922) in 1902 and Elsie Grace WILSHIRE (1892-1960) in 1925. William & Florrie's children include:

            • Beryl Irene MONKS (1909);

            • Harold W MONKS (1913);

            • Dennis MONKS (1917);

            • Doreen MONKS (1920-2001);

          • Robert MONKS (1882-99);

          • Samuel MONKS (1884-1950), m. Gladys ISLE in 1918 Bristol. Children:

            • Phyllis Pearl MONKS (1918-96), m. Leslie Dennis BENDREY;

            • Douglas H MONKS (1919);

            • Patricia M MONKS (1921);

            • Cyril K MONKS (1926);

            • Bernard MONKS (1927);

            • Dorothy MONKS (1929);

          • John MONKS (1890);

    • George MONKS (1810-87; m. Ann FLOOK (1811-52) in 1834 Bedminster, Bristol before moving to Lambeth, London in the 1840's. George married Martha EASTMENT in 1856 Lambeth. George & Ann's children:

      • Mary Flook MONKS (1835-37);

      • Catherine MONKS (1837), m. Joseph CUMMINS in 1857 Whitechapel, London;

      • John Flook MONKS (1838);

      • Mary Flook MONKS (1841 Bristol);

      • Benjamin Flook MONKS (1847-1903 Lambeth), m. Sarah Frances GUNNELL (1848-72). Child:

        • Martha Ann MONKS (1868 Lambeth), m. William John SMITH in 1890 Croydon;

    • Samuel MONKS (1812-73); m. Ann FRANKCOM (1811-43) in 1834, then her sister Mary FRANKOM/FRANCOMBE (1818-74) in 1844. Their children:

      • Sophia MONKS (1837), m. Charles ENGLAND in 1859 Bristol;

      • Thomas MONKS (1840), m. Ann of unknown family. No issue according to census;

      • Elizabeth MONKS (1845);

      • Albert MONKS (1849), m. Louisa SPAREY in 1895 Warminster, Wiltshire;

    • Hester MONKS (c1810-92, my 3xGGM) married Joseph BATEMAN 15.5.1836 at Stapleton;

    • John MONKS (c1816-95); m. Jane WINSTONE (1820-1910) in 1840. Children:

      • Maria MONKS (1841), m. William ASHMAN in 1872;

      • Ann MONKS (1843);

      • Emma MONKS (1845), m. George SIMPKINS in 1869;

      • James MONKS (1847), m. Ellen Sophia CHARLTON (1846-90) in 1870 Bristol, before immediately moving to Lambeth, London. Lambeth children:

        • Ellen Maria MONKS (1871);

        • James MONKS (1873);

        • John MONKS (1874), m. Sarah Ann BROOKS in 1896 Lambeth;

        • Mary S MONKS (1877);

        • Clara Annie MONKS (1880), m. James Augustus SHAW in 1901 Wandsworth, London;

        • Jane MONKS (1885);

        • Alfred MONKS (1888);

      • Mary MONKS (1849-88), m. Isaac ORAM in 1870 Bedminster, Bristol;

      • John MONKS (1851-91), m. Caroline SHEPPARD (1852-91) in 1870. Lambeth children:

        • Edith Carey MONKS (1870-73);

        • William MONKS (1872), m. Ellen Maria RANSOM in 1893. Children:

          • William Henry MONKS (1897);

          • Ellen Mary MONKS (1900);

        • Henry MONKS (1873);

        • Carrie May MONKS (1875), m. William PAINTIN in 1898 Southwark, London;

        • Arthur John MONKS (1877);

        • John MONKS (1879-1917, KIA France), m. Johanna HOWES in 1912. Children:

          • Mary Ann Louisa MONKS (1912);

          • John Ernest MONKS (1914);

          • Arthur William MONKS (1916-92), m. Lilian PROBIN in 1942. Children:

            • Maureen Sandra MONKS (1944);

            • Gillian Carol MONKS (1951);

        • Gilbert MONKS (1882);

        • Agnes MONKS (1886), m. 1908 Southwark to Edwin John KEEPING or Richard Frederick H NICHOLSON;

        • Frank MONKS (1888), m. 1915 London probably to Florence FLETCHER;

        • Maud Mary MONKS (1890), m. Albert JACKSON in 1916 Southwark;

      • Alfred MONKS (1853), m. Jane PIKE in 1868 Bristol. Children:

        • Henry J S MONKS (1868);

        • Mary Jane MONKS (1876), m. Philip F HOLLOWAY in 1903 Bristol;

        • Alfred William MONKS (1878), m. Harriet Clara BUTLER in 1904. Children include:

          • Dorothy MONKS (1912); 

        • Ellen Maria MONKS (1884), m. Samuel W BLACKMORE in 1907 Bristol;

        • Francis James MONKS (1886);

        • Jesse MONKS (1888), m. Emily HURLEY in 1914 Bristol. Children:

          • Alfred F MONKS (1915);

          • John H MONKS (1917);

          • Frederick J MONKS (1918);

          • Zona M MONKS (1920) - sic as per BMD - Zena?;

          • Betty MONKS (1922);

          • Frank MONKS (1924);

          • Percy MONKS (1924);

      • Thomas MONKS (1855), m. Ann Sophia PARSONS;

      • Jane MONKS (1857);

      • Eliza MONKS (1860), m. James GUEST in 1883 Bristol;

      • Ellen MONKS (1862-66);

      • William Edward MONKS (1864);

      • Ellen MONKS (1868), m. George RANDALL in 1894 Keynsham;

    • Harriet MONKS (c1818), m. Joseph COX in 1845;

    • Mary MONKS (c1821; presumed d. by 1829);

    • William MONKS (c1823; presumed d. by 1831);

    • Caroline MONKS (c1826);

    • Mary Anne MONKS (c1829), m. Henry MILLS in 1867;

    • William MONKS (c1831-1880); m. Caroline BURCHELL in 1851 Bristol - no issue;

    • Alfred John MONKS (c1834-91); m. Ellen LOVELL in 1854. Children:

      • John Joseph MONKS (1854), m. Mary Ann  SEARLE in 1874 Bristol. Children:

        • George Alfred MONKS (1877-84);

        • Ernest Harold MONKS (1879) m. in 1904 Keynsham to Lily Mary BUXTON or Blanche RALPH;

        • Frank MONKS (1884), m. 1904 Bristol to Cecilia Eva B SMITH or Edith Isabella SPERRINGS;

        • Ivon MONKS (1887), m. 1909 Keynsham to Clara Mary LUSH or Kate POWELL;

        • Edith MONKS (1892);

      • Sophia MONKS (1856);

      • Harriet MONKS (1857), m. William Aaron SLADE;

      • Ann MONKS (1859-60);

      • Alfred MONKS (1861);

      • Ann MONKS (1863);

      • Alice MONKS (1867);

      • Emily MONKS (1870);

      • Rose MONKS (1875);

      • Mary Ann MONKS (1881);

  • Ann MONKS (1784-85);

  • Samuel MONKS (1785-1817); m. Martha GAY in 1806 Bristol. Children:

    • Susanna MONKS (1807);

  • Jonathon MONKS (1791-1831); m. Sarah ADAMS in 1812 Bristol. Children:

    • George MONKS (1816-70), m. Jane FROUD (1818-82) in 1852 Bristol. Children:

      • Elizabeth MONKS (1852);

      • John MONKS (1855) m. Sarah Ann CHURCH in 1874. Children:

        • Sarah Ann MONKS (1875);

        • John MONKS (1876), m. Alice Matilda FLOOK in 1897 Bristol. Children include:

          • Frederick John MONKS (1897), m. Ellen Georgina NASH in 1918. Bristol children include:

            • Enid Joan MONKS (1922);

            • Reginald Frederick John MONKS (1925);

            • Muriel S MONKS (1929);

            • Patricia B MONKS (1931);

          • Melinda Frances H MONKS (1899), m. Harry THORNGATE in 1917 Pontypridd, Wales

        • Fanny MONKS (1879), m. Thomas SHEPPARD in 1899 Bristol;

        • Alfred George MONKS (1881);

        • Alice MONKS (1883);

        • Mabel MONKS (1885), m. 1907 Bristol to Albert Horace JONES or Robert FLAY;

        • Edward MONKS (1887);

      • Charles MONKS (1858), m. Rose BEAVER in 1880 Bristol. Children:

        • Henry John MONKS (1881 Bristol), m. Florence Melinda OLDS in 1906 Keynsham,  Bristol children:

          • Florence M MONKS (1911);

          • Harold J MONKS (1914);

          • Mabel J MONKS (1919);

          • Arthur F MONKS (1921);

          • Eileen MONKS (1924);

        • Silas Charles MONKS aka Charles MONKS (1884 Notting Hill, Kensington, London);

        • William John MONKS (1885-86 Kensington);

        • Clara Jane MONKS aka Lily MONKS (1887 Kensington);

        • Rosina Maria MONKS aka Rose MONKS (1888 Kensington), m. John VICKERY in 1918 Bristol;

        • Daisy MONKS (1890-97 Kensington);

        • Alice Violet MONKS (1892-95 Kensington);

        • Ellen May MONKS aka May MONKS (1895 Kensington)

    • William MONKS (1820) - often confused with William who married Sarah LOVELL (believed to the 1824 s/o William MONKS & Elizabeth HEMMINGS not yet connected to this branch;

    • Henry MONKS (1822-88), m. Elizabeth AWBRAY in 1850 in Clifton, Bristol;

      • Sarah Ann MONKS (1854-85);

      • Emily MONKS (1857-96), m. Aaron CORDY in 1876 Bristol, then George NEATH in 1887;

      • Jonathan Henry MONKS (1860-1903), m. Martha CORDY in 1885 Bristol then moved to Monmouthshire. No issue;

    • Isaac MONKS (1827-1908); m. Sarah STONE (1824-59) in 1850 Bristol (1 child) then Elizabeth MOSELEY (1836) in 1861 (3 children):

      • Robert MONKS (1850), m. Sarah Ann FLETCHER in 1873 Bristol. Children:

        • Jonathan Isaac MONKS (1875), m. Sarah Jane PEARCE in 1896 Barton Regis. Children:

          • Coburn Gilbert MONKS (1898);

          • Frederick Harold MONKS (1900);

        • Samuel MONKS (1877);

        • George MONKS (1879);

        • Polly MONKS (1880), m. 1905 Keynsham to William BRITTON;

        • Gilbert MONKS (1882), m. Emma Matilda YOUNG in 1908 Bristol. Children:

          • Pearl E J MONKS (1913-96);

          • Queenie M MONKS (1916);

          • Margaret G M MONKS (1919);

          • Aquila C MONKS (1922);

        • Fanny MONKS (1884), m. Francis George DAVEY in 1908 Bristol;

        • Albert MONKS (1887);

        • Arthur MONKS (1889);

        • Mabel MONKS (1892);

        • Reginald MONKS (1894);

        • Gertrude May MONKS (1899);

      • Mary Ann MONKS (1863), m. John James MARTIN in 1898 Barton Regis;

      • Fanny MONKS (1866);

      • Albert MONKS (1870);

    • Eliza MONKS (1828), m. 1852 Bristol to William SHEPHERD or James NEATH;

    • Martha MONKS (1830);

  • Ann MONKS (1792);

  • George MONKS  (1795-1820); m. Maria SPERRIN in 1818;

My MONKS Data / MONKS in 1851

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The outline above is indicative only and not necessarily fully correct or complete.
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MONK(S) TALES

William HAWKINS & ..... MONKE, "two despicable wretches" Kingswood cottagers who were tempted by Sir John NEWTON with £10 each to swear falsely against Francis CRESWICK in 1685 (that he was in the Monmouth Rebellion). from Ellacombe's "History of Bitton".

John Clark MONK(S), n. 25.2.1760 in Bristol, Glos (Syston/Siston) was a sea captain who died 9.12.1827 and is entombed at Perryman Cemetery, Maryland, USA along with both his wives (first wife Mary (family name unknown) & second wife Sarah Rebecca LEWIS). He also owned a tavern and a dry goods store in Abingdon, MD. The story is that he left his crew instructions that when he died, his feet were not to touch dry land for any reason. He is entombed in a drum filled with rum and is suspended by chains in the tomb. He is known as the "Hanging Sailor of Perryman". For more information concerning this branch of the family.

Contact for the MONKS One Name Study:
[petermonck(at)fsmail.net] - Peter has researched the early origins of the name and its distribution in the UK.

Other Researchers with Local Interests:

• Dick MONKS in Sydney, Australia: William MONKS, baptised at St George 4.11.1798, son of William MONKS & Hannah MARTIN, g/son of William MONKS & Ann FLOOKE.

Recent work has shown that the MONK/MONKS families of Sydney, Australia, and Cornwall & London UK are related.

An Analysis of the Distribution of the MONKS Name according to the 1881 Census
by Peter MONCK

1063 males of the MONKS name alive in the UK (ex. Ireland)

East Anglia 33

London Middlesex 39

Greater London West Counties 16

Greater London East Counties 11

Midlands West 54

Midlands East 87, of whom 19 born outside region

Lancashire 511, of whom 14 born in Ireland & 28 born in counties other than Lancs

York 88, of whom 19 born in Leeds; 26 born in Sheffield

Northern Borders 16

South West 138, of whom 19 born in Mangotsfield, 40 born in Stapleton (Bristol), 23 born in Fishponds (Bristol),
21 born elsewhere in Bristol

Scottish Highlands14

Scottish Lowlands5

Wales and Monmouth 9

Year of birth - No.

up to 1840 - 94

1841 to 1850 - 70

1851 to 1860 - 73

1861 to 1870 - 139

1871 to 1881 - 193

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