Maltass of Smyrna, Turkey
The family are not really from Turkey.
They are from England.
They went out to Turkey on commercial
and diplomatic business in the 18th century,
and intermarried with other European families out there.
Some descendants still live there.
See
Historical background.
References
Sources yet to be consulted
- Houses:
- "Levantine Heritage in Izmir",
MA thesis,
Onur Inal, 2006.
Images missing from this copy:
- List of European houses in Smyrna.
- Smyrna BMD records
- Graves:
Our family spelt their name "Maltass" consistently.
NOT Maltrass.
Our family in Turkey starts as follows:
Rev. --- Maltass,
of
Ripon, N Yorkshire
(N of Leeds),
born c.1700.
[Maltass, 1892]
says he might be "the Rev. Farmer Maltus or Malthus"
who is mentioned in
[Payne, 1890].
He
had issue:
- Henry Maltass.
He went in mid-18th century to
Constantinople,
Turkey,
the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
See historical background.
He
mar at Constantinople to Juliana Barbarini and had issue:
- Stephen Maltass,
Chancellor of the
British Embassy
at Constantinople as at 31st Dec 1806
(the Ambassador 1804-07 was
Charles Arbuthnot),
(todo) see extract from the archives of the
Levant Company,
pub in
The Standard,
8th Oct 1901,
Maltass went with the Ambassador and
Admiral Duckworth
to Constantinople
in Feb 1807 when Duckworth
forced the
Straits of the Dardanelles,
Duckworth intimidated Constantinople,
but after negotiations with the Sultan
Selim III
he eventually withdrew,
Maltass was on the battleship the
"Standard",
the Captain of which was
Thomas Harvey,
the Rees family papers
say he has left a record
of what took place,
did not marry.
- William Maltass,
at age 12 was Student interpreter at the
British Embassy
at Constantinople,
this was during the time when
Sir Robert Ainslie
was Ambassador (1776-92),
Maltass was British Vice-Consul
at Cairo,
did not marry.
- Claude Philip Maltass,
the British Ambassador
refers to him
in a letter dated Constantinople, 29th Apr 1810,
where he writes to Francis Werry,
British Consul at Smyrna, as follows:
"For the present, I beg of you to do all you can to keep the
Prize Master and his men on board the captured ship until
I can obtain a decision from the Captain
Pacha
and on no account to suffer Captain Maltass to be prevented
returning to Malta
with his prisoners.",
"Captain Maltass" [Claude Philip] must be a Captain in the
Royal Navy,
did not marry.
- (4 daus) Maltass.
- William Maltass,
born Ripon, Yorkshire.
He went in mid-18th century (pre-1763) to
Smyrna,
important port in W Turkey.
See historical background.
- (4 daus) Maltass.
"The squadron under the command of Sir J T Duckworth forcing the narrow channel of the Dardanelles,
February 19th 1807".
From
here.
"Destruction of the Turkish Fleet, February 19th, 1807".
From here.
- References:
- Sources yet to be consulted:
From the
Ripon parish register
can be reconstructed the following Stephen Maltus family.
It seems unlikely this is our family, though, since he is "Stephen"
not "Rev. Stephen".
Stephen Maltus [or Maultus or Malthouse],
of Bondgate (in the S part of the town centre of Ripon),
mar Mar 1722 [Ripon]
to Sarah Oats
[of Kirk Deighton, N Yorkshire,
see earlier connection between Malthouse and Oates in 1610],
"Stephen Malthouse of Bondgate"
is listed as a freeholder and voter
in The Yorkshire Poll Book 1741,
"Stephen Maltus, Ripon" bur Ripon, 17th June 1777,
had issue:
- Ann Maltus, bapt 5th Aug 1723 [Ripon].
There is an "Ann Malthus", of parish of Ripon, mar 12th Feb 1749 [Ripon]
to John Haxly of parish of Ripon,
but [Denton, 1999]
suggests this is dau of William Maltass, of Ripon and Agnesgate, Ripon
(beside Bondgate).
- John Maltus, bapt 1st Nov 1725 [Ripon],
bur Ripon, 11th Nov 1730, age 5 yrs.
- Martha Maltus, bapt 29th Oct 1727 [Ripon],
must be "Martha Malthus", of parish of Ripon, mar 24th Nov 1752 [Ripon]
to James Melton of parish of Ripon.
- Mary Maltus, bapt 13th Dec 1729 [Ripon].
- (stillborn child) Maltus,
bur Ripon, 9th Jan 1731.
- William Maltus,
bapt 14th May 1733 [Ripon],
"William Malthouse" of Bondgate had issue:
- John Malthouse, bapt 21st Mar 1762 [Ripon].
"William Malthouse, Ripon" died 15th Sept 1802, age 69 yrs,
bur Ripon, 17th Sept
[see his grave
at Ripon Cathedral],
had issue:
- --- Malthouse, had issue:
- Ann Malthouse, born 1803, died 3rd June 1807, age 4 yrs.
- Henry Maltus, bapt 23rd June 1735 [Ripon].
- Saray Maltus, bapt 30th Apr 1737 [Ripon],
"Saray, dau of Stephen Maltus of Ripon" bur Ripon, 20th Sept[?] 1740,
age 3 yrs.
- Saray Maltus, bapt 12th Feb 1742 [Ripon], second Saray.
- Priscilla Maltus, bapt 20th July 1744 [Ripon].
There is also a Stephen Maltus family of North Leys.
Although this family (Stephen and his wife Frances) do end up at Bondgate later,
I think they are a separate family (rather than Stephen's 2nd marriage)
because there is another William
(and we know the first William above
survived infancy because of the age on his grave,
which matches his baptism date):
Stephen Maltus (or Malthouse),
of North Leys, in the parish of Ripon,
mar 5th Jan 1737-38 [Ripon] to Frances Long [of North Leys],
described as "of North Layes" at William's bapt 1738,
described as "of North Leys House" at Mary's bapt 1740,
"Frances, wife of Stephen Maltus, Bondgate" bur Ripon, 26th July 1785,
"Stephen Maltus, Bondgate" bur Ripon, 17th Nov 1786,
had issue:
- William Malthouse, bapt 13th May 1738 [Ripon].
- Mary Malthouse, bapt 27th May 1740 [Ripon].
