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Please can anyone find the details of a marriage between William Ashby born app 1765 and Sarah ? the first child I can find for them is Ann baptised 1788 in Huntingdon
many thanks
Debbie
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Hi Debbie
No marriages fitting that description in Hunts I'm afraid. The nearest is William Ashby who married Elizabeth Riddle in Stilton in 1780. There's a William & Sarah marrying in Northants in 1786 on the IGI but that's very speculative - it was at Wilbarston which is up near the Leics border, so doesn't look very promising.
There's a Sarah Ashby (transcribed Ashley) 70 in Huntingdon St Mary, born in county in 1841 and a burial of Sarah Ashby in Huntingdon on 21 Feb 1849 age 84 which might be your Sarah
regards
David
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Hi David - Thank you for looking at that for me (fair exchange :D)
Yes I think the Sarah you found in 1841 is mine - shame that there is non of the rest of her family with her. William who died in 1821 was a carter so the couple could well have come from elsewhere originally I suppose, I can't find mention of the name in Huntingdon beofre they arrived.
Debbie
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Hi David
Sorry to barge in to your thread Debbie but am wondering if the Hunts marriage index covers c1742? Still hunting around for a marriage of my George Newell to Mary ??
Jan ;)
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Hi Jan
It covers all Hunts marriages up to 1837. I'd already checked when I was looking at your Beds thread but there's nothing I'm afraid.
That's two blanks on one thread. I must try harder!
Regards
David
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Ah well thanks for looking!
Maybe they just didn't marry
Jan ;)
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Dear David
When you have time would you please look a Huntingdonshire marriage up for me. I am researching the Watts family from Hemingford Abbots/Hemingford Grey area. I have hit a brick wall with Joseph Watts born 1802 at Huntingdon, who married Mary Lantaff from Hemingford Abbots born 22/4/184. I have no marriage date but I think it was 1824/1825 as their first born was born in 1825. The marriage was probably at Hemingford Abbots. I am looking to find the parents of Joseph Watts and his occupation.
Many thanks
Denise Allen
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Dear David
When you have time would you please look a Huntingdonshire marriage up for me. I am researching the Watts family from Hemingford Abbots/Hemingford Grey area. I have hit a brick wall with Joseph Watts born 1802 at Huntingdon, who married Mary Lantaff from Hemingford Abbots born 22/4/1804. I have no marriage date but I think it was 1824/1825 as their first born was born in 1825. The marriage was probably at Hemingford Abbots. I am looking to find the parents of Joseph Watts and his occupation.
Many thanks
Denise Allen
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They married in 1823 in Hemingford Abbot; Joseph was of the parish of Hemingford Gray. The index gives no further information, but the parish register is unlikely to give a father's name - just the names of the witnesses
David
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Thank you David for the information and your quick reply.
Regards
Denise
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Hi I am looking for information on Leeden's and Leeding's. Any information would be greatly appreciated. I am actually looking for information on Leeden's or Leeding's in the following places:
Huntingdon
Bluntisham
Somersham
Pidley
Old Hurst
Woodhurst
Wyton
Colne
Warsboy
I have been able to trace our tree back to the 1700's in this area. I have number of people in our tree that I know were married, as well as where and roughly when but do not know the spouces.
Again any assistance would be greatley appreciated.
Austen
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Hi Austen,
I've looked through the parish registers of Bluntisham, St Mary's and only found two references to Leedens.
John Stacey bac married Elizabeth Leeden sp botp. 28 Feb 1832.
Wits. William Benington, Bathsheba Lavender.
Elizabeth Leeden adult dau of John and Elizabeth of Houghton, lab, now the wife of John Stacey, yeoman was baptised 1 July 1838.
Can't help with other parishes I'm afraid. If you want the children of John and Elizabeth, let me know ;D
Tempsford.
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I would like to add a request to this thread please.
I need a marriage in Hunts between 1794 and 1814 of an Alice (surname unknown) to a man with the surname Stevens, possibly but not certainly, John. He was an ag. lab who became a soldier.
Hopefully around the Ramsey area.
Thanks,
Selina
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I´ve popped over the border to Spain for a few days camping with my son. Back home Thursday, when normal Marriage Index service will be resumed.
Campsite has internet access, but I forgot to bring my microfiche with me!
David
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Hi David,
Hope you are having a good trip!
I will be grateful if you will look for me when you get home and have time.
It would be extremely good to find that partiular marriage as it would open a new direct family line to me via Alice who gave birth to my illegimate ancestor (by another man) prior to her marriage with the Stevens chap.
Selina
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Or even illegitimate! LOL!
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Hi Selena
The only Stevens/Alice marriage in Hunts was in 1792 at Huntingdon All Saints & St John between William Stevens widower of Abbots Ripton and Alice Hammont
What was your illegitimate ancestor's name - surely that would have been his mother's name ??
David
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Austen
Could you list the marriages in which you're interested, and I'll have a look
David
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Hi David,
Thank you very much for looking for me, it helps just to know that there does not appear to be a suitable marriage within the dates.
If you scroll down the Hunts board you will see my Brighty/Stevens thread. From that I was lucky in being sent an extract from a Will which indicated that my Barnabas was the illegimate son of Barnabas Brighty by an Alice - the Will left a bequest "for the maintenance support of Barnabas the son of Alice Stevens the now Wife of (space left here in Will) Stevens late of Ramsey aforesaid Labourer but now a private soldier".
That is where I am stuck.
Selina
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Hi Selina
Check the TNA catalogue - WO97
WO 97/211/25 JOHN STEVENS Born RAMSEY, Huntingdonshire Served in 2nd Foot Guards Discharged aged 43 1799-1818
Looks promising! Is this where you got "possibly John" from?
Is Alice Stevens the one buried in Ramsey on 17 Nov 1813 age 40?
The problem is that if he was a soldier when they married, notwithstanding they both may have been from Ramsey, they might have married anywhere where he was serving.
David
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Hi David,
Thanks again. Yes that is where I got the 'possibly John' bit from although I did not realise it was listed on TNA, his discharge was something I just happened to copy down many years ago when I was at Kew, because of the Ramsey connection, long before I knew about the Will etc.
Unfortunately it makes no mention of marital status, wife anything like that. He was enlisted in Sussex and received the discharge certificate in Wisbech.
The ages for my Barnabas vary but the span is 1794/97, always said to have been born in Ramsey and lived there all his adult life. His supposed father, Barnabas Brighty, had 13 children, none of which were named Barnabas which has always seemed to me to be another clue that he was the chap involved! Apart from making the yearly allowance he left provision for an apprenticeship and a lump sum at the age of 21 etc., which shows that he obviously had a great interest in the boy.
Without a marriage or a baptism its a bit of a dead end at present, but we all have to call a halt somewhere!
I will check up on the Alice Stevens who died 1813, thanks.
Selina
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Re reply #10 from Austen
There is a Leeding family living next door to mine in Easton in 1861. They are
John 36 Gardener b Easton
Harriet 36 wife b St Ives
Thomas 10 b Wisbe(a)ch St Mary, Cambs
Harriet 6 b St Ives
Mary Ann 4 b Easton
By 1871 they had moved (don't know where to) and in 1881 they are in Brampton High Street
John 58 General Dealer
Harriet 56
RG11/1603/8 p10
Another Leeding family is in Spaldwick in 1881
George 47 Farm Labourer b Spaldwick
Mary 48 b Woolley
Sanders 17 Farm Labourer b Ellington
John G 11 b Spaldwick
RG11 1602/75 p13
And yet another family all born Spaldwick had relocated to Barnsley by 1881, where all but one were unemployed:
John 50 Widower General Labourer (unemployed)
Alfred 24 Son Brickyard Labourer
Ellen 22 Dau Housekeeper at home
Margaret A 19 Dau General Servant (unemployed)
Matilda M 15 Dau Kitchenmaid (unemployed)
32 Springfield St Barnsley, Yorks
RG11 4603/13 p 30
A member's submission (beware!) on the LDS site suggests that his wife's name was Elizabeth and has the children's christenings, too.
Any of these belong to you?
Gillg
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Hi David,
The one that I am most interested in is between Thomas Leeding and Anne Southwell. This is where I hit a dead end. All I know is that they both died in Yaxley in 1770.
I am going to roll this into two replies a it may help as someone else wrote a post regarding possible connections to my Leedings.
Thomas and Anne had 9 children.
Catherine Leeding b.1742-?
Thomas Leeding b.1744-? (m.Ann Harrison b.May18,1774 Spaldwick)
Sarah Leeding b1746-1749
Elizabeth Leeding 1749-1749
William Leeding b.1751-?
John Leeding b.1753-?
Mary Leeding b.1756-1757
Samuel Leeding b.1758-? (m.Sarah Clay)
I can trace only two of them. I can trace Samuel Leeding all the way to today. All of his kids took the Leeden name. Thomas and Ann Harrison had one son that I know of John Leeding b.1778. I do not know anything about the rest of them. Any information you have would be great.
Thanks again for all of your efforts.
Kind regards,
Austen
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Thomas Leading married Anne Southwell at Yaxley in 1742 - but I see from your first post on the Cambs board that you know this "19/19/1742 Yaxley"
Thomas Leeding m Ann Harrison at Yaxley in 1770 (this was the only Leeding marriage in Yaxley 1754-1837)
Samuel Leeding m Sarah Clay at Holywell cum Needingworth in 1784 both otp. Is there any evidence that Samuel from Yaxley is the Samuel married in Holywell 20+ miles away? There were a number of Leeding marriages in Holywell at around this time, pointing to there being a branch of the family in Holywell. Are you sure Samuel wasn't a local?
David