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Title: DONNE - Houghton Regis
Post by: Lockins on Thursday 04 June 09 19:50 BST (UK)
I'm looking for the perants of Rev. John Donne, husband to Dinah Donne (Haslehurst) and any information on the relationship between John Donne, Matthew Donne, and John William Donne as all three married the three Haslehurst sisters.

Also looking for Dinah Haslehursts perants. She was born 1790 Houghton Regis, Married John Donne 25 sep 1817 Milton Ernest.

Any links to the Boyden, Delafield and Cowper families would also be greatly appreciated!! Thanks  :)
Title: Re: Donne - Houghton Regis
Post by: Eyesee on Friday 05 June 09 02:11 BST (UK)
Guess you have seen this

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=004-z951_xml&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1

About a third the way down the page, and from there to nearly the bottom. There is reference to a John Knight DONNE, and as the material is all about estate and will of Edward KNIGHT, I would say the Haslehurst girls mother was a Knight as they are referred to as his nieces.

Ian C
Title: Re: DONNE - Houghton Regis
Post by: charlotteCH on Monday 08 June 09 08:37 BST (UK)
Hi Lockins and welcome to rootschat ;D

Are we talking about the family of John Donne the poet?

charlotte
Title: Re: DONNE - Houghton Regis
Post by: johnP-bedford on Monday 08 June 09 13:23 BST (UK)
Hello Lockins;

The Houghton Regis Parish records has no entries for Donne or Haselhurst or the other 3 names you requested. If Dinah Haselhurst was born there in 1790 she wasn't baptised there.

A book on the Houghton Regis parish church states that John Donne was the vicar there from 18 Feb 1819 until the next one, William Wilson, started on 1 Sept 1846

In the transcribed HR MIs done in 1970 there is an entry for John Donne, died 1847; vicar for 27 years.

regards John
Title: Re: DONNE - Houghton Regis
Post by: chinakay on Wednesday 01 July 09 19:39 BST (UK)
Hi John, just found this...how can I get hold of the HR MIs??

Cheers,
China
Title: Re: DONNE - Houghton Regis
Post by: Lockins on Sunday 05 July 09 18:20 BST (UK)
Dear John

Thank you for that info!

Lockins
Title: Re: DONNE - Houghton Regis
Post by: johnP-bedford on Saturday 11 July 09 10:00 BST (UK)
Hi John, just found this...how can I get hold of the HR MIs??

Hello china,

It is in the Beds Family History Society library. You can read it when you attend our meetings on the 1st Friday of each month (bar August)

http://mysite.verizon.net/brianmpayne/publications.html

We have other MI's available on micro-fiche but not Houghton Regis. This publication is not one that BFHS produced, it was done by ther Bedford Modern School in 1970. However if you have a name in mind let me know & I will do a look up for you.

regards John  (Librarian BFHS)
Title: Re: DONNE - Houghton Regis
Post by: stessy on Thursday 17 September 09 16:06 BST (UK)
Hi

I have just come across tis thread and have also got as far as discovering that the Misses Hazlehurst were the nieces of an Edward Knight of Milton Ernest.

However, I can't find anything more about them as yet.

I can tho' help with the Donne family.

Dinah and Martha married 2 siblings - sons of Matthew Donne (or Dunn)
and Ann Bowen. They were from the Llandow area of Glamorgan and Matthew senior was a schoolmaster in Cowbridge.
There also seem to be links with St Donats.

John William Donne (Mary's husband) was a second cousin of the brothers and they settled in the Morriston area of Swansea (one son was John KNIGHT Dunn; another Jasper Haslehurst Dunn).

Hope this is helpful

Stessy

Title: Re: DONNE - Houghton Regis
Post by: Lockins on Thursday 01 October 09 14:33 BST (UK)
Thank you Stessy, very helpful!
Title: Re: DONNE - Houghton Regis
Post by: johnP-bedford on Wednesday 03 March 10 17:34 GMT (UK)
I was scanning through Milton Ernest marriages at the Beds Archives this afternoon & came across the first Donne marriage by chance. The marriage was by licence & when I checked the marriage licence allegation index I found the other 2 marriages at Houghon Regis,  I noted the info as follows. 

23 Sept 1817 at ME, John Donne of Thurleigh to Dinah Haslehurst, both of full age, were married by the vicar of Stevington; witnesses Edward Knight & Mary Haslehurst.

24 July 1820 at HR, John William Donne of St Dunstans, London to Mary Haslehurst of Houghton Regis. Married by Rev John Donne; witnesses William Fossey, Martha Haslehurst & Dinah Donne

25 Aug 1825 at HR,  Matthew Donne of Llanmihangle, Glamorgan to Martha Haslehurst of Houghton Regis. Married by Rev John Donne. Could not decypher the witnesses.

regards John
Title: Re: DONNE - Houghton Regis
Post by: john 1862 on Thursday 26 August 10 23:34 BST (UK)
Hi,
Dinah, Mary and Martha Haselhurst were born in Hanley in Staffordshire. Their parents were John Haselhurst and Ann Turnock who died in childbirth having Martha. They also had a brother called Thomas. Ann Turnock's mother Martha was sister to Edward Knight who was a silk merchant before retiring to Milton Ernest to live with his friend who later left the estate to Edward the present house was built some time later.
Both the Rev John Donne and his brother Mathew Donne (a school teacher) were born at St Donats Castle in Glamorgan. Mathew Donne later became schoolmaster in the National School in Sawtry in Huntingdonshire.
Mathew and Martha Donne were my Great, Great, Great Grandparents.
Regards,
John 1862.
Title: Re: DONNE - Houghton Regis
Post by: Tinas_t on Wednesday 01 September 10 22:09 BST (UK)
Hi everyone,
I'm also researching the Donne family (my 4 x grandfather was John Donne, Vicar of Houghton Regis church)  I have collected so much information about them over the past 12 years so I'd be happy to help anyone if I can.
I very much welcomed the info regarding the Haslehursts as they have been a bit of a brick wall for me so thankyou John 1862, I guess we must be cousins!! :)

Regards, Tina
Title: Re: DONNE - Houghton Regis
Post by: Lockins on Sunday 10 October 10 14:51 BST (UK)
Hi,

If you have any more info on the Donne's, Hasselhurst's or even the Delafield's that would be really helpful. The Hasslehursts have been difficult to track down, and I'm stuck at John Donne and Eleanor Owen!

Thanks
Title: Re: DONNE - Houghton Regis
Post by: john 1862 on Wednesday 13 October 10 23:52 BST (UK)
hi everyone,
i said that ann haselhurst died in childbirth in fact she died in july 1794 aged about 28, her daughters dates are as follows. martha 15/04/1794 to 20/07/1874, mary 23/01/1791 to 31/03/1853 and dinah 22/12/1787 to 10/08/1872.
martha, mary and dinah went to live with trier great aunt martha (patty) knight after the death of thier mother. later on dinah went to milton ernest to be with edward knight, mary went to miss boyden and martha stayed with martha knight untill her death. the girls father re-married to ann ellis at hanley 15/02/1795 7 months after his first wifes death, they had 5 children.
regards,
john 1862
Title: Re: DONNE - Houghton Regis
Post by: zoels on Thursday 08 December 11 03:33 GMT (UK)
Hi

Does that mean that the girls Grandmother was Martha Knight and she and Edward had an Aunt named Martha Knight???

Zoels