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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Essex Lookup Requests => Essex => England => Essex Completed Lookup Requests => Topic started by: nick200 on Tuesday 31 August 10 10:39 BST (UK)
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Hi all,
I have been promising myself that I would do this for years but I have now finally started!
I thought that I would start with my mums side first as we know more about this side!
I have got as far as Daniel Bohannan (or Bohannon) who was born in 1730 but I cannot find out who is parents were? ??? He was born in Great Waltham and died in Pleshey in 1801. He married Ann in 1749 in Pleshey and she lived from 1725 till 1775. They had three children - Ann born 1750, Daniel born 1751 and Nathaniel born 1754.
Any help would be greatfully appreciated.
Nick
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Welcome to Rootschat!
The EssexSEAX site had transcribed some baptisms for Great Waltham, but they are only up to 1700 at the moment. However they will do a search for you at quite a reasonable cost, and you can get the form to fill in on line.
regards.
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Hi Nick as you are new to Roots Chat I will do the look up at Chelmsford records for you,it will be at least a week before I can get there,nice going to get back to the 18th cent,if I find the birth record it will only show the mothers first name,so I will try for the marriage as well.
Best Regards
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Hi Paco and geno,
Thank you both for your help.
I am on holiday so cannot get on the intrernet often at the moment.
Paco, thats great I will try when I get back. :)
Geno, thank you for your help, it will be interesting if you find any more.
:)
Best regards
Nick
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Hi had a quick look at the Pleshey baptisms yesterday will try for the marriage later
Ann daug of Daniel and Anne Buchanan 15th June 1750
Daniel son of Daniel and Anne Buchanan 10th Nov 1751
Nathaniel son of Daniel and Anne Buchanan 28th April 1754
Anne daug of Daniel and Anne Buchanan 15th may 1757
Sarah daug of Daniel and Anne Buchanan 9th March 1760
I saw in the list of marriage licence that a Sarah Bohannan married a Andrew Poulton D/ALL 1793
I suggest this may be the Sarah born 1760 if you want I can pull the licence and see where they married,there are normally onlt 3 reasons for getting a licence bride pregnant so cannot wait for banns,one or both parties are under age,they are not from the parish they are getting married in.
Best Regards
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Hi Geno,
Thank you for all your help, I will update my tree now to show your findings.
Thanks for your offer of looking into Sarah's marriage, I would like to know but I can wait. I think that you have already helped more than I ever expected!
Thanks again and if you ever need me to look into records at Banbury Oxfordshire then please let me know.
Best reagrds
Nick
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Hi Geno,
Thank you for all your help, I will update my tree now to show your findings.
Thanks for your offer of looking into Sarah's marriage, I would like to know but I can wait. I think that you have already helped more than I ever expected!
Thanks again and if you ever need me to look into records at Banbury Oxfordshire then please let me know.
Best regards
Nick
Ps, does this mean that the mothers maiden name is Buchanan or that they were known as Buchanan and then became Bohannon? This would expalin why I cannot go any further with Bohannon?
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Hi no we still do not know her maiden name,the records are quiet clear that the name is Buchanan but you must remember that lot's of people could not read or write in the time scale you are looking at also the regional accent did not help also the clergy nearly always came from upper middle class famlies and would have lived many miles from the parish so would have no idea just how the name should be spelt,still nothing like getting another two children to put into the tree,will try for the marriage next time,I did look up Boyds which is a index of marriages in Essex and could find no Bohannan listed but the index is by no means complete,so who knows waht I will find
Best Regards
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Hi Geno,
At least it explains why my search went blank, and it makes sense that the spelling or even how it was pronounced would affect the way that it was written. I think it now means that I need to get over to Essex and see what is over that way. There is a story in the family that we originated from a family that came over with William the Conqueror (De Bohun) and if the spelling was to change over time then it explains why it ended up as Bohannon but it would be good to find the link. Especially as they are both associated with Pleshey! I have managed to get a lot of history of De Bohun from 975 until 1600's but I would now like to see the link. Maybe I am too impatient for this!! :D
Thanks for your help, especially with the time and the two extra children.
Best regards
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just noticed in the 1901 census:
Bohannan
Daniel 1885 Essex Gt Waltham Essex, Felstead
Could be coincidence, or maybe they stayed there?
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Hi both of you with regard the 1066 connection this event is the most investigated thing ever,all the great and good historians have given it a going over,last time I looked all the noblemen they could agree on being with William was 23 plus there men,best if you get back slowly and then if you are lucky make a connection,the mention of the 1901 census threw me abit I take it the family stayed in Essex from the 1750's,with regard going to the Essex records nothing could be more simple
it is a new building very user friendly and right next to it is a long stay carpark you will need a readers ticket all you need is a utility bill or bank statement and they will issue one on the day it's free this will allow you to look at original records.
Best Regards
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The 1901 bit was just that someone of the name was in the same place much later. Its an unusual name, so it might be connected...an aside really.
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Hi Nick
I can remember Bohannan's living in Ford End, Gt Waltham parish, back in the 1950's & 60's & in my searches for my family have found them in other parishes around that area. Whilst trawling the ERO Seax site I haved noted a William Buchanan - buried 12 May 1699. St Mary & St Lawrence. Would certainly agree with the advice on name variations because of local accents. One of my ancestral lines was Homden. I have found everything from Holmden to Omden. Leave no stone unturned!
Good luck
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just noticed in the 1901 census:
Bohannan
Daniel 1885 Essex Gt Waltham Essex, Felstead
Could be coincidence, or maybe they stayed there?
Hi Pastmagic,
Thanks, I will check now as it sort of ties in with with one ancestor.
Nick
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Hi both of you with regard the 1066 connection this event is the most investigated thing ever,all the great and good historians have given it a going over,last time I looked all the noblemen they could agree on being with William was 23 plus there men,best if you get back slowly and then if you are lucky make a connection,the mention of the 1901 census threw me abit I take it the family stayed in Essex from the 1750's,with regard going to the Essex records nothing could be more simple
it is a new building very user friendly and right next to it is a long stay carpark you will need a readers ticket all you need is a utility bill or bank statement and they will issue one on the day it's free this will allow you to look at original records.
Best Regards
Hi Geno,
I can imagine that it is very popular, especially with programmes like "Who do you think you are". It has been old story since I was kid that we were related but I have now decided to see if it is true. I managed to get back as far as 1730, got stuck and then managed in one weekend to go from 975 to 1600's but is was probably a waste of time as I could now be on the great, great, great ,great cousin of my ancestors and not actually the right path!! My family were in Essex from about 1750 until recently but now the Bohannans have now scattered and I only know of one family in Northamptonshire and they have no sons.
I will have to visit it and have a look, I think I have gone as far as I can with the computer and will now venture out of the armchair :)
Thanks for all your help.
Nick
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Hi Nick
I can remember Bohannan's living in Ford End, Gt Waltham parish, back in the 1950's & 60's & in my searches for my family have found them in other parishes around that area. Whilst trawling the ERO Seax site I haved noted a William Buchanan - buried 12 May 1699. St Mary & St Lawrence. Would certainly agree with the advice on name variations because of local accents. One of my ancestral lines was Homden. I have found everything from Holmden to Omden. Leave no stone unturned!
Good luck
Hi Keziah,
It is a weird thought as I have never met them and they could be distant relatives. Thanks, I will have to come over to SEAX and check out the Buchanan's as they seem to be a link that I have not tried yet. There I was, hoping that it would be easy and in five minutes I would have everything. Oh well, I will now start the stone turning :)
Thanks :)
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Hi Nick
Just joined rootschat and read you message regarding Daniel Bohannan and his 3rd child Nathaniel. Nathaniel was my 3rd Gt Grandfather
I have lots of information on my family tree re Bohannans and the Elgies who came from Yorkshire, I have traced back to my 11th Gt Grandparents, its all very complicated. My Dads Grandad (George)married Mary Ann Elgie
They ran the White Horse pub in Pleshey for some years. You have answered a puzzle which I have been trying to solve giving me the information on Nathaniels parents and siblings. If your other rootschat friend has any info on the De bohuns I would be very interested.
Hope to hear from you
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Hi Nick,
Just thought I'd mention that there was a lad named Bohannan at Rainsford Secondary Modern School Chelmsford at the same time as myself, I left school in 1949. I'm pretty sure he was from Gt Waltham, if not, somewhere out that way, he was one of the kids that were bused into school each day from outlying villages. Can't for the life of me remember his first name though, still it was a long time ago. ;D
Regards
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Hi Nick,
I've just joined and found this thread. I would assume we hail from the same Bohannon's (my family are from Essex, the Bohannon side from Pleshey). Unfortunately I having nothing more to add, as I have hit the same brick wall. There is a page on Facebook (something about the Magna Carta & Pleshey). It seems to relate the Bohannon name to de Bohun, although it doesn't give details. Are you related also the the Hasler & Beard families? They are all interlinked on my family tree.
Emily.
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Hi. I was reading through posts about bohannan and saw your post. Just wondering if you have any information on the family. My link goes back to nathaniel c bohannon born in 1754 but no further back.