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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Worcestershire => England => Worcestershire Lookup Requests => Topic started by: Liz_in_Sussex on Monday 11 July 11 17:54 BST (UK)
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Hi,
My 4xG Grandfather, Thomas Lench was, according to the 1851 census, born in Martley, Worcs, around 1771. He also died there in 1855.
I have been unable to find his birth - and therefore his parents, on any of the various sites such as Family Search etc Does anyone have access to Martley's baptism registers - and if so we would be VERY grateful if Thomas could be looked up.
Many thanks ;D
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Hi, I checked baptism records for Martley from 1764 to 1775 and there were no baptisms with the surname Lench.
ridgehill
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Hi,
Thank you so much for looking, it's really kind of you. A shame you didn't find him though - I wonder where he is hiding!
;D
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Hi There
It looks like you will have to get someone to search the parishs aaround Martley but beware as one of the (Whitbourne) is in Herefordshire even though a lot think its in Worcestershire
All the very best
Phil
Weston-super-Mare
ps if I have time I will have a look for you but cant promise
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Hi Phil,
Thanks very much for replying and for the offer. I am hoping to visit Worcestershire History Centre on Friday and might just find something out there! I'll report back to this thread. ;D
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Hi There
I looked at a CD they have at Worcester History Centre for Martley parish registers on Tuesday & the only Thomas Lench I could find (when I looked at the alaphbetical index of BAPs) was s/o Richard BAP 20 OCT 1803 but then I searchd the same CD by date & this entry turned up
19 JAN 1772 Thomas (there is no mention of his parents on the CD).
I was going to have a look at the film on my next visit on Tuesday 16th as well as the films for 9 of the 10 contiguous parishes to see if he was dunked in the pond in a neighbouring parish
All the very best
Phil
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Hi Again
I forgot to mention that my Holliday & Morton lines are both at Martley
All the very best
Phil
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;D Thank you so much! That could be our Thomas! It's really exciting, just a shame no parents are mentioned. I'm not going to be able to get to Worcester tomorrow so am extra especially grateful to you for looking him up!
If you ever need any information from Croydon LHC (I live round the corner) or WSRO (Chichester - I go there lots) just let me know. 8)
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Thanks for the offer but you are safe :) as my lot came from WOR, OXF, GLS & HEF with the odd smatering of Powell's in Radnor (its like looking for Smith in England)
All the very best
Phil
ps keep your fingers crossed
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Hi There
Sory but I drew a blank
The entry that I told you about in the Martley transcript could not be found on the film of the parish & I presume that its one of the built in erors to keep a check on big firms who have before copied their transcripts without paying for the privaledge (it has happened & thats why they put a few minor errors on every transcript)
I looked at Wichenford 1764 - 1800, Shrawley 1765 - 1780, Broadwas 1765 - 1790, Doddenham 1766 - 1780, Shelsley beauchamp 1765 - 1780, Aston 1765 - 1780Great Witley (transcript) Only had one Lench in but it was nowhere near the dates you wanted, Litle Witley (this film has an index but there are no lench's in it - I also looked at the varients)
Sorry that I was unable to help you as I thought it was going to be a minor triumph for me but no such luck.
Oh I forgot to say that I did a good search of Martley as well & can only presume that your Lench line may have come from somewhere else & just looked on Martley as their home
All the very best
Phil
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Hi Phil,
Thank you so much for going to all that effort for us. It's such a shame - but I guess we know what we can rule out - back to the drawing board! I didn't realise about the errors added to transcripts - cunning!
Thanks again, good luck with your reasearch!
Liz