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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Nottinghamshire => Topic started by: Ledge on Monday 24 February 14 20:46 GMT (UK)
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Hi guys,
I've hit a wall on my family tree and am looking to find any records I can on this person, in particular any records of his christening and parents of course.
The only records I have so far are the following:
Marriage -
St Michael the Archangel - West Retford - 25th Feb 1745
John LEDGER & Hannah BAILEY
Burials -
St Swithin, East Retford;
HANNAH Ledger, Wife of JOHN, 12 December 1777
JOHN Ledger, 21 December 1779
Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated - I'm not getting any responses in the Nottinghamshire section as I think it's a bit quiet.
Many thanks in advance.
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Hi
There are a couple of documents that mention John & Hannah Ledger on this site.
http://mss-cat.nottingham.ac.uk/DServe/dserve.exe
http://mss-cat.nottingham.ac.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Roles&dsqCmd=Search
I'm not sure if the original document will hold any more information or the other people named on the document.
Have you seen a copy of the original marriage entry for any clues ?
Carol
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Hi
There are a couple of documents that mention John & Hannah Ledger on this site.
http://mss-cat.nottingham.ac.uk/DServe/dserve.exe
http://mss-cat.nottingham.ac.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Roles&dsqCmd=Search
I'm not sure if the original document will hold any more information or the other people named on the document.
Have you seen a copy of the original marriage entry for any clues ?
Carol
Hi,
Thanks for this. I'll have a look when I get home.
A kind person on here found the marriage document for me and said this:
"The marriage information came from the Nottinghamshire Family History indexes, not all years and parishes have been transcribed yet."
I googled Nottinghamshire Family History indexes and could only find this website
http://www.nottsfhs.org.uk/
I can't find anywhere to search for a document on there though?!?
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Hi
The Nottinghamshire family history society have produced a CD with Baptisms, marriages & burials.
It is only an index and there are no other details on the marriages apart from names, dates and parishes.
You can order a copy of the CD by going into their website, then into shop. There is a new version coming out on 1st March.
Carol
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There's nothing on the present disc. I have actually been to the university and viewed docs for my ancestor, one he had written 1833 and I could handle them, it was brilliant.
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Just checked BMD's and East and West Retford only have records on the marriage disc
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Thanks guys.
Hi
The Nottinghamshire family history society have produced a CD with Baptisms, marriages & burials.
It is only an index and there are no other details on the marriages apart from names, dates and parishes.
You can order a copy of the CD by going into their website, then into shop. There is a new version coming out on 1st March.
Carol
Am I right in assuming that if the old disc doesn't have anything the new one won't either?
James
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Hi Ledge
Sorry I ought to have said that it is a new and updated version is available in March. A lot more baptisms and burials have been added.
Carol
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Hi Ledge
Sorry I ought to have said that it is a new and updated version is available in March. A lot more baptisms and burials have been added.
Carol
Oh ok, so new burials and and baptisms will be available on the disc out in March? I'll order myself a copy.
Thanks
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Hi Ledge,
My name is Geoff Ledger,i live in New Zealand,i also am searching for family,i have tracked back to John Ledger through his second son Thomas,if i have got it right,John had three sons Francis,Thomas and Gervase,
I have Francis marrying a Mary Twelves on 24/11/1766 and her Date of Burial as 13/06/1834 age 78,
would love to hear from you about your search,
Cheers,
Geoff
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Hi Ledge,
My name is Geoff Ledger,i live in New Zealand,i also am searching for family,i have tracked back to John Ledger through his second son Thomas,if i have got it right,John had three sons Francis,Thomas and Gervase,
I have Francis marrying a Mary Twelves on 24/11/1766 and her Date of Burial as 13/06/1834 age 78,
would love to hear from you about your search,
Cheers,
Geoff
Hi Geoff,
Great to hear from you.
I haven't looked at my tree in a while but have the same as you, which is good to know. Unfortunately, I've got no further than John Ledger d 1779 (FreeREG).
I also have him marrying a Hannah Bailey - a kind member on here found this on the Nottinghamshire Family History indexes.
Other records have Gervase Ledger down as Jarvis and Jonas! Gervase had six children - Lucy, Polly, Elizabeth, Mary, Martha and James.
I have Thomas Bailey marrying a Sarah Brown in 1771 and having a child Lucy Ledger who died at 3 (1771-1774). I then have him marrying an Ann Pearson in 1777 and having 5 children - Edward, Betty, Thomas, William and Edmund.
Are you on Ancestry? If so, I can invite you to view my tree.
James
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Hi James,
Thanks for the reply,unfortunately i am not on Amnesty,i let my membership lapse a few years ago,i have used FreeREG as well as a couple of other sites to find my way around,
I have John having 3 children--Francis,Thomas and Gervase,
Thomas is my GGGG grandfather,iv'e only found 4 children---Edmund,Betty,Thomas and William,do you know what year Edward was born,i have a possible ref of birth 1785,died 1805,any further help on this would be most helpful,
Thomas is my GGG grandfather,he had 4 children---Ann,Edward,Frederic and Louisa
Edward is my GG grandfather,he had 8 children,Emma,Walter,Edward,Frederick,Alfred,William and Walter,one Walter and one William both died in infancy,
Alfred is my G grandfather he had 1 child,Sydney
Sydney is my grandfather and he had 5 children,Emily,Suzy,Noel,Maxwell and Graham
Noel is my farther,
I did find a christening for a John Ledger but the date was 1688,a little early for our John i think,
I will have to look at renewing my membership with Amnesty so i can check out your tree.
Cheers,
Geoff.
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I can find just these 3 baptisms to John and Hannah Ledger, all at St Swithun's, East Retford
1745 05 08 Francis
1749 10 31 Thomas
1751 10 02 Gervase
The only John Ledger baptism anywhere in the county which is listed on the CD prior to John and Hannah's marriage is the 1688 one
1688 02 09 John LEDGER father RICHARD mother Mary NOTTINGHAM St Mary
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Thomas's details:
Marriage
1771 04 01 Thomas LEDGER Sarah BROWN EAST RETFORD St Swithun
baptism
1771 12 17 Lucy; parents Thomas LEDGER Sarah abode Spittlehill EAST RETFORD St Swithun
marriage
1777 11 25 Thomas LEDGER Ann PEARSON EAST RETFORD St Swithun
baptisms (all Thomas and Ann at St Swithun, E Retford)
1778 02 23 Betty LEDGER
1780 01 15 Thomas LEDGER
1782 07 20 William LEDGER
1785 10 26 Edmund LEDGER
Francis's details:
Marriage
1766 11 24 Francis LEDGER Mary TWELVES EAST RETFORD St Swithun
baptisms then at Clarborough
1769 01 03 John LEDGER CLARBOROUGH St John the Baptist
1770 03 23 Thomas LEDGER CLARBOROUGH St John the Baptist
1775 09 09 Thos. LEDGER CLARBOROUGH St John the Baptist
1777 03 03 Elizabeth LEDGER abode Moorgate CLARBOROUGH St John the Baptist
1785 04 15 Son George LEDGER Moorgate CLARBOROUGH St John the Baptist
1792 07 01 Dau Ann LEDGER Moorte. CLARBOROUGH St John the Baptist
Burials at Clarborough:
1785 10 23 George LEDGER Clarborough Son of Francis & Mary CLARBOROUGH St John the Baptist
1805 10 17 Francis LEDGER Moorgate Clarborough Of Fras.& Mary CLARBOROUGH St John the Baptist
1814 11 14 Mary LEDGER 70 Moorgate Clarborough Wife of Francis CLARBOROUGH St John the Baptist
Of note is the fact that Thomas Ledger m Elizabeth Webster iin Clarborough in 1795 and their children included a Francis - I wonder if this was a 3rd marriage for Thomas b 1749?
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Thank You Annie,
This has filled some gaps,
most appriciated,
Cheers,
Geoff