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Hi All.
Does anyone have any information regarding The Farrington's of Hertfordshire. Most of the family were born in and around Ware, Royston Buntingford etc, in the 1800's. I think they have come from Cambrideshire at the turn of 1700-1800's.
They were mainly Carpenters.
The relevant names are:
Thomas
Henry (Harry)
Albert
Kate.
My direct family left Hert's and came to London in the late 1800's.
My Grandfather was Henry Thomas Farrington, he was born in 1887 in Ware, although went by the name of Thomas. He and his brother Albert ended their days in Kent, Sidcup and Chislehurst.
Any information would be much appreciated.
Thank you
Tony.
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Tony
Here's your "first" batch . . . . .
Philip Behrend of London / Martha Ann Farrington
Broxbourne marriage register 20 Feb 1809
Jos Farrington / Mary South
Broxbourne marriage register 27 Aug 1821
Thomas Farrington of Buntingford / Sarah Dodkin
Royston marriage register 17 May 1819
Thomas Farrington of Hoddesdon / Ann Stewart of Hoddesdon
Hoddesdon marriage register 3 May 1851
John Farrington / Elizabeth Stallybrass
Royston marriage register 17 Oct 1815
All from H.A.L.S.
Ray
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A little later . . . . .
West Herts and Watford Observer, 11 Nov 1899, p1
William Farrington, Watford, Singer, 11 Nov 1899
Again obtainable from H.A.L.S.
R
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Settlement D/P24A/13/8 William Farrington Nov 19 1791 from Thriplow, Cambridgeshire to Hoddesdon
Thriplow (nr Duxford) gets moved in/out Cam/Herts/Cam/Herts over time
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Tithe Awards 1837 - 1850 (Contact HALS for further details)
Joseph Farrington 1840 East Barnet and Chipping Barnet
occupier 4 PC681 (Page 26)
Sarah Farrington and others 1842 Layston
occupier 155 DSA4/65/1 (Page 8)
Sarah Farrington 1842 Layston
owner 155 DSA4/65/1 (Page 8)
William Farrington 1841 Hoddesdon
owner 352 DSA4/44/1 (Page 14)
William Farrington 1841 Hoddesdon
owner 353 DSA4/44/1 (Page 14)
William Farrington 1841 Hoddesdon
owner 354 DSA4/44/1 (Page 14)
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Hi Ray.
Thank you so much for that.
I will go digest it.
Can I ask what H.A.L.S stands for?
Thank you so much once again.
Zish. Tony.
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Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies
Here is the link.
http://www.hertsdirect.org/services/leisculture/heritage1/hals/
Scroll down to the mauve box at the bottom of page.
Steve
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Or, direct to the search index . . . . .
https://www.hertsdirect.org/ufs/ufsmain?formid=HALS_INDEXES (https://www.hertsdirect.org/ufs/ufsmain?formid=HALS_INDEXES)
;D
You may also want to search the catalog for odd & sodds . . . . .
http://calm.hertsdirect.org/calmview/
Ray
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I realise I'm a little bit late to this party, but I'm searching for the details of Thomas William Ferrington, who I believe was Farrington previously. He moved to Australia, but I have no idea when this occurred. I know that in 1853 his son, Thomas William Ferrington Jr, had a young child die in 1853 in Sydney, so I know he was there by then. Thomas Sr eventually died in 1869 in Woolloomooloo (Sydney) at the age of 81 according to the newspaper, so that would put his birth date circa 1788.
Does anyone know the birthdate of the Thomas Farrington of Buntingford that married Sarah in the Dodkin in the Royston marriage register 17 May 1819? The death notice in the newspaper puts Thomas Jr as dying shortly after his father in 1871 at the age of 50 years, so his birth would be circa 1821. In the death notice, in the Sydney Morning Herald, there is an "English papers please copy" note, so that indicates where he came from.
Any information would be helpful.
I have a picture of Thomas Jr
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Hi asperks.
My name is Tony Farrington and Thomas is a relation of mine.
My Thomas was born in 1826. He was living in Layston, with his mother sarah. She was a widower by 1851, when she was 56. Her husband was your Thomas. I have seen his name mis-transcribed as Thomas Faerington.
Kind regards
Tony.
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P.S.
Thomas Farrington, son of William & Elizabeth, was baptised on 6th September, 1789, at Broxbourne.
There are two family's, both with the same christian names, who are related in the Hertfordshire area.
Tony.
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Hi Tony (my name's Anthony/Tony too for the record), thanks for the information on the Faerington link, That isn't one of the ones I've been looking for.
I'm pretty sure the Thomas/Sarah one isn't the direction relation. You say that Sarah was a widower, but having the information that my Thomas Sr died at the age of 81 in Sydney, sort of takes that one out of the running. I'd pretty well come to this conclusion.
The other Farringtons in the same area is the one I'm looking to see if anyone has any information. As you've probably seen, there are a few Thomas Farringtons born between 1788 and 1790. I'm just trying to find which is which.
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Does anyone have any details of William and Elizabeth Farrington, the parents of Thomas? Any help would be much appreciated.
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Hi Tony.
Henry Farrington Married December, 1860, Tumut, NSW Australia. Born Buntingford, Hertfordshire, England, Age 28. Parents Thomas Farrington, Elizabeth Norman.
The 1851 census lists a Sarah Farrington, a 56 year old widow living in the High Street, Buntingford, who is described as a "Cordwainer (Mistress) employing 3 men and one apprentice", born at Royston. Her children, all born at Layston, were Elizabeth (28, house servant), Thomas (26, Cordwainer (Journeyman)), Ann (22, Shoe Binder) and granddaughter Mary (8 months). Sarah obviously had quite a big business by the standard of the time, in small Hertfordshire towns.
A search of the 1841 census (from Ancestry) using "Farrington" fails to find the family - but if we look for all children called Thomas aged about 16 living in Layston (surname left blank) you will find a "Thomas Faerington". Looking at the original image shows this is a mis-transcription for "Farrington", The head of the household was a Sarah Farrington (shoemaker) and the family included a 9 year old Henry Farrington (i.e. born in 1832) - who is presumably your Henry. This is the same Sarah as the one in 1851 and the occupations of shoemaker and cordwainer are allied occupations.
Familysearch records that Henry the son of Thomas and Sarah Farrington was born on 4th January, 1832 and baptised on 29th September 1836 at the Buntingford Independent Chapel. The Hertfordshire Burial Index showed that someone called Farrington was buried at the Buntingford Independent Chapel on 15th November 1833. As Sarah was widowed by 1841 could this burial be her husband Thomas?
the marriage of Thomas Farrington and Sarah Ann Fulford at the Old Church, St Pancras - on 8th June 1828 - but if you do my guess is that he will turn out to be described as a widower. This would mean that the Elizabeth Farrington (28 in the 1851 census) was the eldest child of his first marriage - and was most likely named after her mother (common practice with first daughter). If this guess is correct Thomas was married to an Elizabeth before he married Sarah - and Henry may have given the name of Thomas's first wife when he married in Australia.
So was his first wife called Elizabeth Norman and did they marry about 1821 (i.e. shortly before Elizabeth Farrington was born)? You have already found that searching for Thomas Farrington provides nothing, but as I said at the beginning, errors can occur. I therefore carried out a search using familysearch to see if I could find a suitable Elizabeth Norman marrying ...
On 1st February 1822 Elizabeth Norman married Thomas Nash at the Old Church, St Pancras.
So an Elizabeth Norman married a Thomas at the predicted date - and in the same London Church as Thomas Farrington married Sarah seven years later. It can't be a coincidence. Again it is ESSENTIAL that you look at the microfilm of the register to see what the original document actually says. It may be that the surname "Nash" is an indexing error - or perhaps Thomas was really Thomas Nash Farrington - and the register was incorrectly completed. It could be worth comparing the signatures at the two marriages. (If Thomas "made his mark" he would not be able to read or write - so would not notice if the register entry he was marking was incorrect.)
I decided to guess that Thomas was actually Thomas Nash Farrington and looked for a Farrington/Nash marriage. I found
On 17th February 1776 William Farington married Ann Frances Nash at St Mary, St Marylebone Road, London
St Mary (St Marylebone) was only about a mile or so from the Old Church, St Pancras, and may well have been another used by people from Hertfordshire that did not want to be married in their own village. A few years later we have the following Hertfordshire baptism
Thomas Farrington, son of William & Elizabeth, was baptised on 6th September, 1789, at Broxbourne.
Please let me know if this is the family. All the best.
Tony.