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Title: Baptism of Rebecca Taylor c.1797
Post by: mazzie74 on Tuesday 28 October 25 05:15 GMT (UK)
Hi

My 5 x Great-Grandmother was called Rebecca Taylor.

She was born in Wadhurst, East Sussex according to the 1851, 1861 census (1871 says Woodhurst, Sussex).

1851:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGLC-N5L?lang=en

1861:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7RQ-9B5?lang=en

1871:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF8R-Z2S?lang=en

She married John Harvey in Canterbury, Kent on 13th November 1816, but as it's an early marriage no parents are listed.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNDM-4Q1?lang=en

They moved to Deal, Kent. She died in 1874.

Does anybody have access to Wadhurst baptisms c.1793-1800 to check for a baptism of Rebecca Taylor so that I can find her parents please?

Thanks,

Darin.
Title: Re: Baptism of Rebecca Taylor c.1797
Post by: Pheno on Tuesday 28 October 25 07:22 GMT (UK)
Sorry can't readily see any Rebecca Taylor baptisms either in Wadhurst, or in fact, in Sussex for the right time period.

However, Wadhurst is quite near the Kent border and I have found that there was quite a lot of movement between the villages in this area so don't rule out the baptism being in Kent.

Pheno
Title: Re: Baptism of Rebecca Taylor c.1797
Post by: jonwarrn on Tuesday 28 October 25 08:56 GMT (UK)
Possibly something to investigate...
There's a baptism at Wadhurst, 13 February 1797, of a Rebecca Mitchell
Born 11 February
Parents Alexander + Elizabeth
PR here
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DT83-JX8

A marriage at Warbleton, 25 May 1795
Alexander Taylormitchel
+
Eliabeth Eastwood
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6XGQ-C2C

Taylormitchel seems to have been written as one word, though I suppose it could have been meant to be Taylor Mitchel(l) :-\
Title: Re: Baptism of Rebecca Taylor c.1797
Post by: jonwarrn on Tuesday 28 October 25 09:33 GMT (UK)
She married John Harvey in Canterbury, Kent on 13th November 1816

They moved to Deal, Kent.

I see that John and Rebecca Harvey had a son Alexander baptised at Deal, 1 August 1819
Father John a Butcher
https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/65e59051f493fd946f85891a
Title: Re: Baptism of Rebecca Taylor c.1797
Post by: mazzie74 on Tuesday 28 October 25 11:37 GMT (UK)
Thank you very much for your help

That seems like a good possibility

Regards

Darin