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Bedfordshire Lookup Requests / Re: Mark Partridge of Podington
« on: Sunday 22 April 12 14:03 BST (UK)  »
hello John

hope you won't mind me popping this on but i have come across a Mark Partridge in a will on my line of the Clare family of Stagsden.  I got the copy of the will of John Clare  from 1687 yesterday and in connection with his legacy to his children he leaves the money in the keeping of his 'brother Robert Clare and brother Mark Partridge' .  As i can't find john's marriage or baptism i'm trying to use these clues to help me.  I'm therefore guessing either a) John Clare's wife Elizabeth had the maiden name Partridge or b) John had a sister who married Mark Partridge.  i've looked at some of the previous posts on here so i'm guessing this Mark is either from Podington or Bozeat.

Not sure if this helps much but i'm going to carry on digging to see if i can find anything else on them.

Thanks

Joy 

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Bedfordshire / Re: Look Up for a Houghton Conquest Marriage certificate Please.
« on: Friday 20 April 12 14:32 BST (UK)  »
Hi Jan

i've got the fiche of the transcript for Houghton Conquest and i've just checked the entry.  Neither party is listed as being from elsewhere so you would usually take it they were living in the parish at the time.

Joy 

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Bedfordshire / Re: Origin of Bitchenors of Kempston late 1600's
« on: Thursday 19 April 12 16:51 BST (UK)  »
 ;D  Hi Viv - have just got the results of the search through on the email and I'm hopping up and down with excitement -  the information from the North Crawley register is most exciting  - Robert and Ann had two sons William bapt 1695 and Robert bapt 1697 before the third son Thomas in 1700 so I believe these are our missing ancestors!  This would explain the three turning up around the same time in Kempston as they were siblings.  At a quick glance the father Robert is son of a William who is son of a Robert then two more Roberts - this takes us back to about 1590 and means I will need to get those wills! :D

Do you have an e-mail address so that I can forward the files on to you as it was a county wide search and a couple of the marriages are in other parishes so I'm sure you will want to peruse all this lovely info at your leisure.

Joy

I shall order the wills today.   

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Bedfordshire / Re: Origin of Bitchenors of Kempston late 1600's
« on: Wednesday 18 April 12 15:39 BST (UK)  »
Yes the entries I have from the North Crawley transcript are:

Baptism  1700 Apr 21   Thomas son of Robert and Anne Bitchenoe, gardiner

Burial      1701 Sep 9     Anne wife of Robert Bitchenioe, gardener
Burial      1724 Jun 24   William Bitchenor
Burial      1743 Feb 29   Ann Bechino, poor widow (Alice Bitchenoe in Bishop Transcript)

As the transcript only started from 1700 the search i've ordered for the period prior to this may yield the baptisms of the other children of Robert Bitchino who married Anne Church  as this was in 1691 leaving ample time for more offspring. ;)

If this proves to be the case then the wills for North Crawley as follows would be of great interest so I will order them and transcribe for any interested parties (wills are my favourite ;D)

Agnes Bechinar  North Crawley widow 1559 
John Bechonoe  North Crawley   1638
Thomas Bycheno  North Crawley   1557 
William Bychenowe  North Crawley   1572 
John Bychynowe  North Crawley husbandman 1577 
Robert Bykonowe  North Crawley husbandman 1552

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Bedfordshire / Re: Origin of Bitchenors of Kempston late 1600's
« on: Tuesday 17 April 12 16:26 BST (UK)  »
Hi there

No, have not been able to find a will so far but have just sent for a baptism search in Crawley as the transcript I checked in Milton Keynes library only went back to 1700 and there are earlier Bitchenor wills on the Bucks database for Crawley so I think this may be their 'home' parish in the 1500 and 1600's.  Must say the surname variants (bychenowe, bichenoe, bykonowe etc) are quite eye-popping and not helping with this search. :D
Will post further when I get the results back.

Joy

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Bedfordshire / Re: Origin of Bitchenors of Kempston late 1600's
« on: Monday 16 April 12 18:17 BST (UK)  »
Hi there

i have a line of descent through my grandmother from the Bitchener family of Kempston so i've dug out my research notes.  My descent is from Robert Bitchener, blacksmith who married Elizabeth Crick in Kempston in 1723.  The other early marriage entry I have on my notes is William (not Robert) marrying Constance Houghton in 1716.

I have a hunch (as yet unproven) that they may be the sons of a Robert Bitchino of Crawley, Bucks who married Anne Church at Hardmead, Bucks in 1691.  These parishes are very close to Kempston but researching this family has proved a bit tricky due to the surname variations and going over the county boundaries.  They did have a son Thomas baptised at Crawley and there is a Thomas in the Kempston records.

Let me know if I can help any further.

Joy   

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