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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

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

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.

You may be right that Thomas married twice;
1771 to Sarah BROWN and 1777 to Ann PEARSON, entry on FreeREG does not state if he was Widowed though on 1777 Marriage.

Do you know where Thomas/Sarah were living post 1771?

There is a Burial of a SARAH Ledger, Wife of THOS, 01 Nov 1774, St Peter, Headon-cum-Upton
Abode, Gainesbrough
A LUCY Ledger was Buried 28 July 1774, Daug of THOS/SARAH, same abode

+  a BETTY Ledger, Daug of THOMAS/ANN was Buried St Swithin, East Retford, 22 March 1778

LUCY Baptised St Swithins 17 Dec 1771 to THOMAS/SARAH
BETTY Baptised same Church 23 Feb 1778 to THOMAS/ANN

So looks likely that Thomas Married Sarah and Ann to me.

Trish

I only have christening records for Thomas and his close family. All other info on this thread, such is burials and wife's maiden names is new and exciting to me!

WOW. Lots of new information.

I'll have to add this all to my tree when I get a moment. I had Thomas as marrying both an Ann and a Sarah at different times in his life but this is probably wrong of course.

The next step is to find more info on John Ledger. Thanks to Dizzyfish, I have evidence that would indicate he married a Hannah Bailey. Hopefully that link you provided will bring up some Christening Records for him - many thanks!