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Oh - if memory serves me correctly the bastardy bonds for that period in Frome Vauchurch did not survive. So there is no way of absolutely proving that 'Benjamin Bridle' was 'Benjamin Bridle Croft's' father. It just seems very likely as there was, it seems, the custom of giving a male bastard the father's full name and then the mother's surname. I also couldn't find evidence of a will for Benjamin Bridle, which might also provide more evidence.

Hi Kilmartin,

We're clearly tracing  the same tree. Pasted below is the information I have. Let me know where you fit in and if you have any more. All the best

Bridle Croft Family Tree

Living in Frome Vauchurch (and nearby villages) in DORSET

1. William Bridle, Yeoman Farmer
b.1600 (approx).
brd. 2 April 1672, Frome Vauchurch, Dorset.

Issue:

William Bridle, Yeoman Farmer      (m)    Jane
b. Before his brother John, mentioned in his will   brd. 6 January 1712.
dated 4 January 1707.            
brd. 23 October 1707, FV.

William Bridle
brd: 15 Apr 1737. ?

2. John Bridle, Yeoman, Church Warden  (m)   Edith
b.1636                     b. 1630
brd. 20 Feb 1708, FV               brd. 26 Apr 1713, FV

Issue:

Elizabeth B
brd. 5 Jul 1702, FV

3. John Bridle, Senior Clerk of Frome Vauchurch, Yeoman
bap. 22 May 1664, Frome Vauchurch      
m. 11 June 1689, Hampreston               
died. 3 Apr 1748, FV

(m)

Ann

Martha B
bap. 13 Oct 1670, FV

Jane B
bap. 2 Nov 1673, FV

Issue of John Bridle:

Issue not baptized at Frome Vauchurch

4. John Bridle, Yeoman         (m)   Margaret Presley
bap. 16 Apr 1696, Maiden Newton         brd. 13 July 1776, FV
m. 26 June 1732, Frome Vauchurch
brd. 20 Nov 1782, FV

Ann B
bap. 8 May 1698, FV

Grace B
bap. 5 Dec 1700, FV

Jane B
bap. 22 July 1704, FV

Jonathon B, Yeoman     (m)   Ann
bap. 17 March 1706, FV

William B
bap. 19 June 1709, FV
brd. 17 Sept 1713, FV

Issue of John Bridle and Margaret Presley:

John B
bap. 25 Sept 1734, FV

Richard B
bap. 2 Dec 1737, FV

5. Benjamin Bridle, Yeoman   
bap. 21 Sept 1740, Frome Vauchurch
brd. 22 Oct 1834, Frome Vauchurch   

(Had Sex)    

Sarah Craft daughter of John and Elizabeth Craft
bap 13 Jan 1733, Toller Fratrum

(married – 1)

Grace Luccas of Melbury
m. 5th March 1765, Frome Vauchurch
m. 15 April 1765, Melbury Osmond
brd. 22 Oct 1834, Frome Vauchurch      
                  
(married – 2)

Ann Cornish of Frome Vauchurch
m. 6th April 1819, Frome Vauchurch

Joseph B
bap. 22 March 1747


Sarah B
bap. 25 Apr 1749

Samuel Bridle
Bap 25 April 1749

Illegitimate issue of Benjamin Bridle and Sarah Craft:

6. Benjamin Bridle Croft, Shepherd   (m1)   Martha Curtis
bap. 8 Feb 1761, Frome Vauchurch      b. 1753
brd. 26 Oct 1839, Frome Vauchurch      m. 29th July 1782, Cattistock
                  brd. 25th November 1825, FV
               (m2)   Mrs Ann Forse
                  b. 1771
                  m. 20th April 1831, FV
                  brd. 5th December 1831, FV      

Issue of Benjamin Bridle Croft and Martha Curtis:

William C, Shepherd         (m)   Alice Farnham
bap. 21 Sept 1783, FV         b. 1789, Bridport
m. 11 July 1808, FV            brd. 4th May 1868, FV
brd. 21 Apr 1864, FV

Jane C.  A Spinster.
bap. 25 April 1785, FV
d. June 1859, Weymouth.

Elizabeth C            (m)   John Rolls of Frampton
bap. 1 May 1787, FV            Farm Labourer
m. 3 Aug 1809, Maiden Newton

7. Benjamin Croft, Shepherd   (m1)   Anne Chappell (Literate, Dom. Servant).
b. 1789               b. 1790
d. Dec q 1875, FV            m. 8th August 1814, Chilfrome
                  brd. 6th May 1818, Frampton
               (m2)   Jane Saunders
                  b.1795
                  m. 23rd March 1819, Frampton
                  brd. 22nd April 1847, Maiden Newton

Charles C, Shepherd         (m1)   Martha Stickland      
b. 7 Oct 1792, FV            m. 17th April 1815
d. 10 Apr 1863, Weymouth         d. 1820
               (m2)   Mary Brown of Grimstone
                  b. 1796
                  m. 13th November 1821
                  d. 7th January 1863


Charlotte C            (m)   Daniel Britt
bap. 25 March 1796, FV         Shepherd
m. 31 Dec 1818, FV

Issue of Benjamin Croft and Anne Chappell:

Mary Ann C, Spinster (Illegitimate)
b. 1810 (bap. 8 Aug 1814, Chilfrome).
d. Dec q 1878, Beaminster

Eliza C, Spinster
bap. 24 Dec 1815, Chilfrome
d. June q 1865, Dorchester

Thomas C
bap. 10 June 1817, Maiden Newton

Issue of Benjamin Croft and Jane Saunders:

George C, Shepherd      (m)   Elizabeth
bap. 9 Jan 1820, MN         b. 1816, Kingsbury, Somerset

Benjamin C
bap. 15 Apr 1821, MN

8. Charles Croft, Shepherd   (m)    Jemima ‘Jane’, dau of Thomas Hardy and
b. 1820            Mary Churchill
bap. 16 Nov 1822, MN      b. 1832, Wynford Eagle
m. 21 June 1855, Wynford Eagle   d. June q 1917, Weymouth   
d. March q 1892, Dorchester

Catherine C         (m)   Thomas Howfedd
b. 1822            Shepherd
m. 4 Apr 1843, MN

Sarah C         (m)   John Buckler, Shepherd   
bap. 18 Aug 1824, MN      b. 1822
m. 10 May 1848, FV         brd. 20th April 1895, FV
brd. 18 May 1905, FV

Amelia C
bap. 15 Apr 1827, Frampton

Joseph C, Shepherd      (m)   Rhoda Smart
bap. 10 May 1829, MN      b. 1832
m. 2 Nov 1854, MN

Ann C
bap. 19 Jan 1831, MN
brd. 25 Jan 1831, MN

William C, Shepherd      (m1)    Leah
bap. 30 Jan 1832, MN      (m2)    Sarah
                 b. 1835
Frances C
bap. 11 Aug 1833, MN

Elizabeth C         (m)   Joseph Mitchell
bap. 1 Feb 1835, MN         Shepherd and Labourer
m. 16 Nov 1859

James C, Labourer      (m)   Temperance
b. 1836, Crockway         b. 1840

Caroline C
b. 1837

Charlotte C
bap. 9 June 1839, MN

Craft – Toller Fratrum

Sarah Craft daughter of John and Elizabeth Craft
bap 13 Jan 1733, Toller Fratrum

John Craft
Married 11th July 1731, Askerwell (to Elizabeth Stone both of WE)
buried 25th December 1748, Fordington






     

The 'Ann' is one of my ancestors, baptised in 1698. I'm trying to track down a Sarah Croft/ Craft/ Crofts who had an illegitmate child with a Benjamin Bridle in Frome Vauchurch in 1761 and ssems to disappear completely. Can anyone help?