PRYKE/HOWE/LOMAS - Kirtling/Newmarket area

[Tracy Wise]

I am researching my family history which leads me to Kirtling with a family by the name of Howe.
My great great Grandfather Thomas Harry Kent bigamously married a Mary Howe in 1872 and had several children with him four of which were baptised in the Kirtling parish church between 1863 and 1870. Mary is the daughter of George and Susan Howe whose other children included Lettice, John, William and James. I am wondering if this is the same family that you mention above and if we are connected. If so I would be keen to swap family details if appropriate and find out more about the Cambridgeshire side of my family. Address in the 1861 census was School Road Kirtling.

My GG Grandparents lived in various locations around the country including Bristol, Central London and Kent.

[alstark]

My GGGF was William How(e) .  His parents were George How and Susan Claidon (Claydon)  George and Susan apparently had two daughters called Mary, one b 1837, the other b 1857.

[Subaru]

Hi

I had to double-check there, I have Pryke and Claydon in my family tree - Hannah and Susannah Claydon, and a George Pryke, but they're in the wrong area, and a few years later than mine

My Claydons and Prykes are all from West Tofts, Norfolk.  Not that far away really, somewhere along the line our paths may cross.

Rosemary

[Tracy Wise]

My GGGF was William How(e) .  His parents were George How and Susan Claidon (Claydon)  George and Susan apparently had two daughters called Mary, one b 1837, the other b 1857.

My GGGrandmother Mary was born 1837 , must be a sister to your GGGF William. I have yet to discover how she met my GGGrandfather Thomas Harry Kent @ 1862 I guess but they married in 1872 in Bristol after having had four children before this marriage. All four were baptized in Kirtling church between 1863 and 1870 . They lived in various places in and around London. They had two more children in Bristol before returning to London. However, Thomas Harry Kent was previously married in 1855 to an Eliza Bedford and had three children with her. She was still living with one of those children in 1871 and with another child in 1881 , 1891 and 1901!! So I have to conclude a bigamous marriage to Mary. In the 1871 census Mary is entered as Abincas (birthplace Kirtling) living with Thomas Harry and two of their children and two of the children from his first marriage. (This is how I tied them up). I would love to hear any family lore concerning the Howe family . Ending on a sweeter note, one of Thomas and Mary's sons called Albert Ernest b 1872 ended up as the chief Fire Officer for Swanscombe in Kent and was a highly regarded dignitary by the town. But that's another story.

Thanks