Blunts of Whittlesey. St. Mary's parish

[DawnLongdown]

Am trying to find out more about Benjamin Blunt born circa 1810.  Who were his parents and did he have any siblings?  In the 1851 census he was a butcher, living in Delph Street, Whittlesey.  He had been married to Sophia Miller from Stamford in Lincs.  But she died after 1841.  Records should be in St.Mary's.  Any offers of a look up, please?
Dawn

[Frances]

Hi Dawn,
These entries come from the CFHS database. You may like to search them yourself. Happy Hunting, Frances

http://www.cfhs.org.uk/Search.html


1807 BLUNT Benjamin - ----- of William & Martha Whittlesey -
1810 BLUNT Benjamin 0d ----- of Benjamin & Eleanor Whittlesey *
1815 BLUNT Benjamin - Coats s. of Benjamin & Ann Whittlesey, St.M *
1828 BLUNT Benjamin - Eastree s. of Batson & Saberry Whittlesey, St.A *
1832 BLUNT Benjamin - ----- s. of Thomas & Alice Outwell *

[DawnLongdown]

Hi, Frances,
Thank you for the info.  I had already found these possible sets of parents and  am inclined to think the right pair of parents are Benjamin and Eleanor.  I am not sure how to verify this, except that Samuel's siblings were George, Arthur and Emma.  Will post any progress made.
Dawn

[Anjo]

Hi Dawn, I don't think Benjamin and Eleanor are the right parents.
Had a look on the camb fhs and I think benjamin chr 1810 was a twin and his other twin was eleanor they both died in 1810 they were chr 0days old so I think your benjamin belongs to someone else. Unless they had another benjamin and he doesn't show on the baptisms but this particular Benjamin and Eleanor have chr for 11 children. So it doesn't seem likely.

I will have a look on the 1841 census for you later and see what I can find off there. Probably this evening ok. All the best Anjo

[Anjo]

Hi again had a look on the 1841 there are loads of them!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is your benjamin

Benjamin  Blunt 30   F  J   m      Yes   ( Haven't a clue about Intials but
Sophia      Blunt 30                    No       that is suppose to be his occ )
George     Blunt  10                   No
Emma       Blunt   4                    Yes
Samuel     Blunt   9mts               Yes

In 1851 he is 43 so I would be more inclined to think that William Blunt and Martha who had a benjamin chr 1807 is more likely to be his parents.

I only looked on the index of the 1851 I don't have the actual census.
This is the ref if you want to look it up or for someone else reading this who could do a lookup for you HO107/1765  120A

I found a chr date for benjamin son of William and Martha on the lds site 7 apr 1807

William and martha had 2 other sons that i found chr for Thomas 1803
and William 31 Oct 1796.  There is loads of info submitted on the lds site and the name of the submitter in Utah have you been in touch with him he might just have the answer you want. Sorry can't be of any more help. If you want a lookup on the 1841 again just give me a shout ok.

[DawnLongdown]

Hi Anjo,
Thanks so much for the time you have spent searching for me.  It sounds as if you are right about William and Martha being Benjamin's parents.  I was really interested to hear there had been two other sons, Thomas and William.  I will try and check the submitter on the lds site as you suggested.
Dawn

[Matilda10]

Hi Dawn

Just seen your message and Whittlesey church records show
BLUNT March 13th Eleanor of Benjamin & Eleanor born13 March 1810
BLUNT      "       "    Benjamin of  "         "       "          "        "            "
1811 Apr 22 BLUNT Martha & Ann twins of Benjamin & Eleanor born 9th April 1811
1814 Mar 18th BLUNT Elizabeth d of Benjamin & Ellen Coats Whittlesea publican.
1815 Sep 12th BLUNT Benjamin s of Benjamin & Ann Coats Whittlesea Farmer
1817 Jul 3 BLUNT Charles s Benjamin & Eleanor Coats Whittlesea Farmer
1819 Sep 6th BLUNT James s Benjamin & Eleanor Coats Whittlesea Farmer

MARRIAGE
1815 5 Feb BLUNT Benjamin bac & Eleanor LINDSEY (x) sp botp wits Willaim BLUNT  Baxter HUNT Ann JACKSON

Hope this helps you

Kind regards
Matilda

[seank]

My greatx3 grandmother was a Mary BLUNT of Eastrea, Whittlesey who is distantly related to 'your' Benjamin.

As 'anjo' has pointed out, Benjamin is very likely to be the son of William and Martha (GROUND) BLUNT and born c.1807. These weren't a line of BLUNT's that left wills, unfortunately, but by the process of elimination, the parents seem right to me.

As to William's parents, I'm not quite sure, there are two couples who could be candidates.

I understand Sophia died in 1850 and Benjamin remarried in 1852. He may have married for a third time in 1858! This information came from a contact on GenesReunited and I haven't double-checked it myself. I've got the transcripts of the local PR's, so I may well do so, now you have revived my interest, haha!

[seank]

It seems William was the eldest son of John and Isobella (BATSON) BLUNT of Whittlesea. William probably died in May 1825 age 51, giving him a birth date close to the William (chr.1773) of John & Isobella. My greatx4 grandfather Batson BLUNT was the youngest son (b.circa 1789) of John and Isobella, so that is the connection between our two families.