Birth - Brington - Reuben Lawrence C1774

[Jamiel42]

Hi

Can anyone please help with a long standing brick wall.

My 4th Gt Grandfather was supposedly born about 1774 in Brington Hunts. A visit to the archives in Huntingdon did not come up with anything as there was a 10 year gap in the parish registers around this time. I do not know the reason for this gap but basically the entries end then we have half a blank page before they start up again many years later, as this was the book i was looking at rather than any electronic reproduction i was quite confused.

I have been told that in general BT's may have some information that is missing from parish registers but unfortunately I have not had the opportunity to follow this up.

Reuben married Elizabeth Smith in Molesworth on 20 Oct 1799 and died in 1810 in Brington. They had 4 children Sarah, John, Thomas and William baptised in Brington between 1800 and 1809.

Any help with this one greatly appreciated.

Jamie

[bedfordshire boy]

If you go into the LDS site and click on Family History Library catalog, then on place search you can check exactly what films the LDS holds. They have the BTs for Brington, but you seem to be out of luck as they too have a large gap at around the period you are looking for - between 1742 and 1779 only 1755 has survived.

www.genuki.com confirms that the parish register 1754-1812 is missing, and the story for the BTs is as on the LDS site.

You could check to see if there are any Lawrence wills from Brington, but other than that I'm not sure what else you can do. You could also check to see if the overseers accounts and other parish chest entries survived, in the hope that the family might be mentioned.

Also check on http://www.a2a.org.uk/ to see if there's any mention of them.

Not good news I'm afraid

Regards

David

[Jamiel42]

Thanks David

You can see why so far this has been a bit of a brick wall. I think another trip to Huntingdon is on the cards.

Regards
Jamie

[stedodge]

hi  i have the same rueben lawrence in my family tree on ancestry site and all the lawrences right down to my mother Sandra rodgers. ida muriel sauer was my mothers mother, her mother was hilda beatrice sauer maiden name: lawrence. contact me if you wish more info.