Heathfield Parish Registers

[sue9]

Good Evening Chris

Thanks so much for looking up the Sands for me it is very kind of you.

Regards
Sue

[kerryb]

Hi Chris

I wonder if you could check two spouses for me who married into the Harmers and were supposedly born in Heathfield.

Susanna Baker born 1707
Katherine Evenden born 1709

Are you able to find their baptisms and from that their parents and any possible siblings?

Thank you

Kerry 

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi Kerryb

Trust you to pick 1707 - one of the years that virtually no records were entered - on the transcription that I have it says the following:

1707 (this year was not in BT and there are no regular records in PR just these 2 out of order therefore
there will be many missing entries)
Bapt   30 Aug   Susannah the daughter of Thomas and Susannah Taylor (entry was out of order)
Bapt   Feb   Francis the son of Arthur and Jane Knight (entry out of order)


But prior to this, there are several baptisms of children to "John Baker by Jane his wife" and John Baker (Parish Clerk) and Elizabeth his wife.

Although there is this

1700 Bapt 22 Dec   Susanna the daughter of John Baker by Elizabeth his wife.

After the above, the Baker name does not appear again for some 40 years (1841 to be exact, and then it is a William Baker and Mary his wife.

I hope the above makes sense to you

Chris in 1066

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi again

Sorry, but the name Evenden appears only once in the baptism Register between 1612 and 1753 as follows:

1751 Bapt 8 Sep John the son of John Evenden by Elizabeth his wife

Sorry, but it does not look like they are Heathfield Folk

Chris in 1966

[Stovepipe]

I've seen elsewhere "Evenden" as a form of the name "Haffenden".  Should think there might be one or two of the latter in the Heathfield registers.  (Not asking for a lookup, though.)

[kerryb]

Hi Kerryb

Trust you to pick 1707 - one of the years that virtually no records were entered - on the transcription that I have it says the following:

1707 (this year was not in BT and there are no regular records in PR just these 2 out of order therefore
there will be many missing entries)
Bapt   30 Aug   Susannah the daughter of Thomas and Susannah Taylor (entry was out of order)
Bapt   Feb   Francis the son of Arthur and Jane Knight (entry out of order)


But prior to this, there are several baptisms of children to "John Baker by Jane his wife" and John Baker (Parish Clerk) and Elizabeth his wife.

Although there is this

1700 Bapt 22 Dec   Susanna the daughter of John Baker by Elizabeth his wife.

After the above, the Baker name does not appear again for some 40 years (1841 to be exact, and then it is a William Baker and Mary his wife.

I hope the above makes sense to you

Chris in 1066

It makes perfect sense and ain't that just typical, had to be me who wanted 1707 

Thanks for looking Chris.  At least the 1700 birth gives a possibility to look into.

Kerry

[kerryb]

Hi again

Sorry, but the name Evenden appears only once in the baptism Register between 1612 and 1753 as follows:

1751 Bapt 8 Sep John the son of John Evenden by Elizabeth his wife

Sorry, but it does not look like they are Heathfield Folk

Chris in 1966

Thanks again Chris

At least I can start looking elsewhere and it proves to me once again that taking submitted trees off the IGI should never be taken as gospel!

If I don't get chance to say it again, have a lovely Christmas Chris! 

Kerry

[kerryb]

I've seen elsewhere "Evenden" as a form of the name "Haffenden".  Should think there might be one or two of the latter in the Heathfield registers.  (Not asking for a lookup, though.)

Thanks for that Stovepipe, that's a possibility I had not thought of!

Kerry

[Chris in 1066Land]

Stovepipe / Kerryb

Yes, there are quite a few Haffendens in Heathfield Parish Registers - but unfortunately not one of them were named Katherine with a K or a C

Sorry Kerry

Chris in 1066