thos and mary stevenson in standlake

[woozle]

Hi all
I'm hunting for the existance of any children born in STANDLAKE to Thomas Stevenson and Mary Gibbs between 1747 when they married and 1759.
Is there a kindly soul who would have a look for me?? .
Cheers
Woozle

[patrish]

Hi Wozzle,

I cannot find any on the IGI born in Standlake, Oxford.

Its a long shot but all I could find.

Thomas Stevenson ch.1.10.1749 Lissington, Lincoln

Father thomas Mother Mary.

[toby]

I have checked parish registers for Standlake cannot find any births or their marriage at Standlake.
Sorry Regards

[patrish]

IGI  Marriage of

Thomas Stevenson b about 1722 Standlake Oxford.   spouse Mary Gibbs 21.2.1747
Buckland , Berkshire.

[woozle]

Thanks Patrish, Toby
It was a long shot that would have made my day but if they weren't there they weren't there. I though I'd found a long (very) lost Robert Stimpson under the name Stevenson but to prove it i had to find T&M producing kids outside of Buckland. 'Twas not to be.
Thanks again for your help.
Regards
Woozle

[Carmela]

Hi Woozle,
Perhaps all is not lost. I have Stevenson ancestors who lived in East Hanney, Berks. The names Thomas and Robert
appear in every generation. It is possible that your Robert
might be one of my lot. I don't have details on all the sibling
marriages, but if you give me whatever information you have,
I'll take a look and see if I can find any likely candidates. Feel free to send me a PM. If I can't help, I may be able to
put you in touch with someone who can.

By the way, the real Buckland marriage appears to have been that of a Thomas STEPHENS and Mary Gibbs. The IGI entry which you saw and Patrish quoted above, was a submission from an LDS church member, not an extraction from the parish register. The IGI also has the Stephens-Gibbs marriage ( extracted from PR), but it does not come up
if you search for a Thomas Stevenson marriage. I searched for Mary Gibbs and found the two marriages, same day, same place. Of course, you would need to see the original
record (fiche or CD) to be absolutely sure that the name really is Stephens and not Stevenson.

Regards,
Carmela

[woozle]

Hi Carmela.
Thanks for your reply. I though I'd write here just in case the problem rings a bell with anyone else reading it.
Here goes.
I have a marriage of Robert Simpson to Martha Buckingham in 1787 in  Abingdon. Robert was given as coming from Buckland. There is one family of stimpsons only producing children in Buckland, thomas and Mary but with no Robert. Robertand Martha produced their children elizabeth, William, James, Hannah and Barnet in Fyfield and Tubney and most of them carried on living there. Unfortunately there is no death in any of the records for Robert or Martha (save one in Appleton for Martha) so i have no dates for their births.
I read a post by someone who had Stevenson as a variation of stimpson so more for something to do than anything else i typed Robert Stevenson in the IGI and came up with one born buckland 1758 t thomas and Mary and everything fits, parents names, place, date. Oh I was a happy bunny! 8 years of searching at an end. Until.. i found this out of place thomas Stevenson marrying Mary. Depression.
So I though if I could find them producing other children elsewhere than maybe everything would fallinto place.
That is about all i can tell you. 
Let me know if you need any other info.
Thanks a lot
Woozle

[Carmela]

Hi Woozle,
I have not had much time today, but I did turn up a
a marriage that might be of interest, if you don't already have it:  Thomas Simpson
               Mary Clemson
               married 16 May, 1750, Appleton with Eaton
Your mentioning that Martha died in Appleton made me think that there might be a possibility that these are Robert's parents, however I did not find any children for this pair, but then I have no idea where they lived after the wedding.

I don't think that it is very likely that your Robert Simpson was really Robert Stevenson. Stimpson and Simpson were
variants of Stevenson, but it's still quite a leap from Stevenson to Simpson. I think the transition was from Stevenson to Stimpson and then to Simpson. Stimpson seems to have been the way Stevenson was pronounced
in the local dialect/accent and over time it came to be written
as such. My Stevensons retained the name as Stevenson and I have never come across it being written as Stimpson.

I'll give your problem some more thought and see if I can find anything else. May be a few days before I have time.

Cheers,
Carmela

[woozle]

Hi Carmela
Lovely, thank for replying. I agree that Simpson to Stevenson was a bit of a long shot. But I ran out of ideas a while back. As Robert was from Buckland it seemed logical that Thomas Simpson and Mary Clemson were his parents (they were the only Buckland Stimpsons at the time. Just haven't been able to prove it hence my considering Thomas and Mary Stevenson.
After the wedding they went to live in Fyfield/Tubney and then disappear and I have found no death for Robert in N.Berks so far.
Have now started to examine transportation to colonies, prison, insanity, extra-terrestrials and holy orders.
If you have any ideas they would be most welcome as I have a large and unsightly bump on my forehead due to the constant banging of it against brick walls.
Thanks again
Regards
Woozle