Holwell

[Grabridge]

I know Holwell was in Beds until 1897.  I want looking for information about my Gt Grandparents between approx. the 1650's & 1680's.
Does anyone have access to the Parish Registers? I am interested in the names Woodfield, Eaton & Empey? - Thanks

[bedfordshire boy]

Holwell parish register has been extracted onto the IGI at www.familysearch.org.

Plenty of Woodfields, but just one marriage for each of the Empey/Eaton names

It's easier to access via http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountryEngland.htm#PageTitle
where Holwell is found under Herts

David

PS Did you ever get the Wootton birth certs? Were they illegitimate as we suspected?

[Grabridge]

Thanks for this.

Yes, I did get the Wotton's birth certs and as suspected they were all illegitmate.

Chris

[johnP-bedford]

I went to Bedford Library this morning & tried to find Holwell PR transcriptions, the index card said Holwell was with the Shillington entries, but that mfght have meant Holwellbury hamlet ?  As Holwell parish was transferred to Herts in 1897 then most likely the PRs were not transcribed by the Beds Record Office.

However from the Shillington PR

Woodfield

Baptism  5 Oct 1625 John son of Hugh Woodfeild
            1 Feb 1628 James son of Hugh Woodfeild

Marriage 29 Oct 1617 Hugh Woodfeild to Thomansin Hoore

Burial  8 May 1632  Hugh Woodfield

Empey/Empie/Impie
Burial 3 July 1659  Thomas Empie  son of Edward Impie

No mention of any Eaton name

Regards John

[Grabridge]

John
Thank you so much for going to all this trouble for me.
Chris

[bedfordshire boy]

It's odd, as whilst a Holwell transcript  isn't included in BLARS list of publications, www.genuki.com states under Holwell that a transcript is available from Beds FHS! But Beds FHS doesn't list it either.

I think you're right John. They've not been transcribed, at least not by BLARS. But at least they've been extracted onto the IGI

David

[Grabridge]

By the way I have a hard copy of the Shillington Parish Register and it certainly does not include the families I am looking for.

Chris

[johnP-bedford]

In the attached list, Holwell is not detailed as being transcribed by Bedfordshire Archives; it just says the Parish Records are with the Herts Record Office.

http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/FamilyHistory/AnglicanParishRegisters.aspx

[Benzol]

Hi Grabridge,

Can't help with Holwell but I looked at the Pirton Database. Pirton and Holwell lie within two miles of each other. There were 19 entries for Woodfield/Woodfills round about the 1780s. William was a Cordwainer. Any help? No Eatons but a single entry for a Thomas Empey 1663 Hearth Tax.

http://www.pirtonhistory.org.uk/Search/Search.aspx

Benzol