A bakers dozen? Twelve or thirteen?

[henry14]

Can someone please throw some light on the following missing person?
Harvey Dodd(s) married Catherine Gresham on 14th May 1781 at Bucknall, Lincs.
IGI records show they had twelve children between 1782 and 1804.

The Familysearch Vital Records Index shows the same twelve children christened at Claxby Pluckacre (which was in the 'Parish' of Bucknall) and a thirteenth child viz:- William Dodds christened 29th July 1787 at Claxby Pluckacre.

It's the elusive William that I am looking for. This is the only William Dodds born c.1787 that I have been able to find but I have not been able to trace his marriage or death.

Is there any chance that someone knows of this family there occupations and movements etc.

My brick wall is William Dodds, a cordwainer who married Rebecca Chick in Portsea, Hants on 9th November 1810 and died on 23rd February 1841 in the Smithfield area of the City of London. His age at death is recorded as 54 years.

Is he the William Dodds son of Harvey and Catherine?

Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated.

[GeoffE]

For some reason, the IGI has no baptisms at Bucknall between Nov 1786 and May 1788 (although usually 6-10 baptisms/year at that time), so they don't seem to have been picking on William DODDS alone.

There was no DODD(S) marriage at Bucknall after 1781, so
1) they all died
or
2) they moved somewhere else.

Were there any other DODD marriages in Hants in the relevant period?  If so, were any DODDs born there in earlier times?

[henry14]

Hi Geoff. This has been bugging me for some time now. There were many Dodds families in Lincoln, around that time and beyond. I've followed Spilsby and Friskney families in particular, where thay have moved to London, in an effort to find a link. There were other Doddses in Hampshire but I've been unable to find a connection. William and his wife's family all moved to London early 19c where thay remained. (His son's were all shoemakers).

I have always felt, maybe wrongly, that a connection could be found with his employment as a cordwainer.

Near where they lived in London was another large Dodds family, all in the shoemaker trade. If William's age at death was wrongly recorded and should have been 64 then the William Dodds in that family could be the one I'm looking for. That would also have made him older than his wife which appears to have been the norm years ago.

[kickbacknrelax]

Hi, some time ago I researched my branch of the Dodds family from Nottingham and Woodthorpe back to Bucknall. I made the Nottingham to Bucknall connection via Gresham DODDS. Gresham was a common christian name in my branch and probably originates with the marriage you speak of. I can dig out the stuff if you'd like.

regards
Geoff Dodds

[henry14]

Hi Geoff. Could you have a look in your files and see if you have any info on William.
Cheers. Bob Dodds, N London

[kickbacknrelax]

Will do