LUGSDEN/LUGSDIN of Little Staughton

[johnP-bedford]

More info gleaned on Wednesday..........

From 'How Bedfordshire Voted 1716 - 1735' BHRS vol 87

1 Sept 1727 William Lugsden/Lugsden of Stoughton Parva with freehold in Wilden
County election of 1734 William Logsdale ? of Great Staughton with freehold in Widen

Also listed is.... but with no hint of residence
21 Mar 1721 Thomas Lodgsden
15 Aug 1727 Thomas Lodgsdon
27 Jan 1731 Thomas Logsden

He is previously in vol 85 1685 - 1715

General Election 1705 Borough of Bedford
Thomas Lodgson

This Thomas could be the Thomas Lodgsden who married Eliz Child on 25 May 1676 at St Paul's Bedford
   
John

[lugsdin]

In the Will dated 12 Jan 1767 of William Lougsdin..... bequeaths to his daughters Mary, Ann and Elanor Wells £180, plus to his sister Elanor Peppercorn £10.

So are these Mary Lugsden who married John Cope on 23 May 1774;  Ann Lugsden who married Thomas Brawne on 14 Sept 1772 & Eleanor Lugsden who married Thomas Wells at LS on 23 Apr 1764. I cannot find baptisms for these daughters.

I am assuming so.

[johnP-bedford]

See topic ... http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,432244.0.html

There's a suggestion that the horse thief James Wiles was son of William Wiles & Ann Lugsden

 

[johnP-bedford]

Possibly unconnected perhaps, but interesting I thought......

From Roxton parish records

11 Nov 1663 John Logsden married Elizabeth Day

26 Aug 1664 baptism of John son of John Logsden

21 Sept 1665, baptisms of Faith, Hope, Charity & Mercy, four daughters of John Lugsden

25 Oct 1664 burial of John, son of John Logsden

24 Sept 1665 burials of Faith, Hope, Charity & Mercy, daughters of John Logsden

5 Oct 1665 burial of Elizabeth, wife of John Logsden

[Gaye Ruru]

Ann Lugsdin married Benjamin Excell on 29 May 1833 at St Nicholas Brighthelmstone, Sussex. They appeared in 1841 in Brighthelmstone, Ann 30 not born in Sussex. Benjamin died in 1842 and in 1851 she was a widow, Anne Exall 48 born Huntingdonshire. According to some online trees she died in Australia in 1888.

She may have been the daughter of  John Lugsdin of Sawtry All Saints who married Lucy Allen at Kimbolton in 1800.  I think it was this John who was buried on 22 Nov 1803 at Sawtry All Saints,(confirmation required from the parish register) as a Lucy Lugsden widow married James Knighton of Gt Gidding in Sawtry AS in 1804.

It appears as though Ann was living with her uncle, James Lugsdin, in Brighton, as there’s a marriage on 20 May 1828 at St Michael Bassishaw, City of London, between James Lugsdin widower of St Nicholas Brighthelmstone, Sussex, & Martha Lidgould spinster. Can’t trace his first marriage, yet.

1841 census
Hove Sussex
James Lugsden 70 Ind; Martha Lugsden 61. Neither b in Sussex

1851 census
Stoke Newington Middlesex
James Lugsden head widower 80 gentleman b Bedford

I think the 1852 marriage to Margaret Nix was this James, and the 1853 will that Graham has mentioned was him.

Graham has told me that the 1853 will mentioned no children, but that various nephews and nieces were named, including Ann Excell. I'm still working my way through these, but Mary Battams and Sophia are named

David

David -

[Gaye Ruru]

Trying to contact David [Bedfordshire Boy] and others researching this LUGSDIN line which mentions Ann EXCELL [nee LUGSDIN].  This Ann LUGSDIN who married Benjamin EXCELL is my great great grandmother and for many years I have been trying to find out her parents.  Benjamin EXCELL died aged 30 on 17 March 1842 in Brighton and in 1857 Ann EXCELL nee LuGSDIN emigrated to Castlemaine in Victoria, Australia with her son,  Harry EXCELL, [my great grandfather].  As you have discovered Ann died in Castlemaine in 1888.  Harry and his family emigrated to New Zealand in 1879, as did a daughter of Ann's Elizabeth [Bessie] PRESCOTT nee EXCELL with her husband and family.  The other son of Benjamin and Ann had earlier emigrated to South Australia.  His name was John Wickens EXCELL and he came out to his Uncle, also John Wickens EXCELL.  Any more assistance anyone can give me on Ann EXCELL [nee LUGSDIN] would be much appreciated.

Gaye

[bedfordshire boy]

Ann was, I believe, the daughter of John Lugsdin c1766-1803 who married Lucy Allen at Kimbolton Hunts and who was buried at Sawtry Hunts on 22 Nov 1803. In the 1851 census Ann gives her birthplace as Huntingdonshire. Without a baptism I can't state categorically that she was his daughter, but there's a lot of circumstantial evidence. The family was seriously baptist, who didn't do infant baptisms, so it's not been straightforward piecing them together. Graham on this thread has wills of some of the Lugsdins which have helped in putting them together.

I put a tree on Ancestry a few days ago but it doesn't yet show in the search. If you send me a personal message with your email address I'll send you an invitation to the tree. I haven't added Ann's children to it yet, but as it's snowing here I'm not going outside, so that's my job for the day!

David

[johnP-bedford]

Priscilla Worth Swannell is daughter of Joseph Swannell of Felmersham & Priscilla Worth of Harrold, who married at Harrold on 11 July 1810.  I don't know when Joseph died ......  . . .  .... on the marriage licence dated 2/7/1831  of Ladds Lugsden of Riseley to Priscilla Worth Swannell of LS.

Joseph Swanell died 2 Nov 1817 & is buried in Radwell Chapell. He is son of William Swannell & Martha Wright. His sister Martha baptised 1762 Pavenham married my gt-gt-gt grandfather Thomas Partridge at Felmersham in 1780.

cheers John

[bedfordshire boy]

Downloaded the will of James Lugsdin dated 20 Jan 1853 from TNA yesterday. Loads of legalese and instructions about trustees, but the guts of it reads"

"This is the last Will and Testament of me James Lugsdin of York Terrace, Queens Rd, Peckham in the County of Surrey, Gentleman.

First I direct that all my just debts, funeral and testamentary expenses be fully paid and satisfied. I nominate and appoint my dear wife Margaret Lugsdin, Mr Charles Teede (he was the husband of James’ niece by marriage, Ann Bailey, sister of James Lugsdin Bailey) of Mincing Lane, City of London, Grocer, and Mr Amos Goodliffe of Worthing in the county of Sussex, schoolmaster, Executrix and Executors of this my will ...

 I give devise and bequeath all that my freehold messuage cottage hereditaments and the outbuildings thereto belonging with the piece of land appurtenant or near thereto containing one acre or thereabouts with the rights members and appurtenances situate and being on the Green at Little Staughton in the county of Bedford now in the occupation of Mrs Minney unto and to the use of my nephew Robert Thorn Lugsdin of Little Staughton aforesaid his heirs and assigns absolutely and for ever.


.....paying such equal part or share unto each of my nephews and nieces following namely: William Lugsdin and Jabez Lugsdin the sons of my sister Ann Lugsdin deceased, William Lugsdin the son of my younger brother John Lugsdin deceased, the said Robert Thorn Lugsdin, Mary Battams, Sophia Lugsdin, Ann Excell and Deborah Goodliffe share and share alike....."

Pity he doesn't name the parents of his nieces, but it's pretty clear who they must be.

David