Help - John LEVIS

[dave192]

Could the reason for not finding a recorded of their marriage be due to the fact they may have being Quaker's.  The origins of the Levis family start in 1558, a Huguenot named Levis settled in Leicestershire.  from this line a Samual Levis followed William Penn and also the Irish Levis came from the same line as well as growing in England.

[seahall]

Hi dave192.

It is a thought, although there is a marriage for a son of Aaron in
Northants C of E.

Also the I.G.I. has a marriage to Elizabeth Peak for Aaron Levis
in Great Bowden C of E.

We still can not find one for John and Rachel though.

Sandy

[Selina]

Referring back to message 27 from David (bedfordshire boy) - It seems that William Levis was in trouble more than once in 1829.  Both times for Larceny.

In the England Criminal Registers, at the Huntingdon Sessions July 1829 he was sentensed to 6 days imprisonment and at the Huntingdon Sessions October 1829 he got 2 months imprisonment and whipped!

Selina

[bedfordshire boy]

Is there any evidence that this family in Northants/Hunts were anything but the established church? John and Rachel baptised possibly their first child in the established church, but we don't know about the Sawtry children. If they were married in a Quaker ceremony then I very much doubt if they would have baptised children in the CofE. The Quakers were a very insular set of people.

Equally I don't buy Huguenots turning into Quakers, although I'd be happy to be proved wrong.

But you've got a long way to go Dave before you need worry about whether or not they were Huguenots.

Yes Sandy, I'd checked Lewis as well in Hunts but drew a blank. I still think the name might have been corrupted in the parish register, but 30 fiche with 70 pages per fiche is too much to contemplate ploughing through with a magnifying glass!

David

[bedfordshire boy]

OK, panic over

1806 Sawtry All Saints John LAVESS and Rachel SOUTHWELL

I'd been through all the LE....s but thought I'd better make the effort and check all the L....s and S......s. Fortunately LAV comes fairly near the start! Shame you can't use wildcards on fiche!

David

[c-side]

Fantastic, David.

You deserve the biggest accolade for that one 

Christine

[Selina]

Well done David!

Its nice to see another mystery solved.

Selina

[dave192]

Thanks everyone for your help And thank you David I never thought of looking under Lavess, tried everyother combo appart from this.  Again thanks.

One mystry soled two to go.

[seahall]

Brilliant work David. 

I did look through my Stanion Church and Non-conformists graves
for the Surname, none our side of the County though.

Sandy