Hammond Prestbury

[WatermanEssex]

I would appreciate some help finding the christening of Jenny Hammond so that I can find her parents who possibly lived in Rainow

Jenny  married John Ridgway on 17th April 1787 in Prestbury. He was a blacksmith from Butley
 and she was from Rainow from  according to Cheshire Register of Marriages and IGI entries.

[mshrmh]

Hi,

Prestbury seems to be on the "new" version of the Familysearch site. I searched on birthplace Cheshire 1760+/-10. There was no Jenny, but there was a Jane bapt at Prestbury 9 August 1767 parents John & Martha. This would seem a possible - there are several other baptisms at Prestbury for children with the same parents' names, so if you're able to place siblings with the family at any stage or they have a naming tradition these may help.

There are a few baptised as Jenny on that site, but not in Cheshire.

https://www.familysearch.org/

The Cheshire Parish Register Project now covers Macclesfield St Michael which would be near (she may have been from Rainow at the time of the marriage, but not necessarily born there). However there doesn't seem to be a Jenny or similar on there:
http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~cprdb/

[WatermanEssex]

 Hello  mshrmh
Thanks for your help. I think Jane Hammond could be  the missing Jenney  Hammond. I wonder if she was known as Janey which may explain the spelling although spelling was different  in the 18th century. From this I may be able to go back a little further.

I will also try the Cheshire project  as I have different  branches of my family such as Higgenbotham in the Macclesfield area and it could fill in some gaps.

Regards  WatermanEssex
 

[WatermanEssex]

After some more research I think Jane Hammond is the correct person .
Thanks again  mshrmh for your help.

[mshrmh]

Pleased to hear that - you're welcome.