Preshute or Ogbourne St.George - burial of Mary WOOLDRIDGE

[ribbo39]

Hi all,

I have a marriage of William Wooldridge to Mary Jones in Preshute for 26-10-1710 with William listed as being of Ogbourne St.George.

I have just now found a marriage of William Wooldridge to Elizabeth Goddard also in Preshute for 1-3-1714/15.

Could this have been a 2nd marriage for William and if so, when did Mary die between 1710 & 1714?.
If anyone has burial records that could help I will be very grateful.

Alan

[vazzycat]

Hi Alan

Preshute indices all cover 1606-1837. Looking for WOOLDRIDGE/similar there are only the two William marriages which you know about. There are no baptisms or burials at all for that surname/similar.

Ogbourne St George indices
Burials 1579-1837 only 2 Mary WOOLDRIDGE/similar One in 1691 (too early) and one in 1740 (dau of William & Mary)

My suspicion is that Mary and Elizabeth are married to 2 different Williams, this is because of the two couples producing children as per below in OSG. There are no William WOOLDRIDGE/similar marriages in OSG 1700-1715 so I think both couples are likely to be the ones you refer to married in the next parish.

There are no relevant baptisms 1700 until...

Children baptised to a William WOOLDRIDGE/similar & Mary:-
1711 Oct 21 William
1713 Dec 02 Simeon
1715 Sep 25 Mary
1717/18 Feb 23 Ann
1721 Aug 20 Elizabeth
1727/8 Jan 28 Susanah

Children baptised to a William WOOLDRIDGE/similar & Elizabeth
1716 Sep 23 John
1719 Jul 19 Lydia
1722 May 29 William
1724/25 Feb 22 Thomas
1726 Apr 25 Elizabeth
1729 Apr 13 Sarah

For what it's worth there were 5 William WOOLDRIDGE/similar burials between 1738-1782...a common name!

I hope this lot makes sense

 

[ribbo39]

Hi Vazzycat,

Many thanks for your help.

Its quite clear from the details you  have provided that two William Woolridge families existed
side by side in OSG. at the same time. How very convenient!!!

So my suspicions of a wife dying and William marrying again within a short period of time are unfounded.

I can now try and carry on searching for other ancestors.

Thank you once again - very much appreciated.

Alan