HARDY Entries in St Ives, Hunts (later Cambs) 1774-1785

[Ros50]

Hi All

I'm trying to follow a family named HARDY, who moved from Cambridge St Mary the Great to Cambridge St Andrew the Great, probably via a detour to St Ives, Hunts.  I'm hoping someone has access to the parish records of All Saints, St Ives, and can fill up some blanks for me.

Banns were read in St Mary the Great, Cambridge on 6 March 1774 for Henry HARDY of the parish to marry Ann OSBORN of St Ives (probably the one in Hunts).  Did this marriage take place in St Ives (it didn't happen in Cambridge)?  And can anyone give me details eg marital status of the parties, names of witnesses?

Do any baptisms in St Ives follow on from this marriage? 

Henry HARDY remarried in Cambridge on 16 March 1778, his new wife being named Susannah, but there are no baptisms for the couple in Cambridge until 1785.  Did Henry take Susannah back to St Ives and have children with her there 1778-1784?   

Lastly, I've found a burial index listing for a William HARDY in St Ives on 3 March 1777 with no age given.  Is any further information to hand about this burial, eg does it say William, son of Henry Hardy?  Are there other HARDY burials during the period 1774-1785 which I may have missed?

I hope this isn't too much to ask, all at once?  I'd be grateful for any information at all.

Thanks very much.

Best Regards

Ros

[Victor Harvey]

Hi Ros,
The burial records for All Saints, St Ives, Huntingdonshire indicate that both William & Ann HARDY were buried on the same day. i.e. 3rd March 1777.
It wasn't normal, at this time, to record the age, although infant deaths sometimes recorded an age.
Victor

[Ros50]

Thanks, Victor, that's a real step forward!

I've encountered other examples where a mother and new-born infant were buried on the same day.  There probably is no baptism for William, but we get the picture.

This is all good!

Best Regards

Ros

[bedfordshire boy]

Hunts Marriage Index shows the marriage in 1774 in St Ives. The index states if the register shows either party to be widow or widower, and as there's no such indication the assumption must be that they were recorded in the register as  bachelor and spinster. That doesn't always mean they were bachelor and spinster though! Witnesses aren't given in the index

David

[Ros50]

Hi David

Thanks for that!  It's good to be able to confirm that the marriage took place in St Ives - there was always the chance that yet a third parish was involved.  I'm happy with the bride and groom being bachelor and spinster - that's what I expected.  The pieces are falling into place very nicely just at the moment.

Thanks again

Best Regards
Ros