bassford, reachelous family

[tokar47]

have tracked down my great x4 grandparents Benjamin Bassford (b 1751 Little Paxton) and his wife Mary Reachelous (b 1747 St Neots) they married in April 1787 I think in Toseland. There were several children and grand children, and my side of the family ended up in Saddleworth West Yorkshire about 100 years later in 1870something, Can anybody add anything to my research please.

[DavidJP]

Hi tokar47,

My godmother has a Sarah Reachallous in her tree, b1793/94 in either Toseland or St Neots. Sarah married Robert Baxter in 1817 in St Neots & died in 1873 in St Neots.

Any link?

The surname Reachelous/Reachallous is an unusual name, but with Toseland & St Neots in the mix as well, I feel there must be a connection somehow.

Kind regards

David

[bedfordshire boy]

Hunts Marriage Index shows that Benjamin Bassford of Toseland married Mary Reachelous in St Neots in 1787. A Mary Reachelus was baptised in St Neots on 16 Nov 1759, daughter of John and Mary, labourer. Your birth year of 1747 looks suspect as she would have been 40 when she married and then to have had several children? Possible perhaps, but likely? No. Particularly as online trees show her last child as being born in 1805. Age 58 according to your birth year? Definitely no. A Mary Basford age 66 was buried in Fen Drayton Cambridgeshire in 1825, where the age fits.

The Marriage Index shows a marriage of John Rachalous and Mary Pattison in 1756 in St Neots.

A Benjamin Basford was buried in Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire in 1834 age 78. If this is your Benjamin and his burial age is correct then your birth year for him also looks to be wrong. He may have been the Benjamin Bassford baptised at Little Paxton Hunts, 3 miles along the road from Toseland, on 25 Feb 1757, son of Joseph & Elizabeth (per BVRI). Joseph Basford and Elizabeth Henson married in Lt Paxton in 1752 (Hunts Marriage Index).

But as we don't know what your research shows it's difficult to know what we're meant to be looking for.

David

David JP, there are no Reachelous baptisms in St Neots between 1777 and 1808

[bedfordshire boy]

Hi David JP

A son of Robert Baxter and Sarah Reachelous, John Baxter baptised 1821, married Sarah Hite in 1840 in St Neots. I did a lot of work on the Hite family a couple of years or so ago. If you've looked at this family and need any information just shout. They came from the Colmworth/Keysoe area of Beds

David

[DavidJP]

Hi David,

Many thanks for that, much appreciated. I'll have to get in touch with my godmother as I'm not sure what she has as regards the Hite family & get back to you.

As regards Sarah Reachallous, if no baptisms in St Neots, then that might suggest born in Toseland as she did state that as place of birth on the 1861 census.

Many thanks again.

Kind regards

David

[tokar47]

Thanks for your reply David jp but can't find a link.
Also thank you Bedfordshire boy, We (my wife and I) thought we had some dodgy dates, and what you wrote seems to confirm this! Having input the information you gave us, the picture seems a lot clearer and makes much more sense. I am particularly interested in my Great Grandfather Robert Bassford, b Dec 1866 in Fen Drayton. he was the youngest son of William Bassford (b 3 march 1879
in Fen Drayton) and his wife Elizabeth nee Butcher. The 1881 census shows him living in Fen Drayton with his Mother, father and elder brother Joseph and has him as being 15 yrs. old and a farm labourer. The next record we can find is of him marrying Margaret Emily Bowden in Dec 1887 in Saddleworth W York's, where the majority of my family hail from. We would like to establish when Robert moved away from Huntingshire area, whether he moved on his own or as a family "en masse" and what might have been the motive for such a drastic departure. Robert and Margaret  went on to have 5 daughters and on son. The oldest child was Elizabeth Hannah (b Q1 1888 in Saddleworth) and she was my Grandmother. Thank you again Bedfordshire boy and David jp in was kind of you both to reply to me.
Regards David W  (tokar47)

[Galium]

Benjamin Bassford and Mary Reachelous married by licence - records are listed in the Hunts Marriage Allegation Index:
    
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0l1t/

You can order copies of the allegation and bond from Cambridgeshire Archives, which may give you further information.  Sometimes the ages of the bride and groom are recorded, although it isn't guaranteed.