Completed My Visit to Cambridgeshire County Record Office - will do simple Look-ups

[liverpool annie]

Hi Keith !

According to Tom Morgan - there are 41 ! plus some more that are maybe's !! that's a fascinating project - don't you think ??

Our research is not conclusive but it does suggest that the only villages with a clear claim to "Thankfulness" are the 41 villages given in List One.

We don't have expert local knowledge of every village, so perhaps there is other information to be considered.  If any readers carry out any further research at local level, we would be very happy to
include their research here and, if necessary, revise our listings in the light of new evidence.

I'm so glad " you're home " - we've missed you !!

Annie 

[Keith Sherwood]

Annie,
I just hope the good villagers of Aisholt in Somerset don't get too upset by the smiley in sunglasses.  That's how it came out when I tried to do: bracket, figure 8, bracket. 
Better get back to the Cambs Look-ups now, or I'll be in trouble - this little pre-amble came about, after all, with a request for a look-up in Knapwell; then my imagination took over.
Yes, it is good to be back...!
Keith

[bedfordshire boy]

Hi Keith

Welcome back!

No rush on this one, once you've cleared your antipodean backlog, if you would be so kind:

Croxton: burial Edward COZENS between 1684-88
              baptism Mary BARRETT c1660 (she married Edward
              above in Aug 1684 at Croxton)

Gamlingay: there were four HALE baptisms 1700-1704 - are
                  there any additional details that are not on the
                  IGI?

I'm not sure if Cambridge also holds Hunts records? If so could you kindly check Waresley for HALE baptisms 1689 -1700. I think Avery HALE was baptised there on 24 March 1689. but there's a suspicious gap then until the Gamlingay baptism in 1700.

Many thanks

David

[Keith Sherwood]

David,
Are you expecting further HALE baptisms beyond 1704 in Gamlingay...?
Keith

[bedfordshire boy]

Hi Keith

No, just those 4, 1700-1704

Thanks

David

[Keith Sherwood]

David,
In the Croxton transcripts, a burial on 13th May 1687 for an Edward COZYN, farmer...
A baptism on 31-07-1655 for an Edward COSIN, son of Edward and Jeane.
and on from the phonetically challenging COZENS/COZYN/COSIN to Gamlingay:
a baptism on 03-03-1700 for a John HALE, son of John and Mary.  Underneath it gave "gp" (presumably godparents, rather than grandparents): John ATKINS,  John PEET, Eliz Barret (?), Mary EDWARDS.
Baptism: 20-02-1702: Richard and Thomas HALE, twin children of Will (sic)
Baptism: 25-02-1704: William HALE, son of John and Mary...

Very obliging of that vicar to pop in the names of godparents too...
Regards, keith
p.s. just noticed that it was Mary Barrett's baptism you wanted looking up, not Edward's.  Next time!

[Keith Sherwood]

Marlene,
Great Catsworth: Marriage on 07-03-1836 between William FAIREY (bac) (x), tailor and Ann PASHLER (x) widow.  Witnesses: Thomas Millwood and Charlotte Fairy (x)
Baptism: 08-02-1835 of Amy PASHLER base born daughter of Anna, widow...

Doesn't quite clear parentage up, but that's all there was...
Keith

[bedfordshire boy]

Hi Keith

You're a star! Thanks very much for those. The Cozyns burial was exactly what I was hoping for, and adds the final confirmation to his widow Mary's marriage to John Hale.

And the godparents were also interesting, particularly Elizabeth Barret who may have been Mary's sister. I have no details of any of her siblings - her parents were married in Everton but no children were baptised there, so they may be elsewhere in Hunts or Cambs. It's just a case of finding which parish - I know her parents are right as she was left a fiver by her grandfather in 1672.

Do I assume that Cambridge doesn't hold Waresley PRs?

Thanks again

Kind regards

David

[Keith Sherwood]

Yes, David,
Or rather, no, they don't hold the Waresley records...
K...and I'll definitely look for any 17thC BARRET(S) baptisms in Croxton next time I'm at Shire Hall...