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

[nedroma]

Keith

Many thanks for offering to pursue Elizabeth Wayment for me.

Elizabeth Price (nee Wayment) turns up in Basingstoke in the 1841 census with 2 children aged 2 (Robert)  and 4 (John) born "in the County" (i.e Hampshire.). This seems to suggest a marriage date pre 1837.

In  the census returns for 1851 and 1881 EW gives place of birth as Barrington, Cambs and that is where I expected to find her, but a search of the CFHS Baptism Index only came up with one  Elizabeth Wayment and that baptism took place at Bassingbourn in 1809. The parents are given as John and Mary.

Such a date of birth would fit in with the inconsistent dates of birth given in censuses by EW which woud suggest anything in the range 1806 to 1811.

 I would hope that her marriage would be in either Barrington or Bassingbourn.

Thank you once again. I never cease to be amazed and humbled by the army of enthusiastic Rootschat genealogists who are prepared to help others so willingly.

Alan

[Keith Sherwood]

Alan,
I sure I'm speaking for all of us when I say we ENJOY doing this kind of thing, bizarrely enough.  Will be looking for your family this afternoon...(in Cambridgeshire, if not in Hampshire - they obviously enjoyed being associated with places beginning with BA....)
Keith

[nedroma]

Keith

I just noticed an error on my part - its EW and GEORGE Price (not John as in my opening message).

I think the link is railway development. George becomes a  Railway Fireman and his family then appear in succesive censuses in Basingstoke, Lakenham (Norwich), Ipswich, Widnes and Rotherhithe and various children are born in Cove (Hants), Stowmarket, Basingstoke, and Rouen in France!

Alan

[Keith Sherwood]

By George, I think I've got it (noted down in my little book...)
Re the Railways, did you know there's an early map of Cambridge showing, I think, 19 different proposed sites for the railway station before they decided on its present-day location...
Keith

[Keith Sherwood]

David (aka Bedfordshire Boy),
I'm probably not going to add much to your present knowledge on your 17thC roots in Cambs, but here we go...
The Croxton entry was obviously a (translated) transcription, for on 16-06-1661: Baptism of Henry MADLOCK son of James and Grace of Eltisley.
The only BARRAT baptism was: 08-04-1724: Mary BARRAT daughter of Thomas of Ellington and Mary.
There were three marriages, the 1684 one you've already quoted on here, and:
16-10-1688: Edward BARRETT and Elizabeth BARRETT botp
14-04-1713: Nicolas BARRETT of Elsworth to Mary BURRIDGE of Croxton.
So, I looked for Mary BARRETT's baptism in Eltisley, Ellington and Elsworth.
Elsworth was overflowing with BARRETT's: 18 baptisms between 1632 and 1749; 7 marriages between 1631 and 1745; 16 burials between 1572 (!) and 1758.
No sign of Mary, the nearest being a couple of baptisms for a Martha BARRAT, daughter of Thomas the younger and Martha: 02-04-1665 and 24-02-1666.
Didn't actually look at any of those burials, so don't know whether one or maybe both of these two namesakes died young.
Finally, in Toseland nearby: a 1617 BARRATT baptism.
So, Eltisley seems to be the particular hotspot for BARRETT's - hope at least something here helps...
Very best wishes,
keith

[Keith Sherwood]

Alan (aka Nedroma),
Found a great many WAYMENT entries in the Bassingbourn registers.
Baptism: Elizabeth WAYMENT daughter of John and Mary 09-07-1809
In Barrington a marriage: 13-04-1828: George PRICE (x) bachelor to Elizabeth WAYMAN (x) spinster bothofthisparish.  Witnesses John Allen and Joseph Prime
I would imagine that the WAYMENT family moved from Bassingbourn soon after Elizabeth was born, as no more of her siblings were recorded there.  That entry in the Census must be an error - of memory, perhaps...
very best wishes,
keith

[bedfordshire boy]

Thanks very much for all your hard work Keith. Much appreciated. At least I have a few ideas now on where I should be concentrating my Barrett research. Fortunately these people had money, so there are wills to help.

Where's orange crush gone? I wanted to discuss the performance of the NZ cricket team with her!!!  Come on Marlene, put your head above the parapet.

Kind regards

David

[Keith Sherwood]

David, and Marlene,
We'd better allow for the time difference, but it did look as though the Kiwis were doing all right after the first innings...The cricket season here has made a very slow, cold start.  But I'll wander up the road soon when the University plays its first game against one of the Counties at Fenners, armed with a flask of something hot...
Keith

[Dale]

Always ready for a good stoush boys! All the olds here were good old farm lads ready for the rodeo and tackling well fed heifers. Didn't have time to "take tea" and and take days out for the refinements of knocking maidens over etc I'm afraid!
Just haven't had enough practice I'm afraid!
BUT there's always the rugby/league etc....?
Cheers
Kia Ora Kid!