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

[bedfordshire boy]

Hi Keith

Next time you are at the top of the hill, could I trouble you for a quick look up in Gamlingay for the burial of Chris(topher) Apthorpe between 1648 and 1680. He married Dorothy Luke, my 9xg grandmother,  from nearby Everton (which could never seem to make up its mind whether it was in Beds or Hunts) in Elstow Beds in 1647 and she was buried, a widow, in Everton in 1680.

I don't know where Chris was from but there's a baptism of Chris Apthorpe in Gamlingay in 1624 so I'm hoping! The baptism and marriage are the only IGI entries for Chris Apthorpe anywhere in the country, but I'm a bit worried as he would have been about 20 years younger than Dorothy.

No rush, I'm leaving in the morning for a few days in sunny Bedford so won't be checking in until next week.

Many thanks

David

[Keith Sherwood]

Right, David,
I'll look in Gamlingay, though I've often in the past found the period you are asking me to look in tends to have omissions and pages missing because of the Commonwealth/Restoration of Monarchy confusion.  Must have been a hard time to keep records intact with all those zealous iconoclasts bashing your parish church to bits - especially Mr Dowsing and his henchmen in East Anglia...
Have to tell you it's a miserable Bank Holiday morning in neighbouring Cambridgeshire, but you've probably already set off by now...
Keith (up the hill on a regular basis - fortunately not "over the hill" yet)

[Keith Sherwood]

Hi again, David (Bedfordshire Boy, presently returned to roots),
Had a look through the APTHORP(E) burials between 1648 and 1680 in Gamlingay.  No sign of Chris(topher), but this is the complete list:
19-11-1651: Joane APTHORP d. of Stephen
11-12-1653: Simon
12-03-1654: John s. of Edward
11-12-1663: Stephen
24-08-1670: East
09-05-1671/2: Steven s. of Steven
25-11-1671/2: Nicholas s. of Steven
17-02-1671/2: Martha d. of Steven
12-06-1672: Elizabeth d. of Steven
07-12-1677: Charles
20-01-1680: James, yeoman
17-11-1684: Martha wife of George.
The next burial was not until 1710, the previous one to 1651 was 1641.
You'll have to work out the exact years re 1671/2, as I can't remember when the old year ended and the new one began then - wasn't it 25th March or so...?
Regards,
Keith

[Keith Sherwood]

Hi, Lady Di,
There were LOTS of MOULE's in the Whaddon transcript book (1599-1900), so starting with the baptisms:
16-06-1652: Stephen MOULLE son. of Stevanes and Anne
24-08-1724: Tho MOULE s. of Steven
11-03-1727: Lettice MOULE d. of Joseph and Mary
11-01-1728: Laetitia MOULE d. of Joseph
01-02-1730: Robert MOULE s. of Stephen
29-12-1734: Eliz MOULE d. of Stephen and Eliz
05-12-1749: Susanna MOULE d. of Joseph and Mary (b. 30-11-1749)
Sorry, stopping for supper...Be back soon!
Keith

[Keith Sherwood]

Di,
I'll just finish off the rest of those MOULE baptisms now:
17-12-1750: Joseph MOULE s. of Joseph and Mary (b. 21-11-1750)
20-02-1753: Mary MOULE d. of Joseph and Mary
02-03-1758: Stephen MOULD (BT: MOULE) s. of Joseph and Mary
22-09-1761: Sarah MOULD (BT: MOULE) d. of Joseph and Mary.  A gap, then:
25-12-1809: Stephana Ann MOULE d. of Robert and Mary late COLE (b. 26-11-1809)
28-07-1811: Catharine MOULE d. of Robert and Mary late COLE (b. 22-07-1811)
and on 07-08-1817 a five-fold baptism for Robert and Mary MOULE's children, starting with Catherine again (b. 22-07-1811); Rebecca, (b. 28-10-1812); Sally (b. 01-07-1814); Fanny (b. 05-08-1815); Adams Cole (b. 25-10-1816) (in margin Jessie).  Then another gap, before:
28-06-1837: Emily MOULE d. of Robert, farmer, and Mary late COLE
and Stephen MOULE s. of Robert, farmer and Mary.
If this was the same family, I wonder how old Emily and Stephen actually were when baptised...Then:
09-08-1857: Robert Cole MOULE s. of Adams Cole MOULE, yeoman and Hannah otp
21-01-1862: Adams Edward MOULE so. of Adams Cole MOULE and Hannah.

Will be back with the MOULE marriages a little later...
Keith
p.s strange about Catherine getting baptised twice.  I might ask on The Common Room how frequent a happening this might have been.

[Keith Sherwood]

Di, Time for those Whaddon MOULE marriages now:
16-09-1710: Joseph MOULE and Martha LUCAS by licence
28-10-1750: Lettice MOULE and Richard GIFFIN botp
31-10-1752: Ann MOULE and Thomas FAIRCHILD botp
20-11-1798: Richard MOULE (signs MOUL) of Arrington and Ann JACKLIN otp.  Witnesses: Barnard Preston and Simeon Leet (probably not family as appeared on nearly all marriages as witness at this time)
25-11-1805: Robert MOULE bac. otp and Mary COLE spin. of Bassingbourn by licence.  Witnesses: Stephana Ann Cole and Chas Cole
13-03-1838: Stephana Ann COLE spin. otp d. of Robert, farmer, by licence and Thomas MEDCALF bac., grocer, of Buntingford son of Benjamin, chemist.  Witnesses: Mary Medcalf and Jessie (?) Marie Moule
26-06-1856: Lucy MOULE of full age spin. otp d. of Adams deceased and Mynot TITCHMARSH of full age bac., miller, of Meldreth, s. of Mynot, yeoman.  Witnesses: Adams Cole Moule and Emily Moule.
10-11-1874: Susan MOULE full age, widow otp d. of William Jacklin lab. and John SMITH  full age bac. lab. of Wimpole, s. of John, lab.  Witnesses: William Jacklin and Martha Smith.
I'll PM you later with the MOULE burials, and also the (very few) ADAM/S entries in Whaddon...
Very best wishes,
Keith

[Lady Di]

Dear Keith,

OH - how tremendous. Thank you so very much.
I hadn't realised that there would be so many records and truly appreciate the time and effort it must have taken.

I keep reading them and saying - Oh there's Mary... and there's Robert...oh and Lucy married.....

That lot will keep me busy (and out of mischief) for a while

Thank you
Di
 

[Dale]

Isn't that Keith a little wonder? Where would be without him??
Marlene Way Down Under!

[Keith Sherwood]

Hello Di,
It's my little form of escapism for the odd hour or so from time to time.  I bet there are some wills for that Moule family of yours, with the occasional yeoman or farmer amongst them - have you checked anywhere, or perhaps you've already got copies of some...?
And Marlene, I still haven't worked out what a "stoush" is, even though I've read your recent post several times...
Bedfordshire Boy is quiet at the moment as he's apparently in Bedfordshire...
Keith