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

[Lainys]

Hi Keith,

Can you add this to your list for me please?

Marriage of John HARRIS to Ann ? C1815 Manea.

Thanks

Dolly

[Keith Sherwood]

hello Dolly (can never resist...!)
Noted down to be looked up with those others...
K

[bedfordshire boy]

Hi Dolly

One of the best places to check for pre 1837 Cambs marriages is Boyds Marriage Index, which is searchable on a pay per view site www.originsnetwork.com

As luck would have it they have a 24 hour freebie on 4th July to celebrate US Independence day so you can help Keith to narrow it down by checking out Boyd.

I'll butt out now!

Regards

David

[Keith Sherwood]

David,
Thank goodness for freebies on Independence Day...Well worth giving it a go on Tuesday, Dolly...
Keith

[Lainys]

Ooooo freebies....Thanks David & Keith!

[Lainys]

Hi Keith,

I checked on Boyds and could not find those marriages, would you mind looking for me when you get a chance?

Thanks

Dolly

[Keith Sherwood]

Dolly,
Went to the CCRO this morning, and simply looked up all I could based on your original request.
In the Manea maunuscripts:
Baptism: 14-06-1859: Elizabeth BELL daughter of James and Mary otp
Baptism: 28-04-1865: George BELL son of (blank) and Mary widow otp.  Then in the space where normally the occupation of father would be given (blank).
I could find no circa 1815 marriage for a John HARRIS and Ann, but there was an 08-07-1823 marriage between a John HARRIS bachelor otp and Mary HIAM spinster otp.
There were no KITTERIDGE's at all in the index for Manea.
Regards,
keith

[Keith Sherwood]

and Wendy (wdurham),
Had a look for your KING's in Wood Ditton, and hope I haven't obscured the picture even more...
Baptism 02-08-1812: John KING son of John and Mary (late FROST)
Baptism 03-04-1814: Philip KING son of John, labourer, and Mary
Baptism 11-02-1816: Maria KING daughter of John, labourer, and Mary
Marriage 06-04-1813: John KING bachelor of Beelsby Lincs, and
Rebecca Frost KING spinster otp
Witnesses: Robert King, Elizabeth King, Matilda King and John King
Marriage 06-04-1812: James KING bachelor otp and Naomi GINN spinster otp.  Witnesses: Thomas Foreman, Mary Starves and Thos Burling
Regards,
Keith

[wdurham]

Brilliant, Keith - many thanks!

The Beelsby John King  rings bells...and quite possible that he was no relation at all. We have the King conundrum in the current generations: my grandmother was King, and married a Watson; my other grandmother was a Willson and married a King; and my aunt was a Watson and married a King. All three Kings were completely unconnected!

However, that Frost connection looks a tricky one!  A few possibilities there: possible that there are two successive generations of Kings married to Frost girls - an unnamed King who married Rebecca's mother (probably a Frost in view of Rebecca's second name), and later John King who married Mary Frost. That would make Mary and Rebecca likely to be first cousins, Rebecca's mother and Mary's father likely to be brother and sister called Frost.

Another possibility is that Mary and Rebecca are sisters and the parish clerk decided to list Rebecca under her married name as well as her maiden name....

At least he says definitely that Rebecca is a spinster, so we can rule out a former marriage to yet another King!

Right, it's on to the Frosts now then! Will check out the Cambs indexes on the FHS site, Boyds, IGI etc and see what I can see.

Many thanks, Keith, as always.