Hopgoods of Hampshire

[Westozi]

I'd appreciate it if anyone could help me with this family.  My 4 x great grandmother is Sarah Hopgood. Baptised Andover 1761 to Thomas Hopgood and wife Ann.  I have found a lot of info on Sarah, married (1) Thomas Stroud and (2) Thomas Hutchins. (The 1841 census of her living with children Thomas and Sarah is the worst I've ever seen!!!)  Died 1852 Overton Hampshire.

What I'm searching for is her parents, specifically her mother.  Many Trees say her mother's name is Ann Bennett but I'm not convinced.  Are there any marriages for a Thomas Hopgood to someone called Ann, please? (Son Thomas bapt 1794 and daughter Sarah bapt 1796 both in Andover so possibly the marriage was in Andover in the 1790s)

[LizzieL]

Are there any marriages for a Thomas Hopgood to someone called Ann, please? (Son Thomas bapt 1794 and daughter Sarah bapt 1796 both in Andover so possibly the marriage was in Andover in the 1790s)

You say Sarah Hopgood was baptised in 1761, Surely you would expect her parents Thomas and Ann to be married in 1760 or earlier.
Whose children are Thomas 1794 and Sarah 1796? Sarah Hopgood's with one of her husbands? if so they would be Thomas Hopgood and Ann's grandchildren and where they were baptised might be a long way from where their grandparents married.

[Westozi]

Sorry.  I've got myself mixed up.  You are right.  Sarah Hopgood's parents would have been married around 1750s or 1760s.  So to clarify, looking for a marriage of her parents Thomas Hopgood and Ann unknown in the 1760s or earlier, possibly in Andover. 

(Thomas and Sarah Hutchins are the children of Sarah nee Hopgood and her second husband Thomas Hutchins with whom Sarah was living in the 1841 census).  Hope that is a bit clearer

[Little Nell]

Sarah would only have been 17 or 18 when she married Thomas Stroud. 

I see that in 1851 she says she was born in Overton, rather than Andover.  I know they are quite close, but how certain are you that you have the correct Sarah?  There are a number of Sarah Hopgoods born around late 1750s or early 1760s.

Nell

[LizzieL]

Why have you discounted the marriage between Thomas H and Ann Bennet? They married in 1743 in Andover and there are a series of baptisms in Andover to a Thomas and Ann Hopgood,
Ann 1745, Mary 1747, Thomas 1748, John 1752, John (again) 1761 and Sarah 1761 (same date as John #2). John #2 may have been baptised later than typical rather than a twin to Sarah.

[Westozi]

LizzieL - I just wasn't sure about the marriage between Thomas H and Ann Bennet because of the gap in time between marriage of 1743 and the birth of daughter Sarah about 1761.  Seeing all those other siblings you mention, it now makes sense and she could very well be the right person.

Little Nell – Sarah Hutchins (nee Hopgood?) says in the 1851 census that she was born in Overton (where she was living at the time).  I’m beginning to doubt, now, that this Sarah Hutchins is one and the same as the Sarah Hopgood that was born in Andover around 1761 and married Thomas Hutchins.  In which case, I don’t know when she died.  I think her husband Thomas Hutchins died in Andover in 1799.

Thank you both for your help
Ann

[Little Nell]

May I ask how you know that the Sarah you are looking for was born in Andover?

The Sarah Stroud who married Thomas Hutchins was residing in Andover at the time of the marriage (which was by licence), but not necessarily born there.

Nell

[Westozi]

I'm not sure of anything now, Little Nell.  It's only supposition that, because she was married at Andover, she was also born there.  Her second marriage occurred there and two of her children were born there and there is a Sarah Hopgood born there at about the right time (to make her 18 when she married).  Other Trees and LDS have this information but I know that's not proof

Everything I thought I knew is fast disappearing!!