Hedges family of Letcombe

[LizzieL]

In Purton there is a John Hedges bapt. 1676  but nothing for Dorothy.

Alan

Transcript on FindMyPast = Purton register

John Hedges - Baptism date 07 Apr 1676 father John - note: twin
James Hedges - Baptism date 07 Apr 1676 father John - note: twin

John Hedges s/o John note twin burial 07 Apr 1676
James Hedges s/o John  burial  23 Apr 1676

But it does seem odd that the dates for John's burial is the same. maybe an error in transcript

[LizzieL]

I've now found image of register on Ancestry. No sign of John's burial on that date, so it has been mis-transcribed, so John b 1676 is back in the running.
The parish record doesn't say John and James were twins but the BT does. I presume whoever made the transcript decided to add a bit more detail.

[LizzieL]

As a follow up I have looked at the Daunstey transcripts and their names (Hedges etc & Compton)  do not appear anywhere apart from the marriage. Could they have been "sojourners"

In Purton there is a John Hedges bapt. 1676  but nothing for Dorothy.

Alan

The register image says he was of Purton and she was otp, but that might mean only 3 weeks residency

[LizzieL]

Hi
There is a Sarah Hedges married John Head a Farmer on 17th Nov 1766 at St Andrews Letcombe Regis. John Head was bapt 1st Sept 1732 in L/R, parents Edward & Hannah.

John Head died 2nd April 1798, buried 4th April 1798, L/R & Sarah Head a Widow died 12th Jan 1809 buried 18th Jan 1809 again L/R. Unfortunately no ages at death recorded.

This could be your Sarah but not having any luck with Mary.

Maddie

Thank you, it's a possibility, she would be 39 when married.
When this Sara died, administration was granted to her daughter Ann Jenkinson wife of Thomas Jenkinson.

[LizzieL]

Just been thinking  ..

When John Hedges mentioned Sarah in his will (or her unnamed heirs forever ), she got everything (except £10) after her mother died. Mary or her son Charles were recipients of £10 from Sarah on her mother's death. I think that meant that Sarah was unmarried at that point (December 1752). Maybe her getting more than Mary was a contingency in case she did not marry. So marriage to John Head at 39 is looking more likely. I can only find one child - the daughter Ann, born the year after marriage.

So who was the Sarah Hedges who married William Partridge in 1748 in Sparsholt, but later lived and both died in Letcombe Bassett? This couple were my 5 x great grandparents

[Maddie]

Hi
Sarah & William Partridge married in Shrivenham 24th April 1748, William was of Sparsholt & Sarah of Shrivenham. There is a Sarah Hedges bapt 3rd Feb 1722 in Shrivenham, parents Charles & Mary.

Any help at all.
Maddie

[LizzieL]

Thank you, this is probably the marriage. I had same date in Sparsholt, but it was from a transcript and it may have been banns read in William's parish.

[Maddie]

This does seem to be the same marriage. There are trees on Ancestry that have Charles born 1679 in Shrivenham & marrying Mary Prestwood in Preshute Wiltshire 12th June 1704 along with all their children including Sarah born 1722 in Shrivenham.
Hope it helps.
Maddie

[LizzieL]

I've just looked at the Preshute marriage and it does say that Charles (or both) was/were from the parish of "Shrivingham". I've also discovered that two of the trees that have this line are from my very distant DNA matches, whom I hadn't made a link to previously.
And, what's even more weird, I looked on FindMyPast for Hedges born in Shrivenham with parents Charles and Mary from 1704 to 1730 and it highlighted that I had already looked up Charles and his daughter Jane (Sarah's sister). Then I remembered, in another branch of the family I have a Jane Hedges b abt 1723 marrying a John Eltham, and Charles and Mary were a possibility for her parents.

If that Jane is Sarah's sister, then Sarah's great granddaughter married Jane's great grandson and the couple became my 2 x great grandparents.