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ADDISON - Woodhorn 1778
« on: Saturday 20 January 07 21:28 GMT (UK) »

Hi everyone

I wonder if anyone can help me - I have John Addison bn around 1778, christened 21.12.1783, son of John and Mary.  On his wedding cert he is shown as a sailor of Woodhorn parish - also on the 1841 census he was shown as bn woodhorn.  Ive visited the Woodhorn archive, and cant find him (or the parents) on the church records for woodhorn.

any ideas where to go now?

Any ideas welcomed!

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Sharon
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Re: ADDISON - Woodhorn 1778
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 21 January 07 01:40 GMT (UK) »

Sharon,

Where did you get his bapt date from ?

And 1841 Census does not give specific birth places. The enumerator simply recorded whether Y (for yes) or N (for no) born in "this county" !

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Re: ADDISON - Woodhorn 1778
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 21 January 07 16:58 GMT (UK) »

Hi, sharon, just a thought but Woodhorn is only a couple of miles from Newbiggin by sea,  perhaps it is worth checking  out the records for this parish too, the church is St Bartholomews. I have a few Addisons in my family tree, it is probably incidental though  as I think they cam from Warkworth. but they are Alice Addison,Thomas Addison  and also an Ann Addison.   Smiley
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Re: ADDISON - Woodhorn 1778
« Reply #3 on: Monday 22 January 07 05:17 GMT (UK) »

Hi Sharon

Have you looked at http://www.genuki.bpears.org.uk/NBL/Woodhorn/ChurchRecords.html

"Adjacent Parishes.
The following parishes are adjacent to Woodhorn:- Bedlington, Bothal, Newbiggin, Widdrington."

Have you checked the records of all those parishes?

Also Bedlington was part of County Durham at one stage. From wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedlington :

"Bedlington was made over to the ecclesiastical commissioners in 1866. Bedlingtonshire was made part of Northumberland for civil purposes by acts of parliament in 1832 and 1844."

So on the 1841 census residents of that area would write No to whether they were born in Northumberland, as they were in a small, separated part of Co Durham at that time. Much confusion is created by this because now Bedlington is in Northumberland.

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Re: ADDISON - Woodhorn 1778
« Reply #4 on: Monday 22 January 07 09:59 GMT (UK) »

Presumably you got the date of baptism from the IGI? This makes quite clear that the record is extracted from the Woodhorn Parish Registers.
Where did you get the date of birth from?
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Re: ADDISON - Woodhorn 1778
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 23 January 07 20:42 GMT (UK) »

Hello - and thanks for all the suggestions - I will now look at the adjacent areas' churches to see if they hold anything.

I have come across another confusing piece of information - the John Addison I am looking for was married to mary Reed, in, as far as I know, Earsdon.  Ive come across an 'Addison John Cresswell' bn abt 1778 married to an Elizabeth Mary Reed.  Is this just a massive coincidence??  As far as I know, Cresswell is in the same type of area as Woodhorn (?).  there is a lot of info about them on rootsweb.

Any thoughts??
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Re: ADDISON - Woodhorn 1778
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 23 January 07 21:58 GMT (UK) »

The Baker-Cresswells as in Addison Baker Cresswell of Cresswell Esq were the gentry of Cresswell.  Your John Addison as a sailor does not seem to fit  Smiley

Whether it is worth following up the Baker-Cresswells to discover where the name Addison as a christian name stems from  I will leave to you Smiley        A B-C died in 1879 aged 90 years.

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Re: ADDISON - Woodhorn 1778
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 24 January 07 20:20 GMT (UK) »

Hi

Apparently Addison Baker Cresswells father was a John Addison of Woodhorn and his mother was Elizabeth Cresswell.  The Baker was added after A B-C's wife Elizabeth inherited a fortune from her cousin, John Baker.  It looks like John Addison was renamed John Cresswell in 1807 (info from rootsweb).

So - it boils down to my John Addison(the one at the beginning of this thread), whose father seems to be called John too, both being from Woodhorn, possibly being linked to the Baker-Cresswells? 

Any ideas where I could investigate this further?  looks like a trip to Woodhorn is imminent!

thanks

Sharon
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Re: ADDISON - Woodhorn 1778
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 24 January 07 20:57 GMT (UK) »

reading the info on rootsweb again, it maybe that John Addison was A B-C's grandfather - john had twin daughters frances and Grace. frances married Frabcis Easterby, and they had A B-C.  Curiouser and curiouser.............
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Re: ADDISON - Woodhorn 1778
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 24 January 07 21:27 GMT (UK) »

Shazzi

. . . and perhaps curiouser.

I realised I had a little book about Cresswell and the immediate surrounding villages like Ellington.  The author includes a discussion on the Cresswell pedigree..

Part of it reads (I quote) . . Frances Dorothea married Francis Easterby, an Elder Brother of Trinity House and nephew of John Addison of Woodhorn Demesne.   He (Francis Easterby)  purchased his sister in law's moiety of Cresswell and assumed the name and arms of Crsswell in 1807 (end quote)

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Re: ADDISON - Woodhorn 1778
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 31 January 07 21:04 GMT (UK) »

thanks for that Reiver.  Still cant find anything else about John and any possible link to my family  Huh

Have spoken to someone who seems to think John (who married Elizabeth) was origianlly from Whitby....  here I go again!!
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Re: ADDISON - Woodhorn 1778
« Reply #11 on: Sunday 11 February 07 23:18 GMT (UK) »


John Addison... " a sailor of Woodhorn parish".

Woodhorn parish gave "birth" to Newbiggin parish ( and to Horton parish also).

But John could not "sail" in or out of any of these places.

He could have fished in fishing boats off Newbiggin or nearby Cresswell, but then he would have been described as a "fisherman"

He could of course have still lived within the parish territory of Woodhorn/Newbiggin and have sailed in/out of the nearby ports/harbours of Amble/Warkworth, Blyth, Tyne, Sunderland, ( and getting father away... Hartlepool, Berwick, Whitby).

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Re: ADDISON - Woodhorn 1778
« Reply #12 on: Sunday 01 July 07 15:11 BST (UK) »

Re your query  on John Addison. My ancestor Robert Addison also a sailor in Merchant Service was baptised at Warkworth in 1776. He lived at Hauxley which is just a few miles up the coast from Woodhorn. His father was George.
hope this might help you track yours down.
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Re: ADDISON - Woodhorn 1778
« Reply #13 on: Monday 16 July 07 21:39 BST (UK) »

Stupid question - but how would I know if I found the right John?  If it is very vague over the place of his birth, what can I go on?

any ideas / suggestions welcomed!
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