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Holwell
« on: Saturday 08 March 08 08:11 GMT (UK) »
I know Holwell was in Beds until 1897.  I want looking for information about my Gt Grandparents between approx. the 1650's & 1680's.
Does anyone have access to the Parish Registers? I am interested in the names Woodfield, Eaton & Empey? - Thanks
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Re: Holwell
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 08 March 08 15:36 GMT (UK) »
Holwell parish register has been extracted onto the IGI at www.familysearch.org.

Plenty of Woodfields, but just one marriage for each of the Empey/Eaton names

It's easier to access via http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountryEngland.htm#PageTitle
where Holwell is found under Herts

David

PS Did you ever get the Wootton birth certs? Were they illegitimate as we suspected?
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Beds:   Cople: Luke/Spencer
            Everton: Hale
            Henlow: Cooper/Watts/Sabey
            Potton:  Merrill
            Southill: Faulkner/Litchfield/Sabey
            Woburn/Husborne Crawley: Surkitt
Hunts:  Gt Gransden: Merrill/Chandler/Medlock
            Toseland: Surkitt/Hedge/Corn         
Cambs:  Bourn: Bowd
             Eltisley: Medlock
             Graveley: Ford/Revell
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Re: Holwell
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 08 March 08 15:42 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for this.

Yes, I did get the Wotton's birth certs and as suspected they were all illegitmate.

Chris
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Re: Holwell
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 08 March 08 17:42 GMT (UK) »
I went to Bedford Library this morning & tried to find Holwell PR transcriptions, the index card said Holwell was with the Shillington entries, but that mfght have meant Holwellbury hamlet ?  As Holwell parish was transferred to Herts in 1897 then most likely the PRs were not transcribed by the Beds Record Office.

However from the Shillington PR

Woodfield

Baptism  5 Oct 1625 John son of Hugh Woodfeild
            1 Feb 1628 James son of Hugh Woodfeild

Marriage 29 Oct 1617 Hugh Woodfeild to Thomansin Hoore

Burial  8 May 1632  Hugh Woodfield

Empey/Empie/Impie
Burial 3 July 1659  Thomas Empie  son of Edward Impie

No mention of any Eaton name

Regards John
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Partridge - North Beds;  Peterborough
Bishop - Bedford; Hunts, Hemingford Grey
Allen - Hunts, Hemingford Abbotts
Clement - Croydon
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Re: Holwell
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 08 March 08 20:57 GMT (UK) »
John
Thank you so much for going to all this trouble for me.
Chris
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Re: Holwell
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 08 March 08 21:05 GMT (UK) »
It's odd, as whilst a Holwell transcript  isn't included in BLARS list of publications, www.genuki.com states under Holwell that a transcript is available from Beds FHS! But Beds FHS doesn't list it either.

I think you're right John. They've not been transcribed, at least not by BLARS. But at least they've been extracted onto the IGI

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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Beds:   Cople: Luke/Spencer
            Everton: Hale
            Henlow: Cooper/Watts/Sabey
            Potton:  Merrill
            Southill: Faulkner/Litchfield/Sabey
            Woburn/Husborne Crawley: Surkitt
Hunts:  Gt Gransden: Merrill/Chandler/Medlock
            Toseland: Surkitt/Hedge/Corn         
Cambs:  Bourn: Bowd
             Eltisley: Medlock
             Graveley: Ford/Revell
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Re: Holwell
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 08 March 08 21:17 GMT (UK) »
By the way I have a hard copy of the Shillington Parish Register and it certainly does not include the families I am looking for.

Chris
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Re: Holwell
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 09 March 08 07:55 GMT (UK) »
In the attached list, Holwell is not detailed as being transcribed by Bedfordshire Archives; it just says the Parish Records are with the Herts Record Office.

http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/FamilyHistory/AnglicanParishRegisters.aspx
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Partridge - North Beds;  Peterborough
Bishop - Bedford; Hunts, Hemingford Grey
Allen - Hunts, Hemingford Abbotts
Clement - Croydon
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Re: Holwell
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 27 May 08 01:51 BST (UK) »
Hi Grabridge,

Can't help with Holwell but I looked at the Pirton Database. Pirton and Holwell lie within two miles of each other. There were 19 entries for Woodfield/Woodfills round about the 1780s. William was a Cordwainer. Any help? No Eatons but a single entry for a Thomas Empey 1663 Hearth Tax.

http://www.pirtonhistory.org.uk/Search/Search.aspx

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Re: Holwell
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 01 June 08 11:42 BST (UK) »
Hi Grabridge,

Looks like we are looking for the same people in Howell; trying to extend Stephen Woodfield, Elizabeth Empey, Lydia Eaton and in my case Ann Auburn.  Would you like to exchange info?  I'm on Genesreunited too.  I also have Wooton relatives from Beds and Bucks in my tree.

Charlotte
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