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Topic: Great Staughton look up please - Norfolk look up offered (Read 116 times)
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peggypatch
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Does anyone have access to the Great Staughton parish registers and be willing to kindly do a look up for me please? I would be happy to do a look up exchange for something in Norfolk, if that would help?
I am looking for information about a family named Melton who lived at Gains Lodge, a farm on the edge of the hamlet of Perry, within the parish of Great Staughton. The couple in question are a William and Sarah Melton and I believe they had children in the parish between 1808 and 1820 and am interested in any baptism entries. Even more importantly, I know that William died in the parish sometime between 1813 and 1823. If anyone could find his burial and give me an age at burial, I would be very grateful.
Thanks for any response.
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bedfordshire boy
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The only burial on the NBI in Gt Staughton of a William Melton was on 6 Jan 1812, no age given. The only other burial in Hunts was at Abbotsley on 10 Feb 1823 but he was William Milton. But if your William was having children until 1820 the 1812 burial is possibly not the right one! The only other Melton burial in Gt Staughton was Mary Ann (no age) also on 6 Jan 1812. I wonder if they were twins?
There's no marriage on Hunts Marriage Index that fits.
There's no transcript available of Gt Staughton baptisms, but unlike many Hunts parishes, the parish register has been filmed by the LDS so is available to order and view at your nearest LDS Family History Centre
David
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukBeds: 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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peggypatch
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Hi David,
Thanks for that. I think the William and Mary Ann must have been twins that died as I know the couple later had children of the same names. If no one takes me up on my offer, then I'll try an LDS centre - many thanks for taking the time to check what you have for me.
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peggypatch
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I have found the marriage in Norfolk, so now know the period to be searched is 1803 to 1812, by which time the father William has been confirmed as dead in someone else's will .
Bedfordshire boy, if you read this, does the national burial index usually give an age if one is recorded in the PR?
I'll investigate ordering the PRs to my local LDS centre, it is a big ask to ask someone to check several years, I know.
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bedfordshire boy
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I read everything on the Beds, Cambs and Hunts boards!
Yes, if an age is given in the PR it's shown on the NBI. So is that 1812 burial the one you need? What date was the will in which he was said to be dead?
David
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukBeds: 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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peggypatch
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Damn, yes I think it may well be the 1812 one and I was really hoping for an age for him.
The will was signed 7th July 1812 and it says William was deceased, yet made bequests to his children 'those born and yet to be born' which makes it sound as though his wife was pregnant at the time the will was made. I know from one of William's children's later wills that he died 'suddenly and unexpectedly intestate' so am now wondering if the double burial was father and daughter and that some infectious disease carried them both off within a short space of time.
My problem is that I don't even know where William was born, let alone when. The 1812 will was made by someone who lived in Whittlesey Cambridgeshire, he married in Walpole St Peter in Norfolk, but was described as 'of Whittlesey' at the time. His children were born at Great Staughton, Hunts, his eldest son, who inherited when he died suddenly, lived in Whittlesey, Cambs and other children settled in Walpole St Peter, Norfolk, Sutton St Mary Lincs and Stilton, Hunts. So you can see my problem! I am favouring Whittlesey as his birthplace, but understand there are two large parishes there, so was really hoping for an approximate birth year to help me!
The crazy thing is, it isn't even William I am really after, I am trying to locate him to see if he has a brother Matthew who turned up in the Walpole St Peter area around the same time as William! Ah well, I should know by now, this game is never easy...
Thanks for your help anyway.
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bedfordshire boy
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It certainly sounds as though he had died within nine months of 7 July 1812, which, if he was living in Gt Staughton at that time, makes the 6 Jan 1812 burial a very likely fit.
Do you know what became of Sarah after 1812? What was his eldest son's name?
David
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukBeds: 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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peggypatch
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Yes, Sarah moved back to Walpole St Peter, where her father farmed quite a bit of land, that by the censuses, she was farming. The eldest son was called John, but I can't find him in any of the censuses and don't actually know if he was born at Gain's Lodge, Great Staughton or elsewhere. I suppose there is an administration somewhere, but I don't think it is likely to further my knowledge much. I have just remembered that William and Sarah married by licence, so I suppose there is a chance that William might have given his age on that. Perhaps I'll try that while I wait on the PRs to arrive at my local LDS centre.
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