Marriage of John Lakin

[Suzy W]

I think I could cross out Mary Bee, as the marriage took place in 1766, unless this is a second marriage for John Lakin to another Mary?  First wife Mary Hinkley

I have found four births all daughters for a John and Mary Lakin dating from 1763 to 1781, a large time frame of five years between the first child born 1763 and the second 1768.

I will fully understand not all records will be on Family Search.

Suzy W

[BumbleB]

I will fully understand not all records will be on Family Search.
Suzy W

AND, as they too are transcriptions, mistakes do happen.  I was looking at the parish records for someone else recently, and found that the original entry for a baptism was son of John and SARAH, whilst Family Search had transcribed it as John and MARY.  Nor, in a lot of cases, are the entries complete copies of the original entries.

[rosie99]

If you have access Staffordshire parish register images are on FindMyPast 

[BumbleB]

I've just returned from Lichfield -

John Lakin and Mary Hinckley - St Modwen, Burton on Trent - BANNS only.  rRad on 28 October and 4 and 11 November 1759.  The above publication to Stapenhill.

Lichfield do not have parish records for Stapenhill.

St Michael and All Angels, Hamstall Ridware
11 February 1766 by Licence.  John Lakin (x) of the parish of Rugeley and Mary Bee (x) widow.

I looked at the licence which gives the additional information - John Lakin is 24 and a Hatter, Mary Bee is 30 and a widow.

[Suzy W]

Thanks for having a little look for me.

Put me in the right direction if I am wrong.  If Elizabeth was born in Burton Upon Trent, that would make James Lakin and Mary Hinkley more likely to be her parents?

If the math is right with John and Mary Bee, he would of been born abt 1742.
So if this is the same John who married Mary Hinkley he would of been 18 years old at the time.

How far apart is Burton Upon Trent to Rugeley?

Suzy W

[BumbleB]

Rugeley to Burton, by today's roads is somewhere in the region of 18 miles.

From Elizabeth's baptism in 1763, then the marriage of John and Mary Hinckley is the most likely.

And I've just realised, by looking at the map, that it is very strange that Lichfield does not have the parish records for Stapenhill, as it is situated on the outskirts of modern-day Burton    However, GENUKI tells me that until 1894 it was in Derbyshire, and so did not come under the Diocese of Lichfield.

[KGarrad]

From GenUKI:

Stapenhill
This place was an ancient parish in county Derby and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.

The parish included the townships of Stapenhill, Caldwell and Stanton and Newhall. Caldwell split off and became a separate Civil Parish.

This parish was in the ancient Reton and Gresley Hundred (or Wapentake).

In March, 1904, this Civil Parish was abolished and the parish amalgamated into Burton upon Trent Civil Parish.

Derbyshire Record Office holds the Parish Registers from 1679 to 1910. Available on CD (CD/85).
http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/record_office/records/default.asp

[Suzy W]

Thank you.  I wondered why I got Derbyshire for some records.  Being in NZ I thought it was a totally different area to Stafford, so that clears that one up for me.

Suzy W