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Thank  you all for your help and particularly to John for all the information from Stagsden ect. I wonder if you mind if I ask your guidance/help for a couple of ideas I have ‘running around.

I was particularly drawn to look at James Cave marriage to Mary Pickering as, potentially, his mother Elizabeth was nee Pickering.

William Cave and Elizabeth Pickering married 1746/47 in Biddenham both of Stagsden
William was baptised in 1721 at Biddenham, Elizabeth Pickering baptised in 1723 at Stagsden
Both William and Elizabeth were buried in Wotton in 1786 and 1787 (where their children were christened)

William and Elizabeth Cave had three sons, two who may have married in Stagsden;
(My) John baptised 1748 in Wootton married about 1769 to Mary Unknown
William baptised 1761 in Wootton married 1783 to Jane Handscome (he was buried the next year in Stagsden).
I have not found any children, burial or remarriage for Jane.

William and Elizabeth’s youngest son James Cave was baptised 1763 in Woottton.
Did James marry in Sept 1798 Stagsden to Mary Pickering? Was she related to his mother Elizabeth nee Pickering?

I have not found any children for James and Mary but did find a Army Pension record for James Caves born 1765 in Wooton, Bedford, which could link Wootton to Stagsden.
James Caves by trade a Labourer aged 33 served 13 years 3 months. Discharged at London 19 May 1798. James Caves made his mark (X) (attested 1785 aged 19/20)
James may have served a second period of 51 days from 25 Dec 1802 to 14 Feb 1803 was 51 in Royal Garrison Battalion before being discharged as unfit for service.  (According to TNA there appears to be a third record for James which is not on FindMyPast which they are investigating)

There is a burial in Stagsden  in 1801 for John Caves no age given on NBI which may have been for an unbaptised son but also may have been for his brother John  baptised in 1748 at Wotton which would ’muddy my puddle’.  I have also found a reference to a Joseph Cave registering his home in Wooton as a baptist meeting house perhaps as early as 1826 which raises the MC problem!

If James Caves left the army in May 1798 and returned home he may have married later that year to Mary Pickering (a family member?).
Mary Pickering may have been buried as Mary CAVES Birth year 1776 Age 48 Buried 2 Sep 1824 at Stagsden
James does not seem to be buried at Stagsden but there is a Cave burial at Goldington, Beds
James CAVES born 1761 age 64 was buried 1 May 1825 at St Mary the Virgin Goldington, Beds
There are no Caves in Goldington but there were a couple of Mary Pickerings!

Hi Ken
Thank you for all the information which has given me a much clearer idea of his service. I found the two entries I mentioned on FindMyPast as I have been researching the Cave/Caves family and James (although not in my direct line) may help link two Bedfordshire parishes and indicate the movement of the family. Any other idea would be welcome.

Thank you for your help. As suggested I have checked Free Reg and, as you say, the baptism of John Cave is only found at Wootton on FreeReg. What surprises me is that of 13 Cave christenings on batch P005001,  John Cave christened in 1776 is the only Cave/Caves on batch I039224. 

I have spent some time gleaning various resources and my notes are as follows;
Any comments or ‘missing bits’ would be appreciated.

Apart from John christened in 1776, his parents John and Mary Cave had perhaps two other children baptised in Wootton. Beds
Eliz CAVE d of John and Mary bap 8 Oct 1769 at St Mary Wootton Beds
Eliz Cave d of John and Mary BT entry buried 5 Sep 1772 at St Mary Wootton Beds.
Wm Cave s of Jn and Mary bap 7 Feb 1773 entry from Bishops transcripts at St Mary Wootton Beds.

I have not found a marriage for John and Mary about 1769 in Wootton .

I think John Cave Snr died
Jn Cave (Lab pauper) buried 31 May 1787 at St Mary Wootton Beds
John Cave’s widow Mary then remarried.

Mary Cave a widow married William Vaux a widower on 4 Nov 1788 at St Mary Wootton Beds. witness John Purser and Charles North. FreeReg  ? marriage not on IGI

Taking back the family one generation I wondered who John Cave Snr buried in 1787 at Wootton, the father of John Jnr bap 1776 Wootton/Marston, may have been?

Was John Cave Snr who was buried 1787 perhaps;
John Cave s of William and Elizabeth bap 30 Oct 1748 at Wootton by Bedford.

If John Cave Snr was baptised in 1748 in Wootton and married abt 1769 he would have been aged about 21.
If John Cave 1748-1787 Wootton was the son of William and Elizabeth when did his parents marry?

William and Elizabeth Cave had perhaps 7 children bapt between 1748-1763 in Wootton.
John Snr 1748 -1787 was their eldest child.

I have not found a marriage of William Cave and Elizabeth about 1748 in Wootton
but there is a suitable marriage in Biddenham.
William Cave married Eliz PICKERIN 22 Feb 1746 at Biddenham Bedford IGI M003761
Again with a conflicting entry on the IGI
William Cave married Elizabeth PICKERIN 22 Feb 1747 at Biddenham Bedford IGI I045869

Perhaps William Cave and Elizabeth married in Biddenham but lived and had their children christened in Wootton? There are no children for William and Elizabeth in Biddenham.

If William was from Biddenham perhaps his baptism was
William Cave bap 11 Jun 1721 s of John and Ann at Biddenham. Bedford
If William Cave bap in 1721 married Elizabeth Pickerin in 1746/47 he would have been aged  25/26.

William Cave 1721 parents John and Ann Cave had perhaps 4 children bapt in Biddenham, 1718-1728
Their first child Mary was baptised in 1718, William 1721, John 1724 and Ann in 1728.

I have not found a marriage for John and Ann Cave about 1718 in Biddenham or a burial for them.

These are my ‘Ramblings’ any idea??