Baptism of Mary Harradine circa 1705 ...

[johnP-bedford]

Next I have some wills for you to unravel relationships....

Will ABP/W 1743/12 of William Harding of Stanford, Southill dated 8 Apr 1742 who was buried 10 Apr 1743

... to my daughter Ann Gibson
... to Mary Right
... to son in law Thomas Dunton
... to Ruth Cranfield, widow

subject to payment of £10.... unto Gravely Oment, William Oment, Thomas Oment, my three grandsons (**)

Thomas Dunton was sole executor
Witnessed by John Woodham, Benning Woodham & Elizabeth Blane

Thomas Dunton, labourer married Elizabeth Hardin/Harden at Southill on 25 Aug 1715
William Cranfield married Ruth Hardin at Southill on 4 Oct 1716

Interesting that Thomas Harrodine's daughter in law Margaret Harradine (widow of John) married Gaveley UMMONT in 1692 & that they had children baptised at Campton, Gravely 7 May 1693 & Thomas 1 Dec 1695.

(**) maybe? found Southill baptisms 18 Nov 1716 Gravely, 5 May 1718 William & 1 Jan 1720/21 Thomas children of Gravely & Sarah Hummet/Ummit (although the 3rd one has mother Elizabeth?) plus the LDS marriage of Gravely Ormond to Sarah Hardin on 5 July 1716 at Haynes; so Sarah is daughter of this William. Gravely & Sarah subsequently had son John in 1725 but he was buried 18 months later. Sarah wife of Gravely Ummit was buried 16 Oct 1726   

[johnP-bedford]

Will ref ABP/W 1674-5/145 of Steven Harrowden/Harradine of Moggerhanger buried there as Stephen Harding on 30 Jan 1674-75...

Dated 27 Jan 1674/75 - this was not a formal will but a memoradum written & signed by Thomas Harroden stating that Stephen Harradon, late of Moggerhanger gives unto...

... his son William & wife and all the grandchildren...
... his wife Joane....
... his son Robert....

Wife J(o)ane & son Robert were joint executors

[johnP-bedford]

Will ref ABP/W 1690-1/54 of Robert Harding of Moggerhanger, dairyman who was buried there on 19 Jan 1690-91 as Robert Harraden......

Dated 15 Jan 1690 I Robert Harding give & bequeath to....

.... my daughter Sarah Harding
.... my daughter Mary Harding
.... my daughter Ann Harding

All get £5 to paid when they reach the age of 21 plus they get "all my linnen equally divided"

.... my son Stephen Harding

.... & appoint William Harding of Moggerhanger the executor

Witnesses Ralph Bromsall & Thomas Gilbert

[johnP-bedford]

Admon ref ABP/A 1712/1 of Mathew Harding of Mogerhanger, carpenter buried there on 19 Jun 1712 as Matthew Harden

Dated October 1712 ... We Richard Turner of Blunham, bricklayer & William Thomas, Overseers of the Poor of Blunham.... will be administrators of the goods of Matthew Harding of Moggerhanger, carpenter..... for the benefit of Richard Harding, William Harding, Ann Harding ....who are the natural & lawful children of the said Matthew Harding...

[bedfordshire boy]

Thanks John, that gives me  a lot of work to catch up on. Been off line since 7.30 a.m. on Tuesday when the computer stopped connecting to the internet. Now in for repair which won't be ready for 2 weeks. I can't survive that long without the internet so I've bought a new laptop this afternoon (my  old one which I rarely use moving even slower than I do) but being a French one it's got a French azerty keyboqrd rather than our qwerty boqrd which slows me down considerably, and also meqns that I often hit q for a !

Be back later when I've caught up a bit

[bedfordshire boy]

Admon ref ABP/A 1712/1 of Mathew Harding of Mogerhanger, carpenter buried there on 19 Jun 1712 as Matthew Harden

Dated October 1712 ... We Richard Turner of Blunham, bricklayer & William Thomas, Overseers of the Poor of Blunham.... will be administrators of the goods of Matthew Harding of Moggerhanger, carpenter..... for the benefit of Richard Harding, William Harding, Ann Harding ....who are the natural & lawful children of the said Matthew Harding...

Well, that certainly makes clear that the 1744 burial in Potton wasn't the right Matthew.  The three children named were the three surviving children that I show for Matthew and Eleanor. But why no mention of daughter Mary bap 1708 in Blunham by his second wife? Or was she the daughter of another Matthew Harradine in Blunham?

[bedfordshire boy]

Will ref ABP/W 1690-1/54 of Robert Harding of Moggerhanger, dairyman who was buried there on 19 Jan 1690-91 as Robert Harraden......

Dated 15 Jan 1690 I Robert Harding give & bequeath to....

.... my daughter Sarah Harding
.... my daughter Mary Harding
.... my daughter Ann Harding

All get £5 to paid when they reach the age of 21 plus they get "all my linnen equally divided"

.... my son Stephen Harding

.... & appoint William Harding of Moggerhanger the executor

Witnesses Ralph Bromsall & Thomas Gilbert

Two more daughters whose baptisms are doubtless recorded in a different variation.

[bedfordshire boy]

Next I have some wills for you to unravel relationships....

Will ABP/W 1743/12 of William Harding of Stanford, Southill dated 8 Apr 1742 who was buried 10 Apr 1743

... to my daughter Ann Gibson
... to Mary Right
... to son in law Thomas Dunton
... to Ruth Cranfield, widow

subject to payment of £10.... unto Gravely Oment, William Oment, Thomas Oment, my three grandsons (**)

Thomas Dunton was sole executor
Witnessed by John Woodham, Benning Woodham & Elizabeth Blane

Thomas Dunton, labourer married Elizabeth Hardin/Harden at Southill on 25 Aug 1715
William Cranfield married Ruth Hardin at Southill on 4 Oct 1716

Interesting that Thomas Harrodine's daughter in law Margaret Harradine (widow of John) married Gaveley UMMONT in 1692 & that they had children baptised at Campton, Gravely 7 May 1693 & Thomas 1 Dec 1695.

(**) maybe? found Southill baptisms 18 Nov 1716 Gravely, 5 May 1718 William & 1 Jan 1720/21 Thomas children of Gravely & Sarah Hummet/Ummit (although the 3rd one has mother Elizabeth?) plus the LDS marriage of Gravely Ormond to Sarah Hardin on 5 July 1716 at Haynes***; so Sarah is daughter of this William. Gravely & Sarah subsequently had son John in 1725 but he was buried 18 months later. Sarah wife of Gravely Ummit was buried 16 Oct 1726   

This is very interesting, John, as Elizabeth Hardin is my 6 x g grandmother via my Dunton line, and I'd never got anywhere tracing her. Looks as though you've cracked it for me! The Duntons were big non-conformists in Southill, being members of the Baptist church there. And I suspect that this particular Harding/Harradine family may have been  non-conformist too!

Thanks very much.

David

*** Sarah Hardin of Warden per PR transcript

[johnP-bedford]

This is very interesting, John, as Elizabeth Hardin is my 6 x g grandmother via my Dunton line, and I'd never got anywhere tracing her. Looks as though you've cracked it for me! The Duntons were big non-conformists in Southill, being members of the Baptist church there. And I suspect that this particular Harding/Harradine family may have been  non-conformist too!

*** Sarah Hardin of Warden per PR transcript

David, Is this Elizabeth (who married Thomas Dunton in 1715) the daughter of William & Ruth Harden baptised at Langford on 8 Feb 1690-91. Her sister Sarah (who married Gravely Ormond at Haynes in 1716) was baptised there 22 Jul 1689. Her other sister Ruth (who married William Cranfield in 1716) was also baptised there 22 Jan 1692-93. They also baptised son Eustace 13 Jan 1694-95. However I haven't found baptism of daughter Ann or a marriage of her to a Mr Gibson ?

Ruth wife of William Harding is buried 30 Jan 1696-97 at Langford.

William CAINFEILD was buried at Langford on 24 Dec 1737; a few years after that on 1 Sept 1743 a Ruth Cranfield (but it don't say she's a widow) married George Batterson at Langford. Ruth Batterson was buried at Southill on 12 Feb 1764 and George Batterson/Battison buried there on 20 Oct 1780 or 26 May 1782 (there's 2 burials but don't know which)     

I've not found a marriage of William Harding to Ruth ? 

Some more info for you to work on
cheers John