Shefford parish records

[judi2632]

Hi

Please could anyone with access to the Shefford Parish records help with this query ?

John Wright born 1801c Shefford, Bedfordshire
married Unknown and had the following children

Martha 1824 Shefford, Bedfordshire
Maria 1832 Shefford, Bedfordshire
Elizabeth 1842 Shefford, Bedfordshire
Samuel 1844 Shefford, Bedfordshire
John 1847 Shefford, Bedfordshire
Edward 1849  Shefford, Bedfordshire

I suspect given the gaps there are additional Children

This information taken from the 1851 census

I cant track the family in the 1841 which would hopefully give a wife's name, given that there were children born up to 1849

Please if anyone can provide and additional baptism /marriage information I would much appreciate any help

Regards Judi

[rosie99]

Could this be Edwards birth registration 
Birth March qtr 1849 
Edward Wright
Biggleswade    6   61

[bedfordshire boy]

Shefford was a township in the parish of Campton and wasn't, at that time, a parish in its own right. The IGI at www.familysearch.org has a baptism in Campton on 6 Jan 1801, parents John and Sarah.

Unfortunately Campton registers after 1812 aren't on the IGI, BVRI, FindMyPast or Freereg, so you need to check the PR microfilm either at Bedford Archives or at your nearest LDS Family History Centre for baptisms and marriages.

[bedfordshire boy]

Rather than a gap between children I suspect there may have been a gap between  wives:

1841 HO107/3/3 folio 20 page 34
Back Lane, Shefford
John Wright 39 ?Bricklayer?
Martha Wright 17
Maria Wright 10

There's a marriage of John Wright in Biggleswade registration district in 1842 which might be him. One of the other parties on the page is Mary Jones, and there's a Mary Wright age 41 buried in Campton in 1850. There's also a Martha Wright age 37 buried in Campton in 1839.  Pure speculation of course.  An online tree, on which I would never rely, shows the marriage as being on 20 May 1823 at Shefford to Martha Stanbridge. A Martha Stonbridge was baptised at Campton on  20 Apr 1803 daughter of Henry and Mary. You need to check the parish register to see if any of the above stacks up.

David

[johnP-bedford]

David, you've got it right.... I looked at the Campton PRs at Beds Archives yesterday but have yet to wright it up, here goes....

Marriage Campton cum Shefford 20 May 1823
John Wright, bachelor of Shefford to Martha Stanbridge, spinster of Shefford.
Witnesses James Waller & Mary Haynes

Baptisms children of John & Martha Wright of Shefford, bricklayer
29 Feb 1824 Martha
15 Oct 1826 Mary-Anne....buried 20 Jul 1827 age 1 year
16 Mar 1828 Sarah...........buried 13 Apr 1828 age 9 weeks
1 Dec 1828 Kate..............buried 3 Dec 1828 age 1 day
4 Jun 1830 Isabel.............buried 11 Jun 1830 age 6 weeks
16 Oct 1831 Maria
Joseph 9 Mar 1836......... is he the John Wright buried 28 Apr 1840 age 4 years, son of John Wright, junior widower 

Burial, 8 Jun 1839 Martha wife of John Wright, junior age 37

Marriage 14 Feb 1842
John Wright, widower, bricklayer to Mary Jones, spinster
Father John Wright, bricklayer
Witnesses Frederick Paine & Elizabeth Wright

Baptisms of children of John & Mary Wright of Shefford, bricklayer
11 Sep 1842 Elizabeth
4 Feb 1844 Samuel
24 May 1846 Joseph........buried 24 Feb 1848 age 18 mnths
4 Feb 1849 Edward
21 Dec 1850 John

Burial 21 Dec 1850 Mary wife of John Wright, bricklayer age 41

Not sure when John Wright died but he's on 1861 census as widower with children Martha, Samuel, Edward & John.

Going back..... John Wright baptised 6 Jan 1801 son of John & Sarah Wright of Shefford, bricklayer
John Wright married Sarah Clare on 12 Feb 1782
Sarah, wife of John Wright, bricklayer died 4 Mar 1827 age 65 was buried 8 Mar 1827 age 66
John Wright bricklayer was buried 26 Apr 1848 age 85

Cheers John

[bedfordshire boy]

have yet to wright it up

Your sense of humour doesn't improve John!

I had a feeling that you'd be heading in the general direction of the archives to check this one out.

Talking of gaps between children, the gap between Sarah born early Feb 1828 and Kate born 1 Dec 1828 is just about as small as is physically possible.

[judi2632]

  Amazing

Thank you all so much for the great detail.

As you can imagine this has helped so much to sort out this family line with accurate and informative information.

All the time and research VERY much appreciated

Kind regards to you all

Judi