MOORHEN Surname

[JAKnighton]

My 5x great grandmother was a woman named Elizabeth Oliver Moorhen, born around 1787 in Tywell.

I haven't done a lot of digging into her ancestry yet (haven't found a baptism record) but I just thought it was an interesting name and would like to know if anyone else has this name in their tree.

[PalmTree1]

My 5x great grandmother was a woman named Elizabeth Oliver Moorhen, born around 1787 in Tywell.

I haven't done a lot of digging into her ancestry yet (haven't found a baptism record) but I just thought it was an interesting name and would like to know if anyone else has this name in their tree.

I think that the village should be Twywell between Thrapston and Kettering. My 3x great grandfather was John Morehen, similar and not neccessarily different, from Wadenhoe which is about 5 kms east of Twywell and there are connections to Slipton which is just down the lane from Twywell. Could well be a connection in there somewhere but I cannot find a baptism for John 
A word of warning, Moorhen or Morehen, gets transcribed in many different ways, I think that I have seen around 20 different spellings so far such as Morchen or Moreing or even Marten.

Regards,
Paul

[PrawnCocktail]

There don't appear to be any Moorhens (of any spelling) in Twywell. Nearest is Wadenhoe, but the only ELizabeth was baptised in 1782.

There is an Elizabeth Oliver baptised in 1789 in Twywell, but I can't see any reason she would have become an Elizabeth Moorhen!

[sugarbakers]

Elizabeth Mooren d/o Thomas & Sarah bpt 1791 Dec 25 Gt Addington CofE

(Northants Baptisms Index)

... could be a late bpt. Gt Addington walking distance from Twywell.

... Mooren, that's how we might say it in this part of the world (in fact it was my nickname at junior school) 

[mgeneas]

Perhaps she is the Elizabeth daughter of John and Jane OLIVER bapt 1 Feb 1789 at Twywell
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Whoops sorry PrawnCocktail , you already found that!

[JAKnighton]

My 5x great grandmother was a woman named Elizabeth Oliver Moorhen, born around 1787 in Tywell.

I haven't done a lot of digging into her ancestry yet (haven't found a baptism record) but I just thought it was an interesting name and would like to know if anyone else has this name in their tree.

I think that the village should be Twywell between Thrapston and Kettering. My 3x great grandfather was John Morehen, similar and not neccessarily different, from Wadenhoe which is about 5 kms east of Twywell and there are connections to Slipton which is just down the lane from Twywell. Could well be a connection in there somewhere but I cannot find a baptism for John 
A word of warning, Moorhen or Morehen, gets transcribed in many different ways, I think that I have seen around 20 different spellings so far such as Morchen or Moreing or even Marten.

Regards,
Paul

Yes sorry I meant Twywell. Thanks for the warning about the spellings, I had a feeling that would be the case. Maybe we will be able to match up our Morehens!

There don't appear to be any Moorhens (of any spelling) in Twywell. Nearest is Wadenhoe, but the only ELizabeth was baptised in 1782.

There is an Elizabeth Oliver baptised in 1789 in Twywell, but I can't see any reason she would have become an Elizabeth Moorhen!

Twywell is what she gave as her place of birth in the 1851 and 1861 censuses, it could be wrong.

Elizabeth Mooren d/o Thomas & Sarah bpt 1791 Dec 25 Gt Addington CofE

(Northants Baptisms Index)

... could be a late bpt. Gt Addington walking distance from Twywell.

... Mooren, that's how we might say it in this part of the world (in fact it was my nickname at junior school) 

She did get married in Great Addington.

Perhaps she is the Elizabeth daughter of John and Jane OLIVER bapt 1 Feb 1789 at Twywell
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Whoops sorry PrawnCocktail , you already found that!

I'm considering the possibility that she may have been born Elizabeth Oliver. It's obviously a family name, since she named her daughter Elizabeth Oliver, and a granddaughter was also named after her.

[sugarbakers]

I've just checked the 1777 Militia Lists for Morehen , etc.

None in Twywell, Slipton, Wadenhoe, or either Addington, but just the one in nearby Lowick, which I do hope becomes of use in time because we rarely get descriptions of our ancestors ...
(Samuel was exempt, hence the < >)

<Smll. Morehen, servant, very short and splaid footed>


(Northants Militia Lists 1777 - Northants Record Soc, Vol xxv)