Hi, seem to have got in a muddle with this.
According to the online marriage certificate Sarah (Ann) Derrick named her father as Jacob Derrick when getting married to Sidmund Hillman on 15 July 1850 in Clapton in Gordano. Sidmund Hillman is an enigma in himself but I have now unravelled that and don't need any info on him or on them going forward.
I am tracing Sarah Ann Derrick and thus her father Jacob back and am having trouble trying to sort Jacob and his wives out. There is a baptism for a Sarah Derrick on 30 August 1829 in Kingston Seymour to Jacob & Bridget Derrick which I think is the correct one and I can find a marriage of Jacob Derrick to Bridget Carpenter on 4 Feb 1823 in Blagdon, Somerset.
However, tracing Jacob through the census I cannot find him with a wife Bridget, only one called Sarah (refs below). I realise that she could have died before the 1841 census (last child I can find born to the couple is James in 1834) but I can't find a death for her but neither can I find a remarriage for him to a Sarah.
1841: (HO107; Piece: 956; Book: 7; ED: 8; Folio: 26; Page: 3)
1851: (HO107; Piece: 1946; Folio: 514; Page: 1)
1861:(RG 9; Piece: 1711; Folio: 84; Page: 2)
1871:(RG11; Piece: 2463; Folio: 95; Page: 10;
1881:(RG10; Piece: 2517; Folio: 95; Page: 7)
The 1871 census seems to indicate that he may have married a Sarah Offer who came with a daughter Louisa as her relationship to him is stepchild.
Also there are baptisms in Kingston Seymour in 1842 & 1844 of daughters Hannah and Emily where the father is Jacob Derrick and the mother Sarah Pritchett Derrick which led me to think he had married a Sarah Pritchett. Online trees indicate that he married a Sarah Crane (which could be the maiden name of Sarah Offer) but I couldn't find that marriage either.
Maybe he didn't marry any of the Sarah's and maybe Bridget didn't die and they just separated but I haven't found her elsewhere.
So really I could just do with help in sorting Jacob's marriage activities if anyone is able.
Thanks, Pheno