Hinsons of Elsworth and Cambridge

[MacGrigor]

Hello,

My ancestor, Sophia Hinson, was born around 1820 in Cambridge. For her 1841 marriage to Henry Pepper in Northampton, she gives her father as John Hinson, tailor. I have always assumed that John Hinson, born 1781, Elsworth, a tailor living in Cambridge in 1851 was her father. But her mother - I have no clue, as there is no baptism. I see two marriages for a John Hinson, one in 1808 in Elsworth and one in 1819 in Cambridge. Can anyone see when/if the 1808 wife died? If he remarried in 1819 and the two are the same person, presumably Sophia's mother is the lady from the second marriage.

I'd appreciate any help!

Adam

[jonw65]

Cambridgeshire Baptisms Index 1801-1837
https://www.cfhs.org.uk/searchsd.cfm
has Sophia Hinson, bap 1817 Cambridge St Giles
parents John + Catherine

Is that a possibility?

[CaroleW]

No names given for either wife

[jonw65]

Well if it's the 1819 marriage in St Giles, wife was Mary Brister.
No marital status given on the BT
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L96D-99WM?i=84&cat=779837

I don't think it's the same John who was married to Catherine! Need to find a baptism to them on there for John's occupation.

[jonw65]

Got one!
30 July 1820, St Giles
(born 9 July)
Catherine
daughr of John + Catherine Hinson
abode Castle end
father a Taylor
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L96D-99XM?i=104&cat=779837

No BT's for 1817 are listed

[MacGrigor]

The search for Sophia's baptism is finally over! Is the 1808 marriage for John Hinson in Elsworth to a Catherine?

[MacGrigor]

And there's no exact date in 1817?

[jonw65]

Hi
Well it's not quite over, we only have the year. No, not the date.
And CFHS also have Henry Hinson baptized in St Giles in the same year, parents also John + Catherine. That one is indexed on Cambridgeshire Baptisms (on a pay website) but Sophia's is not. Why not?

The John Hinson 1808 marriage in Elsworth was to Sarah Arber or Susannah Arber on 31 July, according to FamilySearch.
Nothing is simple!

[MacGrigor]

I've started a separate thread to find a date, appealing to whoever has a copy of the parish record CD.

And no it's definitely not easy  I didn't expect it to be considering what a dead end this lady has been. But it gives me hope for some of my other dead-end ancestors. I seem to recall viewing a marriage of a John Hinson to a Catherine Game but I can't remember when or where. I shall have to look again.