Burwell look-up? Hobbs / Prince

[Bearcub]

Hello,
I have found (in someone else's tree) a reference to a marriage in Burwell on 8 Aug 1774 between William Hobbs and Susannah Prince, but there is no source information. Obviously I always like to confirm information found in this manner, but I cannot get to the Cambs Record Office. If anyone has access to the parish records, I would be very grateful to get confirmation of this?

I was also hoping that there may be evidence of baptisms for William and Susannah? I don't know their parents names or when or where they were born, but hoping this may also have been in Burwell.

The Hobbs family certainly seem to have a long connection with Burwell and descendent records all seem to be in the non-conformist records, so I am not sure if the marriage above would have been in the Church or the Chapel.

Any advice very gratefully received.

Many thanks

[rosie99]

Cambridgeshire FHS have this marriage after banns - 8th August 1774 both of the parish- bachelor & spinster

[Bearcub]

Thank you. I thought I had looked there, but just rechecked and found the marriage.

Still nothing for Baptisms for either of them though... I ended up downloading the full transcriptions for Burwell, but they’re not there. I suspect they may have come from nearby villages.

Thanks again.

[rosie99]

I did not see anything obvious for the baptisms though you could be right about them being non conformist

[ciderdrinker]

Hello
The Hobbs family in Burwell are Henry and Frances Hobbs.
William's burial gives a birth 1745.(20 Dec 1833 of the Workhouse)

So could this be him
William s of Henry and Frances Hobbs 21 Feb 1748 Exning Suffolk?
It's only a couple of miles away.

Henry Hobbs buried Burwell 3 May 1791 widower pauper
Possible marriage at Fen Stanton 30 Dec 1747 to Frances Uly Hopkins

Frances wife of Henry buried Burwell 30.5.1777.
Other children at Burwell -Frances 4.3.1749,Frances 15.3.1752,Diana 27.2.1757,Henry 11.7.1762,

Sussannah gives a birth of 1758 on her burial 8.8.1828 of the Workhouse.
But nothings jumping out.

Ciderdrinker

[Bearcub]

Many thanks for looking.
I have William’s burial in Burwell from the workhouse in 1833, but have his age as 80, which would make him born abt 1753?

I have found a baptism in Stetchworth in 1759 which I thought might be him as I couldn’t find anything else in Cambs, but hadn’t thought to look in Suffolk.

Somewhere else to explore further! Thank you.