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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Lincolnshire => Topic started by: An65 on Friday 06 April 07 22:43 BST (UK)
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Back to 1680 with this line of Elston/Elstone/Elsom etc
Thomas Elsom was the father of Thomas Elston/Elsom who married Ann Osborne and later Catherine Reed. In turn his son Thomas married Prudence (H)Inkley and later Ann Corby. Cutting a long story short, their grandson Thomas married Elizabeth Hewerdine at Bourne in 1822, he was supposedly born in Norwich even though the family are firmly rooted in Bourne. This pair were my 3x great grandparents on my maternal-paternal line.
Would like to hear from anyone belonging to this family - bearing in mind there were a lot of other Elston families about who were (apparently) not related.
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I am looking for a Sarah Elsom who would have been born 1800-1810. She married John Woodhouse Everitt who was born in Norfolk, had a daughter Mary Ann born 1831 and died soon after.
I am not sure that the Sarah married to John Everitt was an Elsom, but daughter Mary Ann was baptized soon after birth with the name Mary Ann Sarah Everitt and again in 1836 with the name Mary Ann Elsom Everitt at the same church, with the same parents and father's profession the same, but Sarah deceased. I have found no Elsoms on the father's side. I am guessing the reason for the name change was to honor the mother's family. I can think of no other reason for the name change. Elsom has to relate to someone, it is not a common given name. Mary Ann continued to use the name Elsom in official records.
This mother--Sarah--is such a mystery. I can find only one marriage for a John Everitt to a Sarah in the Middlesex area in the time period, about 1825-1830. That was to the widow Sarah James. I think this could be the right marriage but cannot find a marriage for a Sarah to a Mr James to see if this Sarah was an Elsom.
I have been finding information about John Everitt's family but nothing about Sarah's. John was a jeweler/goldsmith in the area around London. He was born in 1804 and died in 1845.
I would like to find some clues to any Sarah Elsom that might fit here. Can anybody help?
Claire
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Hello. I have traced my daughter's birth family back from Lily Elston of Holbeach. Using Ancestry and IGI I have just arrived at Thos. Elsom who was married to a Prudence. I checked on this site and came across your information. I would love to find out more and to know where you found your information. Many thanks.
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Since my last post I have made a discovery. The marriage of widow Sarah James to John Everitt was the right Sarah. On the Origins search site I looked for a male James who died around 1820's (Mary Ann Elsom Everitt, the daughter, was born 1831). I found a David James whose death is registered at St Leonard's Shoreditch in 1821. I checked and found a marriage to a Sarah Levens at St Leonard's. Knowing that the Elsom name came from somewhere, I checked to see if Sarah Leven's mother was an Elsom. What I found was a John Levens who was married to Sarah Elsom. So Sarah Elsom first married John Levens, then David James who died, then John Everitt.
I found a Sarah Susannah Elsom who was baptized at St Leonard's in 1814, born in 1798, no location listed. Her parents are John and Mary. They had several children baptized at St Leonard's but no marriage. I found a marriage for a John Elsom (Ellson) and Mary Vergo in Deptford, Kent in 1795 with a daughter born there in 1796. So, it is my theory that this couple moved to the Shoreditch area about 1800 after 2 daughters, one of them Sarah, were born in Deptford. In Shoreditch they had several children born and baptized.
The marriage for Sarah Elsom & Jon Levens was at Finsbury. The marriage for Sarah Levens and David James was at Shoreditch. The marriage for Sarah James and John Everitt was in London. So all are in a close area. So I am assuming her family was in that area also.
Actually I am assuming a lot, but everything has lined up. It would be great to find some documents to prove all of this theory, but as of yet I have none. I have looked for family of John Elsom/Ellson and Mary Vergo/Virgo. But I have not really found anything on them.
If you know of a John Elsom born about 1770's in the Kent area or around the London area, please let me know.
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In regards to your post in April 2007, you mentioned Elizabeth Hewerdine who was married to Thomas Elston. I'm interested in any info you have about her. I am a Hewerdine living in Canada. I have traced back to my gt gt gt grandfather Henry Hewerdine who was born and died in Bourne. I am trying to figure out who his parents or siblings are. I am speculating that Elizabeth is a sister as well as an Ann Hewerdine. They were also born in Bourne. Henry was born in 1815 and I think Elizabeth was born in 1801. And somewhat related to this, Henry's son John Henry married an Elizabeth Bosworth and had my gt grandfather. However, Elizabeth Bosworth was married before this to a George Elston in Bourne and had two sons William and John.
Regards,
Bill
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lily elston of holbeach may have been my great aunt,her parents were martha reed and william elston.Is this your lily?
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Yes the very same. It is my daughter's paternal birth family that I am researching now
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was lily elston your daughters birth mother? we do not know of any girls being adopted out of the family.there were a few boys that were adopted around 1970ish.
Lilly elston married a mr blaylock is this the birth fathers name?
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hi in the 1841 census elizabeth bosworth is living in the work house at bourne with her sisters ann and francis, when she bleft she married goerge elston and had 2 boys william is my great grandfather, she then married mr hewerdine and moved to boston in lincolnshire.
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Hi Lyn, Elizabeth Bosworth is also my gt gt grandmother. She married John Henry Hewerdine after George Elston and had 5 more boys. Her son Edward from that marriage is my gt grandfather. Do you have any photos of Elizabeth by any chance. She died in 1913 so I'm hoping that there are some existing somewhere out there.
Bill
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hi, no sorry i dont have a photo of her, i wish i did.
Do you know how the marriage to george elston ended? I cannot find his death anywhere.i do have a photo of her son william if that would be any good. Do you know anything about Elizabeths parents or siblings?
Lyn
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Hi again Lyn. I have some info about Elizabeth. My email is
if you can contact me through there. I have the marriage cert. for George Elston and Elizabeth Bosworth. I also have her birth cert. and some info about her siblings. I would be very interested in the photo of William. I also have photos of Edward and a photo of another of their brothers Walter if you are interested. I'd be happy to send you any info you want.
Bill
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hi, that would be great,i can email.you a copy of the photo but it will take a week or so as i have a new laptop and i have to work out how to attach my scanner to it,if you could send me a copy of the certs via email that would be great.any information greatfully recieved i have looked at your tree on ancestry.
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Lyn
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Hello An65 (and others)... I am currently trying to figure out if I am related to this Elston family of Bourne, Lincolnshire, and having some difficulty sorting out which Elston families were in the county in the early 1800s. The parish records I can access online (Lincolnshire archives, Ancestry limited & familysearch mostly) seem a bit spotty and my leads are pretty weak (although I'm not the most experienced researcher by a long shot). Can anyone recommend a good starting place or pre-existing research for Lincolnshire Elstons that I may not have found?
I have also done some DNA testing--if anyone is interested in connecting in that respect please PM me.
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