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I was wondering if some can help me knock down a brickwall I have come up against, I am trying to find my 4x Great grandfather Benjamin Collins when and where he was born, I know he married in 1794 Buckinghamshire moved to Mixbury Oxfordshire and had 4 children and died in Brackley, Oxford in 1841 before the 1841 census so I don't know how old he was.
Can anyone help me knock down this brickwall please
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Hi Lyn
Just a thought, have you tried freereg as they may have transcribed him from parish registers - its a bit of a long shot though
All the very best
Phil
Weston-super-Mare
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The Oxford Family History Society, has a burial in 1836 of a Benjamin Colin (sic) aged 62 in Mixbury All Saints.
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Hi lyn,
I have only just seen this - My 4x G Grandfather was also Benjamin Collin from Mixbury!
He married Susannah Neale on 10 November 1794 at Water Stratford in Buckinghamshire. I have found 3 of their children - Benjamin, William and John (my 3x G Grandfather) born in Mixbury.
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Hi Julia
Benjamin also had a daughter called Mary have not found out much about her yet, Also John is my 3x G Grandfather.
Lyn
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Also Mary Collins. Bap. 31 July 1796. @ Mixbury, to Benjamin & Susannah.
Susan Collins - Buried - 24 Dec 1805 @ Mixbury. No age given.
No children born after 1805 to Benj. & Susannah, so I suspect Susan & Sussanah are one and the same. ;)
Steve. :)
From OxFHS - Mixbury Transcripts.
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Benjamin Collins(widower of the parish), married Charlotte Crompton(widow of the parish). 1 Feb 1814 @ Mixbury. Witnesses - Robert Collins & Charlotte Miller.
Charlotte Colin was buried, 1 Mar 1828, @ Mixbury. Died of Dropsy. Aged between 50 & 60.
Steve. :)
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There is a Mary COLING, marrying a Thomas Truby @ Bicester. 30 Sep 1827. Witnesses - Thomas French & Thomas Hicks.
Might be worth following up. ;)
Steve. :)
From OxFHS - Bicester Transcripts.
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Hi Steve
Thank you for the info I will look into the info on Mary also have to find out who Robert Collins is (witness of second marriage), as at this time I can't found out who Benjamin parents are.
Lyn
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Was the burial in Mixbury, the correct one for your Benjamin. If yours died in Brackley, wouldn't he have been buried there.??
Have you checked for baptisms/burial, for Benjamin in Northamptonshire & Bucks.
BucksFHS can do a baptism or burial search from their database for £1, You can do this online. and results are via email.
Not sure about Northants FHS.
Steve. :)
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Hi Steve
Sorry that is the right Benjamin. That was the info i was given at the time, since then change his death to Mixbury, Oxford. I will have to see if BucksFHS can help with there marriage to see who the witness were.
Lyn
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Hi Steve,
Thanks for the info, it has helped fill a few gaps :)
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Hi Lyn,
I think John Collins married Hannah from Woodford, Northants. William Collins was my GG Grandfather, he was born in Mixbury in 1828 and married Elizabeth from Bicester. My Great Grandfather was George Benjamin Collins
Julia
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Hi Julia
Yes John married Hannah Tomlins there son John is my GG Grandfather and married Emma from Twyford, Buckinghamshire and there son Herbert Ambrose Collins is my G Grandfather.
I have your Great Grandfather George Benjamin Collins married to Mary A Powell and I have 2 children, but not found out when or where they got married.
Lyn
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Hi Lyn,
William Collins married Elizabeth Tooley (born 12 Oct 1824 Bicester) and George Benjamin Collins was born in 1848 in Newent, Gloucs. In the 1851 census they were living in Bicester. William was an Inn keeper and brewer and Elizabeth a corset maker. In 1861 they were living at the Rose & Crown in Bicester, but George was living with his grandparents in Mixbury, where he was a plough boy. George had a brother John who was born in Bicester in 1850. He was a Colour Sgt in the ASC. I have a photo of him which I will post later.
George later became a coach driver and in 1881 he was living in Manchester, where he was a coachman for a family and there he met Mary Powell.
Mary Powell was born in Llandudno in 1848 or 1849, she was the daughter of Hugh Powell (born in 1828 in Amlwch, Anglesey) and Barbara Beardsell who was born in 1829 in Cynwyd, Corwen.
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Hi Julia
Thank for that bit of info it fill in a some gaps for me still a load to go. I have no photos of that side of the family only my grandad so it will be nice to see what they look like.
Lyn
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Lyn,
Not sure how to attach the photos. If you email me - ** I will send you some info
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Julia,
here is some info re attaching photographs, should you wish to do so.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,317502.0.html
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Lyn, I have found Benjamin Collins
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Julia you have, ok when and where please
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Lyn, I found Emma Collins grave in Mixbury last week. The inscription is - In loving and affectionate remembrance of Emma the beloved wife of John Collins who died July 30th 1909 aged 68 years. Her end was peace. The old graves in the cemetery are of a very soft stone and most are illegible. Heather