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I'm searching for a baptism of Cornelius BOWMAN. I've also seen the surname as BOMAN/BOMAR. Cornelius married at Fledborough, Notts by licence in 1739, at which time he was apparently aged 24. I would therefore expect he was born about 1714 give or take a few years. Also, the marriage licence notes that he was "of Eakring" - whether he was born there or not I have no idea. But it seems a good place to start the search.
Any help finding him is much appreciated.
Thanks
Alexander
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Hi Alexander
Eaking bapts are covered on the Notts FHS CD 1661 - 1901, but nothing for him. This is the nearest I could find
Cornelius BOWRIN 9.2. 1718 to Cornelius & Elizabeth at Radcliffe on Trent, Husbandman
Carol
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Thanks for that Carol. I have just done a quick search for a marriage for that Cornelius Bowrin, and nothing comes up. However Radcliffe is a bit further away than I was expecting...but then again Eakring and Fledborough are not exactly close. And the age is a bit out, but if born in 1718 then that would make him a year younger than his wife, so it would be understandable if he added a few years on at marriage. Anyway, it's certainly one to consider.
You'd think with a name like Cornelius he'd be really easy to track down! ::)
Thanks,
Alexander
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There is a baptism at Wellow for a Cornelius Bowman but much too late to be yours 9 Feb 1778 with parents George and Mary- a grandson perhaps?
Phillimore's have Cornelius and Mary's marriage as 10 Feb 1738.
There are several Bowman marriages at Eakring, parents maybe?
Iam sure you are aware of the actions of the Reverend Sweetapple who managed to marry 490 couples between 1730 and 1754 ,at Fledborough. It seems to have been Nottinghamshires Gretna Green ! Maybe he was trying to hide something....(Cornelius not the Reverend-I think he was perhaps in it for the cash!!)
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Thank you larkspur,
You're right, that Cornelius Bowman was a grandson of this Cornelius. Unfortunately he died shortly after birth, but George had another son Cornelius in 1787.
The marriage of Cornelius & Mary was in 1739 in new style dating as the new year started on 25 Mar, but the original register would say 1738.
Interesting what you mention about Fledborough - I had heard something like that before but I didn't know it was during the time that Cornelius & Mary were married there. There must be some reason why they were married there - but I don't know what it was. I can't think of any objections on Mary's side, so perhaps it's something to do with Cornelius.
Regards,
Alexander
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Hi Alexander
You can eliminate the Cornelius baptised in Radcliffe in 1718. He married Mary Lomax 16 Sept 1752 at St Peters, Notts. The entry states he was from Radcliffe on Trent.
Carol
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That's helpful, thank you Carol.
Alexander
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Hi Alexander,
I know some of the early Eakring registers have been transcribed and are on the church website but I haven't time to go through them for you now.
http://www.st-andrews-eakring.org.uk/ Click on 'The Archives'.
Hope you are lucky.
Jill
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Hi Jill,
Thanks for the link, I had seen it before but not checked it in a while. I can see a couple BOMAN entries, (sadly no Cornelius), but there may yet be a link to Eakring.
Alexander
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There is an entry for Eakring
"Robert Bowman [T Borner] & Ellen Adanes [T Elizabeth Adams ] 7 april 1700"
underneath in italics
"This entry is written over in thick ink."
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Thanks larkspur, I do have that one on a list of potential parents for Cornelius. But in the absence of a baptism for Cornelius we can't really say much more. I think I need to explore other routes - wills perhaps - to see if Robert Bowman and others left any trace. A bit hard to do from this side of the planet, but I'll add it to the ever growing list of things to check whenever I get back to visit the UK.