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In 1760 Thomas King married Sarah Biggs in Northaw. He was a widower born 1719, bapt. 1724 in Hemel Hempstead. Sarah was a widow.
I am looking for Sarah's previous marriage to Mr Biggs so that I can find her maiden name. Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Emeltom
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Hi
HALS carries a Bishop'sTranscript of a marriage
1/1/1733 Rickmansworth = Henry Biggs / Sarah Arnold
Ray
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Many thanks, I'll look into that.
Emeltom
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1733 sounds a bit early, unless she was much older than Thomas.
Have you any idea how old Sarah might be when she married Thomas. Did they have any children together or would she be likely to be past child bearing age?
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Unfortunately I have no idea of Sarah's age when she married Thomas. The only Sarah Arnold I can find who is old enough to have married in1733 was baptised 1714. This would make her about 5 years older than Thomas. That's perfectly feasible except for the fact that their last child, George, was born 1769 which would make her 55 - possible, just, but unlikely I feel.
Emeltom
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Unfortunately I have no idea of Sarah's age when she married Thomas. The only Sarah Arnold I can find who is old enough to have married in1733 was baptised 1714. This would make her about 5 years older than Thomas. That's perfectly feasible except for the fact that their last child, George, was born 1769 which would make her 55 - possible, just, but unlikely I feel.
Emeltom
George was buried at Hemel on 12 Dec 1771, the record says George, son of Sarah King widow, aged about 3 years. So Thomas's death may have stopped the production of children rather than Sarah's age.
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Thomas King buried 17 Oct 1771 at Hemel age 45 years
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Hadn't seen the death for George but did find a death for Thomas in 1771. However she still would have been 55 when she had George which, to me, is a tad old. They had another son Francis baptised 1768. Two children in two years in your mid fifties?
Emeltom
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There is a Sarah King buried in Hemel on 8 May 1810 age 78 years. That would make her year of birth about 1732
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She would fit very well as wife of Thomas - old enough to be married and widowed in the 1750s and young enough to be having children in the late 1760s. I still need her marriage to Mr Biggs though to find her maiden name.
However, many thanks for looking for me.
Emeltom
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Working on the idea of Sarah being born circa 1732 I have found a Sarah Field born 1733 to Francis and Sarah. This immediately rang a bell as Thomas and Sarah had a son called Francis.Coincidence or family name? I then found a marriage of a Sarah Field to a William Bigge in Hitchin in October 1756. Unfortunately I cannot find a death for a William Bigge/Biggs between his marriage to Sarah in 1756 and her marriage to Thomas in 1760. Can anyone see one?
Emeltom