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Don't you just love it when parish records contain little annotations in the margins, which give you extra information you didn't know?
I've spent most of today transcribing the parish records for Purleigh in Essex, mainly 1820s and 1830s. They're probably my favourite ones so far. Some of the "extra" information I've found:
- Several of the baptism records for illegitimate children have information about the reputed father.
- One record has a note next to it saying that the child's father died before the baptism.
- There are little notes in the margin suggesting different spellings of surnames. E.g. for the baptism of Adam Saveall - "So it seems prounounced, otherwise spelt Savill".
- When there is a disputed age in the burial register, there are annotations about where the information came from!
- For the burial of Susannah Petley, age 23 - "Abode during the last few weeks of her illness at her mother's Mrs Pasfield's and died there, but her husband's residence was Latchingdon"
- Quite often the "abode" recorded in the register is quite specific, e.g. the name of a road or a farm rather than just the village name, which is rare for records at this time.
I'm having so much fun with these records that I don't want them to end!
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Thanks for sharing,let us know any more interesting additions.
Viktoria.
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I have a ‘real’ one, on my husband’s tree, though not biologically related 😀
Baptism entry - after the child’s name and date - says ‘no father recorded, Martha, spinster. NB this woman has previously been entered as Martha LEIGH. It has been ascertained that she was not married.’
From what we have found she had an eventful life. When we first found her on the 1851 census, she was a 25 year old ‘widow’ with 6 children from age 12 downwards.
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I have a ‘real’ one, on my husband’s tree, though not biologically related 😀
Baptism entry - after the child’s name and date - says ‘no father recorded, Martha, spinster. NB this woman has previously been entered as Martha LEIGH. It has been ascertained that she was not married.’
From what we have found she had an eventful life. When we first found her on the 1851 census, she was a 25 year old ‘widow’ with 6 children from age 12 downwards.
Sounds like Martha was a bit of a "character", to put it politely ;D
I've transcribed a few more pages today. I'm becoming quite fond of R.F. Walker, the curate of Purleigh, who made all these interesting annotations. So it was sad to transcribe the death of his wife, aged just 34.
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I have a ‘real’ one, on my husband’s tree, though not biologically related 😀
Baptism entry - after the child’s name and date - says ‘no father recorded, Martha, spinster. NB this woman has previously been entered as Martha LEIGH. It has been ascertained that she was not married.’
From what we have found she had an eventful life. When we first found her on the 1851 census, she was a 25 year old ‘widow’ with 6 children from age 12 downwards.
Sounds like Martha was a bit of a "character", to put it politely ;D
I've transcribed a few more pages today. I'm becoming quite fond of R.F. Walker, the curate of Purleigh, who made all these interesting annotations. So it was sad to transcribe the death of his wife, aged just 34.
Indeed she was 😀 We eventually discovered that she wasn’t the mother of the eldest 4 (their mother had died when the youngest was only 6 months old so she was presumably employed to look after them). She then had 2 children before her ‘husband’ died aged 32, and had a further 6 children, all with no father named. Several of them quoted her ‘husband’ as their father on marriage, despite being born up to 10 years after his death. Martha herself never married, lived to be 83 and was referred to on her death certificate as the widow of Richard 😀
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A slightly different stance on additional information in the parish records. St Editha in Tamworth, Staffordshire had a vicar, Reverend Blick, who towards the end of the 18th century added notes at the end of the year which listed world events, English events and those of note in Tamworth itself - I think it was 1796 that he noted that there was an earthquake which had been "sensibly felt" in Tamworth. ;D
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The language has changed somewhat hasn’t it 😀
I found a fascinating ‘parish notes’ entry at the bottom of a page of baptisms, and saved a screenshot. Can’t find it at the moment 🙁
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Those sort of interesting entries are what often makes our researching so fascinating and rewarding! I do hope that, as a transcriber, you are encouraged to record all these tiny details?
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Those sort of interesting entries are what often makes our researching so fascinating and rewarding! I do hope that, as a transcriber, you are encouraged to record all these tiny details?
Yes, I'm transcribing for FreeREG and there's a "Notes" column where you can record all the extra little details I've found. It's taking me longer to transcribe these pages, especially as the margin notes are so tiny and very hard to read, but it's worth it.
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Chance child is one of my faves, another term for an illegitimate child.
I did find one entry for my ancestor in 1765 in Suffolk, saying he "was found dead in Pettistree". Luckily someone was able to identify his body.
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Talking of illegitimate children, I transcribed a weird one today. And for once, R. F. Walker Curate of Purleigh has let me down, he didn't write anything enlightening in the margin!
Who is William's father? Was Sarah playing away?
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I think not as many people lied to a vicar as they did to a registrar or census enumerator. Or it could be that people knew Sarah was playing away and she spilled the beans at the baptism by saying the baby was born as a result of an extra marital affair.
Sadly for any descendants of William Hitch, the father may never be known as the curate never listed who he could have been.
I once noticed a baptism of a baby where in the entry it said "mother now married, but not to father".
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There might have been an obvious reason why Thomas could not have been the father.
For example, I found a baptism where the mother was described as "wife of Benjamin, who has been away at sea the last seven years".
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There might have been an obvious reason why Thomas could not have been the father.
For example, I found a baptism where the mother was described as "wife of Benjamin, who has been away at sea the last seven years".
You could be right, they live quite close to the coast, although for most of the records I've transcribed the fathers have been mariners.
I'm keeping my eyes peeled for more Hitch records as I'm transcribing. There are three children of Thomas and Sarah Hitch baptised between 1813 and 1817, their father is a labourer.
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It's just one way that the husband could be absent. Prison is another one.
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So many women died in childbirth at young ages leaving large numbers of children. Their widowers marrying younger women and starting new families. I discovered in my family a woman widowed with 6 children, remarried widower with 8 children, had three more children. She died when her youngest was 14 months old leaving the 17 children motherless. The baby was brought up by his aunt, the remaining children were taken into care and sent away to Canada and Australia. Harsh times. Families searching back must be very grateful if they discover any extra information.
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Transcribing, and of course general searching for relatives can certainly open up Pandorra's Box. If you are looking for rellies, interesting entries of people that are of no known family connection are still intriguing. "Died after being crushed by a bull", not something you usually see in a burial register.
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I wonder what's the most unusual entry you've identified.
Just visited my grandparents grave to find maintenance agency have hoovered up the flowers I arranged and dumped their grass cuttings in front of their tiny headstone.
Noticed as I left how many females were widowed for more than 40 years. A lifetime.
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Found one in Cawston, Norfolk.
William Austin age 38.
With a memorandum- He was a Sergeant in the Yeomanry Troop of Cavalry for this Hundred and was killed by an explosion of a block of wood, which he had filled with gunpowder for splitting.
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.... bit of a block head, then?
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I wonder what's the most unusual entry you've identified.
I can't beat the exploding block of wood, I'm afraid. ;D
I've just discovered a great name though, on a record I transcribed today. John Barbaric. I've never seen that used as a surname before.
And on the previous page was James Bond!
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Did the wood split ok? ;D
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Did the wood split ok? ;D
;D ;D ;D
Transcribing is very rewarding, but it can get rather tedious at times, it's those little funny things that keep us going.
I do a lot of reviewing these days and the sometimes imaginative spellings for names and places, especially if done by transcribers not familiar with the language can have some hilarious results.
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I bet it is very a interesting task but challenging sometimes...I wonder what the person who transcribed one of my Ancestor's occupation as a "Trunter's Assistant" thought she did for a living? She was actually a "Fruiterer's Assistant" ;D ;D ;D
Carol
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I do a lot of reviewing these days and the sometimes imaginative spellings for names and places, especially if done by transcribers not familiar with the language can have some hilarious results.
Not just the transcribers who make funny mistakes. Sometimes I've seen some strangely-spelled birthplaces on the censuses, where presumably the census enumerator hadn't heard of the place and had attempted to spell it phonetically.
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I do a lot of reviewing these days and the sometimes imaginative spellings for names and places, especially if done by transcribers not familiar with the language can have some hilarious results.
Not just the transcribers who make funny mistakes. Sometimes I've seen some strangely-spelled birthplaces on the censuses, where presumably the census enumerator hadn't heard of the place and had attempted to spell it phonetically.
;D ;D ;D
Mix in with that handwriting that looks as if it was done by a spider dipped in ink and let loose on the page. ;D ;D Those hilarious moments do wonder for a transcriber or reviewers mood. ;D ;D
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Here's another gem from the Purleigh baptism register. Presumably it was common knowledge that Hannah had been a naughty lady?
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Hi
"Barbaric"
Search (FreeBMD) "All Types" and "Barbaric*"
Gets you a few.
Ray
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I found this one while transcribing
baseborn, Ann Scot has a husband serving with Ld Wellington & he had not been in England for fourteen months previous to the birth of the child which is supposed to be the child of the husbands father
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So, if the 'husband' survived he'd come homeward bound to meet his half brother. :o
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Another unusual annotation found today. Some bizarre circumstances surrounding this man's death...
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Does that say that he was smothered in a sack containing pollard by two young men. Murder . ?
How dreadful,have you been able to find out any more?
Gosh there must have been a trial,and what is pollard?
I only know the word as being trees being pollarded for specific use. Not exactly coppicing as with hazels but willows are pollarded.
Can’t imagine what was going on unless a prank gone wrong.
You have us all wondering.Thanks for the interesting extracts.
Viktoria
PS? after another look it says named not murdered and pertains to the two young men. My mistake. V.
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Another unusual annotation found today. Some bizarre circumstances surrounding this man's death...
Some more details about William's death.
Hertford Mercury and Reformer
08 May 1852
Singular Death By Suffocation
A melancholy death of this description occurred last week at Purleigh, to a young man of the name William Carter, 18 years of age, a labourer, in the employ of Mr G. S. Auger, farmer. It appears that the deceased, with two fellow labourers, Charles Ward and William Cable, were engaged in the granary of the employer, when the two men, after some play with the lad, in a joke put him in a sack, which contained about a bushel of pollard, and tied the mouth of it. On releasing him shortly after they found him in a state of insensibility, and, although every exertion for his restoration was made, it was ineffectual. At the inquest the two men were committed for trial on the charge of manslaughter. -- Essex Herald
Essex Standard
16 Jul 1852
Essex Summer Assize
Manslaughter At Purleigh
Charles Ward and William Cable, labourers, were charged with the manslaughter of William Carter, at Purleigh, by tying him in a sack. Mr Rodwell conducted the prosecution, and Mr T. Chambers appeared for the defence. The prisoners, at the suggestion of the Judge, withdrew their plea of not guilty for on of guilty; and in consideration their having been in prison three months, he only sentenced them to one week's imprisonment.
Essex Standard
23 Jul 1852
Essex Summer Assize
Manslaughter At Purleigh
Charles Ward, 20, and William Cable, 25, labourers, were indicted for the manslaughter of William Carter, at Purleigh. Mr Rodwell conducted the prosecution; Mr T Chambers defended the prisoners. Mr Rodwell had opened the case for the prosecution, when Mr Chambers intimated that he had no defence to the facts, but he should submit that the prisoners were at the time they tied the unfortunate deceased up in a sack at play with him, and that the melancholy result which had followed could not involve them in any criminal liability. His Honour said he did not see any escape for the prisoners in law from the charge of manslaughter, and, at his suggestion, they withdrew their former plea for one of Guilty. In passing sentence his Lordship told the prisoners he had no doubt they both lamented having been the unintending cause of the death of a fellow subject, and he should have been glad if he could, consistently with his duty, have seen any mode in which they could have been acquitted of this charge; but the law (and very properly) so respected the lives of subjects of this kingdom as to hold every person who had been guilty of destroying the life of a fellow subject, unless under very special circumstances, guilty of felony. He hoped they would, by the quiet demeanour of the rest of their lives, endeavour to atone for what they had done; and, as they had already been in prison three months, perhaps the justice of the case would, under all circumstances, be met by a very lenient sentence, viz., that they be each subjected to a further imprisonment of one week.
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Looked it up and it is fine bran,the poor lad would have inhaled it and it would have blocked the very fine alveoli in his lungs.
The two pranksters would not have thought about that,the sack would seem pretty empty to them.
What a tragedy.
Sad but interesting reading.Thanks.
Viktoria.
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Thanks cuffie81 for that extra information.
There's a William Cable, who could be one of the accused, living in Mundon (very close to Purleigh) in the 1871 census, he's married with five young children. So hopefully he got his life back together. He could be the same William Cable who was baptised in Purleigh in 1826, born to an unmarried woman in Purleigh Poor House.
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Amazing follow up information. What an outcome from what sounds like an innocent work prank. Tying a human up in a bag may have been a harmless prank to a degree. Terrible consequences for all of them, families included.
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Another sad entry.
It says underneath - "This child died of Small Pox in the Lower Barn - His Parents were Irish who had come into the Parish pea-picking"
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That was an interesting follow up about young William Carter. Seems like at least one of them got their life back on track. A simple prank gone lethal. :-\
One of the saddest transcriptions I did were the Death Notices for a young man followed by one for his wife. Intrigued I found the estate file where the Death Certificates had a note from the coroner stating that he died of self inflicted gunshot wound and she from a gunshot wound to the head. Made me wonder what would have driven him to do something like that.
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Present day. No records in sight. I am en route to the Bodyworld exhib at Piccadilly. Bodies are people who have lived and departed. Still here showing results of their lives lived.
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What is interesting is sometimes I have found 3 or more witnesses to marriages outside the usual 2 witnesses. Witness names to marriages is fundamental as it is but to get more than 2 is great. I always trace the witnesses.
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3sillydogs,I wonder why the man’s entry came before his wife’s,are we correct in assuming he shot her then himself.?
Or was it the other way round, ?the first to die is not always the victim
are they. Whatever it is very sad.
Thanks. Viktoria.
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3sillydogs,I wonder why the man’s entry came before his wife’s,are we correct in assuming he shot her then himself.?
Or was it the other way round, ?the first to die is not always the victim
are they. Whatever it is very sad.
Thanks. Viktoria.
I'm guessing they died at the same time but maybe the wife's name came first alphabetically?
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What is interesting is sometimes I have found 3 or more witnesses to marriages outside the usual 2 witnesses. Witness names to marriages is fundamental as it is but to get more than 2 is great. I always trace the witnesses.
You'd like this one from the latest Durham Records Online update. Ten witnesses!
This one wins the prize for having the most witnesses – we don’t have enough Witness fields in the marriage table to index them all, so we had to just list the remainder in a note:
27 Jun 1826 William Smith (of the parish of All Saints in this town) married Margaret Werge (of this parish), by licence
Witnesses: Thomas Smith, junior; Sarah Bates, junior; Margaret Ellison; Darnell Bulman; Peregrine George Ellison; Elizabeth Werge
[Note: additional witnesses were Jane Werge, John Werge, Frances Innes, and Jane Smith.]
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Re. William Hitch, son of Sarah...
I think William Hitch's parents are Sarah Hitch (nee Steed) and Eli Lewin, with Sarah and Eli marrying in 1834, and Thomas Hitch probably having died earlier in the same year. If the Thomas Hitch who died in 1834 was Sarah's husband then there would have been a large age gap, about 30 years.
In later years William Hitch uses the name Lewin but also used the name 'Lewin Hitch', which he was married under. His children were registered under the name Hitch or Lewin Hitch. I couldn't find William's marriage in parish registers but it looks like he may be non-conformist. It would be interesting to see the marriage certificate to see who he names as his father.
Timeline summary:
1761 Birth of Thomas Hitch
1793 Birth of Sarah Steed, Latchingdon, dau. of Thomas and Sarah
1793 Birth of Eli Lewin, Purleigh, son of Elisha & Hannah
1808 Marriage of Thomas Hitch & Sarah Steed, Purleigh
1813 Birth of Samuel Hitch, son of Thomas & Sarah, Purleigh
1814 Marriage of Eli Lewin & Hannah Gentry, Latchingdon
1828 Death of Hannah Lewin, wife of Eli, Purleigh
1833 Birth of William Hitch/Lewin, son of Sarah Hitch & Eli Lewin, Purleigh
1834 Death of Thomas Hitch, husband of Sarah, Purleigh
1834 Marriage of Eli Lewin & Sarah Hitch, Purleigh
1841 Census Eli, Sarah & Elijah Lewin and Samuel Hitch, Maldon, labourer
1848 Marriage of Samuel Hitch & Elizabeth Clarke, Maldon
1851 Census Eli & Sarah Lewin, Maldon, labourer
1851 Census William Hitch/Lewin, Maldon, baker
1851 Census Samuel & Emma Hitch, Maldon, groom
1852 Death of Elizabeth Hitch, wife of Samuel, Maldon
1854 Marriage of William Lewin Hitch & Emma French (Maldon?)
1859 Death of Samuel Hitch, Maldon
1861 Census Eli & Sarah Lewin, Maldon, pauper?
1861 Census William Hitch/Lewin, Maldon, baker and preacher
1863 Death of Eli Lewin, Maldon
1871 Census Sarah Lewin, Maldon
1871 Census William Hitch/Lewin, Maldon, baker
1878 Death of Sarah Lewin, Maldon
1881 Census William Hitch/Lewin, Maldon, baker
1885 Death of William Hitch/Lewin, Maldon
1890 Death of Emma Lewin, wife of William, Maldon
GRO BMD references:
1863 Q1 Death - Eli Lewin; age 69 (born c1794); Maldon; 04a; 144
1878 Q1 Death - Sarah Lewin; age 85 (born c1793); Maldon; 04a; 180
1848 Q4 Marriage - Samuel Hitch & Elizabeth Clarke; Maldon; 12; 321
1849 Q2 Birth - William Hitch (mmn: Clarke); Maldon; 12; 163
1849 Q3 Death - William Hitch; age 0 (born c1849); Maldon; 12; 101
1850 Q3 Birth - Henry Hitch (mmn: Clarke); Maldon; 12; 162
1850 Q4 Death - Henry Hitch; age 0 (born c1850); Maldon; 12; 103
1852 Q2 Death - Elizabeth Hitch; age 29( born c1823); Maldon; 04a; 100
1859 Q2 Death - Samuel Hitch; age 48( born c1811); Maldon; 04a; 119
1854 Q4 Marriage - William Lewin Hitch & Emma French; Maldon; 04a; 335
1857 Q4 Birth - Samuel Hitch (mmn: French); Maldon; 04a; 184
1859 Q2 Birth - Moses Lewin Hitch (mmn: French); Maldon; 04a; 207
1864 Q1 Birth - Emma Lewin Hitch (mmn: French); Maldon; 04a; 237
1885 Q3 Death - William Lewin; age 52 (born c1833); Maldon; 04a; 217
1890 Q3 Death - Emma Lewin; age 67 (born c1823); Maldon; 04a; 248
Marriages:
married: 30 Nov 1808; All Saints, Purleigh, Essex; lic
groom: Thomas Hitch; sin; otp
bride: Sarah Steed? (x); spin; otp; minor __ with consent of Thomas Steed? her father
witnesses: E Hanks?, Wm. ___onklen?
married: 03 Oct 1814; Christ Church, Latchingdon; banns
groom: Eli Lewin; sin; of Ganewdon?
bride: Hannah Gentry; sin; otp
witnesses: W Lewin, Fanny Lewin
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NN7Y-TJX
married: 10 Nov 1834; All Saints, Purleigh, Essex; banns
groom: Eli Lewin; wid; otp
bride: Sarah Hitch (x); wid; otp
witnesses: Thomas Lamb, Mary Mynott (x)
married: 26 Oct 1848; All Saints and St Peter, Maldon; banns
groom: Samuel Hitch; fa; bach; servant; St Peter's
bride: Elizabeth Clarke (x); fa; spin; -; St Peter's
grooms father: Thomas Hitch, labourer
brides father: Francis Clarke, bailiff
witnesses: William Clarke (x), Elizabeth Marianne Jones
Baptisms:
Baptisms - Christ Church, Latchingdon
07 Apr 1793 - Sarah Steed; Thomas & Sarah, his wife; born 19 Jan [recorded under 1793 records but bap. date appears to be written as 1792]
Baptisms - All Saints, Purleigh:
22 Feb 1793 - Eli Lewin; Elisha & Hannah
12 Feb 1809 - Thomas Hitch; Thomas & Sarah
17 Mar 1811 - Thomas Hitch; Thomas & Sarah
17 Mar 1811 - John Hitch; Thomas & Sarah
11 Jul 1813 - Samuel Hitch; Thomas & Sarah; Purleigh; labourer
14 May 1815 - Sarah Hitch; Thomas & Sarah; Purleigh; labourer
17 Aug 1817 - Mary Hitch; Thomas & Sarah; Purleigh; labourer
02 Nov 1817 - Elisha Lewin; Eli & Hannah; Purleigh; labourer
25 Jun 1820 - Hannah Lewin; Eli & Hannah; Purleigh; labourer; born 30 May 1820
13 Oct 1822 - Henry Lewin; Eli & Hannah; Purleigh; labourer; born 18 Sep 1822
28 Aug 1825 - Elijah Lewin; Eli & Hannah; Purleigh; labourer; born 22 Jun 1825
21 Apr 1833 - William Hitch; Sarah; Purleigh; wife of Thomas Hitch; illegitimate
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Re. William Hitch, son of Sarah... (cont.)
Burials:
Burials - All Saints, Purleigh
11 Apr 1813 - Elisha Lewin; age 72; P
23 Apr 1827 - Hannah Lewin; age 6; Purleigh, Cockclacks?
16 Dec 1828 - Hannah Lewin; age 36; Purleigh
25 Nov 1831 - Hannah Lewin; age 79; Purleigh
22 Aug 1834 - Thomas Hitch; age 73; Purleigh
02 Jun 1841 - William Lewin; infant; Maldon Union Workhouse
Burials - All Saints and St Peter, Maldon
11 Jul 1849 - William Hitch; 11 weeks; St Peter
08 Nov 1850 - Henry Hitch; 3 months; All Saints
02 May 1852 - Elizabeth Hitch; 29 yrs; All Saints
07 Apr 1859 - Samuel Hitch; 48 yrs; All Saints
Censuses:
1841 Maldon
Eli, Sarah & Elijah Lewin and Samuel Hitch
Ref HO107; Piece 327; Folio 6; Page 13
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ2N-DVY
1851 Maldon
Eli & Sarah Lewin
Ref HO107; Piece 1778; Folio 386; Page 24
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGV4-SXX
1851 Maldon
Samuel & Eliza Hitch, groom
Ref HO107; Piece 1778; Folio 483; Page 31
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGVF-34R
1851 Maldon
William Lewin, baker
Ref HO107; Piece 1778; Folio 470; Page 4
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGVD-GMR
1861 Maldon
Eli & Sarah Lewin
Ref RG09; Piece 1090; Folio 89; Page 15
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M74P-JNQ
1861 Maldon
William & Emma Lewin, and children, baker & preacher
Ref RG09; Piece 1090; Folio 88; Page 14
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M74P-JFR
1871 Maldon
Sarah Lewin
Ref RG10; Piece 1674; Folio 83; Page 16
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFFR-GYC
1871 Maldon
William & Emma Lewin, and children, baker
Ref RG10; Piece 1674; Folio 81; Page 12
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFFR-XJW
1881 Maldon
William & Emma Lewin, and children, baker
Ref RG11; Piece 1776; Folio 78; Page 12
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27D-ZGVN
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Re. William Hitch, son of Sarah... (cont.)
Newspaper items:
Chelmsford Chronicle
31 Jul 1885
Deaths
LEWIN - July, 18th, 1885, at Maldon, William Lewin, after a long and painful illness, borne with great patience and fortitude, aged 52 years. Interred Maldon cemetery.
Essex Herald
14 Jul 1884
Marriages
LEWIN-STRUTT - July 7th, at the Wesleyan Chapel, Maldon, by the Rev. T. Horton, Samuel Lewin, eldest son of William Lewin, High-street, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of William Strutt, of Mill-road, Maldon, and Sextoon's Farm, Great Braxted.
Probates:
William Lewin
https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=lewin&yearOfDeath=1886&page=2#calendar
Emma lewin
https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=lewin&yearOfDeath=1890&page=6#calendar
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In later years William Hitch uses the name Lewin but also used the name 'Lewin Hitch', which he was married under. His children were registered under the name Hitch or Lewin Hitch. I couldn't find William's marriage in parish registers but it looks like he may be non-conformist. It would be interesting to see the marriage certificate to see who he names as his father.
I agree it was probably a non-conformist marriage. The page number for William's marriage is 335, and marriages at Woodham Walter (the last parish alphabetically) are page 333.
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Today's transcribing has made me laugh already. Look at the bride's father's name, and his occupation. ;D
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I think he should have been a "Tent Salesman" :)
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Tent seller——— I have only just got that ;D
Viktoria.
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I think he should have been a "Tent Salesman" :)
;D ;D ;D
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Here's an unusual baptism entry!
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Certainly different :D
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Here's an unusual baptism entry!
In a Church of England baptism register? I bet there's a good story behind it... I wonder why they wanted to get their child baptised...
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Several records of a similar nature in Wiveliscombe Parish registers -
Marriage
23 May 1724 • Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England
Lawrence Sealey aka Beer and Joan Steevens
22 Oct 1724 • Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England
William son of Lawrence and Joan Sealey aka Beer
Memorandum yt ye child was born within 5 months after they married
Regards Margaret
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Several records of a similar nature in Wiveliscombe Parish registers -
Marriage
23 May 1724 • Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England
Lawrence Sealey aka Beer and Joan Steevens
22 Oct 1724 • Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England
William son of Lawrence and Joan Sealey aka Beer
Memorandum yt ye child was born within 5 months after they married
Regards Margaret
There is a lot of it about!
Viktoria.
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Always has been, always will be ;D
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Several records of a similar nature in Wiveliscombe Parish registers -
Marriage
23 May 1724 • Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England
Lawrence Sealey aka Beer and Joan Steevens
22 Oct 1724 • Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England
William son of Lawrence and Joan Sealey aka Beer
Memorandum yt ye child was born within 5 months after they married
Regards Margaret
Nice to have lots of details so you can be completely sure who the child belonged to :)
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Lovely to have "Joseph Soap, son of Mary Soap and Joseph Bloggs" rather than just "Mary Soap, chance child of Mary Soap". Then again it is whatever they were told, or what the vicar put down. Some mothers kept the father's identity a secret.
It is good that we can transcribe for FreeREG which is a brill site. I noticed that you can search all counties now with a date range, and even more than 250 results without the "There is more than 250 results, so please narrow your search".
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I noticed that you can search all counties now with a date range, and even more than 250 results without the "There is more than 250 results, so please narrow your search".
I noticed that! Having searched for a Smith family and having to break my search down into 10-year chunks, this is a great improvement!