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Surrey / Re: Jenny or Jane Harman?
« on: Monday 15 January 24 09:36 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Rosie

Thank you for the message. Yes, I have done quite a bit of back-tracking, which is in part how I ended up with this curious Jenny Harman who only seems to appear once in any of the records.

Strange...

Stephen

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Surrey / Jenny or Jane Harman?
« on: Sunday 14 January 24 11:41 GMT (UK)  »
Hi all

Thoughts please. I'm trying to trace the parents of my 4th great-grandmother Jane Harman, who married a James Bashford in Reigate, Surrey, in 1801 and settled in Chipstead, Surrey. At marriage they were both of Reigate.

Jane died in 1817 and was said to be aged 37.

However, no Jane was born in or around her expected age of birth of 1780.

There was a Jane Harman, a twin, baptised in Betchworth a few miles from Reigate in 1773 to John and Elizabeth. But this seems to be stretching the 1780 expected birth year beyond the reasonable. Also, a Jane Harman married a James Ockenden in Reigate in 1793.

There was a Jenny Harman baptised in 1781 to Abraham and Sarah at Leigh in Surrey, again a few miles from Reigate. This person does not appear again in the records as far as I can tell and I've read in a few places that Jenny was sometimes an alternative name to Jane.

Up to now I've thought of 1773 as the more likely option but now I'm not so sure. Has anyone experienced the use of Jenny and Jane interchangeably in this part of the world at this point in time?

Thanks
Stephen Finch

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Surrey Lookup Requests / Budgens and Nutfield
« on: Wednesday 07 November 18 14:38 GMT (UK)  »
Hello everyone

I'm becoming stuck on my Budgen ancestors in and around Nutfield. As is often the case the surname is all over the place that far back, spelled variously as Butching/Butchin/Bowching/Bouchin/Butchings/Buchin and so on.

I so far have gone back to a John Butchin baptised on 4 May 1645 in nearby Bletchingley, son of John Buchin. The latter's birthplace and date are a mystery to me but books, other records and histories suggest the family came from nearby Nutfield (and indeed were reasonably well off). I have tried searching Ancestry for records but the transcriptions are so poor as far as I can see that I'm having little luck finding anyone before the 1640s other than a Nicholas and a John/Joseph.

Does anyone know whether a decent transcription was ever published that I might be able to purchase or has access to one they can have a look at for BMDs? I've had a look online for one but so far with no luck, other than a 'fiche' at West Surrey FHS. I wouldn't even begin to know how to look at a fiche without a big machine!

Thanks in advance for your help.

Stephen Finch

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Kent Lookup Requests / Re: Burley of Chiddingstone request
« on: Monday 24 September 18 14:32 BST (UK)  »
Hi Ciderdrinker

This is great stuff. Thanks so much for looking this up for me.

Much to review and ponder!

Stephen

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Kent Lookup Requests / Burley of Chiddingstone request
« on: Thursday 20 September 18 18:41 BST (UK)  »
Hello

I'm seeking help with the Burley family, who may have come from Chiddingstone, and to see whether there are any in the records.

In particular, there's a John Burley/Burly who was born in around 1710 (give or take a few years either side). He went on to marry a Fanne (surname unknown), although where is unclear. They had a daughter, also called Fanne, who was baptised in Limpsfield, Surrey, on 15 Aug 1742 - this record states that John is 'of Chitinstone'. This notation is not present on the baptism record of his son William in 1740 (also in Limpsfield) so I'm not sure whether John was in Chiddingstone temporarily or had indeed come from there.

If you could help me either way, I'd be very grateful as I'm struggling to pin John's baptism down to anywhere else!

Thanks
Stephen Finch

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Surrey / Re: Finch, Reigate, 18th century
« on: Monday 29 June 15 19:06 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for the offer of help! I have seen the St Mary's records now - but thanks again anyway.

Stephen

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Surrey / Re: Finch, Reigate, 18th century
« on: Sunday 28 June 15 10:10 BST (UK)  »
Hi Adrian

Thanks for helping me narrow things down!

Stephen

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Sussex / Re: Thomas Budgen, West Hoathly
« on: Wednesday 28 January 15 19:08 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Bryan! I'll look into that.

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Sussex / Thomas Budgen, West Hoathly
« on: Tuesday 27 January 15 19:30 GMT (UK)  »
Hello all

I'm trying to find the origin of a Thomas Budgen who married Sarah Comber in May 1706 at West Hoathly in Sussex.

Research has thrown up several potential Budgens, but no Thomas was baptised in West Hoathly that could've been him.

Two Thomas Budgens were baptised in Frant, on the Sussex/Kent border in 1679 and 1681. One died as a baby but the other has been billed as the West Hoathly Budgen in quite a few trees and research I've seen online. However, I can't find any justification for this claim.

As far as I can see, he could just as easily be a Thomas Budgen who was christened on 23 February 1676 in Horne, Surrey. His parents were Thomas and Sarah.

Or it could be a Thomas Butchin, baptised on 9 Jan 1675 at Bletchingley in Surrey, the son of John Butchin and Anne. This latter has been suggested by a Budgen family historian but again it seems conjecture.

Does anyone have any thoughts or knowledge of these connections?

Thanks so much!

Stephen

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