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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / JUDD marriages in Hartley Wintney

« on: Saturday 17 September 11 13:51 BST (UK) »

Two James JUDD were married within a few years of each other in Hartley Wintney reg district - one to Mary Lovelock in 1848 and the other to Mary Ann Hunt in 1854. In the 1861 census the two couples are close neighbours.

Is anyone able to confirm from marriage records who the father was of each of these two James? This would be invaluable in helping place them and their offspring in the correct branches of my Judd family tree.

Thanks for any help given,

Waterhouse

Hampshire & Isle of Wight / CHILDS of Heckfield - corrected

« on: Sunday 21 August 11 18:30 BST (UK) »

UPDATED DETAILS: Can anyone help me pin down the parentage of my ancestor Dinah CHILD?

Dinah gave her place of birth as Stratfield Saye, c 1774. She married Charles DAVID in Swallowfield in 1795 and died there in 1856 (I have full details of her chidlren, burial etc).

There is a possible link to Heckfield, based mainly on the fact there is a possible sibling, George, whose banns were read in Swallowfield prior to his marriage to Hannah Stevens in Heckfield in 1778. George and Hannah, I believe, subsequently settled in Swallowfield.

I have found no trace of Dinah in the Stratfield Saye records, does anyone have any clues or possible leads in Heckfield or elsewhere?

Sincere thanks for any help given,
Waterhouse

Kent Completed Lookup Requests / Faversham - BENSTEAD - completed

« on: Tuesday 12 April 11 20:43 BST (UK) »

My 3x great grandparents William Hollett and Catherine BENSTEAD were married in Faversham on 14 October 1817. The records show that Catherine was a widow.

Can anybody discover who she married first and, from that, what her maiden name was? She died in May 1836 in Throwley, having married again after William's death. Her third husband was John Moon. Her approximate year of birth was 1794.

The only Benstead I've been able to find who married a Catherine was Abraham, in Faversham in 1781, but this Catherine (nee Crouch) would have been too old to have borne children to William Hollett.

Any help breaking down this long-standing brick wall would be very gratefully received.

Kent / TRESS - ADES - BARRY family links

« on: Tuesday 18 January 11 12:08 GMT (UK) »

I am trying to trace the Tress family link the in the ancestry of Sir Francis Tress BARRY.

General web searching has produced an unsubstantiated link through Sir Francis' mother, Harriet ADES, who married Charles Barry (place unknown) in 1820.

Harriet is noted in the same web source as being the daughter of Robert Ades of Brede and his wife, Ann Maria Jane TRESS. However, in the 1841 and 1851 census returns, Harriet (who lived with Charles Barry at Orpington Priory in Kent), gives her place of birth as Middlesex.

I can find no trace of Ann Maria Jane Tress or of an Ades-Tress marriage. Sussex records produce the baptism of a Harriet Tress in Brede, but to different parents (checking back, the mother of this 'Harriet' was not a Tress prior to her marriage). Charles Barry is named in some Tress family legal documents of the late 18th - early 19th centuries, but with no mention of any family relationship.

The Tress family, to which I am distantly related, were yeoman landowners on the Kent-Sussex border and around Rye. Francis was a name commonly given to first-born sons, strengthening the likelihood of a link with Sir Francis Tress Barry.

Given the cross-county border history of the Tress family, I am also posting this query on the Sussex forum.

Anyone with any intelligence on this, or links to the Tress family is welcome to get in touch - here's hoping....

Thanks in anticipation,
Waterhouse

Sussex / TRESS - ADES - BARRY family links

« on: Tuesday 18 January 11 12:06 GMT (UK) »

I am trying to trace the Tress family link the in the ancestry of Sir Francis Tress BARRY.

General web searching has produced an unsubstantiated link through Sir Francis' mother, Harriet ADES, who married Charles Barry (place unknown) in 1820.

Harriet is noted in the same web source as being the daughter of Robert Ades of Brede and his wife, Ann Maria Jane TRESS. However, in the 1841 and 1851 census returns, Harriet (who lived with Charles Barry at Orpington Priory in Kent), gives her place of birth as Middlesex.

I can find no trace of Ann Maria Jane Tress or of an Ades-Tress marriage. Sussex records produce the baptism of a Harriet Tress in Brede, but to different parents (checking back, the mother of this 'Harriet' was not a Tress prior to her marriage). Charles Barry is named in some Tress family legal documents of the late 18th - early 19th centuries, but with no mention of any family relationship.

The Tress family, to which I am distantly related, were yeoman landowners on the Kent-Sussex border and around Rye. Francis was a name commonly given to first-born sons, strengthening the likelihood of a link with Sir Francis Tress Barry.

Given the cross-county border history of the Tress family, I am also posting this query on the Kent forum.

Anyone with any intelligence on this, or links to the Tress family is welcome to get in touch - here's hoping....

Thanks in anticipation,
Waterhouse

London and Middlesex / WALL family 1841 census

« on: Sunday 05 December 10 09:53 GMT (UK) »

Rootschat came up trumps for me this week, so here's hoping for more good luck with another frustrating search.

I have been trying to find the WALL family in the 1841 Census.
Father Thomas, born 1807, a butcher, wife Ann born c1812 and children including Ann born 1830 - others were baptised but may not have survived.

The family's last known address pre-1841 was Long Alley in Shoreditch, according to the baptism record for their daughter Elizabeth.

In the 1851 census the family was living at 2 New Court in Shoredtich St James (Class: HO107; Piece: 1533; Folio: 561; Page: 32).

Grateful for any help Rootschatters can provide!
Waterhouse

London and Middlesex / Featherstone St Bethnal Green 1901 Census

« on: Friday 03 December 10 14:46 GMT (UK) »

Can anyone help me trace Featherstone Street in Bethnal Green/Shoreditch in the 1901 census - it's frying my brains. Looking for the Kenneally family in 1901 and 1881 - they could never agree on how to spell their name, which has added to the frustration. Head of house Thomas, with wife Martha, plus children Thomas (1875), William (1879) and Jane (1882). Thanks for any help in finding reference numbers.

Oxfordshire Lookup Requests / Middleton Stoney/Gret Tew PRs - Wilkinson, Minn and Nelson

« on: Friday 29 January 10 11:37 GMT (UK) »

This is a supplementary request to a query I have placed on the general Oxfordshire board.

I am seeking any baptism, marriage and burial details relating to Isaac WILKINSON and Dinah MINN and their children in Middleton Stoney and Great Tew, circa 1775 - 1790. Also, relating to Dinah Minn's second husband, John NELSON.

If anyone has any details I would be very grateful.

With sincere thanks for any help provided,
Waterhouse

Oxfordshire / WILKINSON, MINN and NELSON, Middleton Stoney & Gt Tew

« on: Thursday 28 January 10 16:34 GMT (UK) »

A chink has appeared in an old brickwall and I wonder if friends on this board might be able to help.

I am seeking more information about Isaac WILKINSON and Dinah MINN, for whom a marriage bond was issued in 1782 in Middleton Stoney.
My 4x gt grandfather Thomas Wilkinson, born c1781, stated on the 1851 and 1861 censuses that his place of birth was Gt Tew in Oxfordshire, but no trace of his baptism has been found there or in the immediate environs.

I find today that Dinah Wilkinson, a widow, was the subject of a further bond in 1789 for her marriage to John NELSON in Middleton Stoney. Her place of residence was given as Gt Tew.

I may be adding two and two and making five, but this is the closest I have come to cracking this one.

Does anyone have any information about these folk, or any tips? I live at a distance from Oxfordshire, so consulting records in-situ is not easy.
A small point - Thomas Wilkinson's profession in adult life was a master mariner, which seems an odd career choice for a boy from a land-locked county. He married in London in 1810 and died in 1865.

Many thanks in advance for any help or advice given,
Waterhouse