Adam DUDLEY 1760

[eric]

Can anyone please help me  trace Adam Dudley born 1760 at Chelmarsh, Bridgenorth.. I believe he may have died 31st July 1833 aged 73 and was buried in St. Peters Church, Bridgenorth.
He probably married Ann Walford on 7th. February 1785,in Chelmarsh.
They had a child Richard Dudley, born 1792/3, baptised April 28th. 1783 at Chelmarsh ref.I.G.I. Richard Dudley is my G.G.Grandfather.
The above is the extent of my info on Adam Dudley and his family, did he have any more children? Who were his parents? What work did he and his parents do? What is the back ground of Ann Walford,etc, etc.?
The Dudley family continued to live in the Bridgenorth area  I believe until the early 1900s.
   Any help will be gratefully welcome. Eric.

[grlune]

Hi Eric

This is a start at least; I found this christening on IGI:

Adam DUDLEY  6 Jan 1760, at Chelmarsh, parents John and Anne

Regards, Graham

Happy New Year

[alnat]

From the IGI, other children of Adam and Ann baptised at Chelmarsh

William 6 Jun 1786
Lucy Ann 12 Jan 1788
John 21 Mar 1789
Sophia Mary 6 Jan 1792
Richard 28 Apr 1793
Samuel 8 May 1795
Adam 4 Mar 1797
Hannah 25 Jun 1799
Thomas 24 Jun 1804
Eliza 25 May 1806

There's also this one, same parents names but at Kinver in Stafford, she just seems to 'fit in'.
Elizabeth 7 Feb 1802

Worth checking the original PRs maybe??

I have a personal interest in the surname, check out my avie!

[eric]

Thanks for informative reply ,it all seems to fit in. Iam informed that Adams parents were probablyJohn and Ann Dudley, they were probably married 1749 [ I know not where] I have a John Dudley who may have been the father of Adam1760 who died January 19th 1814 age 89 years old and is buried in St Peters Church, Bridgenorth, this would make his birth around 1725. Have you any info on this or on his family?
  Eric.

[pete edwards]

H Eric.

Any  Good,

Chelmarsh Parish Registers.

 05 Nov 1749 John Dudley and Anne Bennett mar.

24 Jul 1750 William, s. of John and Anne Dudley bap.

 30 Sep 1751 John, s. of John and Anne Dudley bap.

 30 Dec 1753 Thomas, s. of John and Anne Dudley bap.

 02 Feb 1756 William, s. of John and Anne Dudley bap.

 25 Sep 1757 Mary, d. of John and Anne Dudley bap.

 06 Jan 1760 Adam, s. of John and Anne Dudley bap.

16 May 1762 George, s. of John and Anne Dudley bap.

 01 Jan 1764 Samuel, s. of John and Ann Dudley bap.

 05 Jan 1766 Nancy, d. of John and Anne Dudley bap.

 09 Apr 1769 Nancey, d. of John and Anne Dudley bur.

20 Aug 1769 Richard, s. of John and Anne Dudley bap.

05 Sep 1771 William, s. of John and Ann Dudley bur.

 26 Jun 1776 Sarah, d. of John and Ann Dudley bap.

 15 May 1780 John Dudley and Ann Porter mar.

Might help a bit (  there are loads of Dudleys listed in Chelmarsh and the surrounding villiages) givr us a shout if you want a look on a name,

Pete,

[alnat]

You just beat me Pete!

IGI has burials for

William bap. 24 Jul 1750 bur. 26 Jul 1750
William bap. 2 Feb 1756 bur. 5 Sep 1771
Nancy bap. 5 Jan 1766 bur. 9 Apr 1769

[alnat]

There's an Ann Bennet baptism on the IGI at Chelmarsh

18 Jul 1731 to William and Ann

I can't find a baptism for John Dudley at Chelmarsh, in fact the first child with that surname on the PRs seems to be John and Anne's son William in 1750. There aren't any children baptised to any other Dudleys until John and Anne's children become parents themselves. That would make me think that John came from somewhere else and didn't move to Chelmarsh with his family (no record of any of his possible siblings marrying)

Pete appears to have access to local PRs, maybe you could ask him to have a look and see if he can find a John c.1725?

 

[alnat]

The National Archives have a Will for a Samuel Dudley, carpenter of Chelmarsh dated 1835. It possible that he is the Samuel bap. 1764 to John & Ann. £3.50 to download if you're interested.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=1068735&queryType=1&resultcount=1

Hope the link works!

[pete edwards]

bit more

Chelmarsh Parish Registers.

 07 Feb 1785 Adam Dudley, taylor, and Ann Walford.
W.--Thos. Dudley, Mary Dudley.

There are only 19 listings for a Adam Dudley listed on the Herefordshire disc,  none are listed as having born to a John.

Pete,