William SPINKS - Farmer

[Newtons Cat]

The father of my G G Grandmother, Elizabeth Charlotte ABEL (born IPSWICH, 1833/4), is identified on her marriage certificate, as William SPINKS, Farmer. She was living with Elizabeth TUNMER in WOODBRIDGE in 1841/51 who was apparently her foster mother. She married Edmund Thomas Taylor in WOODBRIDGE in 1857.

[Rick]

Welcome Newtons Cat!

I hope that you will visit us often and makes lots of progress with your research.

Are you hoping to find information about William or are you just trying to connect with other SPINKS researchers?

Best Wishes
Rick

Suffolk Moderator.

[Newtons Cat]

What kind of documents might there have been if William Spinks acknowledged Elizabeth Abel as his daughter? Presumably he would have paid some kind of child support  ... possibly to the foster mother?

So - where do I look for recorded evidence of what the arrangements were?

[Rick]

Hi

There may well have been bastardy proceedings against William.   All surviving orders will be kept at the SRO.

http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/LocalHistoryAndHeritage/SuffolkRecordOffice/

It would probably also be a good idea to find William's will as Elizabeth may well be named as a beneficiary.  Again this information will be stored at the SRO though a lot of wills are now available online at Access to Archives.

http://www.a2a.org.uk/

Rick

[Newtons Cat]

The father of my G G Grandmother, Elizabeth Charlotte ABEL (born IPSWICH, 1833/4), is identified on her marriage certificate, as William SPINKS, Farmer. She was living with Elizabeth TUNMER in WOODBRIDGE in 1841/51 who was apparently her foster mother. She married Edmund Thomas Taylor in WOODBRIDGE in 1857.

A witness on Elizabeth Charlotte Abel's marriage certificate, Charlotte Paternoster, was Elizabeth Tunmer's married daughter. She had a daughter who was baptised Harriet SPINKS Paternoster. Her brother had a son who was baptised John SPINKS Tunmer. Elizabeth Tunmer was born Elizabeth Goodwin.

I'm now looking for a Spinks-Goodwin marriage or a Spinks-Tunmer marriage, mid-18th century.

[suffolk*sue]

From Boyds marriage index.


1797  /TUNMER  SAML / GOODWIN  ELZ/  WOODBRIDGE  /SUFFOLK 

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Marriage



 Samuel Paternoster
Charlotte Tunmer

1839 
Sep  qtr.
Woodbridge 
 Suffolk 
Vol: 12 
Page: 725