BOYD's look up please, WADE

[findem]

Could someone please check Boyd's to see if there is a marriage in 1696 at Sandon for Richard Wade and Elizabeth (oh no!) Brown, the reference to it comes from the IGI which gives only the year.

I am looking for Elizabeth Wade (widow) who married Repentance Stowell in Chelmsford in 1740, neither Elizabeth or Repentance are to be found in Chelmsford or Gt Baddow PRs. 

I have found in Gt Baddow PRs the baptism of Richard Wade the son of Richard & Elizabeth Wade born 2 Nov 1709 & baptised ? Dec 1709 but no other children nor the marriage of Richard & Elizabeth.  So the Sandon lead looks promising, especially so because Repentance & Elizabeth baptised 5 children at Sandon 1741, 1743, 1749, 1753 & 1754 and 2 at Gt Baddow 1746 & 1750.

I have been chasing that couple for some years and this is the closest I've come to finding either so I'm hoping that the 1696 marriage exists and that Elizabeth is to be found in Sandon, I was under the impression that I had looked for Repentance and Elizabeth in Sandon, hope I'm  wrong 

[Frances]

Hi,

Boyds index has the marriage of Richard and Elizabeth at Sandon but like the IGI only gives the year 1696.

Frances

[findem]

Hi Frances,

Thanks so much for the lookup, that's good news.  I knew I would get nothing more than the names, year and place from Boyd's but I just wanted to confirm that there was actually a marriage to be found at Sandon, I was half afraid the IGI details would be just the figment of someone's imagination.  At least I'm in with a chance now of finding an Elizabeth Wade at Sandon and hopefully she will be "the" Elizabeth Wade and if so, once I get the whole date of the marriage I will have a starting point for finding the rest of the family.

Regards.

[suffolk*sue]

Wouldn't that marriage be a bit early for a lady baptising babies up to the 1750s or am I missing something.

 

[findem]

Yes Sue, that is a concern but what I'm wondering is whether Richard and Elizabeth may have lost a daughter Elizabeth and perhaps had another Elizabeth later on in their marriage.  I realise it is a long shot but at the moment it is the only lead I have found to date, so I have to follow it up, if only to discount it.  Both Elizabeth Wade and Repentance Stowell have proved very elusive, I only found the baptism of Richard son of Richard & Elizabeth Wade by chance, he was baptised in 1709 at Gt Baddow, so thinking he should have a sister Elizabeth I felt I had to follow it through.

Repentance Stowell and Elizabeth Wade (said to be a widow) were married at Chelmsford 25 Dec 1740 by licence, had Elizabeth been single I would have expected her to be born/baptised circa 1721 but being a widow she could have been married several years earlier.

I also found an Elizabeth Wade at Gt Baddow born 29 May 1697 and baptised 6 Jun 1697 the daughter of William & Elizabeth Wade.  Having found this morning the IGI & Boyds 1696 Sandon marriage of Richard Wade and Elizabeth Brown I'm wondering if in Elizabeth's baptism entry the name of her father was incorrectly recorded and should be Richard instead of William!  That Elizabeth married George Archer (of Basildon?) by banns at Gt Baddow 31 Oct 1721, three children were baptised there 1721, 1724 & !724.

I find it hard to believe that I haven't yet found Repentance, for several years I have been keeping an eye peeled for him in the numerous Essex PRs I've searched for various ancestors, expecting a name like that to jump out of the pages but no such luck.  I could kick myself because on the last three visits to the UK I became so engrossed on chasing other ancestors I've forgotten to check to see if their licence is in the ERO.

One other thing, Repentance and Elizabeth named sons Benjamin, William, John and Richard, in that order, it's odd that no children named Repentance or Elizabeth were found.

Regards.   

[suffolk*sue]

Don't know if these might be any help

Boyds marriages of Wade/Elizabeth 1730-1740 in Essex.


 1732  /     WADE       DAN     /  UNWIN       ELZ  /     CHELMSFORD       ESSEX     

1734 /   WADE    JN    /SURRY    ELZ /   WITHAM /   ESSEX    

1738 /   WADE    JOS    /SKINNER    ELZ /   BOCKING /   ESSEX    

1733 /   WADE    RIC/    WALL    ELZ/    BADDOW, GREAT /   ESSEX
   
1735 /   WADE    JN /   HEAD    ELZ    /BRAXTED, LITTLE /   ESSEX    

[suffolk*sue]

Burials


Daniel   WADE    
Date of burial:    7 Sep 1739
Age at death:    
Calculated year of birth:    Not known
Place of burial:    Braintree,   St Michael the Archangel



John WADE    
Date of burial:    24 Oct 1735
Age at death:    
Calculated year of birth:    Not known
Place of burial:    Rivenhall, St Mary & All Saints

[findem]

Thanks Sue, I'll have a look at the info in the morning when I'm more awake, in another 20 mins it will be midnight here in Oz so I'm off to bed, it's been a looooong day.

Regards

[suffolk*sue]

Are you sure Repentance and Elizabeth were married by licence, as the parish registry entry doesn't say so. Images are on Seax, in case you didn't know.