village of: Marcham (Berkshire) 1841 Lookup

[jamajo]

 Well done Ian    I also have Faringdon PRs but thought it was to far out

 Ok i can verify the baptism of Mary Snell in 1761 and the parents are correct

 Marriages on Marcham PRs only go up to 1754 so cant help with the marriage to Jane

 Here is the burial for Jane though

 Apr 11 1782 Jane Hill

 Looks like John married just a couple of months after Jane died

                  Sue

[GenieA]

Continue to dig.  Think the family might have a connection to the HILL family of Cholsey, waiting for a reply from another site about tieing in the Marcham Hills and the Cholsey ones.  Happy New Year.

[GenieA]

Not sure what to think as everything is pointing to the Harriet I was researching as marrying a man named King in Berkshire during this same time period.

In a family piece/notes, I have the name Hill in parenthesis, so I always thought that would be her maiden name.  Could HILL in fact, be a first husband's name?  I would think two surnames would of appeared in the parenthesis, then. 

So if anybody can see if there is a marriage document of Benjamin and Harriet for about 1825-1828 in the town of Abingdon that would be great.  His surname was Middleton and he was born about 1795/97.   Not known at this time if HILL was her given name or another husband's name prior to Benjamin.   

[KN]

not sure how much this will help ....... but here goes ....

Can't find a marriage for Benjamin Middleton and Harriet Hill in Abingdon within the dates.


However, did find a marrige for Benjamin M and Elizabeth Rance at St Helens in 1818.
Also a burial of an Elizabeth Middleton in 1828, aged 31, also St Helens.  Of course, may be totally unconnected.

KN

[KN]

The IGI lists a Benjamin Middleton marrying Harriet King in Marcham, 3rd December 1829.

KN

[GenieA]

Thanks KN. That can't be them though, as they definitely were married before 1829, as they had at least 3 children that I know of being born to them in 1826, 1829, and I think 1830.  Still puzzled by the KING surname, as in our family Bible and in newspaper clippings her surname was always listed as HILL.  Does anybody know if there is a volunteer to do lookups in the cemetery's.  I have a feeling that her tombstone might possibly show her date of birth, at least the year. 

[KN]

hmmmm, intriguing isn't it?

1.  are we sure that Harriet King and Harriet Hill are the same person?
There is no Harriet King listed in the Marcham PRs or IGI that I can see

2.  who were the three children & where were they born?

3.  could Harriet have married Mr King but had a relationship with Mr Middleton before he was widowed (if the Abingdon Benjamin is 'yours'), and before her Mr King died?

Sounds a bit far fetched, but you never know!!

by the way, Harriet Hill's sister Sophia married a William King, Marcham 26/8/1824 (IGI).

KN

[KN]

Just received my copy of the updated Abingdon PRs  (three cheers for the lovely people at Oxfordshire Family History Society who must spend hours & hours transcribing, checking, publishing and distributing this information so that we can have all the fun of the chase!).

It helps to make the situation clearer.

Harriet Hill married Richard King 31 Aug 1822 at St Helens, Abingdon.  I can't find reference to any King children following this marriage, but haven't checked all the Abingdon parishes yet.

Meanwhile, Benjamin Middleton married Elizabeth Rance 1818.  They had six children between 1819 and 1827.  Elizabeth died in 1828.

Haven't found a burial for Richard King.

Benjamin Middleton and Harriet King married 3rd December 1829, and had three children, as follows:
1830 Dec 3 Edward
1833 May 5 Albert
1835 Jun 29 Harriet

Genie A, are these the three children that you referred to earlier or do you have the details of some King children?

Harriet Middleton buried 1869, aged 68 her abode had been almshouses in Abingdon
Benjamin Middleton buried 1877, aged 80, adobe again almshouses.

KN