Stephen Britten christening/marriage details(Bitton/Hanham)

[skeletonkeys]

I'm looking for any information on a Stephen Britten and his wife Rebecca.  I know they had a daughter Lucy who was born on 12 October 1777 at Hanham but I have no information on the parents at all. I'm assuming they were based in the Bitton/Hanham as Lucy was married in Bitton in 1803. Any information on the parents would be much appreciated.

[nameless]

Try www.bittonfamilies site.  They may be able to help you.

[patrish]

There is a submitted record on the IGI of a Stephen Britton born about 1845/6 Britton, Glos.   father Stephen .... mother Elizabeth

[ChasH]

Please see my {questions} below

I'm looking for any information on a Stephen Britten and his wife Rebecca. 
{How do you know they were married? Where did the info. come from?}

I know they had a daughter Lucy who was born on 12 October 1777 at Hanham
{How do you know they had a daughter Lucy and that she was born on that day?  Where did that info come from?}

 

I ask the questions because the source of your knowledge might be, for instance,  a submitted and untrustworthy IGI entry.

Regards

Chas

[skeletonkeys]

The source of the information was a lady who had done some research on the parish records and also had the Keynsham fiche amongst others.

She for example found:
 
William Cantle married Lucy Britten the 5th June 1803 at St Marys, Bitton, Gloucestershire
 
They had:
 
William christened 14th April 1805 in Hanham
Samuel 2nd November 1806 in Hanham
Love 22nd July 1810 in Hanham
they had three children christened at St Anns, Oldland
Joseph 17 Sept 1815
Mary 4 Aug 1822 aged 5 years
Christiana 17 Sept 1815 aged 3 years

She located a Lucy Britten baptised 12 Oct 1777 in Hanham to Stephen and Rebecca Britten.

But sadly I've lost her email address and cant ask her any questions about Stephen and Rebecca.

[ChasH]

??,

The GLS FHS CD's giving marriages (1800 - 1837) and baptisms (1813 - 1837) do not cover the parishes within the diocese of Bristol and I note that the Bitton families site you were given shows Britton and Cantle surnames in Keynsham. 

The SOM forum includes Keynsham so I suggest you also try that forum.

Regarding the baptism of Lucy, the LDS batch I036189 - allegedly extracted from Bitton records but that should be confirmed by checks of church documents - shows a Lucy Britten christening on 12 August 1778.  Perhaps the Lucy in your info. died and the parents had another female child to bear the name but that does not explain why the 1777 Lucy is not given in the batch.

Thus the importance of knowing root source documentation to enable verification is shown.

Regards

Chas

[MarshaStringer]

Hi,

I'm Marsha, of the bittonfamilies site.  We have only some transcriptions, Bitton only for now.

Bitton area BMD information is in Bristol and there are now CDs by the BAFHS (Bristol and Avon Family History Society)
     www.bafhs.org.uk 

I checked my copies of the CDs and found:

Bristol Diocese Baptismal Registers, Vols 11 to 14; Index and Transcripts 1754-1812
Parents Stephen/Rebecca BRITTEN had the following children bap Hanham
Richard     6/6/1773   
Diana       5/7/1775   
Lucy        10/12/1777   
Mary        1/26/1783   
Samuel   1/26/1783   
Stephen   3/19/1786   
Joseph   6/20/1790


Bristol Diocese Marriage Registers, Vol 9; Groom & Bride Indexes & Transcripts 1754-1812
Stephen BRITTEN m. Rebecca BISSICKS 6 Apr 1772, Bitton (Ba/Spin; both otp)

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Marsha





   

[skeletonkeys]

Marsha I'm very touched you took the time to look this up for me. Its very helpful. Thank you very much.I will investigate purchasing the CD's.

[MarshaStringer]

Hi,

Happy to help.

I took a peek to see if I could find the baptism of Stephen, the father -- but no luck in any of the included parishes.  Guessing he was born before 1754 (start of the CD range).

The CDs are great.  This project made a dent in a 40-year brick wall for my MEERE family.  In the Vol 9 marriages the 1754 marriage (Winterbourne) of my 5xG grandfather magically appeared.  It was in a cluster of marriages that were apparently entered in one parish book, but not transferred to the main book.  It was only thanks to the re-indexing for the CDs that the marriage was finally revealed.

Happy Searching,
Marsha