Esau Shrimpton c1795 - 1826 Long Crendon COMPLETED

[tazzie]

  2 mentions of Shrimpton at Brill & Thame Congregational church.

 26 Aug 1850  John Gregory bach 26 of Long Crendon needlemaker
                       Elizabeth Shrimpton spinster 23 of Long Crendon
            witnesses Philip Pearce         Emma Pearce
            married by Rev.  John Elrick


 also jane Shrimpton witnesses a marriage in 1861.

 Tazzie

[Valda]

Hi Tazzie

Off the top of my head there are more than that and of course John Turvey could witness any marriage not just Shrimptons.  Elizabeth's sister married there also to a Pearce in 1849. Joshua Shrimpton married there but that was later. I'd have to look any others up. There are literally hundreds of these Long Crendon Shrimptons in the village over the years. On the 1841 census there were at least 142 still there and of course that doesn't count the females who were married. By 1841 there had been a mass exodus out of the needlemaking Shrimptons who had moved to the Redditch area and many others had left the trade and moved to London or had or were about to emigrate, so 142 which is over 10% of the village population was a drop in the proportion of Shrimptons that had been there in previous years.


Regards

Valda

[tazzie]

  Sorry should have said those 2 from 1838 to 1870 that I have found amongst my listings and they are the Thame Independent.
 As you say migration around the villages spread where any marriages may have taken place as my Walkers circle the same area before moving further North.

 Tazzie
 

[Valda]

Hi

The majority of the Long Crendon non-conformists were Baptists or to a lesser extent Methodists. They had chapels/held services in the village. Thame was the local town but just that bit further away so more of a hike to get to services. Agricultural villages were less likely to be so non-conformist because the local large landowners were far more likely to be Anglican employing agarian labourers who they expected at church. The needlemaking industry in the village meant more working people in the village could afford to be more independent in their choices.


Regards

Valda