More good work on the Reynoldes/Burbidge marriage. Although they were both from St George, Surrey, I notice that they were married in St Andrew Holborn. I can see the marriage listing, but not yet the register entry. Has anyone found it?
I already have the Richard Blunt/Martha Beale marriage from the source you mention. I have their children as:
William 1699-1775
Richard 1699-1768
John 1701-1742
Thomas 1706-?
I have this Richard's father as Richard Blunt 1620-1690.
Some of this is from the Petersfield parish records and some, very doubtful, just copied from other people's trees. Particularly interesting was the will of William Blunt (usual Canterbury wills proved 8 April 1775). His wife was Frances and he had children Thomas, Richard, William, Robert and Martha. Martha married someone called Thomas Clement, which you can see from both the will and the parish records.
(All these wills are copies made by the clerks of the religious court which was in charge of probate at the time. I assume that they were writing as quickly as possible to get through their work, which is why many are illegible.)
I have our Robert as the son of Richard (probably 1699-1768 although I don't have a source for the death.) The same Petersfield records show a Richard Blunt marrying a Barbara Beet on 25 June 1727, which would have been about the right date, but I don't really have any evidence that they were the right couple or that our Robert was their son.
I would love to be more sure about this, and also to be able to establish a firm link between our Blunts and the Blunts of Petworth House, Petersfield, Sussex such as Wilfred Scawen Blunt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrid_Scawen_Blunt https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=tree&person=MQ1Z-2BL§ion=pedigreeMeanwhile, I am still struggling somewhat to understand Robert's other family relationships. Can I try to summarise so that others can add/correct:
1. We know from his will that he had a brother (I assume that is must be brother even though it looks more like broker) Richard who was a carpenter living in Little Britain (slightly odd as wikipedia says that it was dominated by booksellers, goldsmiths and the clothing trade
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Britain,_London)
2. We know that Robert had a niece Mary Harrfy, daughter of William Harrfy. (Was it this niece who married a George Moody Longroft or her aunt?) We think that this William Harrfy was the son of William and Mary Harrfy (nee Brett) buried in Chichester Cathedral. This William was the son of Thomas Harrfy apothecary and his wife Elizabeth. We also think that the couple buried in Chichester had a daughter Mary Harrfy to whom her mother made bequests in her will. From this we know that our Robert had a sister who married William Harrfy. Do we know her name or anything about their marriage?
3. Do we know anything else about other brothers or sisters?
4. We know that he married Mary Burbidge, a widow on 28 January 1764 at St George the Martyr and we think that her maiden name might have been Reynoldes and we have some ideas info about the first marriage and the first husband's death. We know that her second marriage was witnessed by John and Ann Reynoldes. Might these have been her parents, siblings or brother and sister in law?
4. We know a lot about his children Robert (married Sarah Smith and Ann Porter) and Thomas (married Mary Phipps).
5. JJ Says above that son William continued to live at Red Cross St (Robert's burial record refers to New Red Cross St) after his mother's death. I can't find this source. Do we know more about him? There is a non-conformist death record for a William Blunt died 14 and buried 18 December 1828 in Shrewsbury aged 64. The burial is listed as 'Chosen by Robert Blunt' (is this a burial plot chosen by him?). As all this fits, I have assumed that this is him. There is a later record in the same source also 'Chosen by Robert Blunt' repeating the earlier information and adding a second death 'Mary Blunt aged 81 died 1st August 1851 buried 5 August 1851', ie born c1770. I had originally thought that listing the two of them together suggested that Mary was William's wife, or it could be Mary nee Phipps, Thomas's wife, who was born in 1770. Seeing a Mary in the 1841 Shrewsbury census previously I assumed that Mary nee Phipps moved to Shrewsbury after her husband died. (I cant find this Mary in the 1851 census.) Or it could be Robert Blunt's sister Mary Blunt born 1768. Any comments?
6. Does anyone have more on the two daughters, Mary and Sarah?
All for now.
Alan
