BIGG family. Sheppey <1840s

[PrueM]

Hello all,
I've only just discovered my Kentish connections and am already stuck!  My 3xgreat-grandmother was Caroline BIGG, born Eastchurch, Kent around 1828.  From the 1841 census, I know that she and her family were living in Essex (West Ham) by 1841, where her father had a large market garden.  The family at that time consisted of:

William BIGG (father) born c.1795
Lydia BIGG (mother) born c. 1800
William BIGG (son) born c. 1820
Henry BIGG (son) born c. 1825
Sarah BIGG (daughter) born c. 1825 (twins?)
Frances BIGG (daughter) born c. 1826
Caroline BIGG (daughter) born c. 1828

Sarah BIGG is interesting as she was married in Australia (Melbourne area) in 1853, to William WEST.  They had two children, Lydia (1854) and William (1857) and then Sarah left Australia, and by 1861 was living with her two children in Stepney, along with Caroline BIGG and her daughter Caroline Berringer BIGG (illegitimate, as they said in those days).  Caroline Berringer is my 2xgreat grandmother.

If anyone recognises this family, I would like to hear from you.  I am keen to get further back than 1841, but have not been able to find anything on the IGI.  In 1861 Lydia BIGG stated she was born in Lydd, Kent.

Cheers 
Prue
Canberra, Australia

[tess1957]

Hi Prue
have replied to the msg you left on ancestry re same family - they are mine as well!!
Have got Bigg family back to 1710 on Sheppey - do get in touch
Teresa

[SueTeakle]

Just come across this link which may be of some help:-

www.sheppeyfamilyhistory.org.uk

Regards, Sue

[tess1957]

Thanks Sue - seems a bit quiet at the moment - will have to try and liven things up!!

Thanks Again
Tess

[bearkat]

Hi Prue,
There are Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury Wills  for a Edward & Jeremiah BIGG of Minster, Sheppey that might be worth investigating

http://www.kentarchaeology.ac/ekwills_a/series/adci/adc_be.htm

[bearkat]

The IGI now has  2 baptisms in Dymchurch for children of William & Lydia:
 
Sarah Ann BIGGS 11 FEB 1823 Dymchurch
Ann BIGG  24 JUL 1818 Dymchurch

[PrueM]

Wow, thanks bearkat!   Very nice of you to take the time to find this thread and let me know about these finds 

Thanks also to Tess and Sue - I hope I thanked you personally at the time you responded, but just in case I didn't:  Thank you!

Cheers
Prue 

[PrueM]

Have just realised - the baptisms in Dymchurch were the girls' second baptisms!  They were baptised about a week earlier back in Eastchurch, where they were born    Lydia, their mother, was a Dymchurch girl, so presumably her family was still living back there in the 1820s 

Thanks again bearkat 

[bearkat]

Do you know Lydia's maiden name?