Hello Rootschatters,
Trying at present to sort out one of my Huntingdonshire/Cambridgeshire families.....but have been finding it hard to locate parish registers for baptisms in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire to answer some queries....any help would be great
I descend from the family of Mary Ibberson and Joseph Tubbs who married in 1803 in nearby Doddington, Cambridgeshire
6 Oct 1803 - Joseph TUBBS bachelor of Chatteris & Mary IBBERSON spinster OTP by licence
Witnesses: Isaac Ibberson, J Heaps
I have loads of information on the Tubbs family, and on the many children of Joseph and Mary, but I would like to confirm a few links back a generation or so for Mary Ibberson's family.
Mary Ibberson is the daughter of Francis Ibberson and Margaret Hanchor. Her parents were married on 23 Dec 1773 at Ramsey, Huntingdonshire. Francis is described as 'of Doddington' at the time of the marriage.
They had at least 8 children of which I am aware, and Francis Ibberson's will in 1821 describes him at the time as Francis Ibberson, the elder, of Benwick in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire
The children are listed in the will as:
Sons: Isaac, Henry, John & Francis
Daughters: Margaret (wife of Charles Leeds), Ann, deceased daughter Mary (wife of Joseph Tubbs of Suffolk), deceased daughter Carrina (wife of James Jones of Isle of Ely Farmer)
But I have not been able to find baptisms for any of the children to date
I think I have located Margaret Ibberson (nee Hanchor)'s burial in Ramsey on 22 May 1815, aged 60yrs.
I suspect the children were born in either Ramsey or Doddington or Benwick.....
Francis Ibberson is described in vaious documents as living in all of the above towns at various times:
1774 - Francis Ibberson of Doddington (married in Ramsey)
1786 - Frans Ibberson of Ramsey buries son Frans?
1786 - Francis Ibberson of Benwick, yeoman
1815 - Ibberson, Francis Sen., late of Ramsey, but now of Benwick in the Isle of Ely
1820 - Francis Ibberson of Benwick in the parish of Doddington, gent
If Margaret Ibberson (nee Hanchor)'s burial is right...she married aged 18yrs. So the children are likely to have been born between 1774 and possibly the late 1790's
I am also interested in any references to the name Hanchor/Anchor/Anker or other derivatives.
Francis Ibberson's brother John Ibberson of Ramsey, Huntingdonshire also married a Hanchor.
John Ibberson married Mary Hanchor on 14 Nov 1768 at Ramsey.
Mary Hanchor is listed in some records as being the daughter of Isaac Hanchor of Ramsey. I suspect that Mary and Margaret Hanchor may have been sisters, but I have not found either of their baptisms as yet...or any real reference to Isaac Hanchor/Anker/Anchor.
John Ibberson and Mary Hanchor had 5 children (Mary, Carrina, Sarah, Isaac & Elizabeth) between 1772 and 1781 while living in Ramsey, but they were all baptised at the Baptist Meeting House in Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire. I cannot find any of Francis and Margaret's children at this church though
Mary Hanchor (nee Ibberson) was buried in Ramsey in 1782, but no age was given.
I suspect the Hanchor girls were born in the 1750's
I would also be interested in whether Francis Ibberson's baptism could be found. His parents were Francis Ibberson and Carrina Overall who married on 24 March 1743/44 at Ramsey. They both died in Ramsey, Francis in 1780 and Carrina in 1791, so I suspect all their children would have been born there.
Francis Ibberson's will in 1780 describes him as Francis Ibberson of Forty Foot Bridge, Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, gent. And gives his family as below:
Sons: Francis, Henry and John (eldest)
Daughter: Carrina (wife of John Bowker of Cannon Street, London)
Wife: Carrina
Grandson: Francis Hemmington, son of John Hemmington and deceased daughter Margaret
It would be great if some of these names show up in the Ramsey parish registers!!! I have found marriages, burials and wills but no baptisms to date
Thanks so much
Jenny