Added a few days ago at the end of a related post...
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=605739.0 but added again as a new post with a more relevant subject heading. Hope that's ok?
I'm trying to find Sarah Hatch, born around 1776.
What I have so far is:
William Lord (Stutton parish) married Sarah Hatch (Woolverstone parish), 2 Jan 1797
Children:
- Hannah Lord (baptised Aug 1797), married twice, Isaac Watts and James Rolfe, died in Stutton aged 76
- Samuel Lord (baptised Dec 1799), married, lived and died in Stutton (aged 75)
- Sarah Lord (baptised 16 May 1802), married, lived in Suffolk and Essex and died in Essex aged 83
- William Lord (baptised Feb 1804), married, lived and died in Stutton aged 58
- John Lord (baptised 26 Mar 1810), married, lived and died in Great Baddow, Essex aged 67
- Maria Lockwood Lord (baptised Jun 1814, died Feb 1815 in Stutton)
- Fanny Hatch Lord (baptised in Stutton in Jun 1820, aged abt 3), living in Ipswich, St Clement in 1841 with grandmother Frances, married in 1850 and moved to Newport (Monmouthshire) where she died in 1899 [I'm wondering if this is a child of William and Sarah given her age at baptism]
- Maria Lockwood Lord (born 26 Apr 1820, baptised 1 May 1820, buried 17 Jul 1820 in Stutton)
- Sarah Lord (probably William’s wife given the date of the last baby), buried 1 May 1820 in Stutton. Age 44 (so born abt 1776)
- William Lord, buried 23 Nov 1840 in Stutton, age 72 (baptised on 11 Sep 1768 in Stutton).
The only Suffolk baptism I can find for a Sarah Hatch (on FamilySearch) though is in September 1772 at Groton, which appears quite a way from Woolverstone where William and Sarah married. Would anyone who knows the area be able to suggest if this distance was a possible move?
This would make Sarah a few years older than suggested in her burial record (age 44 in 1820), but closer in age to William (born around 1768).
The last 3 children baptised with Lockwood / Hatch in their names is a bit confusing but William's aunt Hannah married a Francis Lockwood so presumably there's a connection there somewhere. And a James Lockwood (possibly a child of Francis and Hannah) was a witness at John Lord (b 1810)'s wedding and was living with John and his family in 1841
If the Groton baptism is right, William and Sarah didn't name any children after her possible parents Edward and Sarah, though they did name a son William carrying on the Lord family tradition (no Elizabeth after his mother), so maybe this isn't relevant.
I can't think of any way to prove or disprove this possible baptism so I guess it's another end, unless anyone can suggest anything, or find a more logical baptism?
Thanks in advance, and for reading,
Deirdre