Thomas Steppings b. 1784 Cockayne Hatley

[bedfordshire boy]

Henlow transcript has no further detail on the marriage entry

[johnP-bedford]

Found some baptisms in Wrestlingworth.....
Children of Thomas & Elizabeth Steppin/Steppen of Wrestlingworth, labourer
25 Jul 1818 John
3 Oct 1819 Thomas
27 May 1821 James
2 Oct 1822 Samuel

plus burial on 28 Jan 1827 of James Steppen age 37 (so he's the James Steppin baptised 1790)

In Cockayne Hatley found baptisms ...
10 Feb 1822 John son of James & Mary Stebbins, farmer
20 Feb 1831 Fanny daughter of Samuel & Sarah Stebbings, famer

plus marriage on 13 Apr 1829 of Samuel Stebbings to Sarah Waldock

[Decker21]

You have now given me more pieces of the puzzle so that I am now able to account for a lot of people belonging to this branch of my family. Thank you for your help and time.

[bedfordshire boy]

Found some baptisms in Wrestlingworth.....
Children of Thomas & Elizabeth Steppin/Steppen of Wrestlingworth, labourer
25 Jul 1818 John
3 Oct 1819 Thomas
27 May 1821 James
2 Oct 1822 Samuel

Samuel Stepping seems to have had a lucky escape from the she-devil of Wrestlingworth - see http://www.biggleswadetoday.co.uk/news/nostalgia/life-and-loves-of-the-she-devil-of-wrestlingworth-1-1125899

[Decker21]

Thanks for that. Poor Samuel, he could have been next. He did go on to marry Eliza Masters in 1848. The story was taken from Memory Lane 2010. Do you know whether it's a book or a magazine. When we visited Gamlingay quite a few years ago we met Nick Bruce and bought the history in photographs of Gamlingay. He mentioned Ron Pickford's name but I never got in touch with him. If he's got more stories like that I'd be very interested.

[bedfordshire boy]

It's from the Biggleswade Chronicle, the local weekly newspaper.

It's a well known case but it's the first time I've seen it mentioned that she fled to London with yet another boyfriend. A reassessment of the verdict is in a book I've got  "Bedfordshire Casebook" by Paul Heslop 2004 published by the Book Castle ISBN 1 903747 57 0

David