Bettles Mill in Hemingford-Grey c1810

[JackieCleghornSearch]

Hi
I have an ancestor, Thomas Cleghorn, who moved from London to Hemingford-Grey around 1810 to become a mill-wright at one of the mills there. He married a lady called Elizabeth Crain in 1811 in Fenstanton and they had their eldest child there before moving back to London where they remained.

I am trying to determine whether he was apprenticed to a mill owner by the name of Bettles. His mother was called Susannah Bettles so I'm trying to join the dots.

Does anyone have any information?

Jackie

[bedfordshire boy]

Can't find an apprenticeship record but Huntingdon Archives at http://calm.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/CalmView/Overview.aspx?s=bettles has the 1829 will of Thomas Bettles, millwright of Hemingford Grey

[JackieCleghornSearch]

Hi Bedfordshire Boy

Thanks so much for that. I'll get in touch with the archives to see if I can read the will and find and names that connect. Thanks so much. I'm hoping he's connected to a Susannah Bettles (possibly son or cousin etc of) so now need to also look for his family tree....!

Jackie

[bedfordshire boy]

The Thomas Bettles who was buried in Hemingford Grey in 1829 was aged 64