David Lock

[h4887]

I would like to trace the birth of David Lock, my great grandfather, in c.1816 (from census) probably in Sible Hedingham. Essex. He's not in FreeReg and I can't find him in Parish Records of St Peters. He was married to Susan(na) Smith on July 14 1835 and was buried on Oct 23 1868 in S. H. Thank you

Geoff Butcher

[louisa maud]

His marriage, death , 1841 and 1851 are all  on  familysearch.org but not a birth or baptism, have you looked at surrounding village records or non conformist

Louisa Maud

[nannyj]

Hi Louisa
I've found nothing on the PRs of single hedingham, castle hedingham, gosfield and halstead.
I also checked non-conformist bmds. Nothing there either.

[louisa maud]

Thank you, that might help  Geoff, perhaps he never was baptised

Louisa Maud

[h4887]

Thank you for looking. That makes it difficult to find his father! There are four Locks in S. H. of plausible age to have been his father - they only had six (baptised) children between them. Looks like another dead end...

[louisa maud]

h4487
Don't give up, one day he will pop up somewhere quite unexpected

Louisa Maud