Medlock

[bedfordshire boy]

I reckon that William died in Stanground and is one or other of the Williams buried there on either 12 Aug 1805 or, more likely, on 5 Aug 1810. His widow Elizabeth baptised an illegitimate son William on 25 Apr 1815 and then married William Andrews on 7 Apr 1817, widow and widower.

Still don't know where William was from though

David

[Janetmb52]

Wow...great information David!!!

I did go into my Ancestry site and made the changes about William's death. I also noticed your comments...Thank you

I did find three children with the same spelling Meadlock which was stated on John and Mary's marriage record born in Stanground.

Baptism (LDS)
6 Mar 1801 • Stanground, Huntingdonshire, England
Church name St John the Baptist Register type Parish Register Baptism date 06 Mar 1801 Person forename William Person sex M Father forename William Father surname MEADLOCK Mother forename Elizabeth

Death
Aug 1805 • Stanground, Huntingdonshire, England
Aug 1805 • Stanground, Huntingdonshire, England Church name: St John the Baptist Register type: Parish Register Burial date: 12 Aug 1805 Burial person forename: William Burial person surname: Meadlock

Baptism (LDS)
16 Feb 1806 • Stanground, Huntingdonshire, England
Church name St John the Baptist Register type Parish Register Baptism date 16 Feb 1806 Person forename Mary Person sex F Father forename William Father surname MEADLOCK Mother forename Elizabeth

Elizabeth Medlock
1804–

BIRTH 1804 • Stanground, Huntingdonshire, England

I am not sure if these children belong to William and Elizabeth.

[bedfordshire boy]

On reflection I wonder if the two William burials in Stanground in 1805 and 1810 are the other way round, in the absence of any detail in the PR. Perhaps it was the father who died in Aug 1805 with his wife pregnant with Mary baptised Feb 1806, and it was the son William who died in Aug 1810. It would explain why there were no more children between 1806 and 1810

All speculation!

David

[bedfordshire boy]

Cambridge Archives Calm catalogue has the following entry:

KHP80 - Stanground St. John the Baptist Parish Church
15 - Overseers: bastardy
1 - Bastardy examinations and affiliation orders
Reference Number   HP80/15/1/2
CalmRefNo   KHP80/15/1/2
Creator_Name   Stanground St Johns Parish Church
Title   Examination of Elizabeth Medlock, widow, naming John Jackson of Orton Waterville as the father of her son.
Date   23 Jan 1816
Repository   Huntingdonshire Archives

David

[Janetmb52]

Hi David,
Would this be the illegitimate birth of William Medlock born abt 1815?
I have Jackson's in my family tree too...lol

[Janetmb52]

David, I also found this record.
Could this be the William born in 1815 and William Andrew adopted him as his own?

Church name St John the BaptistBaptism date 13 Oct 1817 Person forename William Person sex M Person abode Stanground Father forename William Father surname ANDREWS Mother forename Elizabeth Privately baptised. Public baptism 05 Jul 1818

[bedfordshire boy]

I'm pretty sure the bastardy case related to William Medlock born 1815.

I'm not so sure though that he is William Andrew who was baptised in 1817. In fact I doubt that he was.They went on to have a couple of daughters

David

[Janetmb52]

Hi David,
I went through the parish records from that link you sent in a previous message. I am still looking for William Medlock. Could he be the one who was baptized in 1780 in Tempsford?

[bedfordshire boy]

I'm confident that he wasn't. See my reply #9 in this thread. I think the William born 1780 was a baker in Tempsford, where he died in 1821 aged 41, which fits perfectly.

I've been looking at John son of Nathaniel and I'm now sure that you were right when you said he married Sarah Griggs, as their children born after 1837 have mother's maiden name Griggs in the GRO index. I think the one who married Sarah Smith in Sutton in 1821 was baptised in Wrestlingworth, only 4 miles from Sutton, on 15 July 1798

David