Hi everyone,
Thanks for all your responses. Just to reply to some of the queries raised. The Stephen I am trying to find out about was born in 1793 and died in 1867. He married firstly Lydia Nash in 1818 and, following her death in 1833, married Sarah Barnes in 1837. He had several children from both marriages.
The John Puddephatt who left a Will in 1838 was Stephen's brother (1791-1838). He mentions in his Will his wife, Ann, (nee Foord/Ford), and another brother, Daniel. When John married Ann Foord in 1818 he is recorded as a bachelor, so i don't think that he is the same John Puddephatt who married Ruth Elbourne in 1808.
My Stephen died in 1867 and I have looked at his National Probate Calendar record, in which it is recorded that he left a Will, but I have been unable to trace the Will online. Via the NPC record he mentions sons, Abednego, Meshach and John. The Stephen Puddephatt , born in about 1813/1814, who I suspect may have been another son, died in 1856, so wouldn't be mentioned in Stephen senior's NPC record. Stephen junior's children, though, could have been mentioned in their, (potential), grandfather's Will. One of Stephen junior's daughter's was named Lydia, after his mother???
Does anyone know where I can hold of Stephen senior's Will?
Kind regards,
Coreen
