John PRIDMORE (b abt 1821 Elstow)

[Newfloridian]

I'm trying to trace the ancestry of John PRIDMORE. He became a shepherd and spent his later life in the Kettering / Rothwell area of Northamptonshire. Census returns declare his place of birth to be Elstow. He married local girl Sarah Raynes in Rothwell in April 1845. The Parish Record states that his father's name was Joseph. Are there any records suggesting who and where Joseph and earlier generations may have come from?

The main reason for asking is the surprise appearance of John PRIDMORE's grandson and wife, John Cockayne and Mary Ann PRIDMORE as witnesses to a marriage in Leicester in 1919. The marriage in question involved a family from the Cottingham / Gretton area of Northamptonshire who had linkages to the Northamptonshire PRIDMORES over many generations. I am try to determine whether this invoitation to be a witness was a family link or whether they were coincidentally just good friends!

Many thanks

Alan

[StevenG]

FamilySearch shows the baptism of John PRIGMORE at Elstow in 1819, father Joseph. Prigmore is a common name in Elstow; Pridmore doesn't really exist there. I would suggest that his name changed slightly on the move to Northamptonshire.

[ColC]

There are a large number of records on Freereg at  Eaton Socon : St Mary the Virgin :
From 1733, Incuding a John baptised  3 Feb 1822 but parents John & Jane.

No records at  Elstow : St Mary and St Helena except for the name Pridden or Priddon

No trace of John 1821 father Joseph on Ancestry.

Colin

[ColC]

Ancestry record for Prigmore 1819 posted above, shows the mother as Anne.

Colin

[johnP-bedford]

A Joseph Prigmore of Elstow married Ann Lane at Haynes on 18 May 1815

Children of Joseph & Ann baptised at Elstow include John on 16 May 1819
Others Ann 1828, Sarah 1824, Joseph 1816 (buried 1817 age 10m) & Joseph 1821 (buried 1823 age 2)

Sarah Prigmore, father Joseph married at Elstow in 1848
Ann Prigmore, father Joseph married at Elstow in 1851

1841 census in Elstow
Joseph Prigmore age 62, labourer
Ann Prigmore age 55, Sarah 17 & Ann 12

Regards John

[Newfloridian]

Many thanks

I now have 96 Pridmores in my database but hadn't come across Prigmore before.

Will follow up!

Alan