Hi Mark
Welcome to Rootschat.
In the absence of erudite responses here’s my two penn’orth , for what it’s worth.
The tree on Rootsweb, other than the one that I assume is yours, is full of caveats, so anything earlier than the 1771 marriage appears to me to be total guesswork. And the christening date shown, 31 May 1771, does not appear in the PR/BT transcript.
Going purely by what’s in the Southill parish register transcript (up to 1812), I see you as having two problems:
- who were the parents of William Albone who married Mary Gibson in Southill in 1771? There is no indication in the transcript that William was from another parish, so the assumption is that he was from Southill. But there were three Williams christened in Southill who are possible contenders:
- 21 May 1749, son of Hezekiah & Mary (their son Edward
was christened on the same day, probably twins as the
couple may have married the previous year in Clophill. It
seems as though Edward may have died, although there
is no burial in Southill, as they had another Edward
christened the following year.)
- 31 March 1751 son of John & Sarah
- 24 April 1753 son of William & Sarah (this couple had 4
children christened in Southill, the last being in 1762.
There was a William Albone buried on 19 Oct 1763 at
Southill, which may well have been this William senior).
This William jnr may have been a tad on the young side to
have married the 25 year old Mary Gibson
- IF, and it’s a big IF, the parents of your William were John and Sarah, were these the John and Sarah who were married in Campton in 1745? There were no christenings of any Albones in Campton subsequent to this marriage so it is probably safe to assume that John was from another parish, and Campton, which included Shefford, is adjacent to Southill. But there were no
christenings to this couple in Southill until 1751, with William being the only one. In favour of the John & Sarah who married in Campton being the parents of William christened 1851 is the fact that virtually all Bedfordshire parish registers prior to 1812 have been extracted onto the IGI. This is the only child of John, or Sarah and John, christened at the right time in Beds, and this is the only marriage of John Albone and Sarah in Beds, so it’s a reasonable assumption that it’s the same couple. The Campton PR might indicate that John was from Southill. But it still doesn’t get over the hurdle that you can’t be sure you have the right William!
All three of the Williams appear to have survived to adulthood; one of them married Mary Gibson in 1771; another may have married Mary Chambers in Southill in 1776, and one or other of these Mary’s was buried on 23 Sept 1781, wife of William, labourer, and her widower remarried Martha Caudle (the “other” Mary was buried on 4 Apr 1818 aged 68 – the parish register may give an indication of her husband or if she was a widow). But to compound the problem there were three Williams buried between 1785 and 1795: –
18 July 1785 labourer;
8 Apr 1791, son of Thomas & Sarah so this one can be discounted;
and 2 Dec 1795 – no further details given
plus on 10 Jan 1830 an 80 year old William buried ie born 1749 if his age is correct.
I don’t think from my study of the transcript/NBI/IGI that I can separate the three Williams, particularly as two of them married Marys. Can you even be sure that it was Mary Gibson who died in 1781?
Have you checked to see if any of the three possible sets of parents left a will, which may shed light on who’s who?
Not sure if this gets you anywhere at all, other than to confirm what you probably already knew – take other people’s trees with generous pinches of salt!
Good luck
David
PS If you scroll down the list of threads on the Beds board you will see another researcher of Albone in Southill.
