A wee conundrum

[BronwenS]

Kia ora

I am looking for the marriage of Mary, well what I now think is her first marriage.  I found an Elizabeth Woodhatch born in Bramley with a William as a father in 1614.   So possibly Mary's child?  I think the birth I have below for Mary is incorrect, unless her maiden name really was Woodhatch. 

Any help appreciated.

Nga mihi
Bronwen
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Mary Woodhatch wife of William Finch mother of John
b.1580 Oct 19 Oxted, Reigate, Surrey, Eng. PROBABLY NOT HER AS FOUND UNDER WOODHATCH.
m.William Woodhatch  There was a will of a William Woodhatch of Thursley William Woodhatch - 26 Dec 1617 -- to my wife Mary Woodhatch the house and garden in Thursley ....
m.1618 Nov 19 William Finch, St Michael, Thursley, Surrey, Eng. (she was 38)     ( English records)
d.1648 June 9 St Michael, Thursley, Surrey, Eng   
Children 2
1618 Sep 7 Richard Finch,
1622 May 26 John Finch, Oxted, Surrey, Eng.

[rosie99]

The baptisms of John Finch and Richard Finch in Oxted name their father as William with no mothers name.  How did you ascertain who their mother was

[jonw65]

Willm Fynche
Baptized 24 Sep 1615, Oxted
father Willm
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J93S-H2B

The baptism there of Richard in Sep 1618 is also before the marriage in Thursley in Nov 1618.

[jonw65]

Will of William Finch of Thursley, Surrey
24 November 1654
Prerogative Court of Canterbury
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D3383574

Is also on ancestry, he is transcribed there as Hinch (ancestry seem to have big problems with the Finch/Fynch name!)
Has a godson, Richard Boxall, and certainly William is a generous chap. But doesn't mention any children of his own?

If we think his wife was buried in Thursley in 1648  - I believe it was me that found that previously - then this might be the William who married in 1618.

[jonw65]

According to the parish register, the 1618 marriage was at Thursley, not Oxted. They are about 40 miles apart. Perhaps you have two different FINCH families here?

[rosie99]

Hi John

I was just trying to revisit this as I am also 'not sure' with this Oxted/Thursley/Worplesdon family. 

Rosie

[BronwenS]

Thanks to you all.  Rosie I have sighted the parish register for William and Mary.

I have the will and know that his sons are not mentioned, but the Boxalls are which made me wonder whether I was on the right track. 

Someone on this site found the will of William Woodhatch, but I can't find that anywhere, have looked on archives.

Yes I do remember that someone thought I might have two different families...  grrrr of course that may be correct. 

I am aware the marriage is in Thursley not Oxted.

nga mihinui
Bronwen

[rosie99]

Sorry I have not gone back on your threads to look but have you got William and Marys deaths

[rosie99]

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/3397927c-7eea-45ad-a400-c2583a0b6497

Walters Tenement
This record is held by Kent History and Library Centre
Reference:   U908/T445
Title:   Walters Tenement
Messuage called Walters and ½a. land in Oxted abutting to the highway from Merrell Common to Herst Green, east and to a little green called Burchett Green, north

 
Includes, 1615, John Dawling of Westerham, gent. to William Finch of Oxted, husbandman, and wife, Joan; 1618, William Finch to Edmund Wells of Oxted, cooper; 1623, Edmund Wells to John Fowle of Lingfield, cooper;