Cater of Kempston Hastingbury

[ellerydesign]

Can someone check for burials in Kempston parish, co. Bedford between 1750 and 1820.

Trying to find any CATER deaths between that period, specifically the deaths / burials of any John Kendal Cater's children (He was the Lord of the Manor).

He had 5 children I cannot trace who might have died between these dates - Margaret John, Robert, Elizabeth and Thomas Knowles.

Also if there is death or burial entry for him during 1778.

Many thanks.

[cuffie81]

Burials - All Saints, Kempston:
23 Mar 1754 - Margaret Cater; dau of John (gentleman)
23 Jun 1758 - Elizabeth Cater; dau of John (gentleman); inf
16 Feb 1759 - Robert Cater; son of John (esq)
28 Mar 1761 - Thomas Knollys[1] Cater; son of John (esq); inf
12 Nov 1772 - John Cater, esq; 49

[1] Thomas Knollys is recorded as Tho Knollys on his baptism.

I can't see a burial for son John, born 25 Nov 1754.


There are some transcripts of Kempston parish records available at Internet Archive...
Bedfordshire parish registers: Kempston
https://archive.org/details/bedfordshirepari39bedf/page/n9/mode/2up


EDIT:
In case you're not aware, Beds. FHS have put their surname index online which can help identify possible parish records for individuals.

Bedfordshire Family History Society -> Surname index
https://www.bfhs.org.uk/surnameindex.html

[cuffie81]

Looking at the will of the John Cater, who died 1772, he doesn't look to be the John you're looking for.

Do you have any reference for the death of your John Cater in 1778?

I assume it was his daughter, Sophia, who married Robert Sherbourne in 1796 and died in 1812. In a death notice for her, she was named as a co-heiresses of her father. Do you have the will of her father?

London Courier and Evening Gazette
02 Dec 1812
page 4
Died
- On Saturday, the 21st November,
- at Ravenhead, in Lancashire,
- Sophia,
- wife of Robert Sherbourne, Esq.,
- and one of the co-heiresses of the late John Cater, Esq.,
- of Kempston Bury, in Bedfordshire

[johnP-bedford]

I'm assuming you've seen this piece from Bedfordshire Archives....

https://bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk/CommunityHistories/Kempston/KempstonBury.aspx

[ellerydesign]

Many, many thanks cuffie81 for your very quick replies.... literally overnight.

I had presumed the earlier children had died young. Although John apparently inherited the estates and died intestate passing the estates on to the 3 youngest Sophia, Frances and Mary.

The only refs I can find state John sent died in 1778 but I can find no will or burial online.

Quote....“In 1736 the manor of Kempston Hastingsbury was inherited by Robert Kendall who later                                  his name to Cater and who was knighted in 1738. When he died in 1739 the manor passed to Beckford Kendall Cater. In 1749 it was in the possession of his son John Kendall Cater after his marriage to Margaret Beaumont. John died in 1778 and the estate passed to his son, also called John. This latter John died intestate and the manor passed to his three sisters. One sister was called May and the other two, who were twins, were named Sophia and Frances, the very two who are said to haunt the path. In 1796 Sophia married Robert Sherbourne and Frances married the Rev. Oliph Leigh Spencer with each taking a third of the manor. In 1801 the three sisters sold the manor to William Long.”

From this I have assumed that John junior died sometime between 1778 and 1801. However I can find no details of his death at present.

[ellerydesign]

Thanks JohnP-Bedford.

Yes thanks, I have seen this and some other similar pieces which have given me some background to work on.

There is also another piece on Sophia and Frances Cater on www.lutonparanormal.com

[cuffie81]

Looking at the will of the John Cater, who died 1772, he doesn't look to be the John you're looking for.

I don't know what I was doing here but I was reading the will of the John Cater who died 1739, rather than the one who died 1772. Hence my confusion. Sorry about that.

[ellerydesign]

No problems. It's easy to get confuses with names. I need to look at the 1772 will again as I think John Kendall Cater, the father, was born in 1723 (although I have no birth or baptism entry!) . And this would fit in with the age of death in 1772, i.e. 49. He was a son of Beckford Cater.

[cuffie81]

Re. John Cater, the son, and brother of Sophia, Frances and Mary, have you seen the newspaper items in 1922 and 1941 about the family and John's disappearance? If not, I'll post the details.