Edmund DUGOE in Amport 1670s - where did he come from?

[martin hooper]

Hello

I'm hoping that fresh eyes might be able to find a way through this brickwall.

Edmund Dugoe and Katheren had several children in Amport Hampshire between 1675 and 1701.  I can't find a marriage for Edmund and Katheren, or a baptism for Edmund. The children are Edmund 1675, Kathern 1678, John 1684, Mary 1686, William 1689, Elener 1692, Elizabeth 1696, Hannah 1701. All were baptised in Amport except Mary in Abbots Ann nearby.

There is a Dugoe family in Ludgershall Wiltshire (only about 3 miles away) that I feel sure must be connected with Edmund.

I would appreciate your help!

Thanks

Martin

[Watson]

Perhaps some kind soul will find the marriage or his baptism for you.

If not, you may well find that hearth tax returns will shed some light on this family.  Some Hampshire ones were published by the Hampshire Record Society, and Wiltshire ones by the Wiltshire Arch. & Natural History Society.  Further details on request.  They may be online, but I can't readily say where.

[Vance Mead]

There's a will of Salathiell Dugoe, Husbandman of Amport, Hampshire, 1637.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D871299

Also a will and inventory of Edward Dugoe of Shipton Bellinger, Hampshire, shepherd, 1641
https://calm.hants.gov.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=1641AD%2f039&pos=1

[Watson]

Thanks to Vance. 

Briefly, Salathiel's will:  He was a husbandman, of Appleshaw, parish of Amport, married to Jane.  He was sick. There was uncertainty, when the will was written, whether Jane was with child.  He had brothers Edward, of Shipton, Thomas and John, all with children.  Margerie Dugoe was a daughter of Edward.  Salathiel had a brother-in-law, William Ecton, of Fiefield (sic).  One of the witnesses was Mary Ecton.

You can download the will free under present arrangements.

[martin hooper]

Thanks to you both. I now have copies of both wills for investigation.

I need to look into the hearth tax. I've been aware of it for years but never used for research.

Martin

[martin hooper]

I've obtained a copy of the Hampshire Hearth Tax Assessments for 1665 - a book published by Hampshire County Council. Excellent value for £8.80.

There is only one Dugoe household in it - Widow Dugoe in Amport, exempt from paying.

My working assumption is that she is the mother of my Edmund Dugoe who was born in Amport in 1650.

Martin

[Watson]

Hello, Martin,

£8.80 is a square deal, I would say. There was another book with hearth tax returns, this one for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, a large quarto book.  I don't recall the bibliographical details, but I could find them if you are interested.

The year 1650 for the birth of Edmund seems new.  How did you get that?

[martin hooper]

Hello Watson

Sorry, I should have said that the 1650 birth date is my rough estimate based on his first child Edmund born in 1675 (well, the first I have found), and his burial on 1st July 1715 in Amport.

I am interested in the details of the other Hampshire hearth tax book if it's not too much trouble. I've had no luck in finding Wiltshire hearth tax records yet, other than they are at the National Archives.

Thanks

Martin

[Watson]

I'm sorry, Martin, I was thinking of Hearth Tax Returns for the Isle of Wight 1664 to 1674, by P.D.D. Russell, but it is Isle of Wight only.  I thought it was Hants. too. I will give some thought to Wiltshire hearth tax.

Does the burial of Edmund in 1715 give his age?  By using 1650, you are ruling out the chance that his mother was Jane, the one who had lived and remained as a widow in Amport.  Her husband had died long before 1650.  His will raises the possibility that she was with child then; if she was, the child could have been Edmund, presumably?