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last updated 6 December 2014
Birth, Marriage and Death (BMD) Dates, Places and Certificates / Records
for Adrian's great great great grand-parents and earlier generations
Back to BMD records for the more recent generations
the record / certificate links are a mixture of pdf and jpg - please let me know about link failures / problems - afletch at paradoxplace dot com
Photos and links for the most recent 4 generations Back to Home Page
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When I started out down the family history records track I thought that my research was unlikely to go much further back than six generations to the early 1800s. Well, how wrong can you be .... we have now uncovered a wealth of fascinating information and documents from the 1800s, 1700s, 1600s and earlier. The format below was not designed to handle these riches, but we have squeezed most of the extra generations into the family tree pages for each of my great grandparent couples:
Burton / Middlecoat / Locke / Hampton / Webber Pages Fletcher / Procter Pages Aldous / Whiting / Stewart / Seward Pages Sproule Pages
And the more detailed timeline / photo / document pages linked to them.
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Birth / Christening |
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30 names |
Adrian's great great great (3 x Grt) grandparents |
sixth generation births are all before British central records start in 1837 |
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rloc = record identifier located searchable = record probably exists - not yet searched for. Probate records start in 1861
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New Year's Day for 1752 in England was reset to January 1st - up until this time it had been on March 25th, so there was no January 1 - March 24 1751! The first three months of years before this are sometimes shown with two year numbers - eg Jan 1550/51 - for clarity. Also, in order to effect the change to the Gregorian Calendar, the English days September 2 - 14 1752 were disappeared - Nick Middlecoat jnr (b August 1752) damn nearly arrived on earth in a calendrical black hole !
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FLETCHER / PROCTER FAMILY TREE LINK
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YORKSHIRE |
Sorry, but in the earlier days of research we were a bit sloppy about distinguishing between Birth and Christening dates (only of material impact in India!)
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Thomas Fletcher* |
the last woolcomber (raw wool cleaner) |
St Michael & all Angels, Haworth
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St Michael & all Angels, Haworth
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d: 1st Qtr 1883 (aged 84) Keighley 9a 161 |
17 of the 50 people on 1841 census page 32 were Fletchers !
Parents were Thomas Snr (b1769) and Grace (also b1769), who were living next door in Coldwell at the 1841 census both aged 72.
Thos was the son of James Fletcher and Sarah Radcliffe of Coldwell.
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Mary Fletcher (Rushworth)
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St Michael & all Angels, Haworth
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St Michael & all Angels, Haworth
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William Dixon* |
the cotton power loom worker / manager, clothes-shop keeper, author of political tracts.
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1810 Shitlington (now Overton), Nr Thornhill, Yorkshire
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St Michael & All Angels, Thornhill by Dewsbury, Yorkshire
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14 February 1887 (77) in Heywood (Lancashire) where they had been living & running a shop for a long time
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William & Susan, and William's parents William & Mary share a slab grave in row 42, Christchurch, Todmorden
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Susan Dixon (Sutcliffe)* |
the cotton mill owner's daughter |
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23 December 1893 (82), living with family of daughter Sarah in Rochdale, Lancs.
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Susan's Father was John Sutcliffe (b1786 Heptonstall, West Yorkshire. Latterly Proprietor, Prospect (Cotton Spinning) Mill, Overton (d Dec 1863 (77)) Probate. Her mother Elizabeth was b1791 (d before 1861).
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Robert Procter* |
druggist, latterly based in Walmgate, York |
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All Saints C of E, North St, York (by the river)
20 years after Robert's early death Elizabeth married farmer George Kettlewell in Birkenhead Parish Church on 16 Oct 1861
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2 Aug 1842 (48) Walmgate, York rloc
Buried in public grave 8068 in York Cemetery with a family headstone added 30 years' later - c1873.
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Robert's father Joseph was b c1764 & m Mary Harrison on 12 March 1792 at Barnard Castle (St Marys, CofE) (first of 3 wives who are all buried in the same grave in St Marys). He died in 1847 aged 83 and was probably buried with the three wives! Will
Joseph's father Robert (a Farmer) and grandmother Elizabeth were buried in St Mary, Barnard castle, in 1799 and 1805, both aged 68.
Joseph's grandmother Ann was buried at Staindrop in 1733. Grandfather Robert held a number of positions in Old Brignall and may have been buried there.
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Elizabeth Procter (Ashton)* |
Coachman's daughter from York |
2 Sept 1801 York, |
22 Sept 1873 (72) - Haxby, York. Buried in St Mary's Church (Grave 22/09) with second husband, George Kettlewell.
No Probate record. |
Elizabeth's father John Ashton (coachman) m Sarah Stubbins (sic) (b 1760) on 20 Oct 1783 at All Saints Church, Bubwith, Yorkshire.
Sarah's parents Joseph Stubings (sic) and Saray Heels - were m 26 Nov 1745 at Bubwith.
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Matthew Dobson
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mystery sailor - a mostly absent master mariner
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No Birth Record found yet |
also transcript of church register in Scarborough Library
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pre 1851 (and probably mid 1830s) - no death or burial record found |
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Elizabeth Dobson (Stringer)* |
the milliner |
ch 19 October 1803 St Mary, Scarborough
also transcript of church register in Scarborough Library |
d 19 February 1880 in Scarborough
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Elizabeth's parents were William (b Nov 1777) & Mary Stringer (Short) (m 13 Aug 1797).
Her grandparents included Edmond (b1745) & Elizabeth Stringer (Irish) (m 31 Oct 1776).
Her great grandparents included Francis & Arabella Stringer (Darlinghurst) (m 31 Mar 1743 the first marriage of the 1743-44 year).
All marriages at and records from St Mary's Parish Church, Scarborough.
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BURTON / MIDDLECOAT FAMILY TREE LINK
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INDIA |
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John Adolphus Burton |
Dublin labourer then Matross - Conductor - Gunner in the Madras Artillery |
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Bu 26 January 1827 (31), Nagapore
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Father (also John Adolphus) and mother (Alice Hall) married 15 January 1791, St Mary Dublin.
Recruited in Dublin into the Madras Artillery, and embarked from Chatham for India in the "Regent" in 1716.
A decade in the Madras Artillery sun ended in demotion and early death.
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Susanna Burton ( / Habernack) ) |
Illiterate Madras "Native" (as per marriage record) |
c1791 |
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Henry Webber |
Madras Clerk |
b: 18 July 1784 baptised: 13 February 1814, Blacktown, Madras
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21 March 1812, St Mary's Church, Fort St George, Madras
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St Mary, Fort St George, Madras
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Illegitimate Anglo-Indian son of Maj-Gen Henry Webber of Braunton, Devon. More detail here. |
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Jane Webber (Johana Dosseyn) |
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1799 Date from burial record |
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Capt George Middlecoat |
the Madras Artillery officer |
Truro, Cornwall 1 Sept 1802
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14 February 1845 (42) Belgaum, India
died from sunstroke (in winter) |
George was the son of a Duchy of Cornwall inn-keeper and political fixer Nicholas Middlecoat (1752 - 1844 (92)) and his wife Ruth Middlecoat (Hambly) from Tregony (Cornwall).
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Susanna Palmer Middlecoat (Hampton) |
granddaughter of Colonel Sam |
Sankerrydroog (Sankaridurg)
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Father: Capt James Hampton ch Nov 1784 Calcutta, m Mrs Mary Forster (b1786) in Sankerrydroog in 1807, he drowned in a shipwreck on 11 August 1821. Mary bu St Thomas Mount, Madras in 1855 aged 69. MMF Record.
Grandfather Col Samuel Hampton lived in Calcutta (Bengal Presidency). He married Margaret Hick on 1 September 1765 in Calcutta. Samuel was born in Calcutta on 5 October 1735, Margaret in Calcuutta on 28 November 1748. Margaret died on 11 September 1784 in Calcutta aged 36. Colonel Samuel died at 6.30 am on 7 May 1786 aged 51.
Sam's parents were Charles and Martha Hampton of Calcutta. Margaret's parents were Albert Samuel Hick and Anna Hick (later Costelly) of Calcutta also. Charles Hampton arrived in Calcutta in the boat "King William" in 1710 and rose to be a member of the EICo (Calcutta) Council.
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Samuel Richard Locke |
indigo planter / colonial administrator / tax collector / magistrate & bankrupt - all in Madras Presidency. |
1826 Samuel Richard Locke baptised in Madras
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Charlotte was the widow of August Johan Adolph Rehling. They had been married in Calcutta Cathedral in the Bengal Presidency on 26 Sep 1837.
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14 March 1894 (68) rloc Chiswick (London)
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Samuel's father was Capt Thomas Locke, who was christened on 16 March 1788 in St Anne's, Soho (London) and died in Madras 30 July 1850 aged 62 ( Will ).
Thomas' parents were Thomas Locke and Elizabeth Lang, married in St Lukes, Finsbury, on 27 March 1785.
Thomas Locke's father was Thomas (Locke) of Taunton, brewer / maltster (maybe).
Sam's mother was Thomas' second wife Indiana Laura Shaw ch aged 1, 10 Jul 1803, m in Quilon Madras on 8 June 1822, d 17 Aug 1827. Her parents were John and Margaret Shaw.
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Charlotte Sophia Jane Nasky Locke (Rehling, née Jansen)
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a bit of a (Danish) cougar |
1815 possibly Denmark |
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Daughter of Johan Jansen (?). Also had 3 sons by first hubbie August Rehling. |
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NORTHERN IRELAND |
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Thomas Sproule
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? Sproule (Blake)
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John Robinson
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1775 Fintona, Co Tyrone |
1812, Aughadulla, Co Tyrone |
1825 Fintona, Co Tyrone |
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Sarah Robinson (Harpur)
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1791 |
1817 Fintona, Co Tyrone |
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Thomas Sproule - same as above
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? Sproule (Blake) - same as above
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Arthur Davis
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Mrs Davis
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ALDOUS / STEWART FAMILY TREE LINK
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James Aldous*
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the Norfolk Wine Merchant, Maltster, Brewer & Porter Merchant, Publican ("The Grapes"), Farmer long term Church Warden.
Hand-written family bible register of family names and dates.
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b 7 February 1785 Redenhall (nr Harleston) Norfolk.
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All Saints, Mendham (Suffolk)
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buried St Mary, Redenhall
Photos of James and Harriette's grave
Photos of Aldous Family Graves
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James' parents were James Aldous Snr and Martha (Whiting) of Harleston who were buried in a vault grave in St Margaret's Church, Starson. We have also identified several generations of their parents, and there are links to several parish records here.
Wills of James Aldous & James Aldous Snr
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Harriette Aldous (Poole )*
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the girl from Mendham
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Harleston or Mendham, Suffolk
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bu 13 October 1866 (83), St Mary Redenhall
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Harriette was the daughter of John and Sarah Poole (Strutt) who were married in St Mary Redenhall on 24 April 1777
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Samuel Seward*
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the Sussex then Hampshire yeoman (tenant) farmer who moved from Loxwood to Weston in 1804 and built a very big windmill and a very successful agri-mining business. |
Loxwood ch Wisborough Green, W Sussex |
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25 November 1867 (80) Weston, nr Buriton (rloc Petersfield)
Memorials and Tombs in Buriton Parish Church
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Samuel's dad Thomas (born 1748) married Elizabeth Stevenson in St Martin in the Fields on 10 October 1776. He died in 1813, leaving an interesting will (transcript) and the 26 year old Samuel in charge of Weston and its humungous windmill.
Thomas' parents were Yeoman Farmer John Seward and his wife Hannah (Lidbetter) of Brewhurst Farm, Loxwood.
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how on earth did Samuel meet .....
Elizabeth Seward (Haw)*
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Link to photo page about Buriton and the Sewards
the Londoner - only surviving child of a rich builder who eventually built himself a big sarcophagus outside the south door of St Mary Buriton.
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(rloc Petersfield)
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Elizabeth's parents were builder William (1764 - 1839) & wife Elizabeth Haw (Shaw) (1767 - 1829) from Hanway St / Oxford St (then in the parish of St Pancras). They were m in 1790 in St George, Hanover Sq, Westminster.
Elizabeth's 1829 St Pancras Burial Record. Memorial and Tomb in Buriton Parish Church.
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James Stewart Snr* |
the Brechin house painter |
October 1804 Dundee
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21 December 1833 Brechin
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October 28 1867 Brechin (63)
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James Stewart's father (also James and also a house painter) married Elizabeth Hamilton (b1782) in Edinburgh on 10 February 1803.
Elizabeth's father Alexander married Elizabeth Brodie in Gladsmuir on 25 July 1777.
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Mary (May) Stewart (Falconer)*
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Montrose girl |
March 1811 Montrose
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April 11 1867 Brechin (56)
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Mary's parents John Falconer (Agricultural Labourer) and Jean Cooper married in Laurencekirk Parish Church on 24 October 1804.
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Robert Waugh |
the Belfast baker and assisted immigrant to Victoria |
c1800, probably Old Park, Co Antrim (now part of Belfast, N Ireland) |
c1827, Belfast, Ireland Presbyterian |
10 July 1856 (56) Melbourne (Old Cemetery Record Book) No government death record located.
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Garrow passenger list - 1838 / 39 - the Waugh family (2 + 2 + 1 on the voyage) sails from Belfast Sydney. LHS RHS. Arrival Documents. Then on to Melbourne on the John Barry.
Robert was the son of Robert - Miller, Farmer, Land Steward, of Old Park, Co Antrim.
Isabella was the daughter of James Henderson and Amelia Shanks (and/or McGill) (Belfast). The Hendersons were leading merchants, newspaper proprietors and Presbyterian churchmen. Henderson link
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Isabella Waugh (Henderson)
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the Belfast Henderson |
bAugust 12 1803, Belfast, Ireland |
August 12 1872 (69) Melbourne (register)
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* located in one or more England / Scotland censuses between 1841 and 1911
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UK Probate records cover 1861-1941, but some years are missing. |
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