Hi everyone, I have an Elizabeth KIGHTLEY b.4 april 1694 in Houghton Conquest. Her father was Francis KIGHTLEY. This is all I have found on this family. Does anyone have any info on KIGHTLEYs in this area? All the best, Donna

Donna, I don't have any links to this family. But your's was the only message received today, so I had the luxury of some time to have a close look. Lucky for you. I've been advising people for years to click on batch numbers on IGI records. It's amazing what you find. I found the 1694 record for Elizabeth, clicked on the batch number and searched for KIGHTLEY. Only the one record came back up. I suspected possible surname variants. It would be unusual for just one child. Not to be outdone, I searched the batch again, this time using just father's given name Francis. Et Voila !!. Elizabeth and seven brothers and sisters all with different surname spellings. Only one included a mother's name Elizabeth. Primed with success I went and found the marriage. Francis Kitely married Elizabeth Cliffton on 3rd May 1677 in Houghton Conquest. Elizabeth was the youngest of eight children. The name William was used three times suggesting the earlier two had died. The children were :- Francis 1678, William (I) 1680, John 1682, Joseph 1685, William (II) 1687, William (III) 1689, James 1691 and Elizabeth 1694. I also clicked on the batch number for the marriage record. It indicated that Elizabeth Cliffton had a brother John who married Ann Slingsby. Your back in the "dark ages" when it comes to finding birth records for Francis and Elizabeth. I found nothing for Francis, but there was an Elizabeth Clifton b1849 at Houghton Conquest. It makes her 28 at marriage which might be a bit old for the era. And there are lots of Elizabeth's in other counties. That will give you something to do for a couple of days. Hope you can follow the logic. get back to me if you have problems. Good luck Peter in Sydney PS!! Some of the variant spellings were Kitely, Kightly, Kitly, Citly, Keightley and Kitghtley.

Hello Donna I believe an Elizabeth Knightley married Francis Bird, father of John Seabrook's wife, Sarah Bird (b 1736 in Houghton Conquest), at Kempston on 25 Apr 1718. Kightley could well have become Knightley ! Best wishes Peter P.S. will be answering your email re Seabrook descendants shortly. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Bailey" <donnabailey77@hotmail.com> To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 4:47 AM Subject: [BDF] KIGHTLEY family of Houghton Conquest > Hi everyone, > > I have an Elizabeth KIGHTLEY b.4 april 1694 in Houghton Conquest. Her > father > was Francis KIGHTLEY. This is all I have found on this family. Does anyone > have any info on KIGHTLEYs in this area? > > All the best, > Donna > > > ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > For any updates our info about the status of this list go to > http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.7/259 - Release Date: 13/02/2006 > >