I know David,I keep saying to the hubby I have to go to England,but he wont agree!!! I have the Hooker Baptisms Caddington Parish records 1552-1812 and it says shows a Thomas 25 dec 1760 parents Thomas and Sarah,.Marriages Thos Hooker 12 jun 1760 to a Sarah Pales,11 oct 1799 to a Jane Kennedy and a Thomas 31 dec 1811 wdr to a Martha Harris.then in the Burials..a Thomas 12 June 1790,,a Jane 2dec 1810,w of Thomas Hooker 31 years,Sarah Hooker 25 dec 1766 widow.So I think I do have to spend some time at the LDS looking through films,its just I don't have the time.But I will do it.so I really appreciate your assistance and if you sort it out let me know. thanks heaps regards Josie Goolwa SA 5214 Australia Phone: 08 8555 3887 Email: goolwatimejewellery@bigpond.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "David" <david11000carca@yahoo.fr> To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 3:29 PM Subject: RE : [BDF] HOOKER > How sure are you that the 1790 marriage was the original Thomas? Does the > parish register describe him as a widower? There's no Sarah Hooker buried > anywhere in Beds between 1766 and 1808. > > On the face of it, it looks more likely that the 1790 marriage was of > their son Thomas christened 1760. It begs the question as to who the > Thomas's were who married in Caddington in 1799, 1811, 1826 and 1829. > > As there's a Sarah Tyler baptised in Caddington in 1807 which may have > been the Sarah Tyler who married in 1829 I very much doubt if her husband > was the son of the original Thomas and Sarah as he would have been 69 by > then! The 1841 census shows Thomas Hooker age 35 and Sarah 30 in > Caddington, and there's a burial in Caddington on 25 July 1844 of Sarah > Hooker age 37. He's more likely to have been the Thomas, son of Samuel and > Mary baptised in 1806. > > It looks as though you may have rolled 3 generations into 2. > > There are simply too many Thomas Hooker events in Caddington to sort them > out from the IGI/NBI, or even from the transcription which doesn't include > marriage witnesses and only goes up to 1812. You really need to check the > microfilm at your nearest LDS Family History Centre . Who for example was > Thomas Hooker aged 39 who was baptised in Caddington in 1817? > > There's nothing obvious on the IGI for either Sarah Kilby or Sarah Pales. > Reference to Flamstead, Herts parish register for the 1861 marriage may > give the parish of residence of both Sarah and Thomas, plus witnesses > which may provide a clue. > > For ag labs I think you can rule out divorces. They just went down the > road to London and remarried bigamously! > > Regards > > David > > Rod & Josie Butterfield <rodjosie@bigpond.net.au> a écrit : Hi , I am > still hunting a Thomas HOOKER or supposedly married a Sarah KILBY in 1760 > had 12 children between 1760 and 1787,then married Sarah PALES in 1790 and > had 1 child.Their son Thomas also married a Sarah (TYLER) in > 1829.....Sarah must have been a popular name back then. > > Can any one help me with Births and Deaths / Divorces on Sarah's > KILBY/PALES > thanks and regards > Josie. > Goolwa SA 5214 > Australia > Phone: 08 8555 3887 > Email: goolwatimejewellery@bigpond.com > > > ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > Bedfordshire Towns and Villages: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~engbdf/placeindex.html > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Mail réinvente le mail ! Découvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail et son > interface révolutionnaire. > > > ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > Bedfordshire Towns and Villages: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~engbdf/placeindex.html >