For years this has been a 'bone of contention' for me... I have a John DOIDGE thought to be born c1750 - 1755... South Petherwin/Saint Dominick/Calstock areas??? Fact... I have a John DOIDGE married Jane DIAMOND 2 May 1774, Calstock, Cornwall... [4x Great-grandparents] Jane DOIDGE nee DIAMOND died Feb 1788... There is a burial for a Jane DOIDGE, 16 Feb 1788, Calstock, Cornwall... At this time Jane and John DOIDGE's youngest child was aged 17 months... There is a marriage for a John DOIDGE, Widower, 27 June 1789, Calstock, Cornwall to a Mary RICE, Widow... My query is... Who are the parents of the John DOIDGE who married Jane DIAMOND? Is the John DOIDGE, widower of Jane DOIDGE nee DIAMOND, indeed the same John DOIDGE who married Mary RICE, widow? Family lore has it that the parents of John DOIDGE were a William DOIDGE and Mary WOODMAN, I have never confirmed this... Marystow, Devon, Parish Register shows a marriage for William DOIDGE and Mary WOODMAN, 1746... However I have not confirmed any children for this couple... I am aware of a John DOIDGE Christening: 05 FEB 1748 Calstock Parish, Cornwall Father: Samuel Doidge Mother: Mary I do not have confirmation if indeed this is the John DOIDGE who married Jane DIAMOND... I do not have confirmation if indeed this is the John DOIDGE who married Mary RICE... I am also not discounting the fact that maybe the John DOIDGE birth/christening I am looking for did not occur in the areas South Petherwin/Saint Dominick/Calstock... But where to look???... Hoping some one can assist with this one... I appear to be the only DOIDGE, currently in captivity, researching this DOIDGE/DIAMOND line...??? Thank you Hilton Doidge Waikato New Zealand

I don't know how you can prove whether your ancestor is the John Doidge who married Mary Rice although if there was no other John Doidge marrying, baptising children and burying a wife in Calstock at the same time it seems highly probable.      Marystow baptisms are on Genuki Devon: http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Marystowe/# A William and Mary DOIDGE baptised a son John 11 Mar 1746 but that pre-dates the marriage which took place in April (although the transcriber notes that the paper is damaged here).     One way to decide where to look for possible baptisms is to look at "Nearby places" on the Genuki page for Calstock etc. and radiate out from there.  Just about anywhere both sides along the Tamar Valley if my ancestors are anything to go by!  I looked at the transcriptions on Genuki for Milton Abbot and there are some baptisms there: 21 Dec 1748 son of John and Miriam 29 May 1749 son of James and Dorothy 29 May 1751 son of Richard and Honour http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/MiltonAbbot/index.html#ChurchRecords   The surname also occurs in Lamerton and my great grandmother's sister, Mary Worden, married Henry Doidge there in 1884.   You may find Neil Stanton's website helpful for some of the parishes on the Devon side of the Tamar: http://opcdev.co.uk/   Regards,   Joy ________________________________ From: Hilton Doidge <[email protected]> To: CORNISH-GEN <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, 19 January 2013, 8:09 Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] John DOIDGE... Jane DIAMOND... For years this has been a 'bone of contention' for me... I have a John DOIDGE thought to be born c1750 - 1755... South Petherwin/Saint Dominick/Calstock areas??? Fact... I have a John DOIDGE married Jane DIAMOND 2 May 1774, Calstock, Cornwall... [4x Great-grandparents] Jane DOIDGE nee DIAMOND died Feb 1788... There is a burial for a Jane DOIDGE, 16 Feb 1788, Calstock, Cornwall... At this time Jane and John DOIDGE's youngest child was aged 17 months... There is a marriage for a John DOIDGE, Widower, 27 June 1789, Calstock, Cornwall to a Mary RICE, Widow... My query is... Who are the parents of the John DOIDGE who married Jane DIAMOND? Is the John DOIDGE, widower of Jane DOIDGE nee DIAMOND, indeed the same John DOIDGE who married Mary RICE, widow? Family lore has it that the parents of John DOIDGE were a William DOIDGE and Mary WOODMAN, I have never confirmed this... Marystow, Devon, Parish Register shows a marriage for William DOIDGE and Mary WOODMAN, 1746... However I have not confirmed any children for this couple... I am aware of a John DOIDGE Christening:  05 FEB 1748  Calstock Parish, Cornwall Father:  Samuel Doidge Mother:  Mary I do not have confirmation if indeed this is the John DOIDGE who married Jane DIAMOND... I do not have confirmation if indeed this is the John DOIDGE who married Mary RICE... I am also not discounting the fact that maybe the John DOIDGE birth/christening I am looking for did not occur in the areas South Petherwin/Saint Dominick/Calstock... But where to look???... Hoping some one can assist with this one... I appear to be the only DOIDGE, currently in captivity, researching this DOIDGE/DIAMOND line...??? Thank you Hilton Doidge Waikato New Zealand ------------------------------- Listmom:  [email protected] or [email protected] Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message