My great-great-grandmother Mary Ann CARTER was born in Shudy Camps in 1841. She lived to a ripe old age, dying in 1939 at the age of 97. On the 1851 census, when she was nine years old, her parents are named as John and Rebecca Carter, both also born in Shudy Camps. John was 31, and Rebecca was 30. The only likely marriage for them on the FreeBMD is in the Linton registration district, which includes Shudy Camps, in 1840, between John CARTER and Rebecca LUCAS. I hastened at once to the Cambridgeshire Baptisms CD to look up John and Rebecca being born and hopefully baptised in about 1820, only to discover that the Parish Records of Shudy Camps are not included. I wonder if anyone with access to the Shudy Camps PRs would kindly check for me to see if John and Rebecca's baptisms are there, and confirm that Rebecca's maiden name was LUCAS. It would be great to know their parents' names. It is probable that they were married in Shudy Camps, so any information about that would also be gratefully received! Many many thanks in advance Simon Knott norfolkchurches.co.uk suffolkchurches.co.uk Finding CORNELL, CORNWELL, MORTLOCK, REYNOLDS, CARTER, ANABLE, STEARN, PAGE and CROSS in Cambridgeshire Finding KNOTT, WATERS, HARRELL and BOWLES in north-west Kent

Hi Simon I've found the following parish register transcript entries in the CFHS CD-ROMs which appear to relate to your direct line. I wasn't surprised to find that you and I are related along the way - always seems to happen with this particular network of villages! *Shudy Camps * 23 Jan 1842 - baptism of Mary Ann Carter dau of John & Rebecca of Shudy Camps lab born 13 Aug 16 May 1840 - marriage of John Carter, (x) under age bac lab of Shudy Camps son of Thomas lab, and Rebecca Lucas, (x) under age sp of Shudy Camps dau of James Suttle lab (entered in the baptismal register by the name of Rebecca Suttle), wits: John Suttle, Elizabeth Carter (x) 11 Feb 1821 - baptism of Rebecca Suttle dau of James & Mary of Shudy Camps lab 25 Dec 1820 - marriage of James Suttle (x) bac & Mary Lucas (x) sp botp, wits: Isaac Ager (x), Charlotte Free [1861 census shows James Suttle born in Withersfield c.1798-99] 28 Oct 1811 - marriage of Thomas Carter (x) bac & Mary Alston Parmenter sp botp, wits: Margaret Parmenter (x), Ann Carter [1851 census for Wimbish Essex shows Thomas born in Castle Camps c. 1791-2 and Mary born in Linton c. 1791-2 - neither appear in the PR transcripts for those parishes] 10 Apr 1803 - baptism of Mary Lucas dau of William & Alice 21 Dec 1856 - burial of Thomas Carter of Shudy Camps [crossed through] Horseheath 68, died 16 Dec 11 Jun 1865 - burial of Mary Alston Carter of Castle Camps 75 9 Sep 1877 - burial of Mary Suttle of Shudy Camps 74 8 Jan 1881 - burial of James Suttle of Linton Union 83 24 Jan 1828 - burial of William Lucas of Shudy Camps 67 7 Jun 1838 - burial of Alice Lucas of Shudy Camps 72 *Horseheath * 8 Jul 1821 - baptism of John Carter son of Thomas & Mary lab *Castle Camps* 2 Jun 1789 - marriage of William Lucas (x) otp bac & Alice Challis (x) sp otp, wits: Eliz Richardson (x), Charles Brown 27 Oct 1765 - baptism of Alice Challis illeg dau of Elizabeth 1 Oct 1739 - baptism of Elizabeth Challis dau of Wm & Mary [my 8x great grandparents] Hope this helps. Ruth On 19 February 2010 12:40, Simon <simon@simonknott.co.uk> wrote: > My great-great-grandmother Mary Ann CARTER was born in Shudy Camps in > 1841. She lived to a ripe old age, dying in 1939 at the age of 97. > > On the 1851 census, when she was nine years old, her parents are named > as John and Rebecca Carter, both also born in Shudy Camps. John was 31, > and Rebecca was 30. The only likely marriage for them on the FreeBMD is > in the Linton registration district, which includes Shudy Camps, in > 1840, between John CARTER and Rebecca LUCAS. > > I hastened at once to the Cambridgeshire Baptisms CD to look up John and > Rebecca being born and hopefully baptised in about 1820, only to > discover that the Parish Records of Shudy Camps are not included. > > I wonder if anyone with access to the Shudy Camps PRs would kindly check > for me to see if John and Rebecca's baptisms are there, and confirm that > Rebecca's maiden name was LUCAS. It would be great to know their > parents' names. It is probable that they were married in Shudy Camps, so > any information about that would also be gratefully received! > > Many many thanks in advance > > Simon Knott > norfolkchurches.co.uk > suffolkchurches.co.uk > > Finding CORNELL, CORNWELL, MORTLOCK, REYNOLDS, CARTER, ANABLE, STEARN, > PAGE and CROSS in Cambridgeshire > Finding KNOTT, WATERS, HARRELL and BOWLES in north-west Kent > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >