Barbara, Carol, Susan, Uncle Tom..... Thank you Barbara re. the James MILES = Kezia BRIDGMAN Marriage. I had transcribed Kezia as Maria - at least I had the "ia" - and this mistook has solved the mystery - but a query still exists - more of this later in this looooong E Mail. Looking through some researching done many moons ago on the BRIDGEMAN lineage by a long standing F.H. Correspondent [since 1983 - he is not on the Internet unfortunately] I came across a note he had made against the Marriage of Stephen BRIDGMAN [who was listed with his siblings under their parents] = Maria BUCKRIDGE - it reads "There are more marriages". When I turned to his Notes he had written down the Marriage of Stephen to Kezia FOSTER - I had overlooked this when entering into my F.Tree Maker - very amiss of me. As I had Maria BRIDGMAN married to James MILES I thought it was this Maria BUCKRIDGE but having found the Stephen/Kezia marriage all was now clear. So, this is how I now see it:- Marriage: 17 Oct 1840 Stephen BRIDGMAN [b] = Maria BUCKRIDGE [sp]. Burial: 12.12.1840 Maria BRIDGMAN - [thank you Barbara] Marriage: 26.11.1842 Stephen BRIDGEMAN [Wid] = Kezia FOSTER [sp]. Burial: 29.8.1862 Stephen BRIDGEMAN - [Carol has Aug 1860] Married: 8.8.1862 James MILES [b] Pensioner = Kezia BRIDGMAN [Wid]. - [comment to follow below]. Burial: 12.7.1886 James Miles. Census 1861: Stephen BRIDGEMAN [45], wife Kezia [39], children George [17], Ellen [12], Eliza [10] & Mary [7]. Census 1881: James MILES [60], wife Keziah [59] & Grandson Richard MILES [9] Scholar born Kingsclere. James & Kezia MILES had a son Henry Baptised 17 July 1864 and who was Buried on 5 Oct 1869 at Kingsclere. Re Census 1881: I cannot find a Richard MILES Baptised cir. 1871 and as Henry died in 1869 how come James & Kezia have a Grandson Richard MILES. Is he a BRIDGEMAN and son of Stephen & Kezia's son George - or is he the son of their daughter Mary. Mary BRIDGMAN was a Witness at the Marriage of James MILES & Kezia. Stephen also had a sister named Mary. Carol has found a Baptism of a Richard BRIDGMAN to Mary BRIDGMAN on the 4 May 1871 - is this this Richard MILES. Either the wrong info was given to the Enumerator or the Enumerator got it wrong or Richard had his surname changed by the family or....... Finally. Although Barbara has confirmed the year of Marriage of James MILES = Kezia BRIDGMAN as 1862 I feel that this must be 1863 as Stephen was Buried 29 Aug 1862 [Barbara please confirm] so Widow Kezia married James 8 Aug 1862 before Stephen had died!! I feel the year entry in the Parish Register must be incorrect. The researching in my Note Book goes as follows - I am not showing all the details written down: 7.9.1862 Jesse HARRIS = Mary Ann ROLFE. 12.7.1863 George PROUT = Charlotte WYTHE. 8.8.1862 James MILES = Kezia BRIDGMAN - [my Maria amended] 30.4.1864 Enos SMITH = Mary ALDRIDGE. When I was following the Register through how come I have an 1862 between 1863 & 1864. It is only in recent weeks I have noticed this - the year in the Register must be incorrect. My case rests!!! - and I must get on with other lines - its all been very interesting though and how we should all take care, check other peoples researching and please do not take the I.G.I. as Gospel and thank goodness for Websites like this one. By the way Barbara - Witness at the Marriage of John MILES = Ann PIPER on 13 Oct 1829. I think you will find it is Joseph SEWARD not SERVANT - he was Witness to several Marriages at this time I am off to the Society Of Genealogists Fair tomorrow and hope to find Gloucestershire F.H. Society there, although they are not listed on the Leaflet printed some time ago - see what they have to say about Chedworth. Denis

On Fri, 2 May 2003 14:52:20 +0100 Denis Hamilton wrote: > Barbara, Carol, Susan, Uncle Tom..... > > Thank you Barbara re. the James MILES = Kezia BRIDGMAN > Marriage. I had transcribed Kezia as Maria - at least I had > the "ia" - and this mistook has solved the mystery - but a > query still exists - more of this later in this looooong E > Mail. > > Looking through some researching done many moons ago on the > BRIDGEMAN lineage by a long standing F.H. Correspondent [since > 1983 - he is not on the Internet unfortunately] I came across a > note he had made against the Marriage of Stephen BRIDGMAN [who > was listed with his siblings under their parents] = Maria > BUCKRIDGE - it reads "There are more marriages". When I turned > to his Notes he had written down the Marriage of Stephen to > Kezia FOSTER - I had overlooked this when entering into my > F.Tree Maker - very amiss of me. As I had Maria BRIDGMAN > married to James MILES I thought it was this Maria BUCKRIDGE > but having found the Stephen/Kezia marriage all was now clear. > > So, this is how I now see it:- > > Marriage: 17 Oct 1840 Stephen BRIDGMAN [b] = Maria BUCKRIDGE > [sp]. I think Buckridge should really be Buckeridge, she was a dau of Isaac and Elizabeth Buckeridge and born about 1819 although I cannot see a baptism in Kingsclere. Possibly born or baptised Thatcham as that was where her mother was born. > Burial: 12.12.1840 Maria BRIDGMAN - [thank you Barbara] She died in George Street, where she was born. > > Marriage: 26.11.1842 Stephen BRIDGEMAN [Wid] = Kezia FOSTER > [sp]. Agree this date. Witnesses were George Parker (who witnessed marriage of Stephen & Maria) and Harriet? Mary? Pettifer? (am having to guess at this as the writing is very small and nearly unreadable on the fiche) > Burial: 29.8.1862 Stephen BRIDGEMAN - [Carol has Aug 1860] I too had date as 3 Aug 1860 at Coleridge Farm (register entry 587), but this Stephen is aged 78. The entry for 29 Aug is for a Stephen Bridgman age 47 (entry 656) so I am amending my data to the 1862 date for Kezia's husband. I had the register entry number correctly recorded as source so must have been suffering from old age when I typed 1860. This is of course the date of his father's burial. > Married: 8.8.1862 James MILES [b] Pensioner = Kezia BRIDGMAN > [Wid]. - [comment to follow below]. I have James born about 1820 in Hannington, son of William Miles and Elizabeth Woodhouse. Married as stated, witnesses Thomas Miles & Mary Bridgman > > Burial: 12.7.1886 James Miles. died at Newbury Marsh. > > Census 1861: Stephen BRIDGEMAN [45], wife Kezia [39], children > George [17], Ellen [12], Eliza [10] & Mary [7]. Census 1881: > James MILES [60], wife Keziah [59] & Grandson Richard MILES [9] > Scholar born Kingsclere. I have children as: George ca 1843 Sarah ca 1846-1847 Ellen ca 1848 Eliza ca 1851 Mary ca 1854 William ca 1858-1858 Emma ca 1859-1860 > James & Kezia MILES had a son Henry Baptised 17 July 1864 and > who was Buried on 5 Oct 1869 at Kingsclere. Died Kingsclere Marsh > Re Census 1881: I cannot find a Richard MILES Baptised cir. > 1871 and as Henry died in 1869 how come James & Kezia have a > Grandson Richard MILES. Is he a BRIDGEMAN and son of Stephen & > Kezia's son George - or is he the son of their daughter Mary. > Mary BRIDGMAN was a Witness at the Marriage of James MILES & > Kezia. Stephen also had a sister named Mary. Carol has found a > Baptism of a Richard BRIDGMAN to Mary BRIDGMAN on the 4 May > 1871 - is this this Richard MILES. Either the wrong info was > given to the Enumerator or the Enumerator got it wrong or > Richard had his surname changed by the family or....... This one had me confused too, I think I'll go along with Barbara's conclusion that Richard Miles is in fact Richard Bridgman son of Mary Bridgman. I expect they just said 'my grandson Richard' and the enumerator assumed the surname Miles. Finally I'll mention that Kezia died at Kingsclere Marsh and was buried at St. Mary, on 29 July 1902 aged 81 years. She was the youngest daughter of John Foster and Sarah Cooper and was born just 2 months after her father's death. She is not mentioned in his will. Sarah re-married in 1827 and so lost the weekly pension of 10/- a week she had been left in John's will. -- John Lewis <jayellatntlworlddotcom> from Bournemouth, Dorset, UK. using Debian GNU/Linux and GeneWeb genealogy software