Hi, this is such an unusual name that there cannot be so many of them to choose from .......you have obviously had the Wallingford PRs checked and what is the result , is there a John Absalom , Absolom, Absolon bapt there in the 1797/8 period , if so what is the problem with this candidate ? life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Estelle Daniels" <stelly__57@hotmail.com> To: <eng-hertfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 2:25 AM Subject: Re: [HRT] BROWN & YEOMAN witnesses ABSOLON/STONE 1821 Marriage > > Thank you Michael & Elizabeth for your replies. > > > > Im sorry I should have mentioned that Wallingford was in Berks/Oxfordshire > not in Herts seeing I was on the Herts list. > > > > I guess I was hoping that someone may have known the parentage of Matilda > BROWN, or William YEOMANs and they might have had an ABSOLON mother and > thus form a link. I know I am thinking way out here, but maybe worth a > try. > > > > Without knowing parents it is really difficult to identify which, or any > of the John ABSOLON/Ms born towards the end of the 1700s in Wallingford > might be mine. Several people have checked Wallingford PRs for me, and the > John's that are there seem to be accounted for with other brides and > families. Census ages concur he was born in 1798, except for the 1871 > census which at age 74 calculates to him being born 1797. > > > > John was a Baker, but I have no idea where, or who with, he did his > trade - maybe it was in Herts seeing he married Susan there. He certainly > doesnt appear on the Apprentices list on the HALS website. Maybe Susan had > been working in Wallingford or Clerkenwell. The couple certainly werent > living in Herts in c1824 when their first known child, Eliza Amelia, was > born in St Pancras. John may have simply been born in Wallingford and his > family could actually have been living in Herts or anywhere for that > matter when, and if he was baptised. Henry was buried in Bunhill Fields > cemetery in 1846, the death being registered in Shoreditch. > > > > The couple named their sons that I know of Henry Jonathon; William; John > (Jack) and George Richard (Dick). I suspect Jonathon is after Susan's > father Jonathon STONE of Herts. > > > > Perhaps someone may know of a particular naming order used in Herts area > that may give me a clue to John's father's name. > > > > There are no other clues on the Marriage entry as to John's parentage. It > seems from census records that all the known children were born in St > James Clerkenwell parish. > > > > If anyone has any Herts, probably St Mary's Rickmansworth parish baptism > registers c1821-22, I would appreciate a check for any earlier children of > John and Susan/nah that may have been born in Herts that might have not > survived. > > > > I have written all that I know in the hope that someone may be able to > point me in another direction with clues that I already have. > > > > Thank you in anticipation for any further advice, > > > > Estelle > > (in rural Australia) > > >> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 12:46:51 +0100 >> From: michael@walsby.eu >> To: eng-hertfordshire@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [HRT] BROWN & YEOMAN 1821 Marriage witnesses >> >> Just to mention that Wallingford is now in Oxfordshire, and in any deep >> research you may have to contact both counties' record offices and >> Rootsweb lists. Having said this, the parish register films and >> transcripts are available in both record offices. >> >> Good hunting, >> Michael Walsby >> >> >> On 02/02/2010 12:05, elizabeth howard wrote: >> > Hi, John Absolon in the 1861 census is as you say a baker and born >> > Wallingford , Berkshire , not Herts , so I wonder if you perhaps check >> > with >> > the Berkshire list or Berks RO catalogue .......familysearch.org has a >> > number of John Absolom and Absolon chr between 1799 and 1801 but I >> > don`t >> > know the geography of Berks well enough to know if any of these are >> > close to >> > Wallingford, but you could ask Berks RO for a search in the bapts for >> > Wallingford between 1795 and 1805 which may give you a starting point . >> > >> > >> > life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Estelle Daniels"<stelly__57@hotmail.com> >> > To: "Hertfordshire List"<eng-hertfordshire-l@rootsweb.com> >> > Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 5:18 AM >> > Subject: [HRT] BROWN& YEOMAN 1821 Marriage witnesses >> > >> > >> > >> >> Hello Listers, >> >> I have the above two people as witnesses on the Marriage Register >> >> entry of >> >> my great great grandparents John and Susan ABSOLON (nee STONE) who >> >> married >> >> in St Mary's Rickmansworth on 26 September, 1821. >> >> >> >> If anyone is familiar with St Mary's Rickmansworth parish marriage >> >> registers, I would be pleased to know if these two happened to be >> >> people >> >> who conveniently witnessed many marriages in the local parish church, >> >> or >> >> that they are likely to be friends or family of the couple? >> >> >> >> I am at a loss to try and find parents for John ABSOLON who according >> >> to >> >> later census' was born in Wallingford (as many ABSOLONs were). John >> >> was a >> >> Baker by trade, and I believe that Susan/nah was a Rickmansworth girl. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Many thanks for any help. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Estelle >> >> >> >> (in rural Australia) >> >> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> >> Time for a new car? 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