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From: "Barrie Brinkman" <>
Subject: Re: [King] The search for Benjamin HEDGECOCK/HISCOCK/HITCHCOCK
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 21:15:43 -0000
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Many thanks to Dorothy and John who can always be relied upon to generate
very useful comments on any problem raised by Listers. I always find their
input thought provoking and helpful.

Once again Dorothy may have found the connection I have been looking for. I
have reread her earlier message concerning the Kingsclere Parish rent
records and realise that there was more to the information than I had
appreciated. I had not realized that there were only 4 parish houses in
Kingsclere. If I had understood this as Dorothy points out Matthew, Benjamin
& Daniel were all probably living in the same cottage. In 1829 Matthew was
in his late 80s (he died in 1832) Benjamin, probably his son, was a widower
just remarried to Hannah MILES (13/10/1828) and Daniel, Matthew's grandson
was just married to Elizabeth HINE (20/12/1828).
At Benjamin's first marriage to Lucy CHAMBERLAIN what could be his brother
Isaac HITCHCOCK (a son of Matthew) was a witness. The next problem is that
Matthew married Elizabeth APPLETON at Wolverton on 12/04/1773 their first
child was Sarah christened 11/06/1773. Benjamin based on his age at death
was born in 1771. This raises the possibility that Matthew was married
before Elizabeth. His first wife may have died after Benjamin was born and
he remarried. Based on his age at death Matthew was 31 when he married
Elizabeth so a first marriage is quite likely.



The problem is that in all the parishes I have searched there was no Matthew
christened. There is also no earlier marriage recorded, no first wife death
and the death of Elizabeth I don't think was the Elizabeth who died in 1786
suggested by John Lewis. In my notes I have recorded that entry says 'wife
of John' in the margin. There was a John & Elizabeth HITCHCOCK in Kingsclere
at that time.



So if one problem has been solved a raft of further problems have now
appeared



Barrie

----- Original Message -----
From: "john lewis" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: [King] The search for Benjamin HEDGECOCK/HISCOCK/HITCHCOCK


> On Fri, 2 Feb 2007 21:40:15 -0000
> "Dorothy Jones" <> wrote:
>
>> IMHO the parentage for Benjamin is more likely to be the Matthew
>> I found with Benjamin and Daniel at Exmansford in the Parish
>> Houses Rental Book. There were only 4 Parish houses there and it
>> appears to me likely that Grandfather, Father & Son were
>> occupying one cottage. We know that Benjamin had a son Daniel
>> born c1808, so the odds are that Matthew HEDGECOCK of Exmans Ford
>> buried 12 Jul 1832 aged 91 [born c1740] was father to Benjamin.
>> As I reported last October, the Rent Book stated ''Mattw
>> HEDGECOCK To repair or his son who lives with him to be turned
>> out.' I'd therefore be more inclined to focus on tracing
>> Matthew's history.
>
> I had a look for a burial for Matthews wife, Elizabeth, and the most
> likely seems to be that of Elizabeth Hitchcock at Baughurst on 5 Mar
> 1786. No age given.
>
> I don't have an unmarried Elizabeth nor any other wives that this
> burial could relate to (unless I have missed one)
>
> Tomorrow I'll check Kingsclere baptisms (& IGI) for a Matthew born
> 1740ish as this is rather earlier than my previous estimate of 1760
> for his birth.
>
> --
> John Lewis
> Debian Linux with Geneweb genealogy application
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