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Subject: Methodist or Non-Conformist marriages
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 13:33:49 +1000

Dear Colin,

Cant help you with BYFLEET. But regarding tracing Methodist or
Non-Conformist marriages and births, you might look for something called
'Dr William's Library Records'. The Archives Office in Cambridge has them all.

A number of Non-Conformists in Cambridgeshire (and elsewhere)at that time
registered their marriages, births and deaths, not with the parish church
which they of course rejected, but with a friendly doctor in London named
Dr. Williams. He simply kept a record of any births deaths or marriages
which any Non-Conformist family wanted to record.

I found the birth of two people in my family tree there. They were two
brothers born in Fordham, Cambridgeshire, in the 1790s to Non-Conformist
parents. The births were not registered until 1816 when presumably they
heard about Dr Williams and went down to London and registered them.

Regards,
Jeff Atkinson,
Melbourne, Australia.

At 15:56 12/07/98 +0100, you wrote:
>Am searching for leads about the above surnames, especially BYFLEET in the
>following areas
>
>Cambridgeshire - Prickwillow, Littleport
>Essex - Ridgewell, Finchingfield
>
>My 2ggrandfather George Byfleet was born in Ridgewell in 1820 and moved to
>Prickwillow about 1840, there he married Elizabeth Ainger (widow) nee Law
>or Laws. I think they were Methodists and so marriage not so easily
>traceable. Have not ascertained George's parents, and so am in need of
>help!
>
>There seem to be very few Byfleets in the world (about 30, I think), can
>anyone lessen the loneliness?
>
>Colin
>
>
>

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