Greetings all, hope everyone had a good Christmas. Having exhausted eating, board games and watching the Queen's speech as possible diversions, I'm back to FH research, and would be grateful for any help with this teaser...
The following were based in Leicestershire, mostly in various villages between Lutterworth and Market Harborough (occasionally straying into Northamptonshire, which of course adds to the fun since I'm never quite sure which county to look in):
Samuel Carter, b c1774, married Tamar Williamson b c1775. Children Mary (1), Joseph, Samuel, Thomas, John and Isaac definite. Elizabeth and Edward (2) also suspected to be their children, the only doubt being that their mother would have been 50 by the time Edward was born, which struck me as slightly unlikely, although probably just about possible. Since I have Edward's marriage certificate, which gives his father's name as Samuel, and the occupation given also matches, I'm reasonably sure that this Samuel was indeed Edward's father, but as he was born pre-civ reg I've no birth certificate and thus no record of his mother - so there might have been a second marriage involved, although I've no evidence for this.
Mary (1), b c1800, married Uriah (sometimes Uzziah) Hart (3) b c1796. Children Harriet, Uriah, Samuel (4) and Thomas. Samuel Hart (4) b c1838 married Sarah Knight b c1841, and had a daughter Charlotte.
Edward (2) b c1825, married Mary Ann Hart (5) b c1828. Children Jane (6), Eliza, Mary, Louisa, Edward, Ellen, Evelyn and William. Jane Carter (6) married Berry Knight b c1837 - her cousin's (Samuel, 4) wife's (Sarah's) brother. Jane was Berry Knight's second wife - his first was Charlotte Hart.
So...
Little question: do you think it likely that Tamar would have had a child at the age of 50? I've never known anyone else have one that late.
Big question: there are three lots of Harts involved here: Uzziah Hart (3) and his children; Mary Ann Hart (5); and Charlotte Hart, Berry Knight's first wife. Given that Hart is a fairly rare name and they're all based in the same area, it seems likely that they're connected, but I can't work out how. The only clue I have is that Mary Ann's birthplace is given as Markfield - the same place where Uzziah and family are recorded on the 1841 census, which suggests a link. All I'm certain of is that the two Charlottes are not the same person - since Berry and Charlotte Knight had their first child four years before the other Charlotte was born! Any help would be much appreciated.
The following were based in Leicestershire, mostly in various villages between Lutterworth and Market Harborough (occasionally straying into Northamptonshire, which of course adds to the fun since I'm never quite sure which county to look in):
Samuel Carter, b c1774, married Tamar Williamson b c1775. Children Mary (1), Joseph, Samuel, Thomas, John and Isaac definite. Elizabeth and Edward (2) also suspected to be their children, the only doubt being that their mother would have been 50 by the time Edward was born, which struck me as slightly unlikely, although probably just about possible. Since I have Edward's marriage certificate, which gives his father's name as Samuel, and the occupation given also matches, I'm reasonably sure that this Samuel was indeed Edward's father, but as he was born pre-civ reg I've no birth certificate and thus no record of his mother - so there might have been a second marriage involved, although I've no evidence for this.
Mary (1), b c1800, married Uriah (sometimes Uzziah) Hart (3) b c1796. Children Harriet, Uriah, Samuel (4) and Thomas. Samuel Hart (4) b c1838 married Sarah Knight b c1841, and had a daughter Charlotte.
Edward (2) b c1825, married Mary Ann Hart (5) b c1828. Children Jane (6), Eliza, Mary, Louisa, Edward, Ellen, Evelyn and William. Jane Carter (6) married Berry Knight b c1837 - her cousin's (Samuel, 4) wife's (Sarah's) brother. Jane was Berry Knight's second wife - his first was Charlotte Hart.
So...
Little question: do you think it likely that Tamar would have had a child at the age of 50? I've never known anyone else have one that late.
Big question: there are three lots of Harts involved here: Uzziah Hart (3) and his children; Mary Ann Hart (5); and Charlotte Hart, Berry Knight's first wife. Given that Hart is a fairly rare name and they're all based in the same area, it seems likely that they're connected, but I can't work out how. The only clue I have is that Mary Ann's birthplace is given as Markfield - the same place where Uzziah and family are recorded on the 1841 census, which suggests a link. All I'm certain of is that the two Charlottes are not the same person - since Berry and Charlotte Knight had their first child four years before the other Charlotte was born! Any help would be much appreciated.
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