Ok a bit long winded this so apologies first!
I have searched everywhere for Alice Puttenham/Puttnam/Putnam. She was probably born around 1740, in the Aston Clinton area, Bucks. Unfortunately she doesn't seem to exist, lol!
She had a son, Joseph Puttenham in 1761. There is no father named in the PR's, not even "illegitimate", just blank. Joseph then marries in 1785 for the first time, to Anne Flaxman/Flexman, but when he marries, he marries as Joseph Vere not Puttenham/Putnam. His children with Anne are nearly all baptised with the surname Vere "alias Putnam"
I was told by the kind people at Bucks FHS that it was probably to do with inheritance?
I cannot find Alice being born in Aston Clinton, however there was also a Hannah Puttenham who gave birth to an illegitimate child just before Alice did.
There was a George & Elizabeth Puttenham/Putnam who had a lot of children in the village, I think I have tracked their marriage down to Aldbury Herts, in 1731. I think these could be her parents. They were the parents of Hannah. I have looked there, no baptism for Alice. I am almost as certain as I can possibly be that this is the right couple, especially now I have noticed a Joseph Casemore in Aston Clinton around that time.
I also found two baptisms for Hannah, parents George & Elizabeth, both 6 months apart in Aston Clinton in 1739/40. There is no death for a Hannah in between. I am thinking that the Vicar wrote Hannah on one of the entries that should have been Alice, & it is merely an error on his part.
What do you think?
There is a will at Bucks RO, for a George Puttnam (the elder) Yeoman, made in 1780, probate 1800. Do you think it would be worth my getting a copy of this will just in case it may throw a bit of light on the puzzle?
It is a struggle to get the info because they lived on the Bucks/Herts border so I am having a job tracking them down.
Any ideas appreciated as to what to do next.
Thanks
I have searched everywhere for Alice Puttenham/Puttnam/Putnam. She was probably born around 1740, in the Aston Clinton area, Bucks. Unfortunately she doesn't seem to exist, lol!
She had a son, Joseph Puttenham in 1761. There is no father named in the PR's, not even "illegitimate", just blank. Joseph then marries in 1785 for the first time, to Anne Flaxman/Flexman, but when he marries, he marries as Joseph Vere not Puttenham/Putnam. His children with Anne are nearly all baptised with the surname Vere "alias Putnam"
I was told by the kind people at Bucks FHS that it was probably to do with inheritance?
I cannot find Alice being born in Aston Clinton, however there was also a Hannah Puttenham who gave birth to an illegitimate child just before Alice did.
There was a George & Elizabeth Puttenham/Putnam who had a lot of children in the village, I think I have tracked their marriage down to Aldbury Herts, in 1731. I think these could be her parents. They were the parents of Hannah. I have looked there, no baptism for Alice. I am almost as certain as I can possibly be that this is the right couple, especially now I have noticed a Joseph Casemore in Aston Clinton around that time.
I also found two baptisms for Hannah, parents George & Elizabeth, both 6 months apart in Aston Clinton in 1739/40. There is no death for a Hannah in between. I am thinking that the Vicar wrote Hannah on one of the entries that should have been Alice, & it is merely an error on his part.
What do you think?
There is a will at Bucks RO, for a George Puttnam (the elder) Yeoman, made in 1780, probate 1800. Do you think it would be worth my getting a copy of this will just in case it may throw a bit of light on the puzzle?
It is a struggle to get the info because they lived on the Bucks/Herts border so I am having a job tracking them down.
Any ideas appreciated as to what to do next.
Thanks
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