For ages I've been trying to find Mary Hocknell. She married William Critchlow in Stoke on Trent in 1805. The 1841 Census suggests she was born in Staffordshire in 1786. I've trawled trhough births on FMP/Ancestry/FS - extending spelling/ birth range/location and checking possibilities wagainst deaths/marriages. Today I've hit a long range possibility - Mary Hinkinsal born in Burton on Trent in 1786. I've been unable to find any other people anywhere with this name - wondered whether the vicar misheard! William and Mary's first child was called Samuel - I can't find any close Samuels in William's Family, but Samuel Hinkinsal is given as the father on the baptism record.
Clutching at straws? And even if it is a mangling of Hocknell, as I can't find him anywhere else- still no further back with my Mary's roots..... Any ideas?
Clutching at straws? And even if it is a mangling of Hocknell, as I can't find him anywhere else- still no further back with my Mary's roots..... Any ideas?
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