Woodland Family

[Trixie-Bell]

Hi Everyone

I am looking for any information on the Woodland Family from Millbrook

Descendants of William Woodland
1 William WOODLAND
.. +Sarah LITCHFIELD
... 2 William Richard WOODLAND Born: Abt. Oct 1783 Baptism: 05 Oct 1783 Millbrook, Bedfordshire Died: Bef. 1841
....... +Nanny UNDERWOOD Born: 01 May 1796 in Millbrook, Bedfordshire Died: 30 Sep 1876 in lower Wortley, District of Bramley, near Leeds, Yorkshire
......... 3 Sarah WOODLAND Born: 12 Oct 1817
......... 3 Mary WOODLAND Born: 27 Jun 1819
......... 3 Richard WOODLAND Born: Abt. 02 May 1820 in Millbrook, England. Baptism: 06 Oct 1889 Sacred Heart Church, Somerset Road, Cape Town. He converted to Catholicism. Died: 04 Jun 1905 in 34 Duke Street, Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa. Burial: 05 Jun 1905 Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town. Occupation: Police Constable Reference:: MOOC 6/9/524 ref: 1699 Cape Town Archives
............. +Mary Jane CARLETON Born: Abt. 16 Jul 1830 in Wexford, County Wexford, Ireland. Died: 16 Jul 1888 in 29 Dixon Street, Cape Town, South Africa. Burial: 17 Jul 1888 Somerset Road Green Point, Cape Town. Occupation: Domestic Servant in 1855.
......... 3 Thomas WOODLAND Born: 30 Jul 1823
......... 3 Martha WOODLAND Born: 16 Oct 1825
......... 3 John WOODLAND Born: 04 Jul 1827
......... 3 James WOODLAND Born: 12 Oct 1828
......... 3 Catherine WOODLAND Born: 17 Oct 1830
......... 3 Elizabeth WOODLAND Born: 1833
............. +William Hemmingway HALL
... 2 Richard WOODLAND Born: 1798 Died: 1871
....... +Deborah MEAD Born: 1806 Died: 1886
......... 3 John WOODLAND Born: 1855 Died: 1929
............. +Ann Woodland TRAVELL

would love to hear from anyone related
regards
Trixie

[davidcarca]

A Leeds descendant of Elizabeth b 1833 was enquiring about this family 18 months or so ago on [url]
(now that the 1841 is online I can see that the family was living in Leeds in 1841).

If you need any census information, just shout, although I suspect that you have 1841 if you have deduced that William was dead by then.

A William Woodland age 53 was buried at Millbrook on 23 Dec 1807 and a Sarah Woodland age 58 on 7 Jan 1816.

The IGI includes extracted entries for virtually all of Beds pre 1812. There's only one William Woodland in the right time frame, baptised 3 Aug 1755 at Aspley Guise (5 miles from Millbrook), parents Richard & Elizabeth (William & Sarah named a son Richard in 1798, if you believe in naming patterns). You need to check Millbrook parish register (or at least the transcript) to see if parishes of residence were given for William and Sarah's marriage on 1 Nov 1777 at Millbrook, but this William baptism looks pretty positive.

A Sarah Litchfield was baptised in Millbrook on 7 Jul 1755, parents John and Sarah, although there were burials of three Sarah Litchfields in Millbrook, any of which might have been this one - 29 Sept 1755, 16 Jan 1757, and 20 May 1757. You'd need the transcript to try to work out who was who.

David

[Trixie-Bell]

Hello David

Thanks so very much for your reply - I am very exicted to get this email.
Living on the otherside of the world does make it difficult to get hold of these records so anything is appreciated.

I have contacted the other person who you suggested so I will need to wait and see.

I have a copy of that 1841 transcript and yes it is my family - I found it last year after our family had lost the missing link for over 100 years.

I see William was not on the census but was not too sure if William was dead as I did not think it stated the marital status of his wife ?

Well my trip to England next year will certainly now deserve a trip to the old home town.

Thanks a million for your kind help
Kind regards
Heather nee Woodland- Cape Town South Africa
Ps If you need any help on South African records please do not hesitate to ask me.

[JPBeds]

Hello, In response to David's queries & his prompt

The marriage of William Woodland to Sarah Litchfield on 1 Nov 1777 has no further details as to which parish they came from, so assume otp.

Burials of Sarah Litchfield,
29 Sept 1755 daughter of Edward & Sarah Litchfield
16 Jan 1757 daughter of John & Sarah Litchfield
20 May 1757 wife of John Litchfiel

Burial of William Woodland on 23 Dec 1807 says senior, age 53

more info on children of William & Sarah Woodland should be on the IGI.
Baptisms; Thomas 3 May 1778, Kitty 17 Mar 1781, William 5 Oct 1783, Eliz 26 Mar 1786, Sarah 1 Jan 1788, Martha 2 June 1790.

On 17 June 1798 we have Ann born 31/03/1793, Mary born 31/08/1794, Richard born 21/01/1798;
+ wonderfully named, Flowers, son of John & Ann Woodland (my name is Sue, how do you do !)

Burials, William 8 Feb 1780, Sarah 12 Feb 1799 age 21, Ann 26 Feb 1799 age 6

Regards John

[Trixie-Bell]

Hello John

Thanks very much indeed - this is wonderful news - after being at it for over 20 years now I am really making some excellent progress.

I have seen the name of Flowers before and also thought what beautiful and unsual name - I would have thought it was a girls name - how wrong was I !!

The Richard born 21/01/1798 is definitely mine and ties up with the rest of the family.

I am most greatful for this information. If there is any help you need from South Africa please do not hesitate to ask

kind regards

[davidcarca]

Even better news about Flowers Woodland is that there was an earlier Flowers Woodland baptised in Aspley Guise on 6 April 1773, also son of Richard and Elizabeth Woodland. I think that adds more evidence that William who married in Millbrook in 1777 was the one baptised in Aspley Guise in 1755.

The problem occurs with a marriage for Richard Woodland and Elizabeth, which I cannot find (it wouldn't surprise me if she was Elizabeth Flowers!). A Richard Woodland was buried in Aspley Guise on 2 March 1796, and an Elizabeth on 30 Nov 1804. No ages are given unfortunately.

Prior to the 1750s the bulk of the Woodland burials in Beds were in Husborne Crawley, a mile from Aspley Guise - but no Richard was baptised there at the right time. And there were a lot of Flowers in Ampthill, 4 miles away, in the period 1730-1820

Got any brilliant thoughts JP?

David

[JPBeds]

Someone posted a marriage entry on the IGI of Richard Woodland to an Elizabeth <about 1771> at Aspley Guise, He was born <about 1749> & she was born <about 1752>. However there is not an extracted entry from the PR so fictional. There was a Richard Woodland baptised at Husbourne Crawley on 20 Oct 1748 ....... but he died 1749

John

[davidcarca]

I think that particular LDS member was working backwards from the 1773 Flowers, ignoring the fact that Richard and Elizabeth produced children from 1755-1773, which obviously makes their births much earlier - c 1733.

David

[Perriss]

I have people in my burial records database with that name.

If I can help anyone looking for ancestors let me know.

Eileen

[Trixie-Bell]

Hello Eileen

I would be greatful if you could let me have any burials on the Woodland's - have hit a brick wall.

kind regards
Heather nee Woodland -South Africa

heather@ancestry24.co.za

[Trixie-Bell]

Thanks everyone so much for your help so far - it is much appeciated
kind regards
Heather nee Woodland - South Africa

[Perriss]

Hi Heather,

I actually live very close to Aspley Guise, these are the burial records that I have for WOODLAND family buried at St. Botolph Church in Aspley Guise:

17 Dec 1781 Elizabeth
22 Nov 1766 Sarah
1 Feb 1783 William
2 Mar 1796 Richard
30 Nov 1804 Elizabeth
28 Nov 1805 Ann
4 Feb 1806 James
7 Sep 1806 William
and
6 Jul 1809 Elizabeth

Eileen