My 4xGt Grandfather was William Bunning who was baptised on 25th May 1760 in Bulwick Northamptonshire. On the baptism entry his parents are given as Robert and Susannah Bunning.
This is where I hit the brickwall!
The only marriage I can find is for Robert Bunning and Susannah Satchil (Satchel?) in Deene (the neighbouring parish to Bulwick) on 31st August 1765 - 5 years after William's birth. Not impossible I know, but the only Susannah Satchel I can find was baptised on 3rd July 1848 in Deene, which would put her at only 12 years old when William was born, unless she was baptised as a child rather than as an infant, but there is nothing on the Baptism entry to suggest this.
(By the by, the marriage of Robert & Susannah was by Licence rather than Banns - does this have any significance? Their ages for example? 17 & 19 rather than over 21)
I can't find a baptism for Robert Bunning in the area, but there is a burial in Bulwick on 4th February 1831 giving an age as 85, which would put his birth at around 1746. The right age for Susannah, but again, he would only have been 14 when William, was born.
I have trawled the Parish records in the Northants Archives and can't find any other possibles. There is a Robert Bunning listed on FamilySearch as being baptised in 1746 in Northumberland, but I haven't followed his path to see if he may be the one who ended up on Northamptonshire. My head is too sore at the moment!
Can anyone help or advise what else I might try??
Thanks.
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14-04-2012, 4:37 PM #1
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BUNNING Brickwall - Northamptonshire - Help!
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14-04-2012, 6:03 PM #2
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Marriage licenses were granted by the church authorities so that a marriage could take place without the banns being called. To obtain a marriage license, one of the parties had to swear that there was no just cause or impediment why they should not marry, and this was called the allegation (or affidavit). Another document called a bond was drawn up and this meant a sum of money would be paid out if it turned out that the marriage was contrary to canon law.
An allegation or bond might give additional information about the couple, such as their ages, residence, parents or guardians who gave consent for the marriage. Mind you, there are no guarantees on the information contained in an allegation/bond.
Surviving bonds and allegations are often kept by record offices. Checking here, bonds and affidavits for the diocese of Peterborough are held by Northamptonshire Record Office. Thus in your shoes, I would contact the record office to see if they can locate the allegation/bond for your couple.
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15-04-2012, 7:31 AM #3CoromandelGuest
There used to be, but is no longer, a Bunning one-name study registered with the Guild of One-Name Studies. That means, I presume, that the one-name.org e-mail address for the one-name study won't be valid any more. I have been trying to find more recent contact details: I will send you a pm about this.
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15-04-2012, 10:35 AM #4ThomasinGuest
I think, dogaholic, that you have misread the date of Susanna's baptism. According to the old form of FamilySearch, it was 3rd July 1743, not 1748, which makes her 17 when William was born.
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15-04-2012, 10:55 AM #5janboothGuest
From Northamptonshire Marriage Index 1700-1837:
Robert BANNING/BUNNING of Bulwick at Deene on 31 August (7 September on Bishops Transcripts) to Susanna SATCHEL by licence.
Northamptonshire Baptismal Index 1751-1837 confirms the baptism on 25 May 1760 at Bulwick of William BUNNING son of Robert & Susannah but then there is the baptism of another William to Robert & Susannah BUNNING on 9 October 1785 at Bulwick. There is a burial at Bulwick (Northamptonshire Burial Index 1751-1812) on 28 December 1780 of a William BUNNING - could this be the William baptised in 1760? Susanna BUNNING, wife of Robert, was buried on 8 December 1788 at Bulwick.
The earliest baptism I can find to Robert & Susannah is that of William in 1760 but they appear to go on having children until the William baptised in 1785. In the Northamptonshire Baptismal Index 1700-1750 there is a Robert BUNNING baptised on 3 May 1724 at Bulwick, parents Christopher & Mary but no baptism around 1746 Two marriages for a Christopher BUNNING both at Bulwick: 16 March 1721/2 to Mary GOODICARY AND 3 May 1722 to Mary PING. Susanna SATCHEL baptised on 3 July 1743 at Deene, parents Thomas & Mary as Thomasin has found above.
Janet
Who and when did your William BUNNING marry and have you found his death which would give you an approximate birth date?
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15-04-2012, 3:11 PM #6
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Many thanks olliecat. I will follow that up and hopefully find more info.
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15-04-2012, 3:12 PM #7
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Thomasin, I was working on that date as well, but when I checked the original Parish Record at the Northants Archive it turned out to be incorrectly transcribed. That was the first head hit on the wall!
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15-04-2012, 3:31 PM #8
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Thanks Janet for all your info. I have also found all those various Williams and other Bunnings. For an unusual surname there are a heck of a lot of them!! I haven't been able to connect any of them to my William for certain. However, his daughter Margaret Priscilla Bunning married George Gray and moved to Kent. On the 1841 census there is a William Bunning in the Gray household with a birth date c.1785 which is obviously the other William of Robert & Susannah. Confusing, huh? Makes me think there must be two sets of Robert & Susannah - but where oh where is the second set??
My William married Jane Bossingham in Stamford in 1790, so can't possibly be the 1785 baptism. His death is another brickwall. Jane died in 1830 and the burial record in Stamford lists her as 'wife of William Bunning', so presumably he was still alive then. I can't find him on the 1841 census but he would have been 81 years old so most likely died 1830-1841. I have searched all the Stamford burials and some around Bulwick for his burial but found nothing.
If I can solve this brickwall I will have a real Eureka moment!
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15-04-2012, 4:55 PM #9
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16-04-2012, 9:28 AM #10janboothGuest
Can you tell me how you connected your William BUNNING who married Jane in Stamford to the BUNNINGs of Bulwick and how you know his parents are Robert & Susanna? Is this family info passed down or do you have documentary evidence? Also what is on his marriage record to Jane - any helpful witnesses?
Janet
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