Hi all,
I have got back to my 5 x great grandfather, Richard Collingbourne who was born in 1738 in Shurdington, Gloucestershire (I think).
Now according to several other trees on anc his father was a Pitman Collingbourne b1715. I cannot find any evidence to back this up though. Pitman has 5 other children and I have managed to find birth baptism records for 4 of them which name Pitman and Ann as parents. I cannot find any baptism records or birth records for Richard though?
I don't just want to assume that Pitman is Richard's father without anything to back it up but not sure where else to look?
Advice welcomed!
Thank you!
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20-07-2019, 12:28 PM #1
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Finding evidence..
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20-07-2019, 2:52 PM #2
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Where would Richard fit in the family, if first or last they may have moved into or out of the parish? Have you found Pitman and Ann's marriage entry?
I first have you tried looking for him under Ann's maiden name?
Did Pitman Collingbourne leave a will?
Just a few of many questions I would be trying to answer.
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20-07-2019, 4:10 PM #3
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I found a marriage record for a Pitman Collingbourne and Ann Hill for 1740 in Woodchester, which is two years after Richard's birth year.
I did find a Richard Hill born in 1738 in Woodchester but it lists William Hill as his father. I wondered if Ann Hill had been married before but can find no record of this.. plus Hill I think is her maiden name as I found her baptism record for 1713 and it lists her father as a Joseph Hill.
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20-07-2019, 4:47 PM #4
Could Ann be his second wife?
Back then, widowers left with small children often remarried fairly rapidly.
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20-07-2019, 6:34 PM #5
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21-07-2019, 10:59 AM #6
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Pitman Collingbourn Married Ann Hill 18 Sept 1740 Woodchester Gloucestershire
Taken from Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813
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21-07-2019, 11:39 AM #7
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Looking at other trees on Ancestry that have acctual Records from Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813.
Richard Collingbourn was born before Pitman Married Ann Hill, also he was born in a different place to all the other children Pitman & Ann had. They where all Baptised at Woodchester, Gloucestershire.
Taken from Family Search
Pitman & Ann only Baptised 4 children
Sarah 25 Dec 1743
Joseph 26 Jan 1745
Pitman 2 Aug 1748
Ann 26 July 1751
Son Pitman married Mary Neate
17 Apr 1774
Bitton, Gloucester, England
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21-07-2019, 12:51 PM #8
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So possibly not his father at all then! Or from another marriage? Hmm I need to dig some more then. Don't want to be barking up completely the wrong tree.
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