Lincolnshire Genealogy

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Knight

by Judith W. Pizzo

Jul 18, 2009

I have a brick wall I have been butting my head against for several years now. My GGG grandfather was James Knight (possibly b Cambridgeshire 1785) who married Elizabeth LeFevre (b 2 Jan 1866 Wigtoft). they lived and raised their children in Long Sutton. Their first child, William, was christened 18 Aug 1811 St Nicholas, Long Sutton but the only name on the christening record is Elizabeth Knight. I found out about James only through William's marriage certificate which named James Knight as his father. the rest of their children (Susannah, Patient, James, Charles, Charles, Robert, Thomas, and Jane have both James and Elizabeth Knight listed as the parents. In the 1841 census, William and Elizabeth Knight are listed as next door to Robert and Elizabeth Knight. Both William and Robert are listed as not born in Lincolnshire. In the 1851 census, Robert is listed as born in Cambridgeshire; James died in 1844 so the trail ends there. I have been unable to find James or Robert prior to 1841. Any hints would be welcome!!!!
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    Anne Cole

    Judith, I see that the marriage took place in 1811 at Lutton (another name for Sutton St Nicholas). Long Sutton, by the way, is Sutton St Mary, a different parish. Have you had the BTs checked to see if James appears as the father on the baptism entry there? Sometimes the BTs differ from the parish registers. Or perhaps you have seen the BTs and need to have the parish register checked?
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    Jul 18, 2009

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      Anne Cole

      Judith,

      The Lincolnshire FHS Baptism & Burial Index 1754-1812 East Elloe Deanery has William son of James and Elizabeth Knight baptised Lutton 18 August 1811. There is an indication that there is more information in the register than there is on the index. I don't know what that extra information is and don't have access to it here at home. All the entries in our indexes are taken from the parish registers and checked with the BTs.
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      Jul 21, 2009

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