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Hi

It seems like you had a really good time on that bike ride.

Nice to visit places your rellies have lived.

Mel

Just to update things ... I have still not got beyond George down my Vincent line. I have accepted that his wife Rebecca (Rebekkah) was born in Stinsford and the Chamberlain line goes back from there through the Bishops' Transcripts. The family were cordwainers.

Rebecca's mother was a Bishop and there are dozens of those nearby in Fordington (on the outskirts of Dorchester) and there are connections back to Long Bredy.

Last summer we cycled all round the area as part of the annual Dorset Historic Churches Trust fundraiser. We started at Melcombe Horsey where George married Rebecca (and where he's buried) and passed through Dewlish (loads of Vincents there!), Milborne st Andrew where George's son James found his wife Martha Gover and on to beautiful Stinsford (where Thomas Hardy's heart is buried in the churchyard).

An amazing day.

Thanks Malcolm for the update glad you have "found"
her

At last, the mystery of Rebecca is solved. She did come from Stinsford and she died in Melcombe Horsey in 1841. The reason I could find her on the Dorset OPC site is that she is missing from the transcription! I found her on the Bishops Transcripts microfiche in the Family History Centre in London.

My sincere thanks to all who responded.

I am still reluctant to link Rebecca to mr grx4 grandfather although the circumstantial evidence is fairly strong. Next month I will visit Dorchester where I might uncover more. If I do, I will update this thread.

Thank you all for your kindness.

Malcolm Vincent

I have Chamberlains in my family tree from the Kingston Wimbledon area in the late 1800' s. R these in your tree?

Along shot but something you might want to look up if you get to record office
If she did marry William Foot Cross .cannot find her in 1851 no death before then Rebecca Cross but there is this one


Deaths Jun 1847

Foot Rebecca Sturminster 8 84

well 1861 census Rebecca (Frampton) looks like she was John 's wife in 1851 census
Your death cert one looks like it could be this one in 1851 thenName: Rebecca Vincent
Age: 82
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1769
Relation: Mother-in-law
Gender: Female
Where born: Stratton, Dorset, England

Civil Parish: Piddlehinton

Hello,

Thank you all for your information. I have the death cert for the Rebecca in 1857 and it isn't mine. This Rebecca died in Piddlehinton and was the widow of William Vincent, Ag Lab. She was 85 thus birth 1772-ish. Death reported by daughter Martha (onfusing since my Rebecca had a daughter Martha (MY GGGGrandma) but my Martha was in Sunderland by then.

Yes, my Rebecca is almost certainly one of the Stinsford Chamberlains (Chamberlaynes) but I cannot prove it ... yet. I guess it will await a trip to Dorchester and the archive.

James (1838) is the oldest of his generation. My gggrandfather William (b1857) was his baby brother. Shortly after his birth, his parents moved to Clifton before heading north to Sunderland.

Onwards and .... sideways?
Malcolm Vincent

Do you have this son of James & Martha?

VINCENT, James Christening
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 21 Oct 1838 Recorded in: Melcombe Horsey, Dorset, England
Father: James VINCENT
Mother: Martha
Source: FHL Film 1239212 Dates: 1831 - 1848

Possible birth of Rebecca?

CHAMBERLAYNE, Rebecca Christening
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 22 Aug 1790 Recorded in: Stinsford, Dorset, England
Father: John Chamberlayne
Mother: Hannah
Source: FHL Film 1239229 Dates: 1774 - 1815

Rebecca Chamberlayne Pedigree
Female


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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 22 AUG 1790 Bockhampton, Dorset, England
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Parents:
Father: John Chamberlayne Family
Mother: Hanna
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Messages:
Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church.

I guess you have this?

VINCENT, James Age: 23 Marriage
Wife: Martha Smith GOVER Age: 24
Marriage Date: 3 Oct 1837 Recorded in: Melcombe Horsey, Dorset, England
Husband's Father: George VINCENT
Wife's Father: Silas GOVER
Source: FHL Film 1239212 Dates: 1837 - 1837

Rebecca Pedigree
Female


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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 31 JAN 1741 Stinsford, Dorset, England
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Parents:
Father: Henry Chamberlain Family
Mother: Elizabeth
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Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record

Thia looks like the marriage on BVRI, 1814 though.

VINCENT, George Marriage
Wife: Rebekka CHAMBERLAIN
Marriage Date: 13 Feb 1814 Recorded in: Melcombe Horsey, Dorset, England
Source: FHL Film 1239212 Dates: 1812 - 1822

Another of their children?

George Vincent Pedigree
Male
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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 16 MAR 1824 Melcombe-Horsey, , Dorset, England
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Parents:
Father: George Vincent Family
Mother: Rebecca
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Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record.

Please post death info when you have it then. The search will continue if it is'nt her who has been "promoted to glory". Good Salvation Army words for the dead

Could be but I have no way of knowing unless the death cert confirms that "my" Rebecca had already been "promoted to glory". I am fairly confident that she was born in Stinsford/Bockhampton so more unlikely to be the same.

Yes, the OPC site is simply the bee's knees!

Many thanks for your clue.

Malcolm

1861 could this be her????
Name: Rebecca Vincent -widow
Age: 70
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1791
Relation: Visitor
Gender: Female
Where born: Frampton, Dorset, England

Civil Parish: Radipole
County/Island: Dorset
Country: England

Registration district: Weymouth
Sub registration district: Upway
Name: Robert Hiron
Age: 65
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1796
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Frampton, Dorset, England

Civil Parish: Radipole
County/Island: Dorset
Have you seen this site
http://www.opcdorset.com/MelcombeHorseyFiles/Melcombe%20Horsey.htm

Just to confuse matters, it is highly likely that George married ...

Rebecca/Rebekkah Chamberlain/Chamberlayne who was born in Stinsford (outside Dorchester) although I can't prove it. Their son James sometimes lists his birthplace as "Lwr Bockhampton" which is a hamlet within Stinsford parish.

I await delivery of a death certificate for Rebecca Vincent who died in Dorchster in 1854. If it is "my gggggrandmother" then she didn't marry William Cross.

Malcolm