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I am battling to find the maiden name of Hester Stone married to John Stone.
I have found only two possibilities a Hester Brain and a Hester Parker. Hester Stone was born in Biddisham Somerset in about 1813 and John Stone and Hester had the following children:-
Census 1851 Ann aged 13,Sarah 10, George 7, and John 3

Census 1871 William 19,Elizabeth 10,Hester 8 and grandson John 6.

I am a bit confused over the children. Did they have 7 children as the Hester Stone in both Census records was born in Biddisham and husband John born in Bleadon parish Somerset.

Would appreciate some help here.

Many thanks

Micheline

Hi Micheline, if you can find the birth of one of the children then their birth certificate will give you her maiden name. Look on http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

What exactly is confusing you about the children?

Just for our reference, here is the 1851:

STONE, John Head Married M 41 1810 Farm Labourer Bleadon, Somerset
STONE, Hester Wife Married F 37 1814 Biddisham, Somerset
STONE, Ann Daur Unmarried F 13 1838 Bleadon, Somerset
STONE, Sarah Daur F 10 1841 Bleadon, Somerset
STONE, George Son M 7 1844 Bleadon, Somerset
STONE, John Son M 3 1848 Bleadon, Somerset

Piece: 1936 Folio: 414 Page: 27
Registration District: Axbridge
Civil Parish: Bleadon

Address: Bleadon County: Somersetshire

This should answer your question

Births Dec 1844 (>99%)
Stone George Axbridge 10 326


There is also this marriage

spouse: Hester Reyden
groom's name: John Stone
bride's name: Hester Reyden
marriage date: 03 Aug 1833
marriage place: Lympsham, Somerset, England
indexing project (batch) number: I02242-0
system origin: England-EASy
source film number: 1364058

There are several trees on Ancestry for this family

Hester's maiden name is shown as RIDEN but the record on one of them states that on the parish marriage entry she is shown as ROYDON - married 1833 Lympsham Somerset

You can view the tree on this free link https://www.mundia.com/gb

If Hester was born 1813 surely she wouldn't have an 8 year old daughter in 1871? She would have been 50 when daughter Hester was born.

The 1861 certainly shows 7 children (that lived, anyway) plus there would have been Ann who was on the 1851 but would have left home by now:

STONE, John Head Married M 49 1812 Labourer Huntspill, Somerset
STONE, Hester Wife Married F 47 1814 Biddisham, Somerset
STONE, George Son M 16 1845 Labourer Bleadon, Somerset
STONE, John Son M 12 1849 Scholar Bleadon, Somerset
STONE, William Son M 9 1852 Scholar Bleadon, Somerset
STONE, Arthur Son M 6 1855 Scholar Bleadon, Somerset
STONE, Martha Daughter F 3 1858 Scholar Bleadon, Somerset
STONE, Elizabeth Daughter F 0 (6M) 1861 Bleadon, Somerset
STONE, Sarah Daughter Unmarried F 20 1841 House Servant Bleadon, Somerset

Piece: 1670 Folio: 28 Page: 22
Registration District: Axbridge
Civil Parish: Bleadon

Address: Shiplett Hill, Wonderstone, Bleadon County: Somersetshire

this is the marraige Barry mentioned
Groom's Name: John Stone
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name: Hester Reyden
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date: 03 Aug 1833
Marriage Place: Lympsham, Somerset, England
Groom's Father's Name:
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name:
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I02242-0
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 1364058
Reference Number: p22
Source Citation

Here's that 1871 for reference, it's possible that the youngest child belonged to one of her older daughters but was passed off as her own:

STONE, John Head M 59 1812 Somerset
STONE, Hester Wife F 58 1813 Somerset
STONE, William Son M 19 1852 Somerset
STONE, Elizabeth Daughter F 10 1861 Somerset
STONE, Hester Daughter F 8 1863 Somerset
STONE, John Grandson M 6 1865 Oxfordshire

Piece: 2456 Folio: 22 Page: 7
Registration District: Axbridge
Civil Parish: Bleadon

Address: Bleadon County: Somersetshire

birth ????
Name: Esther Ryden
Gender: Female
Baptism/Christening Date: 03 Nov 1814
Baptism/Christening Place: Lympsham, Somerset, England
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Esther Ryden
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I02241-9
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 1364058
Reference Number: p 5

But the 61 census doesn't have daughter Ann who is on the 51 census. 8 children?

1841 at Bleadon, Bleadon
STONE, John M 30 1811 Somerset
STONE, Hester F 27 1814 Somerset
STONE, Maria F 7 1834 Somerset
STONE, Ann F 4 1837 Somerset
STONE, Sarah F 1 1840 Somerset

From Family Search
groom's name: John Stone
bride's name: Hester Reyden
marriage date: 03 Aug 1833
marriage place: Lympsham, Somerset,
England indexing project (batch) number: I02242-0
system origin: England-EASy
source film number: 1364058

the mother
?????
Name: Hester Ridon
Gender: Female
Baptism/Christening Date: 14 Feb 1790
Baptism/Christening Place: Lympsham, Somerset, England
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: George Ridon
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Sarah
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I02241-9
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 1364058

submitted tree on IGI
name: Hester RIDEN
gender: Female
christening: 21 Feb 1790
Lympsham, , Somerset, Eng
christening: 21 Feb 1790
Lympsham,Somerset,England
AFN: KX6F-CS
Parents
father: George RIDEN (AFN: KX6F-74 )
mother: Sarah POOL (AFN: KX6F-89 )
Submitters (4)
submitter: lcottle3119067
submitter: garandall943913

Thanks everybody for the valuable information. Much appreciated . Micheline