Family History

17 Apr 2023

We’re planning another visit to Buckinghamshire Archives.

These are the things we want to double check in Shalstone (in date order):

  1. Shalstone: search “Register of baptisms, marriages and burials, 1538-1707 (PR_183/1/1)” for any mentions of Tew, Hinson, Fetters, Allen, Harrop (we didn’t manage to search this one last time)
  2. Shalstone: marriage of Corbett Tew to Sarah Allen around 1752 (we found nothing last time, but some people believe it exists)
  3. Shalstone: baptism of William Tew. Must be before 1768, possibly back to 1750? (we found nothing last time, but we should double check)
  4. Shalstone: find Benjamin Fetters baptism, 1767-1773. Parents John and Mary?
  5. Shalstone: some Fitters baptisms, are they Fetters?
    1. John, son of John and Mary, 1769 (may be John who died 1812)
    2. Mary, dau. of John and Mary, 1775 (may be Mary who died 1809)
  6. Shalstone: find John Fetters baptism around 1799. Married Mary Bowler in Mursley, 1825
  7. Shalstone: baptism of Susannah Fetters, dau. of Benjamin and Martha, 31 May 1807 (we have this recorded as a burial)
  8. Shalstone: baptism of William Tew, son of John and Mary, 5 Nov 1820; PR183/1/8; page 6
  9. Shalstone: banns of Sarah Tew and John Watts, 25 Mar 1832. Any more information about parentage of Sarah? Her marriage had witnesses
  10. Shalstone: baptism of Benjamin Fetters/Fletcher, son of William and Sophia, 1842
  11. Shalstone: marriage of George Tew and “Caroline” Whitehead, 28 Jan 1858. (Find on findmypast first, we have marriage certificate, want to check Caroline/Catherine’s name)

These are the new searches we want to make in Westbury:

  1. Westbury: baptism of Emma Tew, dau. of George Tew and Mary Quinny, 1853 (TODO: find on Findmypast, we have birth certificate already)
  2. Westbury: Whiteheads, Russels, Walker, Meadowes
    1. Baptism of Prudence Russel, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth, 22 Jun 1806
    2. Baptism of William Whitehead, son of George and Catherine, 2 Jan 1803
    3. Baptism of George Whitehead, son of Michael and Esther Walker, 2 Feb 1766
    4. Marriage of Michael Whitehead and Esher Walker, 16 Apr 1750
    5. Baptism of Esther Walker, dau. of John Walker and Hannah Meadowes, 9 Jul 1727
    6. Marriage of John Walker and Hannah Meadowes, 17 Feb 1723
  3. Westbury: baptism of George Tew, son of George and Catherine, 1860
  4. Westbury: baptism of Tom Tew, son of George and Catherine, 1863
  5. Westbury: baptism of William Tee, son of John and Kitty, 28 May 1815 – check surname
  6. Westbury: a group of Tow baptisms, we could check surname
    1. Elizabeth Tow, son of John and Elizabeth, 27 Jun 1677
    2. William Tow, son of John, 11 Aug 1683
    3. Mary Tow, son of John, 24 Oct 1685
  7. Westbury: a group of Toe/Tow/Tew baptisms, we could check surname
    1. Edward Tow/Tew, son of William and Anne, 10 Sep 1636
    2. William Tow/Tew, son of William and Anne, 30 Sep 1636
    3. Joane Tow, dau of William and Anne, 6 Sep 1639
    4. Maria Towe, 9 Jun 1644
    5. John Toe, son of William and Anne, 20 Dec 1646
  8. Westbury: a group of Tow/Tee/Tew marriages, we could check surname:
    1. John Tow and Elizabeth Medcraft, 14 Oct 1675
    2. John Tee (of Turweston) and Kitty Collin, 27 Mar 1815
  9. Westbury: a group of Tow burials, we could check surname
    1. Edward Tow 1639 (could be born 1636, son of William and Anne)
    2. Elizabeth Tow 1678 (could be born 1677, dau. of John and Elizabeth)
    3. Elizabeth Tow 1685 (could be wife of John above)
    4. John Tow 1679
    5. John Tow 1693 (could be elder John, husband of Elizabeth)
    6. Mary Tow 1685 (could be born 1658, dau. of John and Elizabeth)
    7. William Tow 1683 (could be born 1683, son of John and Elizabeth)

Then we have searches in other places:

  1. Marsworth: baptism of Elizabeth Perkins, dau. of William and Zilpha, 1823 (find on findmypast)
  2. Wilstone: baptism of Zilpha Rance, 1800 (find on findmypast)
  3. Drayton Beauchamp: baptism of William Perkins, 1801 (find on findmypast)
  4. Wavendon: baptism of Alfed Facer, son of William and Eliza, 1847 (Find on findmypast first, we have his brother’s birth certificate but can’t find his)
  5. Radclive: two marriages, surnames could be checked:
    1. Margaret Tei? and William Smewin, 18 May 1725
    2. Hannah Tuwy and Robert Watson, 1 Oct 1751
  6. Maids Moreton: marriage of Jane Tew and Edward Newman, 17 Oct 1765 (is this worth checking?)
  7. Little Horwood: marriage of James Feeter and Rebecka Willmer, 1797 (maybe this is a fetters)

While browsing for clues to research in Buckinghamshire Archives, I came across a mention of a Benjamin Fetter being sentenced to death at the Old Bailey in 1779:

HUGH MULVEY, BENJAMIN FETTER, JOHN WILEY, JOHN WOODMORE, and JAMES STEWARD, were indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Thomas Farley, on the 16th November, about the hour of ten in the night, and stealing two pair of women’s stays, value 30s, a silk gown, value 40s, a black silk gown, value 10s, three linen gowns, value 40s, a crape gown, value 17s, two quilted petticoats, value 20s, two linen petticoats, va;ue 18s, a woollen petticoat, value 7s, two silk cloaks, value 28s, three woman’s silk hats, value 14s, a linen bed-gown, value 5s, six diaper clouts, value 6s, three pair of laced women’s sleeves, value 3s, and three lace caps, value 8s, the property of said Thomas Farley in his dwelling house.1

Thomas Farley was the owner of the Pickled Egg public house in Cold-Bath-Fields, a district of Clerkenwell in London.

There is a record of a Benjamin Fetter being buried in Clerkenwell in 1781:

  • 7 Sep 1781, burial at St James, Clerkenwell, of Benjamin Fetter, age 20, of School Passage2

Benjamin seems to have been a career criminal since there are at least two other offences at the old bailey.

  1. https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/images.jsp?doc=177912080036 and https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBOR%2FOLDBAILEY%2F0535547 ↩︎

  2. Greater London Burial Index; 1761; https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FCOLBI%2F14%2F18049 ↩︎

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