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- Source Medium: Electronic From: Valerie Blosse [mailto:vblosse@btinternet.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 6:51 PM To: John Wetzel Subject: Springs of Bedfordshire John Glad we re on the same wavelength! Unfortunately, I haven t been able to find a direct connection between the line of Springs I am researching and the individuals you have mentioned so far, but we may find one eventually. According to my research, James was born c1778 at Shillington, Beds. I have no knowledge of his parents. He was married 5 Aug 1803 at Houghton Conquest, Beds. to Lovey CHERRY [Source: IGI] A James SPRING was the owner of 6 parcels of land in Houghton Conquest, totalling 41acres 27 perch, occupied by Titus CHERRY in 1845. Tithe payable to the Rector in 1845 was £13 13s. [Source: AT/24 Tithe Apportionment 1845 and MAT/24 map - Beds. Record Office] This was probably the same James. Was Titus the father of Lovey? 1851 Census HO107/1752 fol. 179 p.42: Wilshamstead, Beds. James SPRING, head, widower 73, farmer of 729 acres employing 4 men & 8 boys, b. Shillington, Beds., Eliza PULLEY servant, unmarried 22, house servant, b. Wilstead, Beds., Emma PULLEY, lodger 13, lace maker. b. Wilstead, Samuel CHENEY, servant, unmarried 20, horse keeper, b. Wilstead, Beds. 1854 Beds. Post Office Directory: Wilsted. James SPRING farmer. 1864 Post Office Directory: not listed, possibly indicating James has died by this date. I have no information on James s wife, Lovey CHERRY. However, on her notes I have recorded: A Lovey SPRING was born to a William and Huldah SPRING on 31 Aug 1803 [less than a month after James and Lovey's marriage] at Rockport, Knox, Maine, USA. [Source: www.familysearch.org - IGI] Coincidence? Could William have been related to James and known Lovey CHERRY, naming his own child after her? James & Lovey s children were: Hannah bp. 7 April 1807 Houghton Conquest, Beds. Eliza bp. 29 Nov 1808 Wilshamstead, Beds. John bp. 17 Oct 1810 Wilshamstead Lovey b. 22 Aug 1814, bp.
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