Abraham Hurst
1735–1794
BIRTH ABT 1735 • Houghton, Hampshire, England
DEATH 1794 • Broughton, Hampshire, England
Starting Ancestry Synopsis;
Abraham Hurst was born in 1735 in Houghton, Hampshire. He was married three times and had two sons and one daughter. He died in 1794 in Broughton, Hampshire, at the age of 59.
The three marriages are questionable with one being "First Wife" due to him being a widower when he married Martha May. Another wife is Catharine Edward as there are a number of Ancestry Trees suggesting her as a wife.
It is entirely feasible that there are two Abraham Hurst in the same area, and the one that married Martha May had a first wife other than Catharine Edward. Another option, is that he deserted Catharine Edward, lied about being a Widower, and then married Martha May illegally. There is a Last Will and Testament which refers to three children, Matha, Elizabeth, and Abraham.
This will attempt to add some clarity.
Surname : Hearst
Child's First Name: Abraham
Date of Baptism : 06 Nov 1756
Parent(s) : Abm & Catherine
Parish : Broughton
Son / Daughter : Son
Notes : priv bp
Introduction - Explanation
Discovery
I have decided to split the information about this person into two main sections. The first is discovery. Generally the first discovery is from Ancestry Trees and Hints. For the avoidance of repetition, I will not repeat that in the Discovery section for each person. Sometimes the lead maybe from MyHeritage, or other similar genealogy sites. Where that is the case, I will state so. Another lead could be DNA, including Ancestry's ThroughLines, again to be stated.
However, the main point of the discovery section is to create something of a story for the person and his or her life. A brief synopsis, sometimes over and above that created by Ancestry's AI.
Data Sheet
The next part is the Data Sheet. Designed to be the collection of all the records, and information found about the person. It can include records already shown in the Discovery Section, for completeness of the Data Sheet. However, although the template is structured for lots of possible information, I am sure that there will be times when there will be many gaps, which will be left so, just in case more information comes to light at a later time.
Structure
The structure of the family website is multifaceted. It depends of where you come into the site as to how transparent this is. The most simple page is that of a single person. More complicated is a single family, where there is a father and the articles within for associated people such as wife and children. The next level is multi-generation built around a hub, Articles within articles, generation after generation. With time it slowly grows. Each person within the growing mass, has a single focused article with a similar structure. This method, I think, gives structure to the reader, and to me.
This itself is a snippet which is frequently repeated, and not therefore specific.
Discovery
This discovery starts with his entry on my Family Tree in Ancestry.
Having explored Abraham Hurst the innkeeper from Andover in should be easier to limit cross information. The two families are in close proximity.
Records of Anglican baptism. The system of registration was established in 1538 by Thomas Cromwell, Lord Privy Seal to Henry VIII and Chief Secretary to the King. From this date, clergy were given the responsibility of registering baptisms, marriages and burials in a book secured in the parish chest. In 1598 an order was issued for all entries to be entered on parchment and all previous entries to be copied from paper onto parchment. Therefore any pre-1598 registers are probably not the original. Some parchment registers were started from the accession to the Crown of Elizabeth I in 1558.
Information on Ancestry suggests birth in Houghton and Death in Broughton.
Looking in those Parish Registers first, starting with Broughton.
I did a page turn of the Register images looking for any entries with the surname Hurst. This is part of the process of trying to establish Abraham Hurst's family. By seeing families in the Baptism Register can help eliminate alternative options for residents in Broughton, Hampshire, of the Church of England. Obliviously this method excludes families without children. It also does not take into account other variables such as change of location.
Transcriptions in sage green.
Broughton Parish Church
Baptisms, Marriages, Burials Register of Broughton Parish Church 1704 to 1770
Broughton Register No 2 is for Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials between 1704 and 1777.
Broughton Baptisms 1704 to 1770
Baptisms in this Register
Baptised at Broughton Parish Church
Looking through the register there are a lot of babies privately baptised because they are weak or sick who are taken into the "Congregation of Xt's Flock", "Congregation of Christ's Flock", or "buried on", all in the same entry.
There are a number of recognisable family names within the early pages, which may or maynot be related, but it is not until 1751 that I came across a Hurst. That was the marriage of Richard Emmet and Elizabeth Hurst on 7th September 1751. On 27th October of the same year Richard, the son of Richard & Eliz Emmet was baptised. I think she might have been showing when she walked down the isle. These seem to be small communities where at least the vicar knows every bodies business, an I suspect a good few more people as well.
Baptised at Broughton Parish Church;
Oct 27th [1751] Richard of Richard & Eliz: Emmet
Note also the reference to the New Style at the bottom of the clip.
Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively. Usually, this is the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar as enacted in various European countries between 1582 and 1923.
In England, Wales, Ireland, Britain's colonies and Britain's American colonies, there were two calendar changes, both in 1752. The first adjusted the start of a new year from 25 March (Lady Day, the Feast of the Annunciation) to 1 January, a change which Scotland had made in 1600. The second discarded the Julian calendar in favour of the Gregorian calendar, skipping 11 days in the month of September to do so. To accommodate the two calendar changes, writers used dual dating to identify a given day by giving its date according to both styles of dating.
Baptised at Broughton Parish Church;
Jany 20th [1754] Sarah of Abraham & Catherine Hurst. {Highlight Yellow}
However, on the second pass of reading the Register having found Elizabeth Hurst's marriage to Richard Emmet. At the beginning of the year there is a relevant entry for Emmet. {not highlighted}
Jany the 6th [1754] baptised James of Richard & Elizabeth Emmet
Baptised at Broughton Parish Church:
Novy 6th [1756] Abraham the Son of Abm [Abraham] & Catherine Hearst [Hurst] privately Bapd [Baptised]
Baptised at Broughton Parish Church;
William the Son of Richd and Elizth Emmet Jany 30th [1757]
Baptised at Broughton Parish Church;
George Prince, the Son of Richd & Elizth Emmet, Novr 26th [1758]
I did not find any further children baptised to Richard and Elizabeth Emmet, up to their deaths in 1761. Burials recorded below. Leaving Richard and George Prince Emmet the only survivors.
Baptised at Broughton Parish Church;
Abraham Son of Abraham & Catherine Hearst received into the congregation and Elizabeth daughter of the said Abraham & Cathering Hearst publicly baptised July 1st [1759].
Abraham previously privately baptised November 6th 1756.
Note the turn of phrase just above, (Who died in Child-bed). It was the Reverend's wife who died. A difficult entry for him.
On the next image the Revd has a new wife and a new child.
Baptised at Broughton Parish Church;
Richd [Richard] Son of Abraham and Katharine [Catherine] Hearst [Hurst] July 25th. [1762]
Baptised at Broughton Parish Church;
Phillip Son of Abraham & Catherine Hearst Febr 28 1768.
Broughton Mariages 1704 to 1770
Marriages in this Register
Married at Broughton Parish Church;
Sept of 7th [1751] married by banns Richard Emmet & Elizabeth Hurst both resident in Broughton.
Banns of Marriage between Daniel Ashton and Elizabeth Hurst of Pittleworth in this Parish were published on the three Sundays underwritten:
That is to say,
- On Sunday, the nineteenth of September 1779 by A Gatehouse Curate
- On Sunday, the twenty sixth September 1779 by A Gatehouse Curate
- On Sunday, the third of October 1779 by A Gatehouse Curate
Pittleworth is a farm and manor in a Parish South of Houghton called Bossington.
Married at Broughton Parish Church;
No 41 Daniel Ashton & Elizth Hurst both of this parish were MArried in this Church by banns this thirteenth Day of October in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and seventy nine By me Alex Gatehouse, Cutate
This Marriage was solemnized between Us --- The mark of X Dan Ashton -- The mark + of Eliz Hurst
In the Presence of --- Thomas Sharpes -- John Woodford
13th Oct 1779
Interesting that in the Banns Elizabeth Hurst was of Pittleworth, which is a farm and manor in a Parish South of Houghton called Bossington, but on the Marriage Certificate they are both of the Parish of Broughton.
I suspect that both parties were well known to the clergy of the time. None of the anonymous stuff of today's society. So, it may be a case of Elizabeth Hurst working and living at Pittleworth, which is a farm and manor, but having been born and brought up in Broughton.
There was an Elizabeth Hurst born and Baptised in the Parish of Broughton. Transcription of record below.
Elizabeth daughter of the said Abraham & Cathering Hearst publicly baptised July 1st [1759].
The period between Baptism and Marriage is, From: Sunday, 1 July 1759, To: Wednesday, 13 October 1779, 20 years, 3 months, 12 days. Old enough to be married but younger than average,
Next, I searched HGS Baptism Records Index, expecting to find an early baptism after the wedding, but that was not the case.
The one and only Daniel and Elizabeth as parents was for;
Surname : Ashton
Child's First Name: Elizabeth
Date of Baptism : 11 Jun 1783
Parent(s) : Daniel & Elizth
Parish : Mottisfont
Son / Daughter : N/A
Notes : N/A
The association is somewhat of a guess based on parents names and date. The location is similar as the Parish of Mottisfont is less than 5 miles from Broughton and about 2 miles from Pittleworth
From a Burial Record in the Parish of Mottisfont;
Aprl 22d [1789] Daniel Ashton
This could be the same Daniel Ashton, and if so would lend support to Elizabeth Ashton baptised in Mottisfont just six years before, being of the same family.
Added to my tree as a possible grandchild of Abraham & Catherine Hearst [Hurst], to see if there is any traction there.
Broughton Burials 1704 to 1770
Burials in this Register
Buried at Broughton Parish Church;
Buried at Broughton Parish Church;
Elizabeth the Wife of Richd Emmet April 12th [1761]
Then just a few months later,
Richard Emmett July 12th [1761]
Only 91 days between burial dates, and only 9 years, 7 months of married life together.
Broughton Register No 4 is for Baptisms, NOT Marriages, and Burials between 1770 for Baptisms and 1768 for burials, through to 1812.
No 5 Broughton Register for Marriages commencing AD 1770 to 1812
Broughton Baptisms 1770 - 1812
Baptisms in these Registers
Broughton Marriages 1770 - 1812
Marriages in these Registers
Broughton Burials 1768 -
Burials in these Registers
In the Parish of Broughton;
Feb 3 [1799] Abraham, son of Abraham Hurst buried.
My assumption from the lack of Hurst or associated surnames between 1704 and 1751, nearly 50 years, or two generations, is either that they did not attend the Parish Church at Broughton or were located elsewhere.
Houghton Parish Church
Registers in the Parish of Houghton
Houghton Register Book beginning in the year of our Lord 1714 and ending in 1738.
The search of the Houghton Register is for both the surnames of Hurst and Emmet.
Unfortunately, the first pass of reading this register, which I admit was difficult in parts, revealed no entries in Baptisms, Marriages, or Burials with the surnames of Hurst or Emmet.
I would note that within this registry, burials started to be annotated with the affidavit about being buried in wool.
The Burying in Woollen Acts
The Register of the Parish of the Church of Thorncombe.
One example of many.
The first, well actually the second page of the register is headed;
A Register of those that have been buried in Woollen according to ?? ??? Act of Parliament Thorncombe 1680.
The primary thing to note here is that the book is indeed in relation to Thorncombe and that there is no reference to it being any other form of church, so presumably the Established Church.
The other thing of particular interest was the 'buried in Woollen according to Act of Parliament.' I had not come across this before so had to look it up. Wikipedia quickly provided an answer.
The Burying in Woollen Acts 1666–80 were Acts of the Parliament of England (Cha. II c. 4 (1666), Cha. II c. 3 (1678) and Cha. II c. 1 (1680) ) which required the dead, except plague victims and the destitute, to be buried in pure English woollen shrouds to the exclusion of any foreign textiles.
Enforcement
It was a requirement that an affidavit be sworn in front of a Justice of the Peace (usually by a relative of the deceased), confirming burial in wool, with the punishment of a £5 fee for noncompliance. Burial entries in parish registers were marked with the word "affidavit" or its equivalent to confirm that affidavit had been sworn; it would be marked "naked" for those too poor to afford the woollen shroud.
The legislation was in force until 1814, but was generally ignored after 1770. The 1666 Act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1863.
The next interesting title page was at the beginning of the baptisms. It was a very smudged copy so I have tried to clean it up a little, without losing any of the original writing, however it is still difficult to decipher in the whole.
However, again it confirms that the book pertains to Thorncombe and seems to commence in 1663.
'A time to be born and a time to die' is one of the lines on the page.
It is difficult to make things out on the page, but it is nearly 4 centuries old. The Mayflower sailed to America in 1620 and the monarchy had been restored in 1660 with Charles II on the throne.
Turning to the next page of the scan, there are baptisms records, in Latin commencing in 15?? followed by 1552.
Moving on to the next Register Book for the Parish of Houghton
Houghton Register
For Marriages, Christenings, & Burials, beginning Oct 23d 1738.
Houghton Baptisms 1738
Houghton Marriages 1738
Marriages at Houghton Parish Church
Just about to stop for the night, and look what I found.
Married at Houghton Parish Church;
Octbr 16th [1780] Abraham Hurst, of the Parish of Broughton, and Sarah Pragnell of this Parish [Married by Banns]
Not only is it a Hurst, but I recognize the names from my Family Tree, with DNA matches via them. Also, could this be the same Abraham Hurst, in the brought forward transcription below.
Novy 6th [1756] Abraham the Son of Abm [Abraham] & Catherine Hearst [Hurst] privately Bapd [Baptised]
This Abraham Hearst [Hurst] was probably poorly at birth as he was privately Baptised and it was on a Saturday, so probably not long after his birth.
The interval between his baptism and his weeding, if it is the same person is 23 years, 11 months. This is not inconceivable.
Also above, in the burials in the Parish of Broughton;
Feb 3 [1799] Abraham, son of Abraham Hurst buried.
If Abraham the son is the same person as baptised on 6th Nov 1756, his age would be about 42 years, 3 months Perhaps unusual to have your father mentioned at your burial, when you are so much an adult.
An alternative interpretation is that Abraham the father is the same person as baptised on 6th Nov 1756, his age would be about 42 years, 3 months Time to look for some more baptisms.
Houghton Burials 1738
HGS Index
Hampshire Genealogical Society (HGS) Baptism Index 1752 -1812
HGS Baptisms
Hampshire Genealogical Society (HGS) Baptism Index 1752 -1812 - Filtered for the Parish of Houghton.
Searches for the surnames of Hurst, Hearst, Emmet, Pragnell, and Ashton, returned nil results.
Hampshire Genealogical Society (HGS) Baptism Index 1752 -1812 - Filtered for the Parish of Broughton.
Searches for the surname of Ashton, returned nil results.
Hampshire Genealogical Society (HGS) Baptism Index 1752 -1812 - Filtered for the Parish of Bossington.
Searches for the surnames of Hurst, Hearst, Emmet, Pragnell, and Ashton, returned nil results.
Hampshire Genealogical Society (HGS) Baptism Index 1752 -1812 - Filtered for the Parish of Mottisfont.
Searches for the surnames of Hearst, and Emmet, returned nil results, and only single results for Hurst and Pragnell. Ashton returned two results, with the later being an illegitimate child to Elizabeth Ashton
Surname : Hurst
Child's First Name: Mary
Date of Baptism : 09 Nov 1788
Parent(s) : Isaac & Mary
Parish : Mottisfont
Son / Daughter : N/A
Notes : N/A
Surname : Pragnell
Child's First Name: Joseph
Date of Baptism : 02 Jan 1772
Parent(s) : Joseph & Jane
Parish : Mottisfont
Son / Daughter : Son
Notes : N/A
Surname : Ashton
Child's First Name: Elizabeth
Date of Baptism : 11 Jun 1783
Parent(s) : Daniel & Elizth
Parish : Mottisfont
Son / Daughter : N/A
Notes : N/A
Surname : Ashton
Child's First Name: William
Date of Baptism : 19 Apr 1807
Parent(s) : Elizabeth
Parish : Mottisfont
Son / Daughter : Son
Notes : illeg
HGS Marriages
HGS Burials
Mottisfont Parish Church
Registers in the Parish of Mottisfont
The Register Book of ye [the] Parish of Mottisfont beginning May 28 Anno 1701.
Ended 1787.
Mottisfont Baptisms 1701 - 1787
Baptised at Mottisfont Parish Church
Baptised at Mottisfont Parish Church;
Baptised Elizabeth daughter of Daniel & Elizth Ashton, June 17
Baptised at Mottisfont Parish Church;
April 19th [1807] - William illegitimate Son of Elizabeth Ashton
From the burials below;
Aprl 22d [1789] Daniel Ashton
Could this Elizabeth Ashton be the wife of the now deceased Daniel Ashton?
There is a William Ashton, who was born in Mottisfont about 1807, living in Broughton according to the Census of 1851,1861, and 1871.
Mottisfont Marriages 1701 - 1787
Married at Mottisfont Parish Church
Mottisfont Burials 1701 - 1787
Buried at Mottisfont Parish Church
Buried at Mottisfont Parish Church;
Aprl 22d [1789] Daniel Ashton
Parish Church
Parish Church
Hopefully more will link them in the Data Sheet below.
Now I need to start filling in the data sheet below.
Data Sheet
Records, data, and general information about Abraham Hurst and his family
Baptism
Marriage
Marriage of Abraham Hurst and First Wife
Married on ?? -- Before 1754
Potential First Wife
From FamilySearch
Name Abraham Hurst
Sex Male
Spouse's Name Rebeckah Thredgold
Spouse's Sex Female
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 30 Oct 1744
Event Place Andover, Hampshire, England
An extract from the Andover Register of Burials.
March 1st [1752] Rebeckah Hurst was buried. [In Andover]
Back to the registry entries.
Second Marriage
Marriage of Abraham Hurst and Martha May
Entry in the Register of Marriages for the Parish of Andover.
Abraham Hurst of this Parish Widower and Martha May of this Parish Spinster were Married in this Church by Licence this Eleventh Day of August in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Four by me George Darling Curate.
This Marriage was solemnized between Us Abraham Hurst Martha X May Mark of
In the Presence of John Long Joseph Godden.
Census and Voting Registers
UK Census dates from 1911Census.org;
1841 Census Sunday 6th June 1841
1851 Census Sunday 30th March 1851
1861 Census Sunday 7th April 1861
1871 Census Sunday 2nd April 1871
1881 Census Sunday 3rd April 1881
1891 Census Sunday 5th April 1891
1901 Census Sunday 31st March 1901
1911 Census Sunday 2nd April 1911
1841
1841 Census Sunday 6th June 1841
After his death.
1851
1851 Census Sunday 30th March 1851
After his death.
1861
1861 Census Sunday 7th April 1861
After his death.
1871
1871 Census Sunday 2nd April 1871
After his death.
1881
1881 Census Sunday 3rd April 1881
After his death.
1891
1891 Census Sunday 5th April 1891
After his death.
1901
1901 Census Sunday 31st March 1901
After his death.
1911
1911 Census Sunday 2nd April 1911
After his death.
Children
Parish Church of Andover Register of Baptisms commencing 1746
The title page of the Parish Church of Andover Register of Baptisms,
A Register of Baptisms at the Parish Church of Andover in the County of Southampton [Hampshire] from March the Eleventh, in the year of our Lord 1746.
From here I did a page turn of the Register images looking for any entries with the surname Hurst. This is part of the process of trying to establish Abraham Hurst's family. By seeing families in the Baptism Register can help eliminate alternative options for residents in Andover, Hampshire, of the Church of England. Obliviously this method excludes families without children, but we know Abraham Hurst had children because of his will. It also does not take into account other variables such as change of location.
Septr 7th [1748] Abraham Son of Abraham & Rebeckah Hurst was Baptised.
Could this be a child with his first wife?
Dec 11th [1749] Sarah Daughter of Roger & Sarah Hurst.
I believe this is another Hurst family living in the Andover area concurrently with Abraham Hurst, and his family.
Jany 23rd [1750] Elizabeth Daughter of Roger and Sarah Hurst.
April 24 [1753] Roger Son of Roger and Sarah Hurst.
30th June [1755] Martha and Mary Daughters of Roger & Sarah Hurst
April 24 [1757] Roger Son of Roger and Sarah Hurst.
Presumably, The Roger baptised on the same day in 1753 had died before 1757.
May 18 [1761] Mary Daughter of Mary Waters -- The Reputed father Richard Hurst.
Earlier in the Register, an entry such as this would have been annotated, "a Bastard" or less frequently "Base Born".
Richard Hurst is a new name to this article. Richard is probably from the Parish as some entries have the addition of "Stranger".
Jany 7 [1765] Richd Son of Jos & Mary Hurst., which I interpret as Richard Son of Joseph & Mary Hurst. Another new family.
I have turned all the pages of this Andover Parish Register up to 1770, and the above, together with the ones allocated to children below, are the only entries with a surname Hurst. This has only been one pass so I might have missed a Hurst entry. However, the person named Elizabeth Hurst in the will, is still elusive, so instead of re-scanning this register, I will move to an earlier one.
Parish Church of Andover Register of Baptisms commencing 1714
The title page of the Parish Church of Andover Register of Baptisms,
Register of Christening at the parish church of Andover from June the Twenty fourth Anno Dom 1714
I consider 1714 to be outside the probable range for finding the Baptism of Elizabeth Hurst, os in this case it was not a page turn but I used FamilySearch to find a possible date, and then navigated to that year.
Continuing with the hypothesis that Abraham Hurst married Rebeckah Thredgold, that was in 1744, so the probable date of birth for Elizabeth starts from 1745, and ends in 1754 when Abraham married Martha May, as a Widower.
Novr 18 [1745] Elizabeth Daughter of Abraham & Rebdiah Hurst.
I think this completes the list of people mentioned in the Will. Two children with Rebeckah Hurst nee Thredgold and one with Martha Hurst nee May. Also, no other Abraham Hurst active in the Register on Baptisms for the Parish of Andover at the relevant time.
xxxxx Hurst nee xxxxx and Abraham Hurst children's Baptism Records.
Scroll left or right along the tabs. There is a tab for each year of child bearing age following their marriage, which helps to indicate years when no children of William and Mary were born, or survived long enough to be baptised, or alternatively, where no record has yet been found.
1743
No record yet found
1744
No record yet found
1745 Elizabeth
Novr 18 [1745] Elizabeth Daughter of Abraham & Rebdiah Hurst.
1746
No record yet found
1747
No record yet found
1748 Abraham
Septr 7th [1748] Abraham Son of Abraham & Rebeckah Hurst was Baptised.
1749
No record yet found
1750
No record yet found
1751
No record yet found
1752
No record yet found
1753
No record yet found
1754
No record yet found
1755
No record yet found
1756
No record yet found
1757
No record yet found
1758
No record yet found
1759
No record yet found
Martha Hurst nee May and Abraham Hurst children's Baptism Records.
Scroll left or right along the tabs. There is a tab for each year of child bearing age following their marriage, which helps to indicate years when no children of William and Mary were born, or survived long enough to be baptised, or alternatively, where no record has yet been found.
1753
No record yet found
1754
No record yet found
1755
No record yet found
1756 Abraham
No record yet found within Martha Hurst nee May period but one found for previous marriage.
1757
No record yet found
1758 Martha
From the top of page, the year 1758.
May 22 [1758] Martha Daughter of Abraham and Martha Hurst.
1759
No record yet found
1760
No record yet found
1761
No record yet found
1762 Elizabeth
No record yet found within Martha Hurst nee May period but one found for previous marriage.
1763
No record yet found
1764
No record yet found
1765
No record yet found
1766
No record yet found
1767
No record yet found
1768
No record yet found
1769
No record yet found
1770
No record yet found
1771
No record yet found
1772
No record yet found
1773
No record yet found
1774
No record yet found
Work and locations
Work
Innkeeper according to his Will
Andover
Andover
Andover is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Hampshire. Foxcott is a chapelry of Andover.
Other places in the parish include: King’s Enham, Hatherden, Enham Kings, Charlton, Woodhouse, Wildhern, Swanhill, Smannell, and Little London.
Alternative names: Andover With Foxcott
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
Parish registers: 1587
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1703
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Independent/Congregational, Particular Baptist, Primitive Methodist, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Wesleyan Methodist.
Jumping back in time to closer to that of Abraham Hurst, Taylor's Map of Hampshire 1759.
Milne's Map of Hampshire 1791, Andover and surrounding area.
Jumping forward out of the period of Abraham Hurst, which ended in 1777, above is an OS Original Series Map at about 1817. A little more detail, but not a huge change in the size of Andover.
The Greenwood 1826 Map of Hampshire, Andover and area, included here just to complete the set of Old Maps of Hampshire with a scale of approximately one Inch. Perhaps a little clearer as it is in colour.
Click on any of the above maps to view them at source, Old Hampshire Mapped. There are a lot more maps to see there.
Broughton and Houghton
Broughton is 10 to 11 miles, about 4hrs walking, away from Andover depending on which route taken, and is less than 3 miles from Houghton, only 1 hour walking. Unfortunately Google Maps does not yet have an option for riding a horse or horse and carriage, but somewhat quicker that walking
Houghton is around 10 miles, slightly less than 4hrs walking, away from Andover depending on which route taken.
The Parishes of Broughton and Houghton are both small and adjacent to one another.
The above is a screenshot of the current ESRI Church of England (CoE) Parish Map, centred on Broughton. On the live map there is a lot of statistical information about the Parish in the current time. Click on the image to go to the live map. The web address is to this image,but it may automatically redirect you London. If this is the case search for Broughton, Test Valley, Hampshire, England, GBR or Houghton, Test Valley, Hampshire, England, GBR
Not very relevant to the issue at hand, in the mid 1700's but interesting.
Still not the 1700's but a very much closer representation in Old OS maps.
A National Library of Scotland Georeferenced tiled Map with both Broughton and Houghton, both circled in blue, showing their relative positions. Just two miles as the crow flies. That is just the villages though as the parishes abut residences on either side of the parish boundary could be even closer.
An image of an Old OS Sheet map showing the village of Broughton, beside Wallop Brook, a tributary of the River Test.
An image of an Old OS map showing the village of Houghton and the River Test, on its way to Romsey, Millbrook, and Southampton.
An image of an Old OS map showing a closer view of the centre of the village of Broughton and the Parish Church of St. Mary's.
An image of an Old OS Sheet map showing a closer view of the centre of the village of Houghton and the Parish Church of All Saints'
Pittleworth, Bossington
Pittleworth is a farm and manor in a Parish South of Houghton called Bossington
Death
Burial
From FamilySearch
Name Abraham Hurst
Event Type Burial
Event Date 14 Jun 1777
Event Place Andover, Hampshire, England
Event Place (Original) Andover, Hampshire, England
Parish of Andover Burials Register.
14 June [1777] Abraham Hurst Sen.r
The date of 14 June 1777 is consistent with the date of writing his Will an with the proving of it.
Conclusion
Key data about Abraham Hurst and his family.
Dates
Key Dates
Name | Birth | Baptism | Marriage | Death | Interval between children | Mothers age at birth |
Elizabeth Eldridge | 23rd July 1826 | 19th August 1849 | (Marriage 25 y, 1 m, 29 d) | |||
James Hone | 19th August 1849 | |||||
Elizabeth Hone | 25th August 1850 | 24th November 1850 | (Marriage 2 y, 7 m, 28 d) | 27 years, 9 months, 26 days | ||
1 year, 1 month, 7 days | 28 years, 11 months, 1 day | |||||
Data Sources / Evidence
Key Data Sources / Evidence
Baptism | Census | ||||||||||||
Name | Birth | Record |
Parish Image |
1841 |
1851 |
1861 |
1871 |
1881 |
1891 |
1901 |
1911 |
Death | |
Elizabeth Eldridge | X | Charwoman | |||||||||||
James Hone | X | -- | -- | -- | Carman | ||||||||
Elizabeth Hone | X | X | X | -- | -- | ||||||||
-- | -- | Greengrocer assistant, Dock labourer | |||||||||||
-- | -- | Farrier, Fish Monger | |||||||||||
-- | -- | Seaman, Dock labourer | |||||||||||
-- | -- | Charwoman | |||||||||||
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Places of Interest
Places of Interest
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. | Census 1841 | ||
Christ Church With St Mary and St Stephen, Spitalfields, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex | Marriage | ||
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Baptism of | 13th February 1870 | ||
Census 1871 | |||
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Census 1891 | |||
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