Thomas LAUGHTON

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• AFN: F
• Name: Thomas Lawton
• Reference Number: 128.0
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• _UID: 20075ECD6DC04FBF80FDBDBF6C914B501E7C
• Residence: 11 Oct 1764, Wootton, Bedfordshire, England; at the time of his marriage
• Occupation: 1774, Bedfordshire, England; as a labourer
• Burial: 24 Feb 1778, Cardington, Bedfordshire, England; in the graveyard of the church of St. Mary [Church of England]

Notes:

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Read about wills in England. Thomas died on 24 Feb 1778.
Elizabeth Hopkins Laughton died 11 August 1792.

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Family History Library microfilm# 0,826,471. Is this parish register or Bishop's Transcripts? Marriage to ELIZABETH HOPKINS in Wootton August 7, 1792. Check in banns, too.

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Also book 942.565? Poll Book 1774

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Cardington church records microfilm. Burial records are not on microfilm # 1,042,928. PHOTOCOPY. Buried February 24, 1778 (National Burial Index II) in St. Mary's, Cardington.

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Write BFHS - are these stones recorded?

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look at - maybe order in Calgary microfiche # 6905837 - 2 fiche. Index to Cardington marriages A thru Z for 1573 to 1812; extracted from microfilm and book. Look for all Laughton/Lawton & Hopkin names. Not at FHC, Calgary, on 9 March 2002.

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Microfiche # 6905836 - index to Cardington births & baptisms for 1572 - 1812; look for all Laughton/Lawton names, also Hopkins. From film # 0599354 item 1 and/or book Q 942.565 B4e v.8

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Family History Library microfilm # 1,895,575 item 4. [check microfilm number] Cardington, Bedfordshire land tax assessment 1797-1832 Cardington

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Microfilm # 0924129 item 11. Bedfordshire directory 1785

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Check the copy of the 1782 census of Cardington that was recently found for any new information on the Laughton family in Cardington. BLARS.

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Wootton Bishops Transcripts - item 2 on Family History Library microfilm # 1,066,998. No banns on this microfilm. Marriage of Thomas and Ann Hopkins August 7, 1792

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Mount photocopies of Bedfordshire Marriage Licences onto legal paper to photocopy and reduce. See file folder in Laughton plastic file box.

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942.565 B4b v. 81. No microfilm. EPISCOPAL VISITATIONS IN BEDFORDSHIRE, 1706-1720. Edited by Patirica Bell. Volume 81 of the Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Records Society.

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PRIME CD. "This is the surname index to Bedfordshire Parish Registers up to 1812. The final version database is available for direct searching on your own PC. Over 750 copies sold, a must for all family historians searching for Bedfordshire ancestors." Price to Members: Overseas
?9.50 including overseas P & P for surface mail. Orders in writing to Mrs. V. Brown, 90 Devon Road, Luton, Beds LU2 0RL, enclosing a sterling cheque made payable to BFHS. Ref: Bedfordshire Family History Society Journal, Volume 15, No. 3, September 2005, page 16.

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8 library tower, 1 copy, U of C call number NA969.B4 P47. BEDFORDSHIRE AND THE COUNTY OF HUNGTON AND PETERBOROUGH. Author: Sir Nikolaus Pevsner. Published: Harmondsworth, England: Penguin, 1968. Ref: U of C online library catalogue, September 1, 2004.

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SURNAME INTERESTS - online. Bedfordshire Family History Society website: www.bfhs.org.uk. Ref: Bedfordshire Family History Society Journal, Volume 14, No. 6, June 2004, pages 44 & 45.

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BLT - GOV, 1 copy, U of C call number UK1 /LCH330/64L0003A. LIST OF THE LANDS OF DISSOLVED RELIGIOUS HOUSES. VOLUME 1: BEDFORDSHIRE- HUNTINGDONSHIRE. Corporate author: Great Britain. Public Record Office. Series. Ref: U of C online library catalogue, September 1, 2004.

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photo for front cover
info for back page of front cover
re-format title page
change "produced" to "compiled" in footer - how?
change page to page "X of Y" in footer - how?
find map of England
find map of Bedfordshire - highlight Bedford City, Cardington, Goldington, Ravensden, Renhold, Stagsden, and Wootton

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5 library tower, 1 copy, U of C call number DA645.A4 V.3. THE PLACE-NAMES OF BEDFORDSHIRE AND HUNTINGDONSHIRE. Author: Allen Mawer and F. M. Stenton. Published 1926. Series: English Place-Name Society, volume 3. Ref: U of C online library catalogue, September 1, 2004.

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I think it is McMurter or MacMurter. 3456, 3485, 3486, 5047, 5048

Occupation:
Thomas was not listed in the Poll Book for Bedford 1774. He likely did not own land.

Thomas married Elizabeth HOPKINS on 7 Oct 1764 in Stagsden, Bedfordshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas HOPKINS and Susanna) was born on 30 Nov 1740 in Stagsden, Bedfordshire, England; was christened on 30 Nov 1740 in Stagsden, Bedfordshire, England; died in Aug 1792 in England; was buried on 11 Aug 1792 in Cardington, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth LAUGHTON was born in Stagsden, Bedfordshire, England; died in Mar 1768; was buried on 5 Mar 1768 in Cardington, Bedfordshire, England.
2. Thomas LAUGHTON was born in England; died in Sep 1769 in England; was buried on 10 Sep 1769 in Cardington, Bedfordshire, England.
3. Susanna LAUGHTON was born in Nov 1767 in England; was christened on 2 Dec 1767 in Cardington, Bedfordshire, England; and died.
4. Ann LAUGHTON was born about Apr 1769 in England; was christened on 9 Apr 1769 in Cardington, Bedfordshire, England; died in Apr 1769 in England; was buried on 13 Apr 1769 in Cardington, Bedfordshire, England.
5. Thomas LAUGHTON was born in Jul 1770 in England; was christened on 15 Jul 1770 in Cardington, Bedfordshire, England; was buried on 10 Sep 1770 in Cardington, Bedfordshire, England.
6. Mary LAUGHTON was born in Sep 1771 in England; was christened on 27 Sep 1771 in Cardington, Bedfordshire, England; died on 4 Sep 1782 in Cardington, Bedfordshire, England; was buried on 4 Sep 1782 in Cardington, Bedfordshire, England.
7. Elizabeth LAUGHTON was born in Oct 1773 in England; was christened on 24 Oct 1773 in Cardington, Bedfordshire, England; died in Jul 1774; was buried on 5 Jul 1774 in Cardington, Bedfordshire, England.
8. Thomas LAUGHTON was born in May 1775 in England; was christened on 23 May 1775 in Cardington, Bedfordshire, England; died in May 1775 in England; was buried on 27 May 1775 in Cardington, Bedfordshire, England.
9. Sarah LAUGHTON was born in Jul 1776 in England; was christened on 14 Jul 1776 in Cardington, Bedfordshire, England; and died.
10. Thomas LAUGHTON was born on 8 Feb 1778 in Cardington, Bedfordshire, England; was christened on 8 Feb 1778 in Cardington, Bedfordshire, England; died about 7 Feb 1858 in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England; was buried on 7 Feb 1858 in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England.