Family History Research: by Lorna Flint Laughton

Thomas LAUGHTON

Male 1740 - 1778  (38 years)


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  • Name Thomas LAUGHTON 
    Birth 1740  Wootton, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    AFN
    Residence 11 Oct 1764  Wootton, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    at the time of his marriage 
    Occupation 1774  Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    as a labourer 
    • Thomas was not listed in the Poll Book for Bedford 1774. He likely did not own land.
    Death Feb 1778  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Burial 24 Feb 1778  Cardington, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    in the graveyard of the church of St. Mary [Church of England] 
    Name Thomas Lawton  [1, 4
    Reference Number 128.0 
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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
    _UID 20075ECD6DC04FBF80FDBDBF6C914B501E7C 
    Burial 24 Feb 1778  Cardington, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5
    Person ID I42  Everyone
    Last Modified 13 Oct 2016 

    Family Elizabeth HOPKINS,   b. 30 Nov 1740, Stagsden, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1792, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Marriage 7 Oct 1764  Stagsden, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5
    Marriage 11 Oct 1764  Stagsden, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    [a different date] 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth LAUGHTON,   b. Stagsden, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1768
     2. Thomas LAUGHTON,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1769, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Susanna LAUGHTON,   b. Nov 1767, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. Ann LAUGHTON,   b. Abt Apr 1769, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1769, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 0 years)
     5. Thomas LAUGHTON,   b. Jul 1770, England Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 10 Sep 1770, Cardington, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 0 years)
     6. Mary LAUGHTON,   b. Sep 1771, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1782, Cardington, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 10 years)
     7. Elizabeth LAUGHTON,   b. Oct 1773, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1774 (Age ~ 0 years)
     8. Thomas LAUGHTON,   b. May 1775, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1775, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 0 years)
     9. Sarah LAUGHTON,   b. Jul 1776, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     10. Thomas LAUGHTON,   b. 8 Feb 1778, Cardington, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 7 Feb 1858, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F16  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Oct 2016 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1740 - Wootton, Bedfordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 7 Oct 1764 - Stagsden, Bedfordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - at the time of his marriage - 11 Oct 1764 - Wootton, Bedfordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - [a different date] - 11 Oct 1764 - Stagsden, Bedfordshire, England Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S278] David Baker, A00236, (Bedford, England: The Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, 1973), 25 May 2001, Page 99, A00236. (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S971] Laughton, Lorna Flint, LA0001, (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. April 13, 2005.), 20 Oct 2008, page 52, LA0001. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S277] Lorna Flint Laughton, A00071, (Bedford, Bedfordshire, England: 1934), 25 May 2001, Page 109, A00071. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S726] A00636, (England. 2004), 22 Jun 2005, A00636. (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S6] Lorna Flint Laughton, A00072, (Norwich, Norfolk, England. April 1986), 5 Jun 2001, Notes page 3, A00072. (Reliability: 3).



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