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Benjamin Litchfield (abt. 1721 - 1801)

Benjamin Litchfield
Born about [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 16 Oct 1752 in Elstow; Bedfordshire, Englandmap
Husband of — married 21 Jan 1756 in Eaton Socon, Bedfordshiremap
Descendants descendants
Father of
Died at about age 80 in Elstow, Bedfordshiremap
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Biography

The baptism of a Benjamin Litchfield, son of John, on 23 Feb 1726 at Wavendon, Buckinghamshire, 13 miles from Elstow, might be worth investigating.[1]

He married Alice Simpson on 16 Oct 1752 at Elstow, Bedfordshire[2]. They had two children, Benjamin and Ann, both of whom died as infants. Alice was buried on 9 Jun 1755 at Elstow.[3]

On 12 Apr 1755 he was living in a tenement forming part of the Swann Inn at Elstow.[4]

Benjamin married Jane Larkin at Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire, on 21 Jan 1756 - "Benjamin, widower, of Elstow and Jane spinster of Eaton Socon".[5] Their son Benjamin was born in 1759.

He was buried on 22 Mar 1801 at Elstow, Bedfordshire, age 81.[6]

Research Notes

There are only 112 Litchfield entries in Bedfordshire on FamilySearch prior to 1752, and none in Elstow, so I don't think Benjamin was born in Elstow. The one in Wavendon looks interesting.

Sources

  1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 3 March 2017. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.
  2. ↑ Elstow parish register, transcribed by Bedfordshire County Record Office 1931. https://archive.org/stream/bedfordshirepari01bedf#page/n71/mode/1up
  3. ↑ National Burial Index 3rd edition, FFHS 2003
  4. ↑ Bedford Archives and Record Service. http://bedsarchivescat.bedford.gov.uk/Details/archive/110037650
  5. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.
  6. ↑ "Elstow parish register", transcribed by Bedfordshire County Record Office 1931

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Albin Wallace for creating WikiTree profile Litchfield-1010 through the import of Wallace.ged on Feb 3, 2013.





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