Thomas Bouldstridge

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Thomas Boulstridge
• Occupation: Engine Weaver
• Baptism: 25 Feb 1770, Saint Leonard's, Shoreditch, London, England
• Residence: Between 1790 and 1796, Hoxton, Shoreditch, London, England
• GRO Death Index: Jun 1841; Clerkenwell 3 - 34

Notes:

Thomas, was apprenticed to Thomas Beaumont, engine weaver, of Coventry on 19th May 1785. He subsequently returned to London, where he had been born, and married Rebecca Roe at St. Buttolph, Bishopsgate, on 25th December 1788. In 1796, as Thomas Bouldstridge of London, weaver, he sought to be admitted as a Freeman of the City of Coventry, but failed to appear before the Court at Coventry to take the oath, on any of the several occasions he was requested to do so, and so was not enrolled.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This marriage assignment is obviously incorrect.

Thomas married Rebecca Roe on 25 Dec 1788 in Saint Botolph Without Bishopsgate, London, England. Rebecca (daughter of Benjamin Roe and Mary Miller) was born in Aug 1764 in Allesley, Warwickshire, England; died in Nov 1834 in Clerkenwell, London, England; was buried on 16 Nov 1834 in Spa Fields Burial Ground, Clerkenwell, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Letitia Bouldstridge was born on 23 Mar 1790 in Hoxton, Shoreditch, London, England.
2. Rebecca Bouldstridge was born on 20 Feb 1791 in Hoxton, Shoreditch, London, England.
3. Phoebe Bouldstridge was born on 12 Oct 1792 in Hoxton, Shoreditch, London, England.
4. Sarah Bouldstridge was born on 27 Mar 1794 in Hoxton, Shoreditch, London, England.
5. Thomas Bouldstridge was born on 12 Jul 1796 in Hoxton, Shoreditch, London, England; died in Oct 1851 in Bedworth, Warwickshire, England; was buried on 19 Oct 1851 in Bedworth, Warwickshire, England.
6. Benjamin Bouldstridge was born on 22 Jan 1798 in Clerkenwell, London, England; died in Mar 1873 in Shoreditch, : Registration District, England; was buried on 12 Mar 1873 in Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, London, England.
7. Francis Bolstridge was born about 1802; died on 10 Jan 1840 in Saint Pancras, London, England.
8. Edward Bouldstridge was born on 10 Jan 1803 in Clerkenwell, London, England.
9. Rhoda Bouldstridge was born on 27 Sep 1804 in Clerkenwell, London, England.
10. Frederick Bouldstridge was born on 14 Dec 1806 in Clerkenwell, London, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Jun 1745, All Saints, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England
• Occupation: Between 1765 and 1780; Ribbon Weaver
• Residence: Between 1768 and 1770, York Street, Shoreditch, London, England
• Residence: 1771, Cock Lane, Shoreditch, London, England
• Residence: 1772, East Street Ward, Coventry, Warwickshire, England
• Office: 1772, Coventry, Warwickshire, England; Freeman of the City of Coventry
• Residence: 1774, Stoke, Coventry, Warwickshire, England

Notes:

Thomas and his wife Ann had several children, three of whom, William, Thomas and John David, were baptised at St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, in London, in 1768, 1770 and 1771. Why Thomas went to live in London at that time is a matter of speculation but, after a few years, he and his family returned to Coventry and in 1772, the year in which Thomas was admitted as a Freeman of the City, they were living in the East Street Ward of the City. Two years later, in October 1774, at the time of the Poll to elect an MP for Coventry, Thomas was listed as an " Out-Voter " , living at Stoke, near Coventry. Thomas and Ann's daughters, Sarah and Phoebe, were baptised at Stoke in 1774 and 1777. In 1785, Thomas was recorded as Thomas Boulstridge of Stoke, engine weaver and, in 1796, as Thomas Bouldstridge, formerly of Gosford Street and East Street Wards, Coventry, the Bouldstridge spelling being that which members of the family acquired in London. Thomas's brother William was living in New Buildings, Coventry at the time he was admitted as a Freeman of the City and, in 1774, was living in Gosford Street.
The Bolstridges alias Boulstridges of Bedworth (Prof. N.A. Dudley)

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NB ---- I do not question the above information it is well documented at Coventry Archives, however I cannot not see the justification for assuming that this Thomas is the same Thomas, the son of Francis and Eleanor from Bedworth Woodlands as placed by Norman Dudley.
The lack of Bol(d)stridges in the Parish Registers preceding this period has more to do with the state or loss of these registers than their absence. A recent index of the Precept Records records Bo(u)l(d)stridges prior to 1772, I shall check these in due course.

A far more likely candidate is the Thomas Bolstridge who married Hannah King (Arnold) at nearby Astly. This Thomas was wrongly allocated to John and Ann Hewitt by Norman Dudley who had missed the burial of their Thomas.

Another likely Candidate is the Thomas Bolstridge buried at Great Packington in 1781. No age is mentioned but these is a connection to Packington via Francis Bolstridges second wife Mary Daniel.
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Thomas married Ann UNKNOWN about 1767. Ann was born about 1745. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Mar 1722, All Saints, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England
• Office: Abt 1760, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England; A Free Holder of the parish of Bedworth
• Residence: Abt 1780, Bedworth Woodlands, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England

Notes:

On Jan 14 1763 following Burial Entry :-
A Child of Francis and Eliner Bolstridg

Francis married Eleanor UNKNOWN about 1744. Eleanor was born about 1723; died between 1764 and 1770. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 7 Apr 1689, All Saints, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England

Thomas married Judith UNKNOWN about 1710. Judith was born about 1689. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]