Emma Bolstridge

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Apr 1826, Saint Michael's, Coventry, Warwickshire, England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 Nov 1792, Saint Michael's, Coventry, Warwickshire, England

William married Sarah UNKNOWN about 1823. Sarah was born in 1788; died in Jun 1826 in Bedworth, Warwickshire, England; was buried on 24 Jun 1826 in Bedworth, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: William Bouldstridge
• Residence: Gosford Street, Coventry, Warwickshire, England
• Occupation: Weaver
• Baptism: 8 Aug 1768, Saint Leonard's, Shoreditch, London, England

Notes:

William, served his apprenticeship as a weaver under his father, in Coventry, and was enrolled as a Freeman of the City (like his father and Uncle William) on 26th April 1796
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William married Ann Good on 7 Aug 1790 in Saint Michael's, Coventry, Warwickshire, England. Ann (daughter of Samuel Goode and Katherine Husson) was born in Dec 1768 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Dec 1768, Holy Trinity, Coventry, Warwickshire, 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]

Samuel married Katherine Husson on 28 Aug 1758 in Holy Trinity, Coventry, Warwickshire, England. Katherine was born about 1736. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]