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Reuben HAMBLING
1807 - 1854 (~ 46 years)
Has 38 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Reuben HAMBLING Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 18 Feb 1807 St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England 
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 2 Mar 2021)
"Reuben, Illigitamate, of Nancy Hamblin was Baptized Febry the 18th. "
Gender Male Child Status Illegitimate Occupation 1851 Carpenter Died Dec Q 1854 Southampton Reg Dist, Hampshire, England - GRO ref: HAMBLEN, Reuben q4 1854 Southampton RD 2c 19; GRO online index shows age at death as 45
Patriarch & Matriarch 
Person ID I239 All Last Modified 25 Feb 2022
Father John HEAD, d. Yes, date unknown Mother Nancy HAMBLING, b. Abt 1783, Blackawton, Devon, England , d. Aft 1831 (Age ~ 49 years)
Other Partners: CREW[?] m. Abt 1808; John LAKE m. 7 May 1816Married Abt 1806 - When Reuben married he gave his father's name as John Head. Those who were illegitimate often seemed to name fictional fathers on marriage certs., probably to hide the fact they were illegitimate. However, in that case the surname would be expected to be the same. Reuben married with the surname Hambling, so there is no obvious reason why he would name his father as John Head unless he understood him to be.
There were John Heads baptised near Blackawton of an age that they could well have been his father.
(One baptised in Dartmouth in 1769, one in Halwell in 1785, another in Halwell in 1752. A John Head was 'of Blackawton' when he married in Dartmouth in 1807 - possibly one of these baptisms, and clearly in Blackawton around the right time to be Reuben's father)
Married? N Family ID F149 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Eliza MASON, b. Abt 1814, Hambledon, Hampshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown Married 29 Nov 1846 St. Mary’s Church, Southampton, Hampshire, England - GRO ref: Hambling, Reuben to Mason, Eliza q4 1846 Southampton RD 7 316
Actual date and place from PRs (transcribed data on FamilySearch)
(no children born with surname Hamblyn or similar sounding with mother's maiden name of Mason)
Family This couple had no children together Last Modified 2 Mar 2021 Family ID F1809 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 2 Mar 2021)
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Baptised - 18 Feb 1807 - St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England 
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