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Reuben HAMBLING

Reuben HAMBLING

Male 1807 - 1854  (~ 46 years)    Has 42 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name Reuben HAMBLING 
    Relationshipwith Teresa Ann GOATHAM
    Baptised 18 Feb 1807  St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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 See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • GRO ref: HAMBLEN, Reuben q4 1854 Southampton RD 2c 19; GRO online index shows age at death as 45
    Half-siblings 1 half brother (family of CREW[?] and Nancy HAMBLING
    Half-siblings 2 half brothers (family of John LAKE and Nancy HAMBLING
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    John HEAD,   d. Yes, date unknown  (Father) 
    Wilmot,   b. Est 1691,   d. Mar 1762, Blackawton, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years)  (2 x Great Grandmother) 
    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 See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1831  (Age ~ 49 years)
    Other Partners: CREW[?]  m. Abt 1808;   John LAKE  m. 7 May 1816  
    Married 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? Not married or evidence to suggest they didn't marry 
    Family ID F149  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

    Family Eliza MASON,   b. Abt 1814, Hambledon, Hampshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 29 Nov 1846  St. Mary’s Church, Southampton, Hampshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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

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