John Hellier and Susannah Gooke (Week 49 - MFMFFFMF and MFMFFFMM)
 

John Hellier

Name - "official" name and what they were known as

John Hellier

Date and place of birth

Unknown

Names of parents

Unknown

Date and place of baptism - if applicable

Unknown

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any

1) 18 Apr 1697 at Tyneham, Dorset to Rebecca Smedmore

2) 5 Jan 1706 at Osmington, Dorset to Susannah Gooke (amended from Cooke 6/12/15)

Occupation(s) - if any

Unknown

Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).

Probably at Osmington for the duration of both marriages


Date, place and cause of death

Feb 1737

Date and place of burial.

24 Feb 1737 at Osmington

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable

None found

Memorial inscription - if any

Unknown

Susannah Gooke (amended from Cooke 6/12/15)

Name - "official" name and what they were known as

Susannah Gooke (amended from Cooke 6/12/15)

Date and place of birth

Unknown

Names of parents

Unknown

Date and place of baptism - if applicable

Unknown

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any

5 Jan 1706 at Osmington to John Hellier

Occupation(s) - if any

Unknown

Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).

Was 'of Bincombe' at marriage. After the marriage probably at Osmington

Date, place and cause of death

Unknown

Date and place of burial.

Unknown

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable

None found

Memorial inscription - if any

Unknown

link to 5xg:

http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/F...orothy+hellier

These burials from Osmington PR's may or may not be connected:
Dorothy wife of Robt Hillier buried Aug 12 1685
Richard Hillier bur Decem 23d 1686
Batthiah ye wife of John Hillier was buried Jan 24 1691/2
Nicholas Hillier Junr was Bur Octr 30 1699

Thanks Kate. I have those entries on an old list from when OH did ls of visits to our 'local' CRO. I'll have another play now to see if I can get anywhere. It would be good to link that Dorothy in!

I first looked at trying to find anything on Robert the husband of Dorothy Hillier who should have died after Aug 1685.

I found a will for a Robert Hellier signed 30 Jul 1697 and proved 20 Nov 1697 and a burial 4 Aug 1697 at Osmington which all fit together, however it would appear to most likely be for a younger Robert than the one I was after (hopefully a son of the other Robert?)

This is the jist:

Robert Hellier of Osmington husbandman

Brother John Hellier one shilling
Brother Richard Hellier one shilling
Brother Thomas Hellier one shilling
Kinsman Nicholas Hellier (then a few words I can't make sense of, but is he saying this Nicholas is the son of his brother?) forty shillings
Rest of goods and chattels to:
Brother Nicholas Hellier
Sister Elizabeth Hellier
Sister Mary Hellier

So now I just need to find some baptisms!

There's a burial for a Nicholas Hillier jr on 30 Oct 1699 at Osmington.

Also a burial Nicholas Hellier 21 Jan 1718 at Osmington

There's these two baps at Upwey which is under 5 miles from Osmington.


Elizabeth Hellier Baptism 1 Feb 1668 Upwey father Robert

Thomas Hellier Baptism 27 Mar 1671 Upwey father Robert

There's this administration which is probably for the Richard Hellier mentioned in the will of Robert above:

HELLIARD Richard
HMS "Assurance" home parish: Osmington
Administrator: Nicholas HELLIARD, yeoman of Osmington, brother (so the man who was buried in 1718?)
Sureties: Administrator + Joseph BAKER, cooper of Weymouth & Melcombe Regis
17 Apr 1706
Ref: DA/A/1706 41

There are refs to a Nicholas Heyman alias Hellier at Fordington (close to Osmington) running a disreputable alehouse in 1617. Many of the 17thC PRs for Fordington have not survived.

lol When we first saw the parish register entry for John Hellier to Susannah we had nothing to cross ref it with and the film image of the PR at the Dorset CRO was poor. We took her name to be Cook(e), but I now realise it's actually Gook(e)!!

I've just found a will of a relation:

John Gook of Corfe Castle Dorset, will signed 3 June 1723.

Amongst others he gives:

unto Susanna the wife of John Hellier of Osmington in the said County of Dorset the sum of five pounds.

The will was proved 26 Aug 1724.

This is a mistranscription (correction now submitted)!


John Cook Burial 28 Aug 1723 Corfe Castle in woollen

I'll change Susannah's name here now!