HELSDON Parish Records	Dr G.M.W.Mann. Baytrees Burnhams Rd, Lt.Bookham Surrey, U.K. KT23 3AU
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Belchamps Otten ESS

Chedburgh SFK

Chevington SFK

Depden SFK

Elsworth CAM

Haverhill SFK

Little Yeldham ESS

West Wratting SFK

miscellaneous

Belchamps Otten Ref ERO D/P 214/1/2 [r]; transcript R142 at SoG [t] searched from 1700

C 18Feb1721+Martha d John & Martha HELSDEN b 15Feb1722 t

C 12Jul1724 William s John & Martha HELSDEN b 8Jul1724 t

C 12Mar1732 Edmund s Edmund & ---- ELSDEN b 26Feb1732 r (tr has Samuel s Edmund & Mary)

C 13Jan1733+Ann d Edward & Mary ELSDEN b 31Dec1733 rt

C 9Aug1736 Susan d Edmund & Mary ELSDEN b 3Aug1736 rt

C 13Jan1739+Henry s Edmund & Mary ELSDEN b 30Dec1739 rt

C 13Mar1743 Sarah d Edmund & Mary ELSDEN b 3Mar1743 rt

C 22Sep1745 Ruth d Edmund & Mary ELSDEN b 17Sep1745 t

C 11Feb1750 Elizabeth d Edmund & Mary ELSDEN t

C 27Apr1752 Elizabeth d Edmund & Mary ELSDEN b 11Apr1752 t

C 1Jun1760 Sarah d Isaac & Sarah HILLSDON rt

C 15May1763 Isaac s Isaac & Sarah HELSDON r

C 15May1763 Haydon s Isaac & Sarah HELSDON rt

C 5May1765 Elizabeth d Isaac & Sarah HELSDON rt

C 1Mar1767 William s Isaac & Sarah HELSDON b 11Feb1767 rt

C 7Feb1768 William s Isaac & Sarah HELSDON b 31Jan1768 rt

m searched from 1700 but all m missing 1726-1823 from tr, (though present in orig and Boyd)

m 11Apr1721 John HELSDEN & Martha HAWARD tr

m 27Oct1788 Nathaniel MANN otp, & Elizabeth HELSDON otp; witness: Edward X RULTON, Frances RULTON r

1794 banns John ELSDON & Hannah REEVE (no day/month)

from 4Dec1754 to 30Sep1761 all m witnessed by Edmund ELSDEN

from30Sep1761 to 22Jun1767 all m witnessed by Isaac HELSDON

one m witnessed by Ruth ELSDEN in 1769

B searched 1700-1813 (tr)

B 20Feb1724 Martha HELSDEN

B 2Jul1737 John HELSDEN

B 29Apr1742 Martha ELSDEN

B 24Oct1744 John HELSDEN

B 8Mar1751 Elizabeth ELSDEN

B 1Dec1759 Edmund ELSDEN

B 8Mar1767 William HELSDON infant

B 24Jul1768 Isaac HELSDON church clerk

B 10Sep1782 Mary ELSDEN wid

B 11Feb1796 John ELSDEN

B 14Sep1800 Adey ELSDON

Land-Tax Assessment at Belchamps Otten (ref ERO D/Z 217/4a)

Isaac HELSDON assessed at 1/- 1762 and 1766

Widow HELSDON assessed at 1/- 1775, 1777, 1779

these are the only years for which land tax records are preserved at ERO; 1/- is smallest amount in list of about 20 names

Chedburgh SFK (about 10 miles from Belchamp Otten)

CB original on mfc

reading 1659-66 difficult

C 28Oct1666 Edmond s Edmund & Alice ELSDEN

C 28Jny1671+John s Edmund & Alice ELSDEN

C 15Jun1673 Stephen s Edmund & Alice ELSDEN

B 24Jny1674+Stephen s Edmund & Alice ELSDEN

C 20Jun1675 Mary d Edmund & Alice ELSDEN

C 22Apr1677 Robert s Edmund & Alice ELSDEN

C 13Apr1679 Mary d Edmund & Alice ELSDEN

C 13Nov1681 Catharine d Edmund & Alice ELSDEN

B 10Nov1683 Katharine d Edmund & Alice ELSDEN

C 18May1684 Arthur s Edmund & Alice ELSDEN

B 30Jny1684+Alice ELSDON

B 15Apr1686 Arthur s Edmund & Alice ELSDEN

B 6May[?]1695 Edmund ELSDEN otp

C 18Sep1698 John s Robert & Mary ELSDEN

B 28Jny1710+Alice ELSDEN widow

reading now more difficult

C 28Feb1730+ Robert s Robert ELDSON [sic] & Margett his wife

m1542-1837 (SoG transcript, pink25)

m 4Oct1659 Edmund ELSDEN & Alice SMITH

m 16May1698 Robert ELSDEN of Depden & Mary GOYMER of Depden

m 7Dec1746 Francis SOUTER s & Mary ELSDON s botp

m 12May1752 Jonathon UNDERWOOD of Stansfield & Margaret ELSDEN s(=single woman)

m 28May1792 Robert ELSDON (w) & Alice JOHNSON

m 17Jul1810 John ELSDON & Ann NEWMAN

m 27Jny1818 Abraham ORRIS & Thomasin ELSDEN [this was recorded after 1832 entries – is the year correct?]

m 13Dec1829 George ELSDEN & Rebecca HOWES

m 13Apr1832 Benjamin PRICE & Elizabeth ELSDEN

m 20Apr1832 Richard COLE (w) of Depden & Elizabeth ELSDEN

m 3Aug1832 William CHAPMAN & Eliza ELSDEN

m 30Apr1834 Thomas SUTTLE & Rebecca ELSDEN

m 13Feb1835 Robert ELSDON & Charlotte BULLEN of Westley

marriage licence at Sudbury (Harl vol69-72)

Robert ELSDEN of Depden husbandman single & Mary GOYMER of same, single, at Chedburgh or Depden; bondsmen: Edmund ELSDEN of Henningham co

Hearth Tax 1674 for Chedburgh (SFK green book XI vol13 )

Edmund ELSDEN [no of hearths left blank]

Data from Chedburgh and Depden arranged in families

m 4Oct1659 Edmund ELSDEN & Alice SMITH

? Alice? B 30Jny1684+Alice ELSDON

C 28Oct1666 Edmond s Edmund & Alice ELSDEN

C 28Jny1671+John s Edmund & Alice ELSDEN

C 15Jun1673 Stephen s Edmund & Alice ELSDEN; B 24Jny1674+Stephen s Edmund & Alice ELSDEN

C 20Jun1675 Mary d Edmund & Alice ELSDEN

C 22Apr1677 Robert s Edmund & Alice ELSDEN

C 13Apr1679 Mary d Edmund & Alice ELSDEN

C 13Nov1681 Catharine d Edmund & Alice ELSDEN; B 10Nov1683 Katharine d Edmund & Alice ELSDEN

C 18May1684 Arthur s Edmund & Alice ELSDEN; B 15Apr1686 Arthur s Edmund & Alice ELSDEN

B 6May[?]1695 Edmund ELSDEN otp

B 28Jny1710+Alice ELSDEN widow

m 16May1698 Robert ELSDEN of Depden & Mary GOYMER of Depden

C 18Sep1698 John s Robert & Mary ELSDEN at Chedburgh

B 14Oct1701 Robert ELSDEN infant at Depden

C 26Jul1702 Robert s Robert & Mary ELSDEN at Depden

C 12Mar1703+Sarah d ---------------ELSDEN at Depden

B 21Aug1704 Sarah ELSDEN infant at Depden

C 1716 Joseph s Robert & Mary ELSDEN at Depden

m 2Oct1726 Robert ELSDEN & Margaret WEBB at Depden

C 22Jul1727 Mary d Robert ELSDEN jun at Depden; m 7Dec1746 Francis SOUTER s & Mary ELSDON s botp Chedburgh

C 28Feb1730+Robert s Robert ELDSON [sic] & Margett his wife at Chedburgh

? Margaret m 12May1752 Jonathon UNDERWOOD of Stansfield & Margaret ELSDEN s(=single woman) Chedb.

unused

m 28May1792 Robert ELSDON (w) & Alice JOHNSON

m 17Jul1810 John ELSDON & Ann NEWMAN

m 27Jny1818 Abraham ORRIS & Thomasin ELSDEN [this was recorded after 1832 entries – is the year correct?]

m 13Dec1829 George ELSDEN & Rebecca HOWES

m 13Apr1832 Benjamin PRICE & Elizabeth ELSDEN

m 20Apr1832 Richard COLE (w) of Depden & Elizabeth ELSDEN

m 3Aug1832 William CHAPMAN & Eliza ELSDEN

m 30Apr1834 Thomas SUTTLE & Rebecca ELSDEN

m 13Feb1835 Robert ELSDON & Charlotte BULLEN of Westley

Chevington SFK

from original on mfc ; register begins 1559 and is so clear that it must surely be a later copy (pink30)

m extracted 1670 – 1750

m 26Jun1727 William ELSDEN of Bury St Edmunds & Elizabeth SALISBURY

C extracted 1660 – 1750

C 28May1704 Robert s John & Magdalene ELSDEN

C 14Dec1705 Edmund s John & Magdalene ELSDEN

C 20Sep1707 Wm s John & Magdalene ELSDEN

C 27May1709 Mary d John & Magdalene ELSDEN

C 21Feb1711+Abraham s John & Magdalene ELSDEN

C 30Sep1714 Isaac s John & Magdalene ELSDEN

C 1Jny1716+Mary d John & Magdalene ELSDEN

C 26Sep1719 Thomas s John & Magdalene ELSDEN

B extracted 1685-1748

B 29Apr1711 Mary d John ELSDEN

B 27Dec1714 Isaac s John ELSDEN

B 30Nov1718 Mary d John ELSDEN

B 19Oct1719 Magdalene w Jno ELSDEN

B 20Oct1719 Thomas his son

B 1Jny1747+John ELSDEN widower

searched on to 1780 specifically for Edmund ELSDEN – not found

Depden Suffolk PR (SoG transcript R182 not indexed) searched from 1675 to 1740

B 14Oct1701 Robert ELSDEN infant

C 26Jul1702 Robert s Robert & Mary ELSDEN

C 12Mar1703+Sarah d ---------------ELSDEN

B 21Aug1704 Sarah ELSDEN infant

C 1716 Joseph s Robert & Mary ELSDEN

m 2Oct1726 Robert ELSDEN & Margaret WEBB

C 22Jul1727 Mary d Robert ELSDEN jun

C 8Sep1737 William s Robert & Ann ELSDEN

Elsworth CAM

not extracted, but in Ely Episcopal Records it is noted that in 1627 Wm ELSDEN the other churchwarden hath dwelt at Chesterton this quarter of the year

Little Yeldham (IGI; 1756-1851m SoG TR R107)

C 10Sep1729 Mary d Edmund & Mary ELSDEN

m 12Nov1788 Hayden ELSDEN & Susannah BARNARD wid, (one banns entry)

C 1Feb1789 Isaac s Haydon & Susan ELSDEN

C 16Oct1791 Sarah d Haydon & Susan HELSDON

Haverhill SFK (extracted by Reg Mann from records at Ipswich RO)

C 10Sep1678 David s John HILSDON

C 27Jul1701 --?-- d David & Eleana HILSDON

C 30Oct1703 Sarah d David & ? HILSDON

C 7Jun1714 Mary d David & Martha HILSDON

C 4Oct1716 David s David & Martha HILSDON

C 23Jny1718 John s David & Martha HILSDON

C 4Jny1730 Martha d Isaac & Martha HILSDON

C 18Jul1731 Isaac s Isaac & Martha HILSDON

C 28Oct1733 Mary d Isaac & Martha HILSDON

C 10Aug1735 John s Isaac & Martha HILSDON

C 2Dec1739 David s George & Mary HILSDON

C 1741+George s --- HILSDON

marriages from BT

m 31May1678 John HILSDON & Elizabeth DOUGHTY

m 13Apr1729 Isaac HILSDON & Martha WEBB

m 3Jul1759 Isaac HILSDON & Sarah HEYDON by banns both otp

m 24Oct1767 Cornelius MAY & Martha HILSDON

m 12Nov1775 James WHITING & Catherine HILSDEN wid

m 19Dec1775 Daniel WHITEING & Elizabeth HILSDEN

B 23Sep1727 Isaac HILSDEN

B 28Apr1728 Susan HILSDEN wid

B 7Dec1733 Mary HILSDEN inf

B Jul1742 Martha HILSDEN

West Wratting SFK

Ely Episcopal Records (SoG CA G32) it is noted that the name ELSDEN appears frequently in the BTs

all CMB extracted from transcript using index – see pink42 – 1587-19C; last entry dated 1693; names include Esther, Bridget, Margaret, Frances, Richard, but no Edmund or Isaac

others (IGI)

m 7Feb1748 James DRURY & Ann ELSDEN at Gt.Yeldham

many ELSDEN in SFK no HELSDON; two Isaacs only:

C 30Sep1714 Isaac s John & Magdelene ELSDEN at Chevington SFK

C 27Sep1764 Isaac s Robert & Ann ELSDEN at Hadleigh SFK

Essex m index

Only 3 male Helsdon's in this index and 1 female (widow). No Isaac. There are more ELLSDON in m index but no Isaac

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