Person:Thomas Berridge (2)

Thomas Berridge’s origins have yet to be established. His first confirmed sighting is on 21st June 1763 when he married Elizabeth Underwood at Harringworth in Northamptonshire.

Shortly after their marriage, Thomas and Elizabeth moved about four miles north to the town of Uppingham in Rutland, where they had two sons baptised in 1764 and 1766. They then returned to Harringworth, having a son baptised there in 1769 and a daughter in 1771.

Thomas’s daughter died in January 1790, aged twenty.

Thomas died in 1791, being buried at Harringworth on 7th February 1791. He and Elizabeth had been married for 27 years. Elizabeth survived him by 36 years.

1.   Church of England. Parish Church of Harringworth (Northamptonshire). Parish registers, 1695-1904. (Northampton, England: Northamptonshire County Record Office, 1994?).

   Possible baptism:
   1735 / Thomas son of Stamford & Elizabeth Berrge Xnd [Christened] June 29th twenty ninth day
   Bishop’s Transcript
   Harringworth regester 1735 / Thomas sone of Stamford and Eliz[abeth] Berridge June 29

   This would appear to be the most likely baptism, being in the parish in which Thomas married and lived as an adult, but further proof required.

2. ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of Harringworth (Northamptonshire). Parish registers, 1695-1904. (Northampton, England: Northamptonshire County Record Office, 1994?).

   Burials 1791 / Feb[ruar]y 7th Thomas Berridge