Murden and Yeoman Surnames from Northamptonshire,England


Samuel Murdin-533 [Parents] was born 1 in 1780 in Wollaston. He married Mary Croxton-520 on 27 Jul 1801 in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England.

MARRIAGE from Wollaston parish records, NRO ref. 369p/9, no. 193. bachelor of the parish.

DATA from Malcolm Murdin via Jeanette Wallace (email August 2002).

Mary Croxton-520 was born before 1780 in , , England. She married Samuel Murdin-533 on 27 Jul 1801 in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England.

MARRIAGE from Wollaston parish records, NRO ref. 369p/9, no. 193, spinster of the parish.

NOTE it cannot be certain that this is the right groom but it is likely.

They had the following children:

  M i John Murdin-52
  M ii James Murdin-24
  M iii Cornelius Murdin-65

Robert Murdin-372 [Parents] was born 1 on 28 Dec 1712 in Wollaston. He died 2 in 1791 in Wollaston. He married 3 Sarah Byfield-396 on 2 Oct 1740 in St. Marys, Wollaston. Robert was baptized on 25 Dec 1737. He was employed as a Pauper. He was baptized on 25 Dec 1737. He was employed as a Pauper.

NOTE Known from information from Lionel (e-mail with Gedcom 24 Sep 2001), then from Malcolm Murdin via Jeanette Wallace (email August 2002).

Sarah Byfield-396 was born about 1720. She died 1 in 1799 in Wollaston. She married 2 Robert Murdin-372 on 2 Oct 1740 in St. Marys, Wollaston.

NOTE Known from information from Lionel (e-mail with Gedcom 24 Sep 2001), then from Malcolm Murdin via Jeanette Wallace (email August 2002).

They had the following children:

  F i Mary Murdin-397 was born in 1746. She died in 1785. Mary was employed as a maiden Pauper.

NOTE Known only from information from Lionel (e-mail with Gedcom 24 Sep 2001).
  M ii Richard Murdin-398

William Pettit-394 was born in Bozeat, Northamptonshire, England. He married 1 Hannah Murdin-373 on 11 Nov 1745 in St. Marys Wollaston.

NOTE Known from information from Lionel (e-mail with Gedcom 24 Sep 2001), then from Malcolm Murdin via Jeanette Wallace (email August 2002)..

Hannah Murdin-373 [Parents] was born 1 in 1715 in Wollaston. She married 2 William Pettit-394 on 11 Nov 1745 in St. Marys Wollaston. Hannah was baptized in 1737.

NOTE Known from information from Lionel (e-mail with Gedcom 24 Sep 2001), then from Malcolm Murdin via Jeanette Wallace (email August 2002).


Cornelius Murdin-65 [Parents] was born 1 about 1810 in Woolaston, Northants, England. He died 2 in 1879. He married 3 Mary A Short-66 on 5 Nov 1843 in St. Marys Wollaston.

NOTE Malcolm Murdin (via Jeanette Wallace email Aug 2002) lists George Short (son of his wife before they were married) as an adobted son.

CENSUS 1851: Wollaston, Northants. Film 087698 enumerator 9b. Pg 21 no.101 age 41. A shoe maker. Living in Turnpike Street. Name spelled Cornelius Murden here.

CENSUS 1861: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0542726 no.139 age 50. A shoe maker.

CENSUS 1871: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0828802 enumerator 11. Pg 23 no.134 a shoemaker, age 60. Note that Elizabeth Nickols his neice, age 7, born Bozeat, was living with the family at this time. Spelled Kornelius here.

DEATH: assumed from non-appearance in Northamptonshire 1881 census index. Actual date from Malcolm Murdin via Jeanette Wallace (email August 2002) though no note of source.

Mary A Short-66 was born about 1812 in Woolaston, Northants, England. She was christened on 27 Sep 1815 in Woolaston, Northamptonshire, England. She died on 18 Oct 1882 in Woolaston, Northamptonshire, England. She married 1 Cornelius Murdin-65 on 5 Nov 1843 in St. Marys Wollaston.

Other marriages:
Unknown

BAPTISM from Malcolm Murdin via Jeanette Wallace, he gives her the surname as Short but has not confirmed this from parish records, so not know why able to list baptismal date.

CENSUS 1851: Wollaston, Northants. Film 087698 enumerator 9b. Pg 21 no.101 age 37. A lace maker. Living in Turnpike Street. The family next door (no.102 was james and Elizabeth Short ages 29 and 32.

CENSUS 1861: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0542726 no.139 age 47.

CENSUS 1871: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0828802 enumerator 11. Pg 23 no.134 age 58 (or maybe 56).

CENSUS 1881: index - Lawson Crescent, Woolaston - age 66, a lacemaker, living with her son.

DEATH from Malcolm Murdin via Jeanette Wallace, no source given.

NOTE Malcolm gives her parents as William Short and Ann Boddington (of Irchester).

They had the following children:

  F i Elizabeth Murdin-67 was born about 1843 in Woolaston, Northants, England.

CENSUS 1851: Wollaston, Northants. Film 087698 enumerator 9b. Pg 21 no.101 age 7. A lace maker. Living in Turnpike Street. There is the name Elizabethe Short Murden given but this may be an error as the next family surname is Short.

CENSUS 1861: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0542726, first enumerator, no 61. Living in Hickmire Street. Age 17. A shoe closer. Visiting Sophia Hazeldine, a 60 year old widow, who is a cook.

CENSUS 1871: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0828802 enumerator 11. Pg 23 no.134 a boot closer, age 27.
  F ii Rebecca Murdin-68 was born about 1847 in Woolaston, Northants, England.

CENSUS 1851: Wollaston, Northants. Film 087698 enumerator 9b. Pg 21 no.101 age 3. A scholar. Living in Turnpike Street. Must be a twin.

CENSUS 1861: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0542726 no.139 age 13. A boot closer.

CENSUS 1871: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0828802 enumerator 11. Pg 23 no.134 a boot closer, age 23.

CENSUS 1881: index - Lawson Crescent, Woolaston - age 23, living with brother as a cook for the family. The age here is mis-recorded as she is Isaac's twin.
  M iii Isaac Murdin-81
  F iv Rose Ann Murdin-69 was born in Jul 1850 in Woolaston, Northants, England.

CENSUS 1851: Wollaston, Northants. Film 087698 enumerator 9b. Pg 21 no.101 age 8 months. Living in Turnpike Street.

CENSUS 1861: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0542726 no.139 age 10. A boot closer.

CENSUS 1871: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0828802 enumerator 11. Pg 23 no.134
a boot closer, age 20.
  F v Hannah Mary Murdin-70 was born about 1856 in Woolaston, Northants, England.

CENSUS 1861: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0542726 no.139 age 4. Named Hannah Mary here.


!CENSUS 1871: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0828802 enumerator 11. Pg 23 no.134 a boot closer, age 14. Named only Hannah here.

Joseph Murdin-104 [Parents] was born 1 about 1791 in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England. He was buried on 2 Dec 1861 in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England. He married 2 Edith Miller-105 on 12 Oct 1813 in St. Katherines, Irchester. Joseph was employed as Labourer.

CENSUS 1851: Wollaston, Northants. Film 087698 enumerator 9b. Pg 16 no.74 age 59. An agricultural labourer. Living in Turnpike Street.

CENSUS 1861: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0542726, first enumerator, no 135. Living in Turnpike Street with son. Age 70, a widower. An agricultural labourer.

NOTE Malcolm Murdin (e-mail Dec 2001) said Joseph was witness to the marriage of Thomas Mitchener and Alice Palmerat St. Marys Wollaston on the 3 January 1812. He lists the marriage date.

DEATH abt 1961from Lionel (e-mail with Gedcom 24 Sep 2001).

BURIAL from http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanettewallace/pafg18.htm#579, where National Burial Index is quoted, buried at St Mary's aged 72.

Edith Miller-105 was born 1 about 1788 in Weekley, Northants, England. She was buried on 22 Sep 1853 in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England. She married 2 Joseph Murdin-104 on 12 Oct 1813 in St. Katherines, Irchester.

MAIDEN name from information from Lionel (e-mail with Gedcom 24 Sep 2001).

CENSUS 1851: Wollaston, Northants. Film 087698 enumerator 9b. Pg 16 no.74 age 62. An agricultural Labourer's wife. Living in Turnpike Street.

DEATH: from her husband a widower in the 1861 census, the year supplied by Lionel (e-mail with Gedcom 24 Sep 2001).

BURIAL from http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanettewallace/pafg18.htm#579. where the National Burial Index is quoted. Buried at St Mary's..

NOTE at baptism of children she is named usually as Edith, but at that of James she is called Eady.

They had the following children:

  F i Mary Murdin-402
  M ii Charles Murdin-18
  M iii John Murdin-107
  F iv Sussanah Murden-210 was born on 20 Apr 1818 in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England. She was christened on 22 Nov 1818 in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England.

BIRTH & BAPTISM at Wollaston Independent Chapel from LDS film 825347. I recorded the birth date as 20 Apr 1810, which was before her parents' marriage, but Pat Churchill gives the bith the same year as the baptism..
  M v Richard Murden-80 was born on 13 Jan 1820 in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England. He was christened on 6 Feb 1820 in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England.

BIRTH & BAPTISM at Wollaston Independent Chapel from LDS film 825347.

CENSUS 1861: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0542726, first enumerator, no 135. Living in Turnpike Street with brother. Aged 41, unmarried.
  M vi James Murden-54
  F vii Elizabeth Murden-209 was born on 15 Dec 1821 in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England. She was christened on 6 Jan 1822 in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England.

BIRTH & BAPTISM at Wollaston Independent Chapel from LDS film 825347.
  M viii William Murden-208
  F ix Ann Murden-212 was born on 17 Jun 1828 in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England. She was christened on 2 Oct 1828 in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England. She was buried on 5 Oct 1828 in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England.

BIRTH & BAPTISM at Wollaston Independent Chapel from LDS film 825347.

BURIAL from Pat Church (email Sep 2007), she quotes Malcolm Murdin for her information..
  F x Mary Ann Murdin-106

Richard Barker-534 was born before 1743 in , , England. He married Sarah Murden-537.

POSSIBLE MARRIAGE from Wollaston parish records, NRO ref. 369p/8, he was of Irchester, banns only in July/Aug 1763..

Sarah Murden-537 was born before 1743 in , , England. She married Richard Barker-534.

POSSIBLE MARRIAGE from Wollaston parish records, NRO ref. 369p/8, of the parish, banns listed in July/Aug 1763 but marriage not recorded.


John Murdin-52 [Parents] was born 1 about 1803 in Wollaston, Northants, England. He died 2 on 29 Dec 1872 in Wollaston. He married Elizabeth Rivett-53 on 14 Jun 1832 in St Marys, Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England.

MARRIAGE from Parish records of St Mary's Wollaston NRO ref. 369p/10, no.156.

CENSUS 1851: Wollaston, Northants. Film 087698 enumerator 9a. Pg 4 no.22 age 49. A cordwainer. Living in Hickmire(Hickman?) Street.

CENSUS 1861: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0542726, first enumerator, no 50. Living in Hickmire Street. Age 57. A shoe maker.

CENSUS 1871: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0828802 enumerator 10. Page 4 no. 17 Head of house - infirm. Age 67.

Elizabeth Rivett-53 [Parents] was christened on 21 Mar 1806 in Woolaston, Northamptonshire, England. She died on 11 Dec 1880 in Woolaston, Northamptonshire, England. She married John Murdin-52 on 14 Jun 1832 in St Marys, Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from St Mary's Parish records, NRO ref 369p/2.

MAIDEN name from Malcolm Murdin via Jeanette Wallace (email August 2002).

NOTE Malcolm Murdin says that in Feb 1832, she and her future husband were witness as the marriage of William Rivett and Elizabeth Green.

MARRIAGE from Parish records of St Mary's Wollaston NRO ref. 369p/10, no.156.

CENSUS 1851: Wollaston, Northants. Film 087698 enumerator 9a. Pg 4 no.22 age 45. A cordwainer's wife. Living in Hickmire Street.

CENSUS 1861: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0542726, first enumerator, no 50. Living in Hickmire Street. Age 55. A lace maker.

CENSUS 1871: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0828802 enumerator 10. Pg 4 no. 17, wife - infirm. Age 65.


George Cooper-538 was born 1 in 1786. He died 2 on 9 Jun 1860 in Wollaston. He married Hannah Murdin-539 on 27 Apr 1810 in St. Marys Wollaston.

Hannah Murdin-539 [Parents] was born 1 in 1785. She died 2 on 7 Sep 1852 in Wollaston. She married George Cooper-538 on 27 Apr 1810 in St. Marys Wollaston.


Abraham Yeomans-143 [Parents] was born on 18 Oct 1829 in Woolaston, Northants, England. He was christened on 8 Aug 1830 in Independant Chapel, Rothwell, Northamptonshire, England. He married Mary A-88.

BIRTH: recorded on film 0825345, Independant Chapel Records. Rowell or Rothwell.

CENSUS 1851 in Meeting Lane, Rothwell, PRO ref. HO107/1744, district 5a, page 6, age 21. a silk hand loom weather.

CENSUS 1871: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0828802 enumerator 10. Pg 4 no.17 a shoemaker, age 41. Address Rotten Row.

NOTE See Tew Family File.

Mary A-88 was born about 1833 in Wollaston, Northants, England. She married Abraham Yeomans-143.

CENSUS 1871: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0828802 enumerator 10. Pg 4 no.17 a shoemaker, age 37. Address Rotten Row.

NOTE See Tew Family File.

They had the following children:

  F i Amy Yeomans-89 was born about 1854 in Wollaston, Northants, England.

CENSUS 1871: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0828802 enumerator 10. Pg 4 no.17 a bootcloser, age 16. Address Rotten Row.

NOTE See Tew Family File.
  F ii Emily Yeomans-91 was born about 1863 in Wollaston, Northants, England.

CENSUS 1871: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0828802 enumerator 10. Pg 4 no.17 a scholar, age 7. Address Rotten Row.

NOTE See Tew Family File.
  F iii Ann Yeomans-92 was born about 1868 in Wollaston, Northants, England.

CENSUS 1871: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0828802 enumerator 10. Pg 4 no.17 age 2. Address Rotten Row.

NOTE See Tew Family File.
  M iv William Yeomans-90 was born about 1869 in Wollaston, Northants, England.

CENSUS 1871: Wollaston, Northants. Film 0828802 enumerator 10. Pg 4 no.17 a butcher boy, age 11. Address Rotten Row.

NOTE See Tew Family File.

James Cooke-553 was born on 13 Nov 1830 in Ravenstone, Buckingham, England. He married Mary Ann Yeomans-144 on 12 May 1856 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.

BIRTH from an IGI listing sent by David Bosworth (email Nov 2005).

MARRIAGE from an IGI listing sent by David Bosworth (email Nov 2005).

NOTE other information form Many Morgan (email march 2003). Birth date my estimate.

NOTE See Tew Family File.

Mary Ann Yeomans-144 [Parents] was born on 3 May 1832. She was christened on 21 Oct 1832 in Independant Chapel, Rothwell, Northamptonshire, England. She died in 1908. She married James Cooke-553 on 12 May 1856 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.

BIRTH: recorded on film 0825345, Independant Chapel Records. Rowell or Rothwell.

MARRIAGE from an IGI listing sent by David Bosworth (email Nov 2005).

NOTE Mandy Morgan (email Mar 2003) says she had six children.

DEATH from an IGI listing sent by David Bosworth (email Nov 2005), she is listed as 76 years old.

NOTE See Tew Family File.

They had the following children:

  M i Thomas Cooke-543 was born in 1857 in , , England.

DATA from Mandy Morgan (email Mar 2003). She says he was Christened in Ravenstone.
  M ii Henry Cooke-550 was born in 1859 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.

DATA from Mandy Morgan (email Mar 2003). She says he was known as Harry.
  M iii Alfred Cooke-547 was born in 1861 in Ravenstone, Buckinghamshire, England.

DATA from Mandy Morgan (email Mar 2003).
  M iv William Cooke-548 was born in 1863 in Ravenstone, Buckinghamshire, England.

DATA from Mandy Morgan (email Mar 2003).
  M v Herbert Daniel Cooke-116
  F vi Elizabeth Ann Cooke-115 was born in 1867 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England.

DATA from Mandy Morgan (email Mar 2003).

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