Birth: Before 1614
Father: John Bedford b1599-1669
Mother: Mary ? b1599-1662
Marriage: Unknown
Wife: Sarah b1614-1676
Death: After 1676
Mary Bedford 1629
Francis Bedford 1630
Alice Bedford [Newman] 1632-a1673
Elizabeth Bedford 1634
Sara (Sarah) Bedford 1636-1677
John Bedford 1638-1639
John Bedford 1641-1712
Richard(e) Bedford 1642-1662
Jane Bedford 1645-b1650
Jane Bedford 1650-b1653
Jane Bedford 1653
I have no evidence that John and Mary were his parents but this is the only Bedford family recorded in Thursley.
All the children were christened in Thursley, Surrey, but only the father's name is given. That for Mary un 1629 is the first Bedford entry recorded in Thursley.
A Mary Bedford, wife of John Bedford was buried on 13 August 1662 at St Michael and All Angels, Thursley who may have been his mother.
A John Bedford was buried 22 October 1669 at St Michael and All Angels, Thursley who may have been his father.
Entry in FreeReg for the burial of Sarah Bedford, wife of John Bedford on 1 February 1676/7 at St Michael and All Angels, Thursley.
Entry in FreeReg for the burial of Joan Bedford, wife of John Bedford, on 19 ? 1679 at St Michael and All Angels, Thursley, and in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 for burial of Joane Fedford (sic), spouse Jo Feford (sic) on 18 (sic) December 1679 at Thursley, St Michael and All Angels,"1679 Joane the wife of Joh [illegible] Bedford was buryed on the 19th day of december." Did he remarry?
Note there is a Bedford Farmhouse c1600 SSE of Thursley near the A3 (SU906384). From Domestic Buildings Research Group (Surrey): "Interesting building retains many original features - 5 bays, Georgian wing added, faces East".
John Bedford was my seventh great grandfather.
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