Lydia Goode

!BAPTISM
"England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," Lydia Goode, 1790
name: Lydia Goode
gender: Female
baptism/christening date: 22 Aug 1790
baptism/christening place: Weston-Favell, Northampton, England
father's name: Jeffery Goode
mother's name: Elizabeth
indexing project (batch) number: I04696-0
system origin: England-EASy
source film number: 1966305
reference number: Item 6

Source:
"England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JSCH-J21 : accessed 29 Sep 2012), Lydia Goode, 22 Aug 1790; citing reference Item 6, FHL microfilm 1966305.

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Weston Favell is a large parish, covering an area of nearly 2,000 acres and, since 1900, including part of the parish of Abington. Owing to the expansion of Northampton the population of the ecclesiastical parish had risen to 1,094 in 1931. Much of the land consists of permanent pasture, but cereals and beans are grown. The lower part of the parish, which lies by the River Nene, the southern boundary, is covered with trees which border the lane ascending from the Billing Road to the village, but the northern part, which lies much higher up, is more open in character although broken by one or two spinnies. The north of the parish is crossed by the main road from Northampton to Kettering, while the Wellingborough road, off which lies the village, divides the upper and lower parts. Two roads lead off the highway to the centre of the village where stands the church, one of them forming the main street of the village, with a public house and Methodist chapel, while the other skirts the high stone wall which inclosed the grounds of where the Ekins's mansion formerly stood, and passes by the small cemetery and picturesque group of thatched cottages with stone mullioned windows opposite the church. There are several good stone houses clustered round the church, while the rectory, a red-brick house built by the Rev. James Hervey just before his death in 1758, stands slightly to the south.

To the north of the parish, just off the Kettering road, lies Weston Favell House, a stone house built by Mr. James Manfield in 1900, with a small park. The ground reaches here an altitude of 400 ft., and a fine view is obtained over the sloping fields of the Nene Valley and of the rising land beyond. From 400 ft. the ground declines to 300 near the Weston Favell Convalescent Home, and from this point there is a gradual descent to the River Nene on which the mill, formerly belonging to the Ekins, is placed, the land there not rising above 200 ft.

In the upper part of the parish is a field formerly known as Spelhoe, from which the hundred took its name, but now called Stocking.

When Lydia Goode was born in 1791 in Northamptonshire, England, her
father, Jeffrey, was 39, and her mother, Elisabeth, was 35. She
married Joseph Wheeler on January 21, 1812, in Weston Favell,
Northamptonshire, England. They had 11 children in 19 years. She died
on April 13, 1838, in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England, at the age of
47, and was buried there.

!BIRTH:
Birth of Thomas Wheeler
Relevant search results of a birth record obtained at the website hereafter:
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Author: Family Search International Genealogical Index, British Isles
Actual text:
"Thomas Wheeler
Sex : Male
Event:
Birth:
Date: 13 Oct., 1814
Parents:
Father: Joseph Wheeler
Mother: Lydia"
Source of information:
Batch N° C003712 - 1813/1879-Source Call N° 1279070 - Film 6905857
Additional information:
The name Thomas, male, English, French, Scandinavian, Greek, Biblical and male of the Aramaic name Te'oma which meant 'twin'
In the New Testament, he was the apostle who doubted the resurrected Jesus.
Lack of information:
Since there was no civil registration at that time, birth references are obtained from church records. (See also christening record)
There is no reference as to his mother´s maiden name: Gould.

!LETTERS:
Thanks to a letter from Eleanor Morton Dewey, formerly Clark Wheeler sent from Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1925 to her cousin Eli Samuel Wheeler Gilmore in Argentina, we have the first news about his existence. Here we have the relevant passage
'You will be interested to know I have a letter written by your father to his brother Edward (who lived in Boston at that time) and uncle Edward sent it to my mother to read; I never saw any of my mother´s people except uncle Edward and his son Edward they both have been dead many years, but I have very pleasant memories of them'

!BIRTH:
Birth of Edward Wheeler sr.
Search results of relevant birth entry obtained at the website hereafter:
www.familysearch.org,
Author: FamilySearch, International Genealogical Index, British Isles
Actual text
"Edward Wheeler
Sex. Male
Event.
Birth.
Date . 6 Jan., 1817
Parents.
Father. Joseph Wheeler
Mother. Lydia"
Source of information:
Batch N° 003712- Dates1818/1879 Source Call N° 1279070 Film 6905857
Accuracy of source:
Correct
Lack of information:
Since there was no civil registration at that time birth references were obtained from church records.
There is omission of Lydia's maiden name: Goode.

!BIRTH:
Birth of Harriet Wheeler
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Author: Individual Record, Family Search International Genealogical Index, British Isles
Actual text:
"Harriet Wheeler
Sex: Female
Event:
Birth: Date 29 Jan., 1819"
Source of information:
Batch N° C003712 - Dates 1813/1879 - Source Call N° 1279070 - Film N° 6905857
Lack of information:
Since there was no civil registration we have to refer to church records to get birth date references.
Additional information:
The names Harriet as well as Harriette are the feminine form of Harry which is a medieval form of Henry.

!BIRTH:
Birth of Samuel Wheeler
Search results of relevant birth entry obtained at the website hereafter:
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Author: Individual Record, Family Search International Index, British Isles
Actual text:
"Samuel Wheeler
Sex: Male
Even:t
Birth:
Date: 10 Jan., 1821
Parent:
Father: Joseph Wheeler
Mother: Lydia"
Source of information:
Batch No. C003712 Dates 1813-1879 Source Call No.1279070 Film No. 6905857
Lack of information:
Though the Samuel's birthplace is not mentioned here we know it was Ampthill as shown in most documents)
There is omission of Lydia's maiden name: Goode (see notes for Lydia Goode)
Additional information:
The name Samuel is English, French, and Biblical, from the Hebrew name Shemu'el which could mean either 'God has heard' or 'name of God'.
Samuel was the last of the ruling judges in the Old Testament.

!BIRTH:
Birth of Sophia Wheeler
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Author: Individual Record, Family Search International Genealogical Index, British Isles
Actual text:
" Sophia Wheeler
Sex: Female
Event:
Birth:
Date: 23 Jan. 1823
Parents:
Father: Joseph
Mother: Lydia"
Source of information:
Batch N°C 003712 - Dates1813 -1879 - Source Call N° 1279070
Film 6905857
Lack of information:
There is omission of her mother's maiden name: Goode
Additional information:
The name Sophia is English, Greek, German and Italian. It means 'wisdom' in Greek.
This was the name of an early, probably mythical saint who died of grief after his 3 daughters were martyred.
In a letter written to her cousin Eli Samuel Wheeler G., Eleanor Clark Wheeler tells him by mistake, that her aunt's name is spelled 'Soffyer' instead of Sophia (see Eleanor's letter)

PASSAGE of the letter concerning Sophia's name:
"I have the Bible which belonged to your father's father (your grandfather as well as mine) and his name is written in it 'Joseph Wheeler 1812'. In this Bible there are the names of 10 children born to Joseph and Lydia Wheeler, your father being the eighth child and my mother was the youngest. Perhaps you would like to know the names of the children, they are John, Thomas, Edward, Harriet, Samuel, Soffyer (should read Sophia), Eleanor (should read Elena), Joseph, Mark and Elizabeth.
Hanover, New Hampshire
Feb. 23, 1925"
She is also mentioned in Samuel Wheeler's will (please refer to the transcription of said document within Samuel's sources)

!BIRTH
I was not able to find any birth date for Elena Wheeler (only her baptism date was registered)

Passage extracted from Eleanor Morton Clark's letter to her cousin Eli Samuel Wheeler, referring to their Aunt Elena Wheeler married to William Moreton