16/11/2016 [email protected]7 Part 1 A Constructed Ancestral Line for James Ducker We can trace the presence of our Ducker family in the village of Haxey, on the Isle of Axholme, from Elizabethan times. This is due to the survival of birth/death/marriage records from the 900-year-old St Nicholas Parish Church of Haxey. Fortunately the records of this church seem to have escaped the worst excesses of the Civil War. The Parish Church of St Nicholas. http://www.isleofaxholme.co.uk From these records, a line descending to our James Ducker has been constructed. Part of this construction is based on a wiki website named red1st.com. The marriages and births upon which this construction is based are authentic, and based on the ancient church records, transcriptions of which have been made by the local Historical Society. The linkages between marriages and births down through the generations all “fit”. But, as any genealogist knows, a “fit” does not constitute a proof. The small number and repeated use of Christian names makes some of the relationships a little uncertain. From 1841 the government introduced a census every 10 years, and from then on the family linkages can be accepted with more certainty. Shortly after 1841 the Duckers ceased recording their events in the St Nicholas Church. They joined the non-conformist movement. However, the non-conformist Haxey chapel records are also complete. Let us allocate the generation number “zero” to James Ducker, our ancestor who brought the Ducker family to New Plymouth in 1880. The constructed family line can thus commence with generation -7.
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Marriage of Robert Ducker and Ann Read 25th Nov 1777
St Nicholas Parish Church, Haxey. (Ann Read was born about 1758.)
The following children were recorded:
Ann Ducker Haxey about 1780 (died as infant 9 years)
Robert Ducker Haxey about 1784
William Ducker Haxey about 1782
Elizabeth Ducker Haxey about 1787
George Ducker Haxey about 1794 generation -1
James Ducker Haxey about 1791
John Ducker Haxey about 1797
Our ancestor is George Ducker who was christened on 5th July 1797
at St. Nicolas Parish Church, Haxey. (Isle of Axholme FHS: Parish Transcripts, Haxey Baptisms Vol 4 Pg 14 )
The 1790s saw the French Revolution.
The wars with France continued until Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo in 1815.
Marriage of George Ducker and Mary Starkey on 13th October 1825 (Isle of Axholme FHS: Parish Transcripts, Haxey Marriages Vol 3 Pg 29) (Mary Starkey was born about 1798.)
The following children were recorded:
Mary Ann Ducker Haxey before Nov. 1828
George Ducker Haxey about 1832
Mary Starkey died in 1832.
Marriage of George Ducker and Mary Ducker on 20th October 1835
(Certificate from the papers of Janet Fleming)
Mary Ducker, a very distant relative of George, was born in 18114
4 The common ancestor of George and Mary is William Ducker who married Jane Taylor in 1643
The headstone for George Ducker is missing from the Parish cemetery, and Janet
Fleming says that when she inquired, she was told that it had been broken up for
roading as it had been damaged. Beryl Ward, however, found and photographed this
“memorial brick” which had been placed in the later chapel (built in 1901.)
According to his will, the assets of the deceased estate were to be managed by the
trustees (Mary Ducker, his wife, and Emanuel Ducker, his eldest son) for the benefit
of Mary, and that after her death the assets were to be divided among his children and
grandchildren. (See Appendix 12: “The Will of George Ducker”)
17 acres was put up for sale in 1869. Friday 21 May 1869 , Stamford Mercury , Lincolnshire, England SALE BY AUCTION Friday 11 June 1869 , Hull Packet , East Riding of Yorkshire, England
It is not certain when Mary Ducker died, some time after 1881, possibly 1886.