Herbert Haselden and Mary Benbow

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Hereford Cathedral

Herbert Haselden (bap. 26 Nov 1731 in Hereford), son of Robert Haselden and Magdalene Howorth, married Mary Bendbow (sic) (b. 13 Jun 1740 in Ratcliff, Stepney), only daughter of Samuel Benbow and his second wife, Mary, married in Stepney (venue is not listed), on 10 May 1757.

This couple had two daughters:

1. Mary Magdalene Haselden b. 22 Feb 1758, bap. 23 Feb 1758 (at 1 day old) at St Dunstan's, Stepney.
2. Frances Haselden b. Monday, 19 May 1760, bap. 9 June 1760 (at 21 days old) at St Dunstan's, Stepney.

Both were listed as daughter of Herbert Haselden, Grocer, and Mary.

In 1747, Herbert Haselden, then 15, had been apprenticed, for a premium of £30 0s 0d to Thomas Hodgson, Grocer, in Warrington, Lancashire.

In 1761, Herbert Haselden, late of Broad Street, in the Hamlet of Ratcliff, in the Parish of St Dunstan, Stepney, in the County of Middlesex, Grocer and Tobacconist, was a Prisoner in Whitechapel Gaol, Debtors' prison. 

Did he pay off his debt, or did he die in debtor's prison? As yet, no idea.

In 1777, Frances Haselden was apprenticed to a Susanna Pingo, as a Milliner.

William Wood married Frances Haselden by licence dated 14 Apr 1787.

There was a possible marriage of Richard Webb to Mary Haselden, in Stepney, on 30 Aug 1788. Could this be the remarriage of Mary Haselden (née Benbow)? I cannot find a death under Mary Haselden, which might suggest that she remarried, but also cannot isolate records that confirm it.

Frances was mentioned in a Lease and Release with counterpart of release, dated 24 & 25 March, 1790: "William Wood of Little Russell Street, parish of Saint George, Bloomsbury, co. Middx., cider merchant and Frances his wife, only child and heir of Herbert Haselden late of Stepney in the fields, co. Middx., grocer and tobacconist, grand daughter and heir of Magdalen wife of Robert Haselden late of Over Hulton, co. Lancs., who was one of three devisees in fee under the will of Herbert Howorth of Burghill co. Hereford, and one of five sisters and co-heirs of Herbert Howorth."

Listing Frances as the only child and heir of Herbert Haselden suggests that her older sister had died, perhaps as an infant (not found a record), which further supports the 1788 marriage as possibly being that of her mother. 

Unfortunately, I can isolate no further records for this family.

(Herbert's parents, Robert Haselden and Magdalene Howorth, had married at Hereford Cathedral (St Ethelbert) on 8 May 1729. The record lists that the groom was from the parish of St Nicholas, Hereford and the bride was from Burghill. Magdalen Haselden, wife of Robert Haselden, was buried on 24 Jul 1763 in Winwick, Lancaster. Robert Hasleden of Over Hulton, Gentleman, appears to have died in 1768, as Probate was granted on 25 Apr 1768.)