Baldock/Fagg/Small Family History

I was fortunate enough a little while ago to trace my BALDOCK family tree back to a pivotal marriage of John BALDOCK & Susannah NEWING. This couple appear on the webpages at http://www.fadedgenes.co.uk/JosephBaldockDescendants.html and http://www.fadedgenes.co.uk/JohnBALDOCK.html, alongside many other relatives. I have seen John’s parents confirmed as Thomas BALDOCK and Ann DAWKINS from other sources, but have yet to physically confirm myself through parish records.

I have taken a chance for now and assumed this is correct, now working forward from Thomas’ other children. In this regard, through census records, I have already found some additional descendants not listed.

Providing my proving proceeds on track, it also means I have another two relatives who died in WWI, namely John Edward BALDOCK and Walter William FAGG, the latter not, as far as I am yet aware, related to the FAGGs on my grandmother’s side (future research may prove otherwise!).

After processing the family trees on the above webpages, my little acorn may well have grown into a large oak tree!

Whilst searching for information on Joseph BALDOCK (b. 1846 in Womenswold, Kent), I located a record in The National Archives (TNA) for my father’s uncle, Percy William Joseph BALDOCK, which indicated Royal Navy service. My father had hinted at this previously. Something to follow up ….

Also in TNA, found a Joseph BALDOCK, aged 17, serving in the Royal Navy from 1843 to 1855. Would suggest birth around 1825. Probably the same one listed as a “Greenwich Pens(h)ioner” in the 1871 Census of Worth, Kent. Does not appear in my tree yet, but worth investigating ….

Here is a sample showing my family tree extents, as at 7th December 2008 – it is not supposed to be readable!

It's not supposed to be readable!

 The arc you can see shows my gt-grandfather’s brother marrying my gt-grandmother’s sister!