BIRD, Benjamin (Grimwade p.441, 737)

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20 March 1742 Benjamin Bird batchelor and Buckle maker of Saint Andrew's Br married Mary Hopkins spinster of the same at ye Swan.

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Grimwade's Addenda (p.737) comments
that "Benjamin Bird was probably dead before 7 November 1721 when Rebekah Bird (qv) , now established as his widow entered her mark"
It would appear that this is another Benjamin Bird, perhaps a son, who was also a bucklemaker . Maybe a lost register silversmith. Or a red herring !
Perhaps we should call the father "the early Bird" !

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Thanks Clive. I incorrectly chose not to take the notation in Grimwade seriously enough about the widow Rebekah. I have since seen the amendment to Robert Dennison's indenture contract concerning his turn over which is on the front and undated but appears to match the script that precedes it . It does make sense that the 1742 marriage at the "White Swan" relates to a son, but I have nothing as yet to back it up.

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12 January 1713 (OS) Benjamin Bird married Rebeca (sp) Hooker both of Saint Saviour's at Saint George the Martyr Southwark.