Robert Stratfold 3
- Born: May 1747, Potsgrove, Bedfordshire, England 1
- Baptised: May 20, 1747, Potsgrove, Bedfordshire, England 3
- Marriage (1): Anne Penn on Sep 27, 1770 in Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England 1 2
- Died: Jan 10, 1824, Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England at age 76 4 5
- Buried: Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England 6
 Another name for Robert was Robert Collet.
General Notes:
Robert Stratfold was born at Potsgrove in 1747 and was baptised there on 20th May 1747, the second child and eldest son of Robert and Elizabeth Stratfold. When he was three years old his father's cousin Robert Collett (Ref. 18L5) died at the age of 24, being the last Collett at The Hale in Wendover, and it was his father Robert Stratfold who inherited the Manor of The Hale. However, in order to accept his inheritance Robert Stratfold was required to change his name to Robert Collet. Therefore Robert Stratford junior was baptised with that name and it was later that he became Robert Collet. As a consequence it was as Robt Collet that he married Ann Penn at Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire on 27th September 1770, with whom he had eight children who were born at The Hale in Wendover. Ann was the daughter of the Reverend Richard Penn and Ann Jebb and was born at St Leonard's Tring near Wendover on 29th September 1747.
It was as Anne Penn that she was baptised at Tring on 30th October 1747 when her parents were confirmed as Richard and Anne Penn. It is interesting that in order to comply with the conditions of his father's inheritance the baptism records for his own children only used the Collet surname, with no mention of Stratfold, which was later added as second forename. The children's individual baptism records confirmed their parents as Robt and Anne Collet on four occasions and as Robert and Ann Collet for the other four. Ann Collet nee Penn died at Wendover in 1805, while he husband survived her by nineteen years when Robert Stratford Collet died during the first two weeks of 1824 and was buried at St Mary's Church in Wendover on 14th January 1824.
The Will of Robert Stratfold Collet provides information that some of his siblings were still alive at the time of writing. It referred to three sisters '96 two of whom were married, they being Sarah Branson and Elizabeth Morris although not named, Hannah being the unmarried sister, his brother William Stratfold and his sister-in-law Mary Stratfold, the widow of his brother Richard.
[from http://www.collettfamilyhistory.net/Part-63-Two-Collett-Families-from-Buckinghamshire-Rev.4.htm; accessed Nov 2017] 1
Death Notes:
Probate granted 21/5/1859
Some of his life's milestones were:
He was living at Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England in Apr 21, 1784. 7
He was educated at Trinity College graduating with a B.A. In 1794 in Westminster, London, England. 8 Notes in the Alumni record:
"Adm. sizar (age 17) at TRINITY, June 6, 1789. S. of Robert Stratford, of Wendover, Bucks. School, Westminster. Matric. Michs. 1790; B.A. 1794."
SOME COLLET and STRATFOLD FAMILY HISTORY: Nov 5, 2017 9
SOME COLLET and STRATFOLD FAMILY HISTORY
Posted 19 Aug 2012 by Christine Howard on Ancestry.com
The Stratfold and Collet Families
The history of the Stratfold and Collet families seems somehow to be intertwined. Both families in the main lived in the relatively small area between Woburn and Ivinghoe. Both families probably came from the area of Buckinghamshire close to the Bedfordshire border. There are records of Stratfolds in the villages of Bierton and Burcott as far back as the late 1600's, but later the branch of the Stratfold family that we are interested in had moved a short distance east and were living in the small village of Potsgrove in Bedfordshire midway between Leighton Buzzard and Woburn. The Collet family were centred on Ivinghoe in Buckinghamshire. There are numerous examples of Stratfold children being given 'Collet' as their second name and similarly Collet children having 'Stratfold' as their second name. I have not worked out how this all came about but there must have been some close contact and intermarrying between the two families over a fairly long period.
Robert Stratfold's Family
The Robert Stratfold was born about 1725, probably in the village of Potsgrove. He was a dairyman and a churchwarden at Potsgrove. He married Elizabeth Collet in about 1744 and they had at least 7 children:
Sarah Stratfold Born about 1745 Baptised 21 Jul 1745, Potsgrove
Robert Stratfold Born about 1747 Baptised 20 May 1747, Potsgrove
Hannah Stratfold Born about 1749 Baptised 21 Jul 1749, Potsgrove
John Collet Stratfold Born about 1751 Baptised 17 Aug 1751, Potsgrove
Richard Collet Stratfold Born about 1752 Baptised 10 Apr 1753, Potsgrove
William Collet Stratfold Born about 1757 Baptised 8 Feb 1758, Potsgrove
Elizabeth Stratfold Born about 1758 Baptised 9 Aug 1758, Potsgrove, Married Thomas Harris 7 May 1795
One of the witnesses to the marriage Elizabeth Stratfold when she married Thomas Harris in the church at Potsgrove on 7 May 1795 was her brother Richard Collett (sic) Stratfold.
Were There One Or Two John Collet Stratfolds?
There is some confusion as to whether there was one or two John Collet Stratfolds. We know that Robert and Elizabeth Stratfold had a son who they named John Collet Stratfold baptised on 17 August 1751. We also know that John Collet Stratfold married Martha and they had 7 children between 1791 and 1811
If there was only one John Collet Stratfold and he was born c1751, then he could have been a widower or he just married late in life when he wed Martha sometime before 1791. Martha could not have been much more than 45 when her youngest child, Anne Stratfold, was born in 1811. Thus Martha would have been born about 1765. So she would have been about 25 and her husband about 39 when they married - probably in about 1789 or 1790.
If there were two John Collet Stratfolds, with the first one who we know was born in 1751 or slightly earlier, then he must have married when he was about 19 and had a son who he also named John Collet Stratfold in about 1770 or 1771. This second John Collet Stratfold could have been the one who married Martha when he was about 19 or 20 (ie in about 1790 or 1791). Therefore I think the evidence points to there being two John Collet Stratfolds '96 the elder being born in about 1751 and his son who married Martha born about 1770.
It seems that the first of these two John Collet Stratfolds got married in a village other than Potsgrove as his marriage does not appear in the Potsgrove Parish Register. As yet the name of his wife is not known.
The Younger John Collet Stratfold's Family
In about 1790 John Collet Stratfold married Martha (surname as yet unknown), probably in Woburn where Martha lived (although their marriage does not appear in the Woburn Parish Register) and where the couple continued to live after their marriage. They had eight children:
Sarah Stratfold Born 15 July 1791 Baptised 10 August 1791, Woburn
William Collet Stratfold Born 6 Sept 1798 Baptised 9 Oct 1798, Woburn
Richard Collet Broughall Born 12 Apr 1800 Baptised 13 May 1800, Woburn
Susan Collet Stratfold Born 30 Sep 1801 Baptised 3 Nov 1801, Woburn
Joseph Stratfold Born 30 Sep 1801 Baptised 3 Nov 1801, Woburn
Martha Stratfold Born 15 Sep 1805 Baptised 5 Nov 1805, Woburn
John Collet Stratfold Born about 1810 Buried 9 Apr 1830, Woburn
Anne Stratfold Born 13 Mar 1811 Baptised 26 Jul 1811, Woburn
It was their daughter Martha who married Charles Henry Broughall in 1828
The Collet Family
This branchline is traced back to (Harry)Henry and his wife Elizabeth/Isobel, married and with their first two children Henry and Gabriel at Newbury prior to 1538. There are 4 more children born in Newbury, Berks.
Research and hints and leads point back further to a John Colet (will proved 1461) married to Alice ...... and with issue:
These Col(l)et(closely linked with the family in Wendover, Bucks, where there is currently a John Colet School.) Their successors in Wendover intermarried with the Stratford family, hence a large collection of Stratford Collett.
Eve McLaughlin
Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians
Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society
The story of the Collet family can be traced back to the village of Cheddington in the mid 1600's when Robert Collet and his wife Ann baptised a child they named Robert Collet after his father. It is known that they went on to have at least another 4 children. Their family included:
Robert Collet Born about 1654 Baptised 27 July 1654, Cheddington
Richard Collet Born about 1657 Baptised 11 June 1657, Cheddington, Died before 1668
John Collet Born about 1665 Baptised 27 April 1665, Cheddington
Richard Collet Born about 1668 Baptised 28 May 1668, Cheddington
Joseph Collet Born about 1672 Baptised 16 April 1672, Cheddington
The Younger Robert Collet Marries Elizabeth And Moves To Ivinghoe
In about 1685 the younger Robert Collet married a lady named Elizabeth and moved to the nearby Ivinghoe where they had at least four children:
Robert Collet Born about 1687 Baptised 17 May 1687, Ivinghoe
Richard Collet Born about 1689 Baptised January 1690, Ivinghoe
Amy Collet Born about 1692 Baptised 5 October 1692, Ivinghoe
Thomas Collet Born about 1697 Baptised 1697, Ivinghoe
Thomas Collet Marries Twice In Padbury
Their youngest son, Thomas Collet, moved to the village of Padbury where he married a lady named Mary. Thomas and Mary Collet had 2 children:
Elizabeth Collet Born about 1722 Baptised 20 May 1722, Padbury
Edward Collet Born about 1725 Baptised 20 February 1725, Padbury
It appears that Thomas's first wife, Mary, died sometime before 1732 as in 1733 Thomas Collet and his second wife, Elizabeth, had the first of their 3 children who were:
Catheren Collet Born about 1733 Baptised 1733, Padbury
John Collet Born about 1737 Baptised 24 April 1737, Padbury
William Collet Born about 1741 Baptised 1 July 1741, Padbury
In about 1744 Thomas's eldest daughter, Elizabeth, married Robert Stratfold.
[This is called into question by Brian Collet's Family History in which Robert Stratfold married Elizabeth SMITH. The Collet name came into the Stratfold line by inheritance when Robert Stratfold's cousin Robert Collet of the Hale in Wendover died at 24 with out issue.]
England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893
[annechristinehoward originally shared this on 19 Aug 2012]
Robert married Anne Penn on Sep 27, 1770 in Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, England.1 2 (Anne Penn was born on Sep 29, 1747 10, baptised on Oct 30, 1747 in Tring, Hertfordshire, England 10 and died in 1805 in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England 10.)
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