From: Michael.Farrar@council.camcnty.gov.uk
Sent: Friday, January 29, 1999 6:29 PM
To: John_Stukes@exchange.dell.com
Subject: Stukes family

Dear John Stukes,

     I have found some Stukes in Cambridge at the right period.

Mr. Thomas Stukes and Mrs. Susan Bonner, both of Cambridge, were married by 
licence at Cottenham on 9 October 1743.   The title Mr. and Mrs. implies that 
they were of a higher status, perhaps gentry.   Mrs. does not mean necessarily 
that she was a married woman.

They had children baptised at St. Mary the Great church in Cambridge, as 
follows:
Mary, born 12 September, baptised 20 September 1708, buried 29 September 1708. 
Susanna, born 19 November, baptised 5 December 1709
Mary, born 19 October, baptised 10 November 1710, buried 30 September 1711 
Anne, born 9 June, baptised 1 July 1712
Elizabeth, baptised 5 October 1713, buried 26 July 1714

Another couple, William and Helen or Helena Stukes were also having children 
baptised at the same church.
Mary, born 18 June, baptised 2 July 1709 
William, born and baptised 20 March 1712/3
Ralph, born and baptised 20 March 1712/3, buried 23 March 1712/3

Children of Thomas and Susannah Stukes, baptised at Great St. Mary church: 
Hellen, born 7 July, baptised 15 August 1744
William born 22 November, baptised 23 December 1745

Burials at Great St. Mary church, Cambridge: 
Margarett Stukes, 21 November 1710
Mary Stukes, 1 December 1713
Thomas Stukes, 21 January 1733/4
Hellen Stukes, 28 July 1743  - she left a will 
Susanna Stukes, 6 February 1780
Helen Stukes, 8 June 1800, aged 55 - she left a will

There was another earlier Stukes couple, William and Elizabeth, who had children
baptised at St. Giles church in Cambridge:
Robert, baptised 6 June 1625
Mary, baptised 5 December 1630
Mary, baptised 15 January 1631/2, buried 18 August 1632 
Alice, baptised 17 March 1632/3
Ann, baptised 14 December 1634, buried 16 June 1635

William Stookes and Elizabeth Hibblethud were married by licence at St. Giles 
church on 8 October 1615.   This may well be the same couple, but they must have
had children baptised elsewhere before 1625.

Other Stukes marriages at St. Giles church: 
John Stoukes and Mary Levett, 27 May 1622
William Stukes and Elizabeth Burde, 5 October 1628 
George Miller and Elizabeth Stuxe, 19 May 1652

Burials at St. Giles church:
William, son of William & Elizabeth Stukes, 10 September 1625 
Still-born child of the same 1 May 1629
Elizabeth, daughter of the same, 21 June 1632

There was also a Thomas Stewks or Stukes, a member of Magdalene College in the 
University of Cambridge, entered 1641, BA 1644-5, MA 1648.   He was Rector 
[Pastor] of Molesworth in Huntingdonshire 1667-81 and died in 1681.   He was 
father of the following:

Thomas Stukes, a member of Jesus College in the University of Cambridge, entered
1685, BA 1689-90, Ma 1693 (by which time he had moved to another college, 
Peterhouse), Fellow of Peterhouse 1694, Vicar of Foxton in Cambridgeshire 
1698-1722, died 1733 - he left a will

Other persons who left wills:
Thomas Stukes of Wisbech St. Mary, yeoman, 1737  - this is in the north end of 
   the county of Cambridgeshire
William Stukes of Cambridge, gardener, 1651 
Mary Stukes of Cambridge, widow, 1709

I should explain that until 1752 the year began on 25 March, not 1 January.   
Dates between these two days are usually written with a double year, for example
1712/3, where 1712 is what it was then called, and 1713 is what we could call it
now.

It seems that your family rumour may well be true, though how you work out which
of these families you are descended from, I must leave to you!

With best wishes,


                         Michael Farrar


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Subject: Cambridge History
Author:  John_Stukes@Dell.com at ~Internet 
Date:    26/1/99 9:11 AM


Hello!
My name is John Clayton Stukes. I live in Pflugerville, Texas  (190 miles 
south of Dallas).  

In researching my family genealogy, I was able to trace the Stukes family 
back to colonial South Carolina.  Rumor has it that the Stukes family came 
from Cambridge in the 1700's. I've heard of a Thomas Stukes and wife Sarah 
Bonner Stukes of Cambridge.

How could I find more information about the Stukes ancestors in the 
Cambridge area?

Thank you very much for your time.

John Stukes
17207 Village Glen Cove
Pflugerville, TX  USA  78660-1852

Office #   512.728.4696