BEDFORDSHIRE FAMILIES:

William Sedgwick of Woburn and London

Ancestor of many American Sedgwicks

William and George Sedgwick of Aspley Guise

Both born in Ridgmont and probably brothers

John Sedgwick of Lidlington

Emigrated to Australia

IGI ENTRIES: 237 (Births 140, Marriages 59, Deaths 38)

More than half of the entries relate to the Woburn family of William Sedgwick

1841 CENSUS: 13 Resident Sedgwicks, 3 families, 0 'strays'

1851 CENSUS: 14 Resident Sedgwicks, 3 families, 0 'strays'

1861 CENSUS: 14 Resident Sedgwicks, 2 families, 2 'strays'

1871 CENSUS: 11 Resident Sedgwicks, 2 families, 6 'strays'

1881 CENSUS: 15 Resident Sedgwicks, 4 families, 0 'strays'

1891 CENSUS: 18 Resident Sedgwicks, 5 families, 2 'strays'

1901 CENSUS: 22 Resident Sedgwicks, 5 families, 5 'strays'

CIVIL REGISTRATION DISTRICTS:

Ampthill, Bedford, Biggleswade, Hitchin, St Neots, Woburn B M D

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