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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Wiltshire => England => Wiltshire Lookup Requests => Topic started by: freya on Thursday 15 November 07 20:38 GMT (UK)
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Hello, does anyone have access to St Edmunds parish records (of births)? I am interested in anyone with surname of Skeats/Skeates etc. Mainly in the beginning during the period leading up to 1837 from the late 1700's.
Any help appreciated.
Freya
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Hi Freya,
Welcome to RootsChat.
I have access to baptisms up to 1812 or so and marriages to the late 1700s. Are you looking for anyone in particular? I've found 8 Skeat(e)s baptisms so far. Not looked at the marriages.
Nell
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Hi Nell, frankly I am struggling a bit with the Skeats' now. I have been doing my family history for 5 or 6 years and am stuck as far as discovering where they came from prior to 1797 when one Skeats, Edward (my ggg grandfather) appeared as a "sojourner" in Ringwood. On a later census he quotes his birthplace as Burbage Wilts, however there is a great website for that town and no Skeats appears anywhere. Bearing in mind he was a chimney sweep and they were not highly regarded and were often said to have addresses which were effectively under a tarpaulin, that may not be surprising.
I have found several references to Skeats family in Salisbury (including a criminal record for an Edward Skeats involving St Edmunds Salisbury and Ringwood). Also more recent family members were mysteriously born there despite being "based" in Ringwood. This leads me to suspect (or hope for) a family connection.
After this ramble I guess the short answer to your request is no, I really am trying to get hold of any info on the Skeats name in St Edmunds that I can! Hoping to get possible siblings and/or parents for Edward. Not too helpful I know, but honestly I would like to get anything you have time to extract.
I have looked at Pallots and Phillimores marriages for St Edmunds and IGI, very little info there though. It is really births at the moment though I am suspicious of the apparent lack of marriages in St Edmunds.
Best Wishes
freya
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First of all, I've drawn a blank with Edward Skeat(e)s. :(
This is what I found:
Baptisms at St Edmunds
Christian Skeats 23 Feb 1722 parent John & Eliz.
Ann 8 Sep 1824 parents John & Eliza
Highmore 17 Mar 1728 parents John & ELizabeth
Ann b 17 Nov 1777, bapt 29 Mar 1778, parents John & Mary
Mary Ann Willis Skeats b 11 Mar bapt 4 Apr 1810, parents John Ralph & Ann
6 Baptisms at St Thomas
Clarissa 27 Dec 1752 parents Highmore & Mary
Maria 30 Dec 1755 parents Highmore & Mary
Sarah 6 Jun 1781 parents John & Mary
Marriages:
Sushanah Skeates m Edward Westcoat 25 Sep 1746 St Edmunds
Highmore Skeats m Elizabeth Whitehart 3 Sep 1766 St Thomas
Christian Skeats m William Heasell 31 May 1779 St Thomas
Maria Skeats m John Jeboult 8 Feb 1785 St Thomas
Let me know if any of this helps.
Nell
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Hi Nell, thats is all very useful. It adds to my knowledge. Hopefully at some stage I will be able to make (at least) a guess as to where Edward fits in. I am not surprised though that you didnt find a record of Edward, I would guess that he was born somewhere near Burbage and moved on with his family. Maybe never was christened/baptised. It looks to me as if the family may have "kept on the move" at this stage. They settled down quite a bit as the 1800"s wore on.
Thanks so much again for all your time.
Best Wishes
Freya
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Hi,
Can someone shed some light on the marriage of Highmore Skeats and Mary mentioned here. I have been unable to trace any details. In fact there were several Highmore Skeats and I am having difficulty separating them, their marriages and their offspring.
Thanks in anticipation.
Regards,
Mike
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I've only found one baptism of a Highmore Skeats so far: 24 Mar 1728, parents John & Elizabeth.
He married Elizabeth Whiteheart at St Thomas 3 Sep 1766 (see the reply above ;) )
But he may have married Mary Wheeler before this in Bemerton 25 Jan 1751. They had two daughters: Clarissa (1752) and Maria (1755).
Nell
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Thanks for the reply. On top of the Highmore -Mary Wheeler family you mention I have been given the following not all of which I can validate. There may have been at least four Highmore Skeats. Two were well known organists known as Highmore the younger and Highmore the elder:
Highmore 1 (1729-1799) married Elizabeth Whiteheart in the 1750s. In 1757 Highmore 2 (the elder) was born. There was also a daughter Maria who married a John Jeboult. (I am notsure if it wasn't the Maria from Mary Wheeler who married John Jeboult as the age looks a slightly better fit.
Highmore married a Sophia Willoughby. There is a will of a Highmore Skeats leaving his estate to daughter Maria, son Highmore 2 and wife Sophia. Apparently Highmore 1, and his two wives are buried in a vault at Rockbourne.
Highmore 2 (the elder) (1757-1831) married Elizabeth Pigott in 1786 and they had Highmore 3 (the younger). They had a son Highmore 3 and a daughter Elizabeth Whiteheart (who died as a teenager in Canterbury). Apparently Highmore 2 and his wife and daughter are buried in St Martins church,Canterbury.
Highmore 3 (786-1835) (the younger) apparently married Ann Ball in 1814 and they had a daughter Harriet inthe sdame year. Harriett went on to marry (Sir) George Elvey. There was also a Highmore 4 who was stillborn.
Maybe someone will have further infrmation.
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The burials at Rockbourne in Hampshire appear to be:
Highmore aged 70 in 1799, Elizabeth aged 75 in 1794, and Sophia aged 73 in 1808.
Given that they were organists at Ely and St George's Chapel at Windsor, as well as originally being in Salisbury, you may need to look in the records of those counties as well.
Nell
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Thank you.
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Hi,
Just a thought:
What makes you think that Highmore may have married Mary Wheeler (in 1751) prior to marrying Elizabeth Whiteheart? If it was true then it would resolve quite a few of my uncertainties! I do know he was a widower when he married Sophia Willoughby after Elizabeth's death but I have no real details onnthe marriage to Mary Wheeler.
Any help appreciated!
Regards,
Mike
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It was a suggestion - simply because Highmore Skeats is a very unusual name and there cannot have been too many of them about. No proof at all since I have only been looking at basic transcription records. A burial record for a Mary Skeats would obviously help as well as a marriage record to Elizabeth Whiteheart which indicates that he is a widower.
I have found a marriage licence bond record for Highmore Skeats & Mary Wheeler's marriage:
Highmore was at least 23, a cabinetmaker of St Thomas, Salisbury, bachelor. Mary was a spinster aged 21 of St. Martin, Salisbury and the marriage took place in Bemerton. The bondsman was John Skeat of St Thomas
There is a submitted entry for a baptism of Highmore Skeats in 1741, but he would be too young to be the one who married Mary Wheeler, but may have been the one who married Elizabeth Whiteheart. However, who might have been his parents if he was born in 1741?
Nell
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If any one could find a burial record for Mary Skeats (nee Wheeler) I would be very appreciative. Equally so with any entry for the marriage in 1776 of Highmore Skeats and Elizabeth Whiteheart which showed Highmore to be a widower.
I believe that the bondsman John Skeat was Hoghmore's father.
I am coming to the conclusion that the 1841 baptism date is an error! From here I only have access to the IGI through www.familysearch.org. Searching for Highmore Skeats throws up a few entries. Two of these are for his marriage to Elizabeth Whiteheart and show his birth as about 1741. Another two entries also show the same marriage but without any suggestions as to his birthdate.
It seems clear that he married Elizabeth Whiteheart and Sophia Willoughby as all three of them are buried at Rockbourne and his age at death suggest a birth in 1729. He was baptised in 1728.
Regards,
Mike
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Good Day, Nell,
Another look-up request I'm afraid, this time for Salisbury St. Martin/St. Edmunds.
My ggg.Grandfather William Randall appears in the 1841 and 1851 census, but with two birthdates, c.1807 and c.1811. He was born in Milford. I have all the available data for the Salisbury area except these two parishes.
All (?) I want to know is the name of his parents.
The nearest assumption I can make is Elizabeth Cooe, b. 1783, Milford and George Randall b. Wilton, (I think). They were married in 1802 which could fit quite well. But again all supposition.
As I have been stuck for about 5 years with no progress on this I would be very grateful for any help.
Presumably my only other course of action is a visit to the Wiltshire record office, made more difficult as I live in Spain.
Incidentally, what does 'fundholder' and 'annuitant' mean? a pension?
Many Thanks
Tony Randall
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Hi Tony,
You are looking for William's baptism and he was born in Milford in Wiltshire? (I ask because there are others ;) ) He's not in the St Edmund's records that I can see and I don't have the St Martin baptism records. :(
Ages in 1841 were supposed to be rounded down to the nearest five years and this might account for the discrepancy in the possible birth dates.
Nell
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Hi Freya,
Welcome to RootsChat.
I have access to baptisms up to 1812 or so and marriages to the late 1700s. Are you looking for anyone in particular? I've found 8 Skeat(e)s baptisms so far. Not looked at the marriages.
Nell
Hi there,
I am aware your post is quite old, but if you are still around would you be willing to look and see if there is a record of SAMUEL MORRIS being baptised in St Edmunds around 1749
many thanks
Haydn
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Hi Haydn
I can only see a child of Samuel Morris being baptised in 1749 - Nancy on 28 September 1749, mother was Anne.
How certain are you that it was St Edmund's?
Nell
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Hi Nell,
Many thanks for a very quick reply.
The St Edmunds information came from details on his second marriage certificate (in Newfoundland Canada)
of course it could be that he only lived there for a period of time,so I can not be 100% certain.
Via the OPC for Wiltshire I was able to see marriages but baptisms are not yet available hence my mail to you.
I had hoped for success as there appears to be very few MORRIS'S in that location. I did see that the Samuel you
refer to came from Ilmininster.
I'll continue with my hunt................. It would be "normal" to name a boy child after his dad (as we know), but I would have
expected if he had been born by Sept. 1749 the family would have baptised their children together.
I would be grateful if you can keep the name "in your mind" should it appear on any later data.
Many thanks........
regards
Haydn
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Hi everyone!
I'm very pleased to see a topic about Salisbury's Saint Edmunds parish records because I have been looking for answers for a long long time.
First of all, please excuse my English mistakes, I am not a native speaker. I will try to explain as well as possible what I am looking for.
My ggg grandfather was Jacques Aimé LE FORESTIER (sometimes spelt LEFORESTIER). He was born in France in 1794 and married a woman names Elizabeth Brewer LEY in 1817 in Teignmouth, Devon. They had ten children: the first two were born and baptised in Devon, the next three were born in Devon, Dorset and Wiltshire and all of them were baptised in Fisherton Anger.
The next four children are those I am searchng some data on: all were born in Salisbury, ans were baptised in Saint Edmunds. I have their birth and baptism dates and I would like to know if the baptism records have other information than the ones I already have.
The four children are:
* Henry LE FORESTIER, born in 1830; baptised on Apr 29, 1830
* Alcide LE FORESTIER, born on Jun 27, 1831; baptised on Aug 17, 1831
* Annette LE FORESTIER, born on Dec 6, 1832; baptised on Dec 27, 1832
* Elias Brewer LE FORESTIER (my gg grand father), born on Oct 17, 1834; baptised on Feb 3, 1835
Thanks for your help!