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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Berkshire => Topic started by: DebbieG on Saturday 18 June 11 14:15 BST (UK)
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Hi can anyone help with these two people please?
I have found on family search a marriage in 1722 in Purley between John Hart and Priscilla Teggns, but that is all there is, I can't find any children for them I can't find any record of a likly baptism for Priscilla, I am wondering if the surname is transcribed wrongly, does anyone have another source they can check the marriage in. I checked my (admittedly early version) of the Berkshire burial index and I can't find anything that would seem to fit these people. They may have lived in Oxfordshire as Purley is right on the boarder.
They caught my eye as 60 years later a John Hart from Abingdon moved to Purley and married there, was there a connection? I am trying to find the ancestors of my Thomas Hart from Abingdon born about 1775 who named one of his daughters Priscilla. I hope this makes sense
DebbieG
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Hi DebbieG,
Taken from the Berks Burial Index (issue 9) (ex BFHS) is this burial;
20-11-1785 John HART, bur. Purley, St.Mary the Virgin - could this be yours??
Also I have a printed book of marriages(1662-1840) for Purley and this entry is listed;
5-4-1722 John HART, P, Hurst. to Priscilla TEGGUS, P, Pangbourne. By Licence.
I haven't worked out what the letter P stands for- it appears against many entries.
This may be of some help.
Alan
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Perhaps the P stands for Parish???
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Alan thank you so much for that, that name didn't look right on the family search record. I saw that later burial in Purley without ages its difficult to tell but it could be a young child of the John that married there - or as you say it could be the much older John who was there in 1722. As for the mentions of Hurst and Pangbourne - the plot thickens.
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Debbie