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Richard and Mary (nee Sayers) Woolven are my 5x great grandparents.  Richard was bap 2 Nov 1736 in Henfield to John Woolven and Ann (nee Patching) and Mary on 4 Jan 1741 in Henfield to Henry Sayers and Rachel.

Hi Francis66 - we must be cousins! How do you know that the baptismal records are for the right people? If correct, that would make Richard 36 and Mary 31 when they got married, which was very old back then. Also, it would mean that their last child Jenny (b. 1784) was born when Mary was 43, which is also pushing the limits. 

Hi Sheden & others

I'm looking for more information on Duncan McINTYRE (b. c1790) who is recorded as a shoemaker at Inverco farm, Glencoe (then in Duror QS, part of Lismore/Appin parish) in the 1841 census. His wife was Catherine McINNES (nee RANKIN), daughter of Ewen and Christina RANKIN, and their children were Ann, Catherine, Duncan and John (plus two McINNES children from the former marriage).

His death certificate gives his place of birth as Fort William, and his parents as Hugh McINTYRE and Christina McMILLAN.

My questions are:
1) Why can't I birth/baptism or marriage record for him (or Catherine) on the IGI?
2) Why was a shoemaker living on Inverco farm? Who owned the farm?
3) Can anybody help me find records relating to Duncan's parents?

Thanks!

Joel

Hi

I was hoping you could help me with some research.

My ancestor is Henry WOOLVEN (or WOOLVIN, WOLVEN, etc) who born around 1780 in Sussex (according to his entry in the 1841 Wisborough Green census). He married Sarah Shepherd on 30 July 1798 in Bury, West Sussex. Their children were John, Jane, Ann, James, Mary (my direct ancestor), William, Thomas and Rachel. There are death records in Wisborough Green for Henry, Sarah and Rachel in 1847, 1845 and 1841, respectively. I am not sure what happened to the other children.

I am not sure where Henry was born, but there is an IGI entry for a Henry WOLVIN born on 13 July 1776 in Kirdford, Sussex, to Richard and Mary. I have never been able to find a parish record to verify that (a) Richard and Mary existed, or (b) that their son Henry was the same Henry who married Sarah Shepherd. However, the 1774 Sussex poll for does show a Richard Woolven in occupation of a farm in Kirdford (in Arundel rape) - this is a strong clue.

Can you help me work out who Henry's parents were? And what happened to his children?

Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

Joel

PS - you refer to identifiers like "HO107 727/ 11 f 8". What records to these relate to, and how can I access them?

Thanks