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Canada Lookup Request / Re: Samuel Tait/Frances Rhoda Morton
« on: Sunday 21 August 11 02:30 BST (UK)  »
Thanks so much! I haven't traced any of Samuel's sibling yet but the parentage is what I thought it was. I'll definitely check into them to confirm though.

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Canada Lookup Request / Samuel Tait/Frances Rhoda Morton. Completed with many thanks.
« on: Saturday 20 August 11 02:07 BST (UK)  »
I'm trying to find a birth record and marriage record of Samuel Miles Tait (or Tate). I've been unable to find anything other than census information online and I'm trying to confirm his parents.

Samuel was born around 1855 in Waterford. He married Frances (sometimes spelled Francis) Rhoda Morton around 1877 but I'm not sure where exactly. He was a Free Will Baptist. He and Frances eventually moved to Penobscot, Maine.

Thanks tremendously for any help!

Jen

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United States of America / Re: Witchcraft Trials - NEHGS
« on: Tuesday 16 August 11 18:33 BST (UK)  »
It's been a while since the last post, but just in case anyone is looking for info on Elizabeth Austin Dicer:

She lived in Gloucester, not Salem. The girls in Salem were at one point sent to a few other town in which there were charges of witchcraft.

Elizabeth's trial records have not survived according to a few different books I've read on the subject.

She was imprisoned, though I'm not sure which jail. The women accused in Gloucester were divided between the Salem jail and the Ipswich jail. At that time, she gave her location as "of Piscquatis." She was part of a group of women who petitioned to be released from jail in November (I'd assume 1692, as that's the year all the Salem craziness happened) because the conditions were so horrible. They promised to return in June. I don't think any of the women were made to return (this is conjecture on my part) because around the time the girls were giving evidence in other towns, they accused the wife of Gov. Phipps.

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Berkshire / Re: Eliza Sansum/Philip Drewitt
« on: Tuesday 12 July 11 14:52 BST (UK)  »
Thanks to everyone for all the help! I don't mind the size of the family shrinking at all.  :D And now the dates make sense.

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Berkshire / Eliza Sansum/Philip Drewitt completed!
« on: Tuesday 12 July 11 03:10 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

I have a Philip Drewitt (b 1855) and Eliza Ann Sansum (b 1863) married in 1881 in Wantage. They had a number of children, including Kate (who my husband's family descends from). Kate was born in 1881. The issue I have is that the family trees I've seen have Eliza dying in 1882, but also have children born after 1882. So there's Leah (b 1880, which is curious if the marriage is listed as 1881), Arthur in 1887, Albert in 1889, and Walter in 1900. I suspect there are some Drewitt families getting mixed up here, and possibly even some Eliza Sansums. Or that Philip had multiple marriages and they're not listed. So confusing!

The person I'm really concerned with is Kate. I have her born on 13 Dec. 1881. She married Harry Ivers and emigrated to Maine in the US, where she died in 1961. If anyone has any information or can point me in the right direction, I'd be ever so grateful.

Thanks all,
Jen

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