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Thank you Mary, that's very helpful.

It's interesting how different people manage to find different bits of the puzzle!  And yes, it's essential to do one's own research as sometimes they get the different bits wrong!

I assume you did Ancestry search[es]? and are quoting from 'public member trees'? 

DP Snr had 4 sons, including ERBP and TCCP; the person quoting ERBP is pretty much correct, and the one quoting TCCP is nearly right - coming down the tree I have plenty of evidence and detail - it is the brick wall going back from DP that nobody can get past! 

But I would really like to know where the 1st person you mentioned got 1780 from, that's a key part of the brick wall - the date has to be approximately right but so far I have no actual proof from a direct source (1754 is a red herring).

Thanks again

Kind regards     David Power (very Junior!)


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Mary thank you for your reply

Yes 'Wortle' and I have been in contact and exchanged family info - we are distantly related by marriage(s).  Both of us have hit a brick wall with David Power snr. - we can't prove any connection further back than his marriage to Sophia which you found the record of.

There is one possible clue to his DoB which I can't access because it is in an Ancestry public family tree and I am only a guest member - is asking someone who is a full Ancestry member to look up the details a permissible request?

Kind regards David Power

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Hi thanks for getting back Wortle!
I am new here so will have to learn how to PM, if it seems too hard I will post again here
David

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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: Marriage 1803 David S Power/ Sophia Chandler
« on: Sunday 14 September 14 06:51 BST (UK)  »
Hello MaryA and Wortle

My name is David Power and I am the GGG-grandson of the David S Power you were enquiring about in 2011. 

Mary You wrote in a previous posting, in response to Wortle's request for a 'lookup':

1803 St Marylebone, Westminster
No. 1318      David Power       of the Parish
of Saint Andrew Holborn in the County of Middlesex
Bachelor and Sophia Chandler of this Parish Spinster were
married in this Church by Licence,
this Twenty eighth day of February in the Year One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Three                By me Chas Brent Barry
This marriage was solemnized between us ( David Power
                                                              ( Sophia Chandler
In the Presence of    ( Cornl Egan     Sarah Chandler
            ( Ant? Buller? 

Now I have certified copy of Page 440 of the Marriage Register of "St Mary-le-bone, in the County of Middlesex" ('Westminster' is not mentioned, nor is 'St Sepulchre').  This copy is dated 11 Feb 1927 and has been most beautifully written out.  (The spacing of words within each line is much as I have rendered it above).  Except for the page number and the 'Westminster' issue, my copy is the same as Mary's.  According to the then scribe, the male witnesses were Cornelius Egan and Richard Butler (where the letters in RED were omitted but the final s and d are 'superscripted'.  The s in 'Chas' is likewise superscripted).  Sophia's parents were Thomas and Sarah (nee Lewer), I have noted they were married in 1771 at St Sepulchre in Holborn but I can't quote proof this minute.

So Mary, given that there are some minor differences between my copy and what you told Wortle, may I please ask what your source was?  And how you managed to respond to Wortle almost as soon as he asked the Q??  That was amazing!  However would I be correct in thinking you have no personal interest in DSP, just that you responded to Wortle's cry for help?

The wedding was reported in The Gentleman's Magazine and other journals of the day, one of which suggested Sophia had a 'considerable fortune'!

Now Wortle, like you, I have found getting further back than this wedding is difficult.  Someone with a paid membership to Ancestry has David in his family tree and has his DoB as 1780.  This sounds right - but I'm not a paid member so I can't access the record!   I have some hypotheses about a possible father that sound credible, but sounding credible is a long way off proof.

Going the other way, David and Sophia had 6 children, 3 of whom had children who survived to adulthood.  While there are some loose ends, I've got a handle on most of these.

Wortle, I would be very keen to discuss this topic further with you.  I'm hoping that although you haven't been on this site for a while, that my post will trigger a reminder message to you.

Mary, if I may impose further on you please - will this happen?  If not, is there any other way of getting a message to Wortle?

Best regards   David Power, Melbourne Australia

PS - what does the 'S' stand for?  I haven't seen it mentioned before

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