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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Is Ancestry rationing matches?
« on: Wednesday 09 July 25 07:40 BST (UK)  »
For about 10 weeks now, I have had a steady increase in matches below 20cM but none above 20cM.

It seems that something has changed, as previously the number of matches over 20cM has reasonably followed a Poisson distribution with a mean of 2 per 100 new matches.

Gordon

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Gloucestershire / Francis Hide/Hyde
« on: Thursday 12 June 25 13:32 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

Does anyone know of a Francis Hide/Hyde c1700, please?

A son Phillip was baptised at Stroud in 1726.

I have come across a Francis Hide of Cradley, Herefordshire, baptised in 1697; but that seems rather a long way away, especially as Phillip's descendants were very attached to the villages round Stroud: Horsley, Nailsworth and Kings Stanley.

Thanks,

Gordon

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Devon / Re: Thomas Kell(e)y (1781 - )
« on: Friday 23 May 25 08:39 BST (UK)  »
It very much looks as if Thomas moved to Monmouthshire with his brother, William.

He appears in both the 1841 and 1851 Census Records, where he is working on farms, near Caerleon.

In both cases the surname is a variant spelling of Kelly. In 1851, he gives his birthplace as Bassaleg (rather than Devon), which is where his brother was living. There is no sign of a Thomas Kelly being baptised around Bassaleg in the early 1780s.

I think by the 1850s he was getting confused, as he entered the Newport Workhouse between 1853 and 1855. He died in the last quarter of 1858, when he would have been 77.

Gordon

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Devon / Thomas Kell(e)y (1781 - )
« on: Wednesday 21 May 25 10:53 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

I have found  the baptism record of Thomas Kelley (1781 - ) at Ide, Devon on 12th Sep 1781. It says that he was the son of Thomas and Ann Kelley.

I am sure that the parents are my 4th gt-grandparents: Thomas Kelly, of the Parish of Ide and Ann Sanford of the Parish of Tedburn St Mary, who married at Tedburn St Mary on 2nd Oct 1780.

After 1781, I have not been able to find any conclusive record for Thomas Kell(e)y.

Thomas Kelly (the father) died before 1788, when Ann Sanford married William Hern/Hearn at St Sidwell, Exeter on 14th April 1788.

I have looked at several possibilities:
(i) Married at Iddesleigh, Devon c1800;
(ii) Military service in the Napoleonic Wars;
(iii) Moved to Monmouthshire c1821, with his brother William Kelly (1783 - 1868), my 3rd gt-grandfather.

I have not been terribly convinced by any of these possibiities.

Any assistance would be much welcomed.

Thanks,

Gordon

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London and Middlesex / Re: Charlotte Douglass Burial
« on: Tuesday 25 March 25 19:16 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks,

Very useful to know this, as she died in 1824 before St John's was established.

Gordon

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London and Middlesex / Charlotte Douglass Burial
« on: Monday 24 March 25 16:24 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

My ggg-grandmother, Charlotte Douglass was buried on 15th Aug 1824 in the parish of St Leonard, Shoredithch. The record is attached (right hand side of document and 4th entry down). The entry says she resided at Hoxton.

Does anyone know if St John the Baptist, Hoxton was part of St Leonard's Parish in 1824. I see that it has its own churchyard.

So, I am wondering whether she was buried at St Leonard's or Hoxton.

I know that two of the children were baptised at St Leonard's earlier in 1824.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Gordon

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Devon / Boone family of Wolborough, Newton Abbot
« on: Saturday 08 March 25 11:31 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

My 2nd cousin 6xremoved married Richard Boone (1742 -1790) at Bishopsteignton in 1765.

Richard Boone's gt-grandfather was Capt. Roger Boone (1655 - 1722) of Wolborough, Newton Abbot.

The Boone family of Wolborough had strong Army connections.

There are a lot of muddled family trees (mainly American) associated with them. They seem to be trying to claim the American Frontiersman, Daniel Boone, as their ancestor.

Presumably there was some sort of large family estate at Wolborough.

Does anyone have any information about that, please?

Thanks,

Gordon

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Stirlingshire / Re: Walker Family of Slamannan
« on: Friday 17 January 25 14:02 GMT (UK)  »
I have now solved this problem to my satisfaction.

Gordon

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Stirlingshire / Walker Family of Slamannan
« on: Wednesday 15 January 25 14:26 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

My 4th gt -grandmother was Jean Walker (1749 - ) of Slamannan, Stirlingshire.

She was the youngest of six children of John Walker and Jannet Gray.

Her Walker siblings were: James (1736 -), Jannet (1738 - ), John (1740 -), Henry (1743) and Thomas (1745 - ).

John Walker and Jannet Gray married at Slamannan on 6/4/1733. Jean's brother, John Walker, was baptised at Slamannan on 30th July 1740. It was witnessed by James Walker, whom, I should think, was either an uncle or grandfather.

John married Elizabeth Henderson at Falkirk in 1770. They had 4 children: Mary, John, James and Jean.

So, it would seem likely that the father of John Walker, who married Jannet Gray in 1733, was either a John Walker, or a James Walker, probably born at Slamannan.

There are several possibilities, from looking at Scotland's People, none of which are completely satisfactory.

Any help in this matter would be much appreciated, please.

Kind regards,

Gordon




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