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Can you work out how to send me your email address, and then I will send you the information I have, but it won't be before the weekend. Sorry!  Yes, John Hobbs married Ann Phazey in 1770.  He was born 1744.  Francis' dates are 1783-1852 and Ann (Keith)'s dates are 1782-1861.  She was a lacemaker.
Cheers
Alpha

Hello
I can't help you very much as the name Skitt means nothing to me.  However, I do know that Richard Warren married Ann Loxdale, 16 Dec 1759 at St Mary, Stafford, England and they had five children, none of them called Elizabeth. 

But, Elizabeth Warren knew Joseph Loxdale Warren.  She (possibly eloped with and) married Thomas Morris of Ribbesford, Worc on 2 Mar 1782 at St Peter Cornhill, London.  He was the son of Mary Cheeke and Thomas Morris, and he was christened 23 Apr 1762.  Apparently in the Royal Navy he was buried in a garden at Port Antonio (Jamaica?).  Before that they had three children: Samuel Cheeke (chr 23 Feb 1783 - 25 Jan 1839) who married Sarah and had one son Samuel (maybe also some daughters),
Elizabeth (bpt 29 June 1785 - 31 Dec 1838) who married John Massey, and
Joseph (chr 7 Jan 1787 - ??)

Elizabeth Warren/Morris married secondly Robert Meek on 15 Dec 1791 and had three more sons.
Samuel Cheeke Morris inherited the property of his grandmother Mary Cheeke/Morris.

Elizabeth Morris and John Massey (my 3x great-grandparents) have descendants in four generations with the name Loxdale as a Christian name.

It is through the Cheeke family that I was able to trace a very circuitous route back to William the Conqueror and his wife Matilda who was descended from Charlemagne, King of the Franks.

The information I have given you comes mainly from familysearch.org
If you Google Shropshire Archives and key in Samuel Cheeke Morris, Loxdale etc, you will find more information. Likewise Staffordshire Archives, etc. And if you do find a connection to the Morris and Cheeke families I will happily give you some more information about them.

I would be very interested to know exactly what John Skitt's Will said in regard to Loxdale, as this might help me to solve that mystery.

Cheers,
Alpha

Thank you kimhulme.  Yes, i quickly realised that the Warren Bulkleys were not mine, but they were interesting to read about.  My Elizabeth Warren's ancestry remains a mystery.

Elizabeth G

Hello Jackie
   I had a quick look at the Genealogical Card Index in the Christchurch City library this afternoon, and there was no sign of Elijah, Bertha or Joyce amongst the thirty or so Granthams.  That doesn't mean he didn't die here, it just makes him a bit harder to find.
   I'll have more time next week if you are still looking.
Happy hunting,
Alpha

In the 1800’s my great-great-grandfather, Charles Massey, squashed his family history into half a page.  In so doing he left out several names, dates and places, and got others wrong! ! ! !  So, I am trying to pick up the pieces!  If anyone can shed any light on the following I would be so grateful:

(Approximately mid-1700’s)
“My Mother’s grandfather on the mother’s side was Mr Richard Warren, next heir at law to the property of Sir John Warren.  He married a Miss Wetnall of the Cheshire family – Sir John Warren’s sister married Lord Buckley.
Mr Richard Warren, next heir, and related to Sir John Warren, ran away with his wife when a girl, from a Boarding School, and marrying contrary to the wishes of  Sir John Warren, he would not leave him the property, on account of his marrying beneath himself, although she was of excellent family in Cheshire.”

(Background)
Charles Massey’s mother was Elizabeth Morris, and her mother was Elizabeth Warren (daughter of the above Richard), who married Thomas Morris of Ribbesford, Worcs at St Peter Cornhill, London in March 1782.  They had two sons and Elizabeth, and then Thomas died. His widow married Robert Meek, and had three more sons. I don’t have birth and death dates or places for Elizabeth Warren/Morris/Meek

Thank you to anyone who can help me,
Alpha.

Searching for:
Cooke: Dublin, London & Madras
Felton: Cowbridge, Glamorgan
Fox: Chatham & Rochester, Kent
Hobbs: Hambleden, Bucks
Massey: Hodnet, Shropshire
Murray: Taunton, Somerset
Partridge: Lapford & Nymet Rowland, Devon
and the elusive Anthony Andrew Thornton