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Hi Kath and Sue ....

First things first - great to see that you're both around and OK.  I'll try to send you personal messages in the next few days (i.e. before I go back to work after a two week break).

I see no reason why Samuel couldn't be a sibling of 'our William' and so I agree that it's worth using that as the basis on which to check out more.  It's entirely circumstantial but William named one of his sons, our forebear, Samuel - and this could have been in recognition of his brother (or uncle or cousin).

Is there an other mention of Samuel in the Little Waltham PRs ... his birth would be good ! Maybe as a witness at somebodies wedding or as a parent

Did we ever establish just how many sub-parishes to Great Waltham or were categorised as Great Waltham in the records. It's probably a bee in my bonnet, but I keep wondering if we just haven't accessed all of the PRs in the overall Great Waltham parish/catchment.   Kath's discovery of a link to some names in Moreton illustrates the point that there are 'Fewell' or 'Fewell related' entries out there which are still to be uncovered.

TTFN


Trev

All ....

I've just been on the Church of England database for Clergy and found a very old Fewell entry.  It's for:

Christopherus Fewell who was appointed vicar of Whaddon (Cambs in the diocese of Ely) in 1565

If memory serves me correctly there was another Fewell who was a vicar at around this time - just over the county line at Withersfield, Suffolk - so quite an eruption of them !

If I've read the record correctly Christopherus may have hailed from Yorkshire and returned there in the 1570s.

I hope this is of interest .....

Aye

T

Hello Kathy ...

I'm sure our paths have crossed in the past but my brain doesn't work very well at one in the morning ! 

I see you're a Searles researcher too.  This is probably telling mother how to suck eggs, but Findem is the man to speak to on the pre 1790 Searles.  He's been actively hunting down names for a good few years and must have an incredible data base by now.  This said, I've been contacted by a number of 'Searles Seekers' over the last couple of years - I'll look at getting you in contact (if you're not already) but it won't be for a few days I'm afraid.

Aye

T

Hi Julie ....

Yes, long time no hear - and very little activity.  I guess that it's the summer hols !

As you've probably gathered, we all seem to be waiting on Kath at the moment - she's following a new lead that points to a village (only a few miles from Great Waltham - and pretty close to Takeley and Chignall St James) the parish records for which nobody has .  All she needs is a fiche reader that works !

Good to hear from you and hope you get a notification for this mail OK.

Aye

Trevor

Hi Kath .....

Just got back from sunny Sweden (it was too - about 22 hours a day !) - wonderful place.

Anyway, I'll get working ion the microfiche records for you.  Strangely perhaps, I've never compiled a detailed list of the Fewells listed therein.  That said, they only really appear for about 100 years and by the early 1900s that's it, they've all gone.

Thanks too for the personal message - got it fine and will send a well crafted letter some time later this week.

Any sign of the PRs you ordered a while back ?  Can't wait for you to get them !  I've always had a hunch that we are going to have to check every set of records from any/all parishes within 5 (or even 10) miles of G Waltham to track down William Fewell / Fuell (born circa 1730).  Don't know why I think this - sods law maybe - or the fact that many people (including Walter Mills and my brother) have tended to concentrate - quite naturally - on the few parishes referenced in William's records.

Got to go .....

Aye


ME