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Managed to obtain some more info on my Kitch ancestors. Ann Kitch was the daughter of Eli 1786 and Isabella 1796 and on the 1941 census is listed along with siblings Soloman 1818, George 1823, Eli 1827 , Ruth 1831 and Thomas 1840 in Ashill. I'm sure there will be a link somewhere with your Keitch/Kitch ancestors but may need to go further back to obtain the relationship. I found this online and emailed David who has been very helpful http://www.davidkeetch.com/index.html

Hi - I realise it is a long time since this was posted but my research into the Keitch (Keetch/Kitch) family of Ashill keeps coming up with these posts. I am the great-grandaughter of Elizabeth Bertha Crabb born Ashill 10/3/1857. I think she was the daughter of Ann Keitch b. 1826 who married Henry Crabb b. 1824 in 1848. in the 1861 census Elizabeth (often listed as Bertha)  is with her uncle George Kitch and his family and in the 1871 census she is with her uncle Solomon Kitch and his family. I am assuming her parents had died and have found deaths on FreeBMD for Henry Crabb 1857 and Ann Crabb 1861 both in the  Chard area. In the 1851 census Henry and Ann had 2 other children George . 1848 and Ruth 1850 but I can find no further details for them. If anyone has an information on this or the ancestors of Ann Keitch I would be very grateful for any help.

Many thanks that has been a great help. Also looking for relationship of George 1804 Exbourne to that of John 1803.

I have recently resumed my family tree research and found a few anomalies. It appears that the Thomas Ward 1848 Exbourne whom I had as the father of James 1881 Bristol is incorrect and James' father may have been born c 1844 and was the son of John 1803 and Mary Ann 1799, who also had older children John 1826, Elizabeth 1828, Mary Ann 1831, Jane 1833, Ann 1836, Harriet 1841 and Thomas c 1844 (as seen on the census for Exbourne in 1841 and 1861). I cannot find any birth record for Thomas in 1844 although FreeBMD shows Thomas's born in the Okehampton area in 1840, 1842, 1843 and 1848. Also there is no mention of Mary Ann in the 1861 census entry for Exbourne where John is listed at 7 Village age 58 with Thomas 17 but there is a Mary A in Stoke Damerel and a death of a Mary Ann in 1862 so perhaps she was in hospital. If anyone can throw any more light on any of this and/or find the parents of John Ward 1903 I would be very grateful.

Thanks Forfarian will check that out.