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Buckinghamshire Lookup Requests / Re: Bigg family Newton Longville
« on: Friday 30 December 16 01:21 GMT (UK)  »
Thankyou. I will certainly be contacting the Bucks FHS

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Buckinghamshire Lookup Requests / Bigg family Newton Longville
« on: Monday 26 December 16 06:23 GMT (UK)  »
I am trying to find Harriet Bigg who married John Silk by licence at Newton Longville 18 Feb 1817, he having procured the licence on 11 Feb. He was a solicitor from Liverpool and she was from Newton Longville. The original  licence is held at the archives search room at D/A/M/S/484 and I was hoping that it might provide some clue to her background. It might also provide the answer to whether John had had a previous marriage if he is described as a widower.

I have tried to find an entry for her baptism but with no luck. According to her emigration record she was 36 which would mean a birth year around 1797.

Harriet had two daughters with John. However John died in Jan 1833 and Harriet with her daughters was apparently left in poor circumstances. They emigrated to Australia arriving in Dec 1833.

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Berkshire / Re: William Atkins of Thatcham
« on: Tuesday 12 April 11 01:16 BST (UK)  »
Thankyou for your help. This William is a definite candidate. However I still need to eliminate a possible William in Thatcham to increase the possibility that this is the right William.
I would be happier if William had named any of his children Thomas or Mary. However he opted for Abraham, William, Sarah, John and Ann. Perhaps he and his wife preferred to choose names rather than go with the traditional naming patterns, but it doesn't help!!
Thankyou again
Julia

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Berkshire / William Atkins of Thatcham
« on: Friday 01 April 11 08:15 BST (UK)  »
I am looking for the birth of a William Atkins c.1765. When he married Ann Stream in 1785 at Moulsford it was noted that he came from Thatcham. I have not been able to find any information from Thatcham and am wondering if there was an Atkins family there or whether he was just working there or perhaps had a settlement certificate.
Thanks
Julia

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Sussex Lookup Requests / Waldron, Hammond
« on: Thursday 04 November 10 07:05 GMT (UK)  »
I am  trying to find the parents of William Hammond, tanner of Lewes who was born c.1734 and who died 1780. His wife, Ann, was buried at Waldron and other family information points to a strong link with Waldron.  There do not appear to be any entries for Waldron on the IGI and so I am hoping that there is someone who has access to that information who can point me in the right direction.

It would appear that William belonged to the Hammond family of Waldron who were also tanners and who had had the tannery there for several generations according to the Rev. John Ley who wrote a book on Waldron in 1861. Rev. Ley also states that the earliest entry for Hammond in the register was in 1566. I would love to trace that!

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Hampshire & IOW Lookup Requests / Re: Whitcomb - Reed
« on: Friday 04 June 10 12:40 BST (UK)  »
Hi Gillian,
I can be reached at * We can swap GEDCOM files if that is easy for you. I have traced the line through Harriet Whitcomb, a cousin of Charles, who married John Edwards Hargraves and subsequently emigrated first to NSW then to New Zealand. I have traced some of the ancestral lines back to the 1600's but still doing research to verify this. I also have a fair amount of information about the Whitcomb family in Gosport at the time of Charles and his parents and grandparents.
Cheers
Julia 

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Hampshire & IOW Lookup Requests / Re: Whitcomb - Reed
« on: Friday 04 June 10 05:06 BST (UK)  »
Hi gmauchan,
I noted your interest in the Whitcomb family on RootsChat.I have been tracing the same family through another branch. Charles' parents were Thomas Whitcomb and Sarah Scarlett m. 24 Sep 1785. I have further information about the line that I am happy to share if you are interested. 

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Sussex Lookup Requests / Re: St John's sub Castro, Lewes
« on: Monday 08 March 10 05:48 GMT (UK)  »
Thankyou once again for the wealth of information you have supplied. Would that there was someone like you for for all the parishes I look at! I have been able to get a better idea of the Daw family. William Hammonds background remains elusive as does the Hood/Hoad family. They are probably locatedin other Lewes parishes so will keep looking.
A typewritten message is a poor way to convey my thanks but in the absence of alternatives ...thankyou!
Julia Caunce

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Sussex Lookup Requests / Re: St John's sub Castro, Lewes
« on: Sunday 07 March 10 12:01 GMT (UK)  »
;D
Thankyou so much!
To trespass on your good nature a little more....
I suspect that Ann Daw's father was Thomas Daw and that he may have had a brother called Joseph who died in Lewes 9.6.1792 - this from a document concerning land transfer in the Archives. Their father may have been the Joseph who with his wife Ann and son Joseph were granted a settlement certificate 15.1.1736.

The Edwards I am looking for are James and Elizabeth, his sister, grandchildren of Lawrence Daw of Ore who left them money in his will dated 1746.

William Hammond's father may also be William and his mother may have been Ann. If I have the right William he would have been 66 at death. Is his age on the tombstone??

Ann Hood was William Hammond's first wife. She died in 1766 and is buried at Waldron All Saints. I do not have any idea of her family except that it was probably from Lewes as they married there. His second wife was Martha and she died in 1792. Is she buried with him?
Thankyou once again for the leads you have given me.



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