Can anyone help me

[jamajo]

 Hi EmeraldHope and a warm welcome from me as well

 Will have to reread and see if this William ties in with mine

 Thanks for posting this info

  By the way Lesanne also has Norris in her family and we are trying to link the two families

        Sue

 

 

[EmeraldHope]

Hi Sue, Thanks for the warm welcome.  I'm trying to tie in three different Norris families.  I'm doing research for myself and two others.  I found some info today and wonder if it rings a bell with anyone on this board?

Henry J. Norris b: 5/1866 in Edington, Burtle and his father William b: 1837 are from a friends family.  It looks like William's father might have been a George b: 1792 in Edington d: 1868 in Edington.  If ancestry.com is correct then George's father was a Matthew b: 1755 and died 1834 in Edington or in that area. 

I'm pretty sure in my last note I wrote that William was married to Sarah Cox and she died right after the birth of Stephen.  The Norris', the Cox's and the Pitman's keep coming up but other than Sarah's marriage to William, I can't tie the families together.  I am sure Henry, William's son,  didn't just get off the boat and hand Mary Ann to strangers.  The Pitman's were from Bridgwater and both of the other families have records that show they were either born there, married in that town or moved between Edington and Bridgwater.          Dottie/Emerald

[jamajo]

 Well this is interesting ..... Hope this makes sense

 
My grandfather was Arthur James Norris b 1902 in Huntspill, Somerset.
His father was a Wallace Norris b abt 1868 in Edington Burtle, Somerset and he married Eliza Whitcombe in 1891 in Bristol
Wallace's parents were Albert Norris b abt 1844 in Edington and he married Sarah Ann Gullidge in
1865 in Bridgewater.
Alberts parents i am unsure about at this time.

 After getting all my paperwork out i find i have got William Norris b abt 1839 married to Sarah Cox in Jun 1861 in Bridgewater. They had 3 children, Walter W b abt 1863, Henry J b abt 1867 and Stephen b abt 1869. Sarah died in Jun 1870 age 35.
I have Williams parents as John Norris b abt 1811 and he married a Sarah ?

Dont know if this helps or if you can fill any gaps for me . I do have some children for the above families so things looking good i think If i can help let me know

Lesanne like i said has also got Norris in her tree and we have been trying to tie our families together.
She also has Cox  but not sure about Pitman.... Im sure she will answer this


    Sue

[Lesanne]

oooo 'ello folks.... we need to look further in to these... What say you?   

[Lesanne]

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Dear Sue

My husband’s Grandmother was Mary Whitcombe and she was born in Meare. There are dozens of Whitcombe, Witcombe and various spellings through out the villages and as I live close to the records office in Taunton they were a challenge for me!

6     Joseph Witcombe was baptised at Shapwick 13 Feb 1829. He married Jane Hucker in the Bridgwater Reg Dist between April and July 1855. I would imagine that they married in Shapwick as this was where they both came from. Jane's parents were Henry Hucker a farm labourer born abt 1806 and Maria born abt 1810  (from the 1851 census) both at Othery.

Joseph, Jane and family were living at St Anns Logde Burnham on Sea in 1861, Joseph was a labourer/gardner. By 1871 they were back at Shapwick. They had the following children…

Mary Ann Witcombe baptised at Shapwick 4 May 1856

George Witcombe baptised at Shapwich 23 May 1858, although the census do give his place of birth as Burnham

Charlotte aged 1 month at the time of the 1861 census, born at Burnham

Albert b 1863 at Shapwick, his death was registered in the Bristol Reg Dist 1902

Eliza b 1866 Shapwick

William b 1867 Shapwick

Anna Maria born June Q 1870 died March Q 1874

Elizabeth b 1873 Shapwick

 Joseph Witcombe was buried at Shapwick 27 Feb 1892.

5     Joseph was the son of James Witcombe born in Shapwick abt 1801 and died in 1879. He married Charlotte Davis at Shapwich 15 April 1828. She died in 1848

Children…all born at Shapwick
Elizabeth 1834
William b 1836
Sophie bp 31 July 1841
Maria bp 22 Jan 1843
James bp 19 April 1846   

4   James was the son of James Witcombe and Mary Young

 Groom James Witcomb status – of otp, – Bride Mary Young status – of otp, – married on 23 Oct 1786 at parish Shapwick by banns

3   James Witcombe was the son of James Witcombe born abt 1764 and Mary Dowden

2   James was the son of John Witcombe b 1741 and died 1769, his wife was Betty unknown

1             John was the son of John Witcombe who died at Compton Dundon in 1765
 
Most of the earlier records were researched by Steve Whitcombe who my husband was at school with. The baptism dates come from the parish records. The family came from Compton Dundon as far as we have gone back. Many of them are on my family tree on Ancestry.com. Hope this makes sense!

There is a group for the Witcombe family at

 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/witcombe/

Best wishes Heather

ps Sorry if you have received this twice, not sure if you receive a thread from a completed look up!

there is another Jane with parents George and Rachael.. in 1841 Morlinch Polden Hill

[toni*]

hello are we updating this ?

[Lesanne]

Hello Toni,
Yes.. Sue and I have been working on her family for months.
There's a John Norris Lawrence... c 1811. Edington. mother Mary Lawrence.

Now there's a John Norris (Yeoman.. what else.. !! lol) marrying Betty Blake 16 April 1822.
In 1841 he is with Betty, we are looking for poss links with John c1811.

Les

[toni*]

John b. 1811 would only be 11 if he was the one who married Betty Blake 

[Lesanne]

  ... haha... not if John b1811 is the son of John and stepson of Betty...