Welcome to this weeks Scavenger Hunt and I think you're really going to like this one........It's going back a fair while and it's very romantic in it's own way. Anyway, set too and have fun.
Good Luck and Good Hunting.
Barbara
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Picture the scene....
Evening falls on the sleepy village of North Marston, it is 1696 0R 1698 they can't seem to make up their mind.
The locals are trudging home from the fields.
A cart comes trundling towards them.
Driving it is the Rev Richard Purchas, the new cleric of St Mary's. Beside him sits his father, also Richard Purchas.
In the back, along with the furniture they have the Rev. Ric's mother, Ruth and Elizabeth Purchas, who will go on to marry one of the John Denchfields of North Marston and become a part of my Family Tree.
So
Once they are in North Marston I've got um!
Ric's Dad died 1715
Ric's Mum died 1720
Elizabeth Purchas married John Denchfield 1713 had copious amounts of children and died 1755
Ric himself died 1742
But....where did they come from?
I know it's going a long way back, but I thought as he was a Rev Gent I might be able to track him down...no luck...I have always thought that Elizabeth was his daughter, and could never find a marriage for him.
About a month back I discovered in some papers sent me by the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, that Elizabeth could well be his sister, not his daughter. Good reason for not finding a marriage I suppose...
Time to squawk for help, I think....
