PaulaToo's Scavenger Hunt - Everyone Welcome To Join In.

[Lesanne]

  Just found ref to Catherine Purchas (Norfolk. Will 1766) on TNA search.

Happens to be with Patridge family, that happeh to be linked in some way with my Turners in Berks.

Just thought of you.... Lesanne.

[PaulaToo]

Hi Lesanne,
They get all over the place the Purchas, little family groupd of three or four, lasting a couple of generations at the most, and then they move on.
Would make a very interesting one name study for anyone with the brains to follow them.
My two little brain cells are quivering at the thought

[bookendart]

Hi All,

I know I'm arriving a little late to this party, but I'm so thrilled I found this thread!!! I'm descended from Richard of Winslow's daughter Elizabeth, and I'm wondering if anything has turned up on Richard's birth.  The Reverend Richard seems to have had a brother Matthew, who died in Winslow before they moved to North Marston. With the help of the Buckinghamshire Family History Society, I've searched through all the counties in Bucks for the birth of Matthew, but nothing's turned up.

I've love to know where this family came from 

-Claire

[PaulaToo]

Ah HA!
More information on the Rev Ric, and the Rev Ric's Dad...

I have
Rev Ric baptised 19 Jan 1672 in Winslow buried 1 Sept 1742 North Marston
Elizabeth Purchas baptised 19 Jun 1680 - 15 Jan 1755 North Marston
Ruth Purchas baptised 2 Jul 1682......death unknown

I had no idea that there was another brother.
Perhaps Matthew was born in the town of Ruth or Richard of Winslow's origin.
So now a new name can be added to the list
We need to find a Richard Purchas getting wed to Ruth ?
Also the birth/death of Matthew, son of Richard and Ruth Purchas

Wish I could be of more help Claire, but at present....the search goes on.

Just wait till Barbara finds out that yet another of the Scavenger Hunts has been of interest to someone...She might be....just a bit pleased

[bookendart]

Here's Matthew's burial, from the nice people at the Buckinghamshire Family History Society :-)

Winslow Burials       St Laurence Church

2 Jul 1680 Mathew PURCHAS son of Richard
12 Sep 1687 Sarah PURCHAS daughter of Richard

They are also sending me a list of every Purchas marriage in Bucks County from 1538 - 1738.  I should have it in a few days and if there's anything helpful i will post it here.   I've been working on my family history for 30 years, but I to say the folks here at Rootschat are some of the most helpful i've come across!!!!


-Claire

[PaulaToo]

My goodness, a Sarah as well....now I wonder where she fits in....
Thanks for those two dates. I shall add them to the family tree.
I only follow the direct line unless there is trouble...buddy Eliza Ann from Portsea being one case,(that woman is known and feared here on Roots and on the BBC FT Messageboard, she was a difficult one) ...and of course the Rev Ric's parents who seem to have arrived in Winslow, had three children and then moved on to North Marston.
I come down by way of John Denchfield 1674, John Denchfield 1716, John Denchfield 1737 and Ann Denchfield 1773 who married William Baker in 1794

...and yes, I have to agree, they are a friendly bunch on Roots. Brilliant, every one of 'em.

[bookendart]

Sarah was Richard and Ruth's daughter also. She was baptized in Winslow 29 Jun 1684 and died when she was three. So I imagine when the Purchas's rode into North Marston, it would have been with a heavy heart, having just buried Mathew the year before and toddler Sarah a couple years before that. Maybe there was just too much heartbreak for them in Winslow.

I'm also from the marriage of Ann and William Baker :-D

-Claire

[PaulaToo]

Three children left behind...I have never been able to find what happened to Ruth, baptised in Winslow 2 Jul 1682....so they must have had heavy hearts indeed.

[Tephra]

Thrilled.........I'm totally thrilled        And I'm absolutely delighted Claire has found us here.        

Another feather in the Scavenger Hunt cap.     

Barbara