ca,pt robert reece,merchant seaman

[lanelad]

Hi Khonalan,
                            Thanks for reply, and good luck with your tree.
                                                                  Fred.

[khonalan]

hi fred , and my thanks to you , if it,s any more help, my line is john reece as posted by ecneps , children , david reece, b, 1864, seaman, d , 1879 silver street, unmarried ? , john race ( reece ), b,1867, = elizabeth allen 1891 , annie baxter reece, b, 1869, d ,1873 ?, robert reece, b ,1871, d ,1941 , = isabella sarah thompson 1897, ann isabella reece , b, 1873 , elizabeth reece, b, 1875, d , 1878 ., robert + isabella, children, all girls , to trace the male line , back to john + elizabeth allen, children , david baxter reece, b, 1891, = gertrude e parker 1917 , margaret ann allen reece, b, 1893, = david pescodd 1913, david william reece, b, 1893, d, 1893, 15 sans street, robert allen reece, b, 1896, d, 1897, 21 silver street, edward adam reece, b, 1897, d, 1898, 21 silver street, catherine baxter reece, b, 1901, = fedrick henry slack 1920 .  adding things up, it looks like i have a family line of seaman ,  fred , if i can ask , are there any seaman , shipwrights, ect , in your line .   thanks alan .

[lanelad]

Hi Alan,
             I havnt had any post prompts all week, so have just found a pile waiting to be answered.
get back to you later also on Bateys
                         Fred

[lanelad]

Hi again.
               Right Alan, here goes. I found three lines of Merrington or Marrington in Sunderland. John c1770; Peter 1768; and John c1748. There is various matching up by different people, but i am quite confident in what i have.
The line that you are concerned with is the John (roper)1748. He married a Margaret Park, and one of their ch. was Matthew (Keelman)1771 =Eliz. Thompson, they had a John1796 Keelman /pilot( who couldnt be found,but i found him as bp. John Barrington. D.R.O.L have since verified this).
He married Elizabeth(no marriage ever found) and had John Donnison(mariner)Marrington, his second wife Martha Fairlam had your Elizabeth.
All three lines have Seamen and Shipwrights,also shipbuilders and shipowners. Peter loaned the money for the building of the Bethel chapel where he was later entombed.
I found myself involved with this lately when they were all dug up, but its not for open discussion. Apathy reigns in Sunderland.!!!!

Ask if you want more on any of the above.
Are your Bateys related to Burnsides
   Fred


     

[khonalan]

hi fred , great stuff about elizabeth, i,m sure that,s helped several people, inc myself . , seems like my bit about ships ect , were correct . , fred , do you have any of the donninson / marrington ships names, ( for crew lists ) as i wonder if robert had interest here . , the bethal chapel ,i do not know, but there was a minister arthur augustus reece , abode , tatham st , also a jessie reece , b , 1844 , lexington , usa , f , rev william henry reece , with links to the reece family at sculcoats hull . , as there already are posts, about my other side , i think, all i can say, is , not as far as i know . however ,as my g.f. robert went to china + japan , its possible that some of the cargo would have been ordered / sold to,  the merchants of sunderland .   thanks alan .

[lanelad]

Hik Alan, Sorry, but i should have checked my old notes. Martha was johns second wife and Eliz. his 1st, every thing else ok.
 I havnt concentrated on this line, as i had enough to do sorting out the others, but a yank who wifes line descends from it, wrote some papers, a lot that i didnt agree with. However he wrote that John( who may be the wrong one according to me) sailed in several ships.
I havnt done any ship research, maybe you could enlighten me on how its done.He writes "John Marrington was a seaman. At 16 he can be found as an apprentice on the ship Danube. By age 21 he was a seaman on the ship Sea Flower. He was later on the ship Restless, and by age 23 he was a cook on the ship Gironde."
I am sure that J. Donnison marrington was down as Waterman and cobleman
on ch. baps.
One of his daus.eugenie married a swedish sailor olaf Peddersson and went to usa (mormons i believe.)

regards Fred

[khonalan]

hi fred , just to jump back , peter loaned the money, sounds like an important person, i think you should do further research there . , looks like elizabeth is ok ., ship research , lots of ships had the same names, but different registered numbers, eg , in my case , two ships named triton , two captain d rees , but one ship reg wales , the other reg sunderland , you will need the numbers to track down your ships , there are several links on rootschat already, however, a handy place to start is , www.crewlist.org.uk   , click on the left hand boxes ect , if you find your ship + the crew list ect ( lots of ships records are missing ) , there is usually a fee to pay for downloads ect ., the free site , ships in port 1881 is also very handy ,  get back to me if you need any more help . thanks alan .

[lanelad]

Hi Alan, Found an old newpaper item concerning your rbt reece. trouble over money loan. i could send it if you let me know how. Hope you are well. regards Fred

[khonalan]

hi fred , will send p.m. thanks alan.