FEWELL Family

[Susie1]

Hi all
Has anybody come across a marriage between James Fewell & Elizabeth Stokes?
Sue

[findem]

Hi All,
Sorry Sue I haven't seen that marriage.

The following are some Fewells I noticed in the Chelmsford PRs (SEAX online).  Most of you, if not all, are no doubt aware of them but to be on the safe side here they are.

Burial at St Mary the Virgin, Chelmsford.

Mary Fewel of Gt Waltham buried 19 June 1750, D/P 94/1/7 image # 133. 
I noted this one mainly because she was away from home, there were probably others but at the time I was not looking for Fewells and so could have missed them.

Baptisms at St John the Evangelist, Moulsham on D/P 511/1/4, all children of Thomas Edmund & Emily Eliza Fewell.

James Ernest bap 16 Apr 1895, image # 19, page 35.
Henry Peter bap 2 Jan 1897, im # 29, pge 55.
Bertie bap 2 Dec 1897, im # 35, pge 67.
Emily Ellen bap 3 Jun 1899, im # 45, pge 87.
John born 4 Apr 1901 & bap 15 Aug 1901 im # 57, pge 111.
Percy born 27 Mar 1903 & bap 29 Aug 1903 # 70, pge 136.

The family address was 8 Wolsely Road.
In the baptism entries for the first 4 children the occupation for Thomas Edmund was stated to be a Leather Finisher.  In the 5th child's entry a Labourer and in the 6th an Armature Hand.  The occupation of Armature Hand would no doubt identify his employer as Cromptons, he probably started there sometime between 3 Jun 1899 and 15 Aug 1901.

Regards

[Susie1]

Hi Findem
Thanks for reply.  I have been working on James Fewell & Eliabeth Doe for a few years now.  A lot of people seem to think that James's parents were James Fewell & Sarah Fiddle, but I can't find any proof of this.  James's parents could also be Philomon & Sarah. Or John & Elizabeth Lanham had a James who married a Sarah ? and they had a son James in 1803.  So as you can see there are several possibilities.
Now a spanner has been put in the works because Stephen b 1850 who we thought was James & Elizabeth Doe's, actually belongs to James and Elizabeth Stokes.
I am now wondering if James married Elizabeth Doe, and she died and then he remarried Elizabeth Stokes, and it's her death in 1857, which made him a widow in the 1861 census, but I can't find a marrage.
Have I confused you yet lol
I am now going to have to get William's birth certificate and see who the mother is, also I need Isaac's but I can't find a GRO number for his birth in 1838.

As you can see the more I do on this family, the more confused I get.
Sue

[naffi girl]

Dear Everyone who is related to the fewell family.
      I am related to them too.
James Fewell and Elizabeth Doe are my G G G Grandparents.  My Grandmother was Jessie Sewell and her parent's were Mark Sewell and Martha Anne Lucking, Martha's parent's were Charles Lucking born 1838 and Emma Fewell born 1843 Great Canfield. Emma's parents are James Fewell and Elizabeth Doe
Is this correct as I have only been doing my family tree since last summer.
Can anyone tell me any birthdays or marriages please?
Hope you did not mind me coming in on your subject but i find it fascinating
                                    Regards
                                          naafi girl

[Susie1]

Hi all
Has anybody got any birth certificates of James Fewell & Elizabeth Doe's children?
Because Susannah is not Elizabeth Doe's either.
Sue

[davierj]

Does that mean that Jane Fewell (1832) is not the daughter of James and Elizabeth Doe?   1871 census shows both Stephen and Isaac Fewell lodging with their sister Jane's family at Bacon End, Great Canfield.   As I understand it Jane Fewell married James Francis.

I'm a newcomer to this branch of the family (Great Canfield) and would appreciate any help.   Obviously it's not all it appears at first sight.

Cheers Dave

[Susie1]

Hi Dave
I just don't know.  The trouble is the parish records just have James Fewell & Elizabeth.  As James Fewell and Elizabeth Doe married in 1825 everyone, I think has assumed that is who the parents are of all the children that say James & Elizabeth.
Maybe the ones in the 1841 are Elizabeth Doe's. 
Maybe Elizabeth Doe died and James remarried Elizabeth Stokes or
Maybe the James that married Elizabeth Stokes is a different James. I can't find a marrage for them.
All I know is that Susannah & Stephen are Elizabeth Stokes and not Elizabeth Doe. I am waiting for William's birth certificate to see who his mother is.  As for Isaac I havn't been able to find a GRO reference for him, so I can't order his birth certificate.  I know he was baptised 26/1/1838, but I don't know his birth.  If he was born in the first half of 1837 then there won't be a ref for him.
If Isaac, Emma & William's mother was Elizabeth Doe, then where was she is the 1841 census.  There was an Elizabeth Doe working as a servant in the 1841, did she keep her maiden name where she worked.  Also there was an Elizabeth Fewell in Chelmsford Gaol in 1841 wife of James, could this be her, or had she already died. So many questions.
If anyone out there has any answers, let me know, before I go round the twist lol.
Sue

[findem]

Hi Sue & all,

To save me ploughing through the many postings on Fewell Family what time frame would you expect the marriage of James Fewell & Elizabeth stokes to have occurred in?

I am looking to see what parishes are on the ERO's SEAX online system, can't find a list so I'm just keying in parish names and seeing what comes up.  So far found Chelmsford, Springfield, St John Moulsham, Maldon St Peter & Maldon All Saints.  I would be happy to check for the the James Fewell & Eliz Stokes marriage in any parishes I find. 

Maybe other researchers interested in the Fewell name could keep their eyes peeled for the marriage whilst carrying out their own research.

The SEAX online system is all I can do from Australia but if you haven't found the marriage by 2008 I'll be in the UK and the ERO so I could keep the marriage in mind then.

Might help if you could list the parishes you've searched so far for the marriage?

It's just a thought so feel free to ignore it 

Maybe what we need on this topic is a collective Fewell hit list?  When you consider that there are quite a few of us, we all no doubt have numerous family names to research and will search equally numerous Parishes/time frames looking for them.  With all of us keeping a lookout, surely there must be a reasonable chance of picking up some of the so far missing Fewell events.

Regards.

   

[naffi girl]

Hi All
         I would just like to say one of my relatives has got there marriage on 13th Oct 1825. I am not sure yet how they found it yet but I am trying to find out more and will let you know.
                         Regards
                              naafi girl