Dee's Scavenger Hunt... September 13th .... Everyone welcome to participate

[deeiluka]

Don't think they'd let him get married at 13!         

[deeiluka]

There's a Thomas SELWAY and wife Martha having children around the same time as Thomas and Hannah too. They didn't want to make this hunt easy, did they?   

[majm]

Dee, If they had wanted it to be easy, you would have solved it eons ago ! 

[deeiluka]

       

And I wouldn't have needed a Scavenger Hunt!


Glencare is very kindly going to visit Bath Abbey for me!  Rootschatters are just the best people!

[Xristina]

Sorry to change you subject. I am a complete beginer. I have important news for you On Frederick George Taylor.I have seen tat yoy were looking for him. Please can you contact me.

[toni*]

xristina if that message is for me i'm not sure how it tageed onto this thread but you need to make at least 3 postings on the forum before you can access the personal messaging system
 

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Dee i just wanted you to be awarre there was another William & Louisa who actaully called herself Lousia instead of Sarah! around hopefully they didnt marry at 13!

i wonder what the concentration of Selways in Somerset was at that time maybe Thomas and Martha are cousins to Thomas and Hannah

[toni*]

So how do we find Thomas snr bp.?

Do we have any records that say where he was possibly born ?

[deeiluka]

Not a thing, Toni, for Thomas senior. All I know is the he married in Ston Easton, and Hannah Churchill was from Shepton Mallet.

Glencare has emailed me to say that there are quite a lot of papers in the archives for Ston Easton that mention the name SELWAY, but Ston Easton PRs are non existant pre 1813.       


Dee   

[toni*]

hmm but how did you find the marriage then with not PR's ?
were there any witnesses to the marriage are they both described as OTP?
(i know this means 21 days pre marriage)
if he was a labourer it would be unlikely he owned peropety but have you consulted the land tax records a complete set survives for 1798
i wonder also if he met the requiremnts to be able to vote this is another avenue you could explore.
was Hannah of Shepton Mallet at time of marriage or just from the census ?
Shepton Mallet may be worth looking at for bp. of her children sometimes they did return to the brides home parish.