Berkshire marriage lookup please.!

[PaulC120]

Very interesting site especially when you go to the search page and dial in Povey as the search term!

Thanks for Posting

[jillruss]

From an Oxfordshire FHS CD of Sonning parish records:

Married by banns 15 Oct 1820 James Povey X of this parish & Rebecca Withers X of this parish.

Witnesses: John Withers X, Anne Withers X.

Baptisms:

23 Dec 1821 James s/o James & Rebecca Povey of Early, labourer
8 Jul 1827  George            - ditto -
28 Jun 1829 Charles         - ditto -
27 May 1832 Jane            - ditto -
13 Jul 1834 Elizabeth   "              "            "            "            "
24 Jul 1836 William       "               "           "           "            "

Unfortunately baptisms on the CD stop at 1837.

Glancing at the baptisms index for Sonning, there are plenty of both Poveys and Withers in the 1700s so it looks as if the families were well and truly based there.

Jill

[Graham Hobbs]

Hi
Can anyone help with a lookup for a marriage between a James Pover and ?? (poss Rebecca) Not much to go on except they had a son-also called James born c 1828 Earley Berks. Probably other siblings but can't find anything so far.!
Thankyou would Appreciate any info and help if poss  .

[Graham Hobbs]

I am married to Patricia Povey, researching ancestors so far brings me to John Povey who married Elizabeth Bennet on 8th Dec 1723 at Speen or East Ilsley. They had a son John born 19.01.1723 or 4. He married Mary Painter at East Ilsley in 1750 they had a son, also John 1751-1841 who married Mary Cannings in 1774. They had John, Mary, Prudence, Neil, Michael and Charlotte. Michael married Elizabeth Viner and had a son called Henry born 1825 . He married Mary Ann Piper inc1851.
My wife is descended from Michael.
Can anyone fill in siblings of any of these , or how the line goes back from John. I note someone suggests John Povey may have been born in 1695, would this be our man.

[ribbo39]

Hi,
The records I have  reveal that;

Michael Povey (from Inkpen)- m -  Elizabeth Bennet 8-12-1723 in Hungerford St.Lawrence, Berks.

John Povey - m - Mary Painter 17-9-1750 East Ilsley St.Mary

John Povey - m - Mary Cannings 11-10-1774

Michael Povey - m - Elizabeth Vince 21-5-1804 

Charlotte Povey - m - Moses Keen (from Woolhampton)  11-9-1809

These last three marriages were all in Speen St.Mary.
Taken from the Berks FHS CD of marriages.

Hope these help. Its difficult to identify the siblings with such a common name of Povey as there are so many - can you give more info?

Alan

[Graham Hobbs]

Thanks for this information.  Will have a chat with family and see what can be found. I had a John Povey married to Elizsbeth Bennet. That info came from 'ancestry' and I have known that be be wrong occasionally.

[Pero]

Hello.
Henry Povey was born 1824 and baptised 15 Feb 1824 St Mary the Virgin, Speen, Berkshire.

John Povey born 1750 Baptism 10 Feb 1750  St Mary the Virgin, Speen, Berkshire was my 4th great-grandfather.

I spent a lot of time at Reading record office years ago and if I can help you with the siblings I have a few notes about them.

Regards.
Alan.

[Graham Hobbs]

Povey researchers may have come across an item about the White Hart, Hungerford on http://www.hungerfordvirtualmuseum.co.uk/ which looks as though 'my' Elizabeth Povey became the landlady on the death of her husband Daniel Heath.

Elizabeth Povey was the sister of John Povey 1724 to 1773 married to Mary Painter, my wife's Povey line goes back to him. His father I think was a John married to Elizabeth Bennett although now hear that maybe John's dad was Michael, married to E Bennett. Anyone able to add to this tree branch?

[PaulC120]

Hi folks, my Grandmother was a Povey & the Povey family is vast, originally centred in West Berkshire area.
John Povey seems to be the most popular name within this family viz my own G G Grandfather was John Povey b.1819 who was a Grandson Of John Povey b.1749 who in turn was a Grandson of John Povey b.circa 1700 my 6G Grandfather so caution is needed when researching a John Povey. There is a record of a Lt John Povey in the Duke of Monmouthshire’s rebellion & and after they lost he hid in the family home at Chievley.

I have a couple of Povey reports which the majority was researched by  my cousin at Berks RO some years back and information from my own research as well as other Povey researchers, which I am happy to share if you send me a Rootschat PM with your email address. These documents do refer to a William Povey now Living at Speen s/o John Povey Yeoman from Elcott Kintbury.

From all of the research I am convinced that Povey is a single family name not an occupational surname perhaps descended from Justinian Povey d.1652 (See Wikipedia) and perhaps Justinian Povey had a country home in West Berkshire at Chievley? His 3 sons were named  John , William & Thomas Povey??