Charles MASSON Surgeon in Frome Somerset

[Descendant of Murby]

Dear Roots Chatters

Very many thanks for your time and help on the Masson/ Joyce families. It is very much appreciated.

Best wishes

Saira (Descendant of Murby)

[Kiaya]

Hello,
I have just spotted your connection to Lucy Cabble and Joseph Joyce who were my great x 4 grandparents.  I wondered if you were able to help me with more information about them?
I have been trying to find a baptism for Lucy for some time now with no success.  I know that the couple later ran the Crown public house in Frome and Lucy was the landlady at one time.
Looking at this site it seems that their daughter Lucy married into the Masson family, which again I didn't know.
Lucy and Joseph's son Joseph born in 1792 married Harriet Yong and their daughter Ann was born in 1842, which is my line.  I have long been intrigued by Ann's birth certificate which states that her mother's name was Lucy but all subsequent records show her as the daughter of Harriet.  Perhaps it was just a mistake on the form but it does bother me.
Look forward to hearing from you.

Regards, Sue

[Kiaya]

Hi,
I am a descendant of Lucy Masson's aunt, Lucy Cabble.  Would love to hear from you.

S

[descendant of Masson]

Hello,
Thank you so much for all the fascinating leads in to my family history. It has been amazing to find Charles Masson's origins (a long family mystery)  and to find the many branches of my family in the Frome area.

Sue asked about Lucy Cabble. On her marriage certificate she signed her name with a different spelling CABEL. In the parish records, LUCY CABEL, was baptised 12 February 1767, in Wanstrow Somerset, at the church of Blessed Virgin Mary. Her Father was William CABEL , her Mother Lucy CABEL. (Wanstrow is a few miles from Frome)

As there are no baptisms recorded of Lucy Cabble in the parish I assume this is our relation!? It would make her 24 when she married Joseph Joyce at St Johns in Frome, 7 November 1791.

Thank you for the information about the Crown Pub. I wonder how you came to know this? Any details most welcome!

Best wishes
Frances

[Kiaya]

Hello Frances,
Thanks you for replying.  I knew about the Crown pub because it states the publican on the website: www.fromeresearh.org.uk
under the heading 'property'  This has been a really good site and holds a lot of information about people in Frome + parish records.
I have tried to find out more about my 4 times great grandmother lucy's niece who married Charles Masson but have been unable to find out more about him.  Presumably he practiced in Frome?

Regards, Sue

[descendant of Masson]

Hello Sue,
Thank you for the link that leads to the information about the Crown Pub in Frome. I will certainly stop there for a drink next time I visit and toast the family, past and present! A fascinating archive indeed. I also looked at all the other Frome museum listings and hoped to find Charles Masson, in one of the directories, as a doctor/surgeon, but seems he didn't need to advertise!? The parish records, census 1841, where I found him in he is residing with his wife and 3 children, in Evercreech, a small village 5 miles from Frome, perhaps this is where he practised....

Best wishes,
Frances

[Kiaya]

Hello Frances,

It's a pleasure.  The site is very good and I have used it a lot.

Regards, Sue