This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BEESLEY, BEASLEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plC.2ACEB/957.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Val, I too am fascinated by the Beesley/Beasleys and collect all that I can (from this area). I have extracted all the Beesley birth, deaths & christenings from the Bishop Itchington parish registers on FHL film #s: 548396 & 554749 and was working on Chadshunt FHL flim #: 428981 Starting with Thomas & Alice & their sons Bennet & Job christened in 1698, I followed their descendents (one or 2 of whom remained in the area) until my ancestors emigrated in 1850 and have collected other Beesleys (who I'm not sure of their relationship if any). In my line, Bennet had 7 children, only the last of whom had a mother listed (and he jnst happened to be mine). Thomas & Alice (2 children in this register) Bennet (c 1698) & Alice (7 children; 1 died very young) Joseph (c 1734) & Mary (7 children; the 1st Thomas died very young) Thomas (c 1774) & Sarah Wrighton (6 children; their first born, the 1st William died very young) James (c 1801) & Elizabeth Bradshaw (2 children; 1 died very young) George (c 1833) James, Elizabeth & George emigrated in 1850 to NY. He married Anna Burnhart in 1885 and had 6 children. I have collected a number of other sublines as well and would be glad to share them. Blessings, Joanne (Virginia, USA)