Cannot help with your specific Pheasant, but I had a Catherine Pheasant marrying a Roger Favell in the Village of Great Barford just to the east of Bedford, over 100 years earlier on Feb 27th 1672. My interest being the Favell family. Might lead you to the right area. Dave V -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of SRuch Sent: 28 August 2008 02:52 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BDF] Rachel Pheasant Hi, Peter, Thanks for the suggestions. I've tried all of them and have found her 1797 death record in Baltimore (only the date in church records; cemetery was removed when a new church was built and headstones gone); probation of her will which I found in London; marriage record, also found in London, and no other info about her in St. Marylebone Church records. I also traveled to Tavistock where I found the marriage record of John and Rachel's daughter, Ann, among microfiche files in the public library of all places. Rachel is not my ancestor as I'm descended from John and another wife, but I'm curious about her because of the story of John and his first wife that has been passed down in our family. My uncles believed John came from the Isle of Jersey and left England because he hated the British. Perhaps Rachel Pheasant (Fezant, Fessant??) was French and also from Jersey? The search continues. Regards, Shelby ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Booth" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 12:40 AM Subject: Re: [BDF] Rachel Pheasant > Shelby, > > I'm not convinced that Rachel has connections in Bedfordshire, but I > can > appreciate the difficulties you are having. The Pheasant surname appears > in > a number of other counties. > > I think the place to concentrate is the 1795 marriage in St Marylebone. > Have you tried at LDS to see if they have the parish records on film? > > Another thought might be to see if any shipping records are available > for their migration to USA. You might also look for the reason for their > migration? Where there relatives there that might give some clues to > origins. > > I'm not familiar with US death records. Is it possible some information > could be gleaned from her death record or a tombstone inscription?. > > Peter in Sydney > > > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedford.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > The List Guidelines http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ The Bedfordshire Surnames List http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedford.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.9/1637 - Release Date: 27/08/2008 07:01

Thanks for this lead, Dave. Shelby ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Valentine" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:03 AM Subject: Re: [BDF] Rachel Pheasant > Cannot help with your specific Pheasant, but I had a Catherine Pheasant > marrying a Roger Favell in the Village of Great Barford just to the east > of > Bedford, over 100 years earlier on Feb 27th 1672. > > My interest being the Favell family. > > Might lead you to the right area. > > Dave V > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On > Behalf Of SRuch > Sent: 28 August 2008 02:52 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BDF] Rachel Pheasant > > Hi, Peter, > > Thanks for the suggestions. I've tried all of them and have found her 1797 > death record in Baltimore (only the date in church records; cemetery was > removed when a new church was built and headstones gone); probation of her > will which I found in London; > marriage record, also found in London, and no other info about her in St. > Marylebone Church records. I also traveled to Tavistock where I found the > marriage record of John and Rachel's daughter, Ann, among microfiche files > in the public library of all places. > > Rachel is not my ancestor as I'm descended from John and another wife, but > I'm curious about her because of the story of John and his first wife that > has been passed down in our family. My uncles believed John came from the > Isle of Jersey and left England because he hated the British. Perhaps > Rachel > Pheasant (Fezant, Fessant??) was French and also from Jersey? The search > continues. > > Regards, > Shelby > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Booth" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 12:40 AM > Subject: Re: [BDF] Rachel Pheasant > > >> Shelby, >> >> I'm not convinced that Rachel has connections in Bedfordshire, but I >> can >> appreciate the difficulties you are having. The Pheasant surname appears >> in >> a number of other counties. >> >> I think the place to concentrate is the 1795 marriage in St >> Marylebone. >> Have you tried at LDS to see if they have the parish records on film? >> >> Another thought might be to see if any shipping records are available >> for their migration to USA. You might also look for the reason for their >> migration? Where there relatives there that might give some clues to >> origins. >> >> I'm not familiar with US death records. Is it possible some >> information >> could be gleaned from her death record or a tombstone inscription?. >> >> Peter in Sydney >> >> >> >> >> >> >> The List Guidelines >> >> http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ >> >> The Bedfordshire Surnames List >> >> http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedford.html >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedford.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.9/1637 - Release Date: 27/08/2008 > 07:01 > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedford.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >