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 > >