On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:22:30 +0100, Jeff Coleman <Jeff.Coleman@ntlworld.com> wrote: > Josephine > Speen is nowadays a suburb of Newbury. Hi Jeff, Thanks for your response. I've just had a look at my modern road atlas and can see Speen marked on the outskirts of Newbury. > Have a look at Berks RO and Berks FHS to see what registers are > available where and how. According to The Philimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers, the original deposited registers for Speen 1629 to 1972 are in Berkshire Record Office. Looking at the Berkshire Family History Society web site, I see that there is a BFHS CD on Parish Registers Speenhamland, but the marriages start at 1847 and the baptisms start at 1831. I think my 2x great-grandfather Henry Pearce Morris, son of Thomas and Harriet, would have been baptized between 1828 and 1830, though of course he could have been baptized later. > In Thatcham, another suburb of Newbury nowadays, is Henwick Lane. I have > no idea of its origins - probably a few centuries old- but it could be a > local placename which might turn up as a surname. Try Henwick as a > surname variant. Thanks for that. I've been looking on FreeBMD to see if I can make any headway with Henwick as a surname in Berkshire, but have drawn a blank. So, the bride's surname of Hennick in the possible 1827 marriage of my 3x great-grandfather Thomas Pearce Morris at Speen is a mystery. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com