Hi Geoff, Jenny got in touch today via the website and I sent the following reply --- I hope you notice I'm still keeping the family side up by getting to the subject of 'booze' by the fourth paragraph !! Looks like the 'summer' has really broken up now, so hopefully will be getting back to the old family stuff in ernest now, so the internet 'wires' should soon be humming with Blaxall correspondence again soon. All mine are pretty good, Peter started primary school last week, and he loves it (thank goodness no tears at the school gate !) and Clare is still a real 'gem', getting to the 'pick it up and put in mouth' stage now. Hope you are your crew are all ok. The mailing list is simply:- send a blank e-mail to BLAXALL-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com with the single word 'subscribe' (no quotes) and you join the list (which you have done ok but which others may need to do) and then copy any relevant correspondence to BLAXALL-L@rootsweb.com so all list members get a copy. If people want to stop getting Blaxall trivia then they just send a e- mail to BLAXALL-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com with a single word of 'unsubscribe' and they will. Anyway must get to bed (must have become a 'whimp'!!) -- regards to Angela and all on the list. Carlton. Hi there Jenny, Very nice to hear from another related Blaxall over the 'net. Interestingly, there has been a lot of Blaxall connections from Lewin Jeremiah and Marianne Wolton that have been in touch this year and so this side of the family is filling out rather well. I would be most interested in your direct Blaxall line back to LJ and M.Would your Mother be Elsie Laurna by any chance ? I notice the marriage to a Mr Triggs in the Jun Qtr 1954 from the GRO index. If so, then maybe here's a bit of a coincidence for you. I paid a visit to a very welcoming couple earlier this year (Guy and Kathleen Hayward) who are (Guy that is) descended from Mary Eliza Blaxall, the daughter of LJ and M, who married a William Mustard. They have many recollections of various Blaxall's in the 40's and 50's. They very kindly offered me some refreshment, I accepted a glass of beer. It was served in a glass that had been given to them (wedding present if I recall correctly) by Maurice Blaxall, now if my assumption above is correct, would that be your Grandfather ?? If so I have toasted very fond memories of him with some old friends of his, this very year. Let me know if I am on the right lines or totally 'barking up the wrong tree' (as opposed to being 'totally barking' which has been long established !!) and we can compare notes and hopefully fill in some missing gaps. I am very pleased to hear you have a portrait of John Walton, Guy and Kathleen told me some interesting stories about him already. Do you have any other photographs (it is possible I already have one of Marianne passed on by another Canadian cousin (Jean Browse)) ? as I am trying to ascertain what photographs have survived through the family lines. Best Regards Carlton. P.S. The family goes back several generations from Lewin Jeremiah and Marianne if you are interested, but please let me know if you are looking forward to doing the research yourself ! Original Message My mothers family name is Blaxall. I knew the family originated in Suffolk and have been able to trace the family via the internet back to a Lewin Jermiah Blaxall who married Marianne Wolton in Eyke, Suffolk in 1823. This was possible as I had a self-portrait of John Wolton, Marianne's father with a list of his children on the back and also a rough family tree drawn up by an ancestor with just rough names and no dates. I think I can get further with the internet but would need to check registers etc. and one day I may get around to doing this. On 22 Sep 99, at 23:17, m01ta200@cwcom.net wrote: > Dear Jenny, > > At last (despite familysearch.org) we are together !! > > Please note I am copying this to Angela Ward (Bristol area) and Carlton > Blaxill (way up in Suffolk, although he's really a renegade Londoner !) as > they are the most involved researchers into Blax Fam Hist in the UK. > > My website will tell you all about me and it contains links to Angela's > and Carlton's sites, together with one to Dave Martin although he limits > his site to Blaxill/Reynolds (or should it be Blaxill/Reynoldses ? ) > > In case you missed it here it is again :- > > < http://members.tripod.co.uk/Blaxall/index.html > > > If that shows up in blue, just click your mouse on it and you will be > transported ! > > Carlton has done some remarkable work and has traced us back to a > marriage between John Blaxall & Agnes (Anne) Wythe 2 July 1621 in > Yoxford, East Suffolk. > > If you seek Yoxford on a map, it is a few miles due north of Saxmundham, > Essex. > > John & Agnes begat Francis who married Elizabeth Rous. > > Francis & Elizabeth begat John who married Margaret Downing. > > John & Margaret begat Lewin who married Hannah Pinborrow. > > Lewin & Hannah begat Simon who married Mary Cousins. > > Simon & Mary begat the following 9 children:- > > Esther ?? who married John Todd > Simon who died aged 27 > Frederick my Gt Gt Grandad who married Mary Cole > Lewin who died aged 3 > Ann who married Edmund Geater > Memina baptised 3 Dec 1786 buried 23 Dec 1786 > Amy baptised 1 Jan 1789 buried 16 Jan 1789 > Eliza who married Frederick Fletcher > Lewin Jeremiah (senior) who married Marianne Wolton 23 Jan 1823 > > from which couple I presume you are descended ? & know their children > downwards ? > > If not we can elucidate as we have cousins on that side in New Zealand, > Canada and USA (possibly also Australia) > > Now tell us something about yourself young lady ! > Such as:- > Which part of the country are you in ? > How long have you been researching ? > Where do you appear in the Tree ? > Are you working alone ? or are you linked with others ? > > Carlton has set up an e-mail mailing list for Blax... researchers but I've > forgotten how to subscribe to it ! Doubtless he or Angela will advise ! > > Thanks again for contacting me and i look forward to sharing Research > results ! > > Cheers for now Geoff Lewin (and proud of it!) Blaxall > > jenny@triggs25.freeserve.co.uk wrote: > > > Dear Geoff, > > > > I have received your e-mails successfully. > > > > I note from your e-mail address the name Lewin, this is very > > prominent throughout my family so perhaps theres a link there! > > > > Look forward to hearing from you. > > > > Jenny Triggs > >