Pat Hase wrote: > I've now discovered that there was another William PEARCE marriage > in Wraxall ( and yes Roy it is the one in North Somerset that I'm > interested in) in 1784 - a William PEARCE married an Ann WILKINS > 12th April 1784 which has confused me somewhat. Could William have married Ann and lost her to illness, accident or in childbirth with him then marrying Elizabeth in almost indecent haste, unless he had a baby he needed a mother for. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/

Thanks Charani, Yes, I wondered that as well but there was a christening of a Sarah d/o William & Ann PEARCE April 1st 1798 and an Elizabeth in 1801 so that put that theory out of court providing it's the same William & Ann! I've been looking for a an Ann PEARCE who married a John THOMAS in 1821 and later (as a widow) I've been told she married Samuel STOKES in 1840 again in Wraxall. I need to check her father's name on this last marriage and I know that those records are on fiche in Weston-super-Mare Library so I'll go in there tomorrow to take a look. Then perhaps I'll be sure that I really am looking for a William PEARCE as her father! Thanks for your help. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charani" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 10:23 PM Subject: Re: [B&D] William PEARCE & Elizabeth WHITE 1784 > Pat Hase wrote: >> I've now discovered that there was another William PEARCE marriage >> in Wraxall ( and yes Roy it is the one in North Somerset that I'm >> interested in) in 1784 - a William PEARCE married an Ann WILKINS >> 12th April 1784 which has confused me somewhat. > > Could William have married Ann and lost her to illness, accident or in > childbirth with him then marrying Elizabeth in almost indecent haste, > unless he had a baby he needed a mother for. > > -- > Charani (UK) > OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM > Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM > http://wsom-opc.org.uk > http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/ > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Well, nothing is straight forward in family History Research is it! I've now looked at the marriage entry and neither Samuel STOKES nor Ann THOMAS (nee PEARCE) give names for fathers! BUT the witnesses are John PEARCE and Martha PEARCE (who makes a mark) In 1814 a John PEARCE married a Martha THOMAS of Nailsea in Wraxall. On the 1841 census of Wraxall is a John PEARCE Ag Lab, aged 55 with Mary 20, Ann 20, William 18, Robert 15, and Joseph 10. By 1851 John is listed as a widower, born about 1784 in Clapton is with his married daughter Ann EDBROOK. I have found a christening of an John PIERCE 30th Jan 1785 at Clapton in Gordano s/o William & Anne. According to census and burial records the Ann PEARCE who married Samuel STOKES was born about 1794. There is a Nancy PIERCE christened at Clapton 23rd June 1793 d/o William & Ann - Could she be the Ann PEARCE I'm looking for? In which case her marriage to Samuel STOKES was witnessed by her brother & his wife. As Ann PEARCE was originally married to John THOMAS I've now got to find out whether he was related to Martha THOMAS who married John PEARCE. So now I'm looking at the marriage in 1784 of William PEARCE and Ann WILKINS. I think there's a little more work here to be done! Just to add to the problem Samuel STOKES's first marriage was to an Elizabeth PEATES - now that's another can of worms - could PEATES be another version of PEARCE? Samuel & Elizabeth were my 3 x great grandparents. Thanks for all your help Pat > > I've been looking for a an Ann PEARCE who married a John THOMAS in 1821 > and > later (as a widow) I've been told she married Samuel STOKES in 1840 again > in > Wraxall. I need to check her father's name on this last marriage and I > know > that those records are on fiche in Weston-super-Mare Library so I'll go in > there tomorrow to take a look. Then perhaps I'll be sure that I really am > looking for a William PEARCE as her father! > > Thanks for your help. > Pat > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charani" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 10:23 PM > Subject: Re: [B&D] William PEARCE & Elizabeth WHITE 1784 > > >> Pat Hase wrote: >>> I've now discovered that there was another William PEARCE marriage >>> in Wraxall ( and yes Roy it is the one in North Somerset that I'm >>> interested in) in 1784 - a William PEARCE married an Ann WILKINS >>> 12th April 1784 which has confused me somewhat. >> >> Could William have married Ann and lost her to illness, accident or in >> childbirth with him then marrying Elizabeth in almost indecent haste, >> unless he had a baby he needed a mother for. >> >> -- >> Charani (UK) >> OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM >> Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM >> http://wsom-opc.org.uk >> http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >