A William PEARCE married Elizabeth WHITE at Wraxall Somerset 25th Oct 1784 Does anyone have any children born to this couple? Pat

On 31 Oct 2010 at 0:17, Pat Hase wrote: > A William PEARCE married Elizabeth WHITE at Wraxall Somerset 25th Oct > 1784 > > Does anyone have any children born to this couple? > The IGI at FamilySearch produces three children baptised to William Pearce and Elizabeth at Wraxall..... Sarah 4 Sep 1803 Charles 26 Jan 1806 Celia 19 Apr 1807 However, I must point out that these are all LDS private submissions with no source data given and, therefore, they are unreliable. It also seems a long time after the marriage for the couple to have three children - unless, of course, they had others elsewhere and then moved back to their home parish. Indeed, entering William Pearce and Elizabeth as the parents, choosing Somerset as the county and using 1800 +/- 20 years (do not enter anything at all in the first name and last name fields) produces a total of 16 entries (a couple are clearly duplicates). There are, of course, two Wraxalls in Somerset but I take it the one to which you refer is the parish near Bristol? The other Wraxall appears to be/have been in the parish of Ditcheat. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

On 31/10/2010 09:57, Roy Stockdill wrote: > On 31 Oct 2010 at 0:17, Pat Hase wrote: > >> A William PEARCE married Elizabeth WHITE at Wraxall Somerset 25th Oct >> 1784 >> >> Does anyone have any children born to this couple?> > The IGI at FamilySearch produces three children baptised to William Pearce and > Elizabeth at Wraxall..... > > Sarah 4 Sep 1803 > Charles 26 Jan 1806 > Celia 19 Apr 1807 Pat, My own index at http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ian.sage suggests several sources for Wraxall transcriptions. Among these, Mary Mason has baptisms for the period you are interested in, and you'll find some interesting information there! Ian

I'm grateful to Ian and Roy for their helpful suggestions. 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. I'm having to go back and recheck this family before I get too involved. I may be following a red herring. Thanks for your help. I agree with your sentiments about the IGI and the lack of children between 1784 and 1803 - this all needs a re-think. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Stockdill" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 9:57 AM Subject: Re: [B&D] William PEARCE & Elizabeth WHITE 1784 > On 31 Oct 2010 at 0:17, Pat Hase wrote: > >> A William PEARCE married Elizabeth WHITE at Wraxall Somerset 25th Oct >> 1784 >> >> Does anyone have any children born to this couple? > > > The IGI at FamilySearch produces three children baptised to William Pearce > and > Elizabeth at Wraxall..... > > Sarah 4 Sep 1803 > Charles 26 Jan 1806 > Celia 19 Apr 1807 > > However, I must point out that these are all LDS private submissions with > no source > data given and, therefore, they are unreliable. It also seems a long time > after the > marriage for the couple to have three children - unless, of course, they > had others > elsewhere and then moved back to their home parish. > > Indeed, entering William Pearce and Elizabeth as the parents, choosing > Somerset as > the county and using 1800 +/- 20 years (do not enter anything at all in > the first name > and last name fields) produces a total of 16 entries (a couple are clearly > duplicates). > > There are, of course, two Wraxalls in Somerset but I take it the one to > which you refer > is the parish near Bristol? The other Wraxall appears to be/have been in > the parish of > Ditcheat. > > -- > Roy Stockdill > Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer > >