I had better go have another look at that entry! For some reason I have assumed George KIFT was apprenticed by father Thomas KIFT in 1788. Okay, have checked.....I think maybe I assumed the age difference of father/son as ‘normally’ the master is older than the apprentice, also the entry in the Masters Index under KIFt shows George KIFT apprenticing William Boylan in 1801 so one generation later, again, assuming this is likely to be same George KIFT above! Easy to do! Amanda From: Josephine Jeremiah Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2012 11:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [B&S] KIFT George, apprentice, master, Thomas, merchant, Bristol, 1788 (was GILLAM family of Bristol) On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:47:18 +0100, Amanda Kerby <[email protected]> wrote: > This one has thrown me Josephine. > I did have this ref but didn’t know quite what to make of it because a) > I don’t have a baptism for a George born to Thomas KIFT, and b) the > other children I have baptisms for Thomas Kift and Phoebe’s were between > 1790 – 1802. So for him to apprentice his son George in 1788 he would > have been a new born baby! Unless his son George was by an earlier > marriage? Hi Amanda, I thought that the apprentice, George KIFT, was a kinsman of his master as his father was recorded as Thomas KIFT, merchant, whose abode was Cork, IRL. > I wonder if you would mind checking on the non-conformist registers for > baptism to see if there are other children such as George bapt to Thomas > and Phoebe KIFT. I've had a look in the CD of The Nonconformist Baptismal Registers in Bristol Record Office 1754 to 1837, produced by Bristol & Avon Family History Society, but there are no baptisms there for KIFT. Josephine ------------------------------- 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

Great ta, interesting , that last Joseph GILLAM at the Key, otherwise The Quay ties in with well with what I know of the GILLAM / KIFT connection in merchant trade and customs. George KIFT’s address was at Lewins Mead in 1795 and from 1797 he was at Head of The Quay. I do have this picture in my head of them all knowing one another and sitting in some gentleman’s club smoking cigars and talking abt customs and excise together!!! According to records I know Thomas Kift married Phoebe Gillam in Dec 1786 at St Nicholas Bristol, then in Jun 1788 he apprenticed son George whilst residing in Cork Ireland, returning to Bristol to father children between 1789 – 1803. Maybe just a trade visit to Ireland? or was it family? Regards Amanda From: Josephine Jeremiah Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2012 10:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [B&S] GILLAM, Bristol, 1775 (was GILLAM Benjamin, partner Old Bank, 1764-1789, Bristol ) On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:18:55 +0100, Amanda Kerby <[email protected]> wrote: > I had wondered at the address in Small Street, as it is also noted > “Printed by Sketchley...27 Small Street” – I think it may be Sketchley > at Small St not the Gillam? Hi Amanda, Thanks for your response. James SKETCHLEY, Broker and Auctioneer, was at 27 Small Street, Bristol in 1775. There are four people called GILLAM listed in Sketchley's Bristol Directory of 1775. The one at 11 Small Street doesn't have a forename. > Ancestry has a ref to the 1775 Sketchley entry for Benj Gillam, which > notes his address as 19 Dove Street, Bristol. The GILLAM at 19 Dove Street was Cornelius GILLAM, book keeper. I mentioned the Jos. GILLAM who was a tide waiter at 5 Bloomsbury Court, but there was also a Joseph GILLAM, carpenter and earthenware shop, at 1 on the Key. Josephine ------------------------------- 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

Thanks for this one, I didn’t have it, must have started checking the new Apprentice CD for KIFTs and forgot to go back and do GILLAMs. Sometimes you get onto a good thread or run of records that there is so much information found so quickly that it lands in a big pile on my desk and doesnt get filed away properly! This GILLAM family have been particularly prolific. In the Documents Online wills there is a 13 page one for Benjamin GILLAM banker of Bristol and another for Cornelius GILLAM , but none for their father Joseph. Once the wills arrive this week, they will hopefully throw more light on some of the rest of the family members! I guess the number of children in the records named Benjamin GILLAM only reflects the standing he had in their Society. They certainly revered their heroes by naming children after them. Regards Amanda From: Josephine Jeremiah Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2012 7:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [B&S] GILLAM Benjamin, apprentice to Richard HORSLEY, Bristol, 1787 (GILLAM family of Bristol) On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:17:40 +0100, Amanda Kerby <[email protected]> wrote: > There seem to be quite a few Benjamins about around this time and into > early 1800s but who belongs to who? Hi Amanda, There's a reference to a Benjamin GILLAM in the Apprentice Index in the new CD, Bristol Apprenticeship Books Vols 1(o) to 1(z) Index & Transcripts 1724-2009, produced by Bristol & Avon Family History Society. www.bafhs.org.uk 8th. February 1787. Benjamin GILLAM, father Joseph, deceased, upholder of Bristol, master Richard HORSLEY, cabinet maker. Sketchley's Bristol Directory of 1775 gives the address of Richard HORSLEY, cabinet-maker &c. as 69 Lewin's-mead. Josephine ------------------------------- 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

This one has thrown me Josephine. I did have this ref but didn’t know quite what to make of it because a) I don’t have a baptism for a George born to Thomas KIFT, and b) the other children I have baptisms for Thomas Kift and Phoebe’s were between 1790 – 1802. So for him to apprentice his son George in 1788 he would have been a new born baby! Unless his son George was by an earlier marriage? I wonder if you would mind checking on the non-conformist registers for baptism to see if there are other children such as George bapt to Thomas and Phoebe KIFT. I thought I had that CD, but can’t find it! To add to the confusion there’s this entry too from the Burgess CD: 2 July 1795 Thomas KIFT junior, Merchant, was patron to George KIFT, Merchant, by Apprenticeship. Special note is the word “junior”. MMM stuck! Cheers Amanda From: Josephine Jeremiah Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2012 6:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [B&S] KIFT George, apprentice, master, Thomas, merchant, Bristol, 1788 (was GILLAM family of Bristol) On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:17:40 +0100, Amanda Kerby <[email protected]> wrote: > BENJAMIN GILLAM & ANN FRY > Married: 18 July 1756 St James Bristol > THOMAS KIFT & PHOEBE GILLAM (dau of Benj above) > Married: 19 December 1786 St Nicholas, Bristol. Hi Amanda, You may already have the following information, but nothing ventured, nothing gained :-) There is a reference to George KIFT, apprentice, and his master, Thomas KIFT, merchant, in the Apprentice Index in the new CD, Bristol Apprenticeship Books Vols 1(o) to 1(z) Index & Transcripts 1724-2009, produced by Bristol & Avon Family History Society. www.bafhs.org.uk 18th. June 1788. George KIFT, father Thomas KIFT, merchant of Cork, IRL, master Thomas KIFT, merchant, whose wife was Phoebe. Josephine ------------------------------- 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

Hi Josephine, Thanks for all the useful refs. I can see a few emails on the Gillams in my inbox, you have been busy! My friend Victoria, also here in Christchurch NZ, has a copy of ‘A History of banking in Bristol’ book and sent me a scanned copy of the page with the refs on it last night. I had wondered at the address in Small Street, as it is also noted “Printed by Sketchley...27 Small Street” – I think it may be Sketchley at Small St not the Gillam? Ancestry has a ref to the 1775 Sketchley entry for Benj Gillam, which notes his address as 19 Dove Street, Bristol. Regards Amanda From: Josephine Jeremiah Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2012 4:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [B&S] GILLAM Benjamin, partner Old Bank, 1764-1789, Bristol ( GILLAM family of Bristol) On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:17:40 +0100, Amanda Kerby <[email protected]> wrote: > I am wondering if there is anyone who has studied this family, > particularly Benjamin Gillam, banker of Bristol who died after a short > illness in 1789 and two others whom I suspect might have been his > brothers; Joseph and Cornelius. Hi Amanda, In 'A History of Banking in Bristol' (1899), Charles Henry Cave noted that Benjamin GILLAM was a partner in The Old Bank from 1764 to 1789, but he had been unable to ascertain very little about him. The author stated that in Sketchley's Directory for 1775, Benjamin was described as living at No. 11, Small Street. I've checked in my copy of this 1775 directory, but no forename is given against the GILLAM who was living at this address. The author also noted that the 'Bristol Journal' of 6th. June 1789 referred to the banker's death: 'Died Sunday last, after a very short illness, Benjamin Gillam, Esqre. Banker of this city.' Josephine ------------------------------- 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

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:18:55 +0100, Amanda Kerby <[email protected]> wrote: > My friend Victoria, also here in Christchurch NZ, has a copy of ‘A > History of banking in Bristol’ book and sent me a scanned copy of the > page with the refs on it last night. Hi Amanda, I've just taken another look at my copy of 'A History of Banking in Bristol' ((1899) by Charles Henry Cave and found that it is one of a limited edition of 300 copies. I think that when I purchased my copy, a few years ago, it cost £60. Now I see that copies of this privately printed book, which are currently available, cost between £210 and £225. Josephine

Hi Amanda Easy! You can buy them online via TNA's website and the images will be available to you electronically immediately! Polly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amanda Kerby" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2012 12:27 AM Subject: Re: [B&S] GILLAM Joseph, Bristol Wills, 1731 & 1791,(was GILLAM Benjamin, apprentice ...) Great! Not sure how I will get a copy of them though! Amanda From: Josephine Jeremiah Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2012 11:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [B&S] GILLAM Joseph, Bristol Wills, 1731 & 1791, (was GILLAM Benjamin, apprentice ...) On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:59:30 +0100, Amanda Kerby <[email protected]> wrote: > In the Documents Online wills there is a 13 page one for Benjamin GILLAM > banker of Bristol and another for Cornelius GILLAM , but none for their > father Joseph. Once the wills arrive this week, they will hopefully > throw more light on some of the rest of the family members! Hi Amanda, There are references to two wills for men called Joseph GILLAM in 'A Calendar of Wills proved in the Consistory Court (City and Deanery of Bristol Division) of the Bishop of Bristol 1572-1792', which was edited by Edward Alexander Fry and published in 1897. One reference is for 1731 and the other is for 1791. Josephine ------------------------------- 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

Hi everyone, I am wondering if there is anyone who has studied this family, particularly Benjamin Gillam, banker of Bristol who died after a short illness in 1789 and two others whom I suspect might have been his brothers; Joseph and Cornelius. The GILLAm name is recorded on the Bristol Burgess CD in the 1500s, I only wish this had been my direct ancestral line! I have listed a little of what I have collected below. There seem to be quite a few Benjamins about around this time and into early 1800s but who belongs to who? There are a lot of different sources on the web and one, the Poll at Election of a Knight in 1776 which has all three linked, with Benjamin & Joseph listed as Freeholders of a messuage and gardens with Cornelius listed as “in whole tenure” at same property! Would the fact they were baptising children in Bridge St Independant, and that Benjamin married Ann FRY iperhas indicate they were quakers? Also, if anyone has access to the parish registers I'm interested in this marriage , specifically finding out who Elizabeth's father was....Elizabeth Gillam 17.05.1787 Joseph Maurice St.Nicholas, Bristol. Any ideas much appreciated Amanda Kerby NZ JOSEPH GILLAM & SARAH WEBB Married: 10 Feb 1750 in Bedminster, Bristol Children baptized Bridge Street Independent or Congregational Church Bristol (batch C09915-1) 5 Mar 1752 Mary Gillam 15 Mar 1753 Henry Gillam 18 Oct 1754 Sarah Gillam 4 Mar 1757 ? Gillam 27 Sep 1759 Nancy Gillam 19 Nov 1761 Betsey Gillam 14 Jun 1764 George Gillam (died?) 20.09.1765 Gillam George Infant In Vault Bedminster St.John 19 Oct 1766 George Gillam 13 Nov 1768 Patty Gillam 12 Aug 1770 Benjamin Gillam BENJAMIN GILLAM & ANN FRY Married: 18 July 1756 St James Bristol Children baptized at Bridge Street independent or congregational church Bristol to (batch C09915-1) 3 Jun 1757 Thomas Gillam 4 July 1759 Elizabeth Gillam 20 Sep 1760 Nancy Gillam 10 Feb 1764 Phoebe Gillam (see below) 31 Oct 1765 Frances Gillam 12 Jan 1768 Martha Gillam 21 Sep 1777 Maria Gillam same church (need to verify this one – date wrong) THOMAS KIFT & PHOEBE GILLAM (dau of Benj above) Married: 19 December 1786 St Nicholas, Bristol. Children Born Baptised St James Bristol Phebe Gillam KIFT ?1790 14 Oct 1789 Arthur KIFT 14 Feb 1793 17 May 1793 Fanny KIFT 23 Feb 1794 6 Aug 1794 Benjamin Gillam KIFT 23 May-1796 12 Aug 1798 Thomas KIFT May 1798 12 August 1798 Mary Forster KIFT 18 April 1799 24 Aug 1799 Charlotte KIFT 20 Jan 1802 14 April 1802 (my ancestor) William KIFT 13 Jan 1802 16 Mar 1803 CORNELIUS GILLAM & ELIZABETH/ELIZA JARVIS Married: 1 Jan 1778 St James Bristol 28 Mar 1779 Sophia Jarvis Gillam (Bridge st Congreg Bristol) Cornelius in Bristol Trade Directories 1775 Sketchleys Bristol Directory – listed as Bookeeper financial brokering at 17 Dove Street, Bristol. 1785 Customs House Officer Jamaica Street, Bristol – Bristol Directory 1785 1787 Cheque Clerk Customs House, Bristol – Bristol & Bath Directory 1787 1792 Clerk at Customs house, Maudlin lane Bristol – The New Bristol Directory 1792. 1792 Cheque Clerk & receiver of Greenwich & Bristol hospitals address Customs House Queen Sq Bristol - The New Bristol Directory 1792 1793 Cheque Clerk & receiver of Greenwich & Bristol hospitals address Custom House Queen Sq Bristol – Mathews Directory. 1795 Clerk in Customs, Carolina Row, Bristol – Matthews Directory 1797 Cheque Clerk & receiver of Greenwich & Bristol hospitals address Custom House Queen Sq Bristol – Mathews Directory 1798 Clerk in customs, 11 Somerset St, Bristol – Matthews 1799 Cheque Clerk & receiver of Greenwich & Bristol hospitals address Custom House Queen Sq Bristol – The Complete Bristol Directory 1799

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:59:30 +0100, Amanda Kerby <[email protected]> wrote: > In the Documents Online wills there is a 13 page one for Benjamin GILLAM > banker of Bristol and another for Cornelius GILLAM , but none for their > father Joseph. Once the wills arrive this week, they will hopefully > throw more light on some of the rest of the family members! Hi Amanda, There are references to two wills for men called Joseph GILLAM in 'A Calendar of Wills proved in the Consistory Court (City and Deanery of Bristol Division) of the Bishop of Bristol 1572-1792', which was edited by Edward Alexander Fry and published in 1897. One reference is for 1731 and the other is for 1791. Josephine

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:47:18 +0100, Amanda Kerby <[email protected]> wrote: > This one has thrown me Josephine. > I did have this ref but didn’t know quite what to make of it because a) > I don’t have a baptism for a George born to Thomas KIFT, and b) the > other children I have baptisms for Thomas Kift and Phoebe’s were between > 1790 – 1802. So for him to apprentice his son George in 1788 he would > have been a new born baby! Unless his son George was by an earlier > marriage? Hi Amanda, I thought that the apprentice, George KIFT, was a kinsman of his master as his father was recorded as Thomas KIFT, merchant, whose abode was Cork, IRL. > I wonder if you would mind checking on the non-conformist registers for > baptism to see if there are other children such as George bapt to Thomas > and Phoebe KIFT. I've had a look in the CD of The Nonconformist Baptismal Registers in Bristol Record Office 1754 to 1837, produced by Bristol & Avon Family History Society, but there are no baptisms there for KIFT. Josephine

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:18:55 +0100, Amanda Kerby <[email protected]> wrote: > I had wondered at the address in Small Street, as it is also noted > “Printed by Sketchley...27 Small Street” – I think it may be Sketchley > at Small St not the Gillam? Hi Amanda, Thanks for your response. James SKETCHLEY, Broker and Auctioneer, was at 27 Small Street, Bristol in 1775. There are four people called GILLAM listed in Sketchley's Bristol Directory of 1775. The one at 11 Small Street doesn't have a forename. > Ancestry has a ref to the 1775 Sketchley entry for Benj Gillam, which > notes his address as 19 Dove Street, Bristol. The GILLAM at 19 Dove Street was Cornelius GILLAM, book keeper. I mentioned the Jos. GILLAM who was a tide waiter at 5 Bloomsbury Court, but there was also a Joseph GILLAM, carpenter and earthenware shop, at 1 on the Key. Josephine

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:17:40 +0100, Amanda Kerby <[email protected]> wrote: > There seem to be quite a few Benjamins about around this time and into > early 1800s but who belongs to who? Hi Amanda, There's a reference to a Benjamin GILLAM in the Apprentice Index in the new CD, Bristol Apprenticeship Books Vols 1(o) to 1(z) Index & Transcripts 1724-2009, produced by Bristol & Avon Family History Society. www.bafhs.org.uk 8th. February 1787. Benjamin GILLAM, father Joseph, deceased, upholder of Bristol, master Richard HORSLEY, cabinet maker. Sketchley's Bristol Directory of 1775 gives the address of Richard HORSLEY, cabinet-maker &c. as 69 Lewin's-mead. Josephine

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:17:40 +0100, Amanda Kerby <[email protected]> wrote: > BENJAMIN GILLAM & ANN FRY > Married: 18 July 1756 St James Bristol > THOMAS KIFT & PHOEBE GILLAM (dau of Benj above) > Married: 19 December 1786 St Nicholas, Bristol. Hi Amanda, You may already have the following information, but nothing ventured, nothing gained :-) There is a reference to George KIFT, apprentice, and his master, Thomas KIFT, merchant, in the Apprentice Index in the new CD, Bristol Apprenticeship Books Vols 1(o) to 1(z) Index & Transcripts 1724-2009, produced by Bristol & Avon Family History Society. www.bafhs.org.uk 18th. June 1788. George KIFT, father Thomas KIFT, merchant of Cork, IRL, master Thomas KIFT, merchant, whose wife was Phoebe. Josephine

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:17:40 +0100, Amanda Kerby <[email protected]> wrote: > Also, if anyone has access to the parish registers I'm interested in > this marriage , specifically finding out who Elizabeth's father > was....Elizabeth Gillam 17.05.1787 Joseph Maurice St.Nicholas, Bristol. > Any ideas much appreciated Hi Amanda, In those days fathers weren't named on marriage records, but I thought of another way to find who Elizabeth GILLAM's father was. I looked in the CD of Bristol Burgess Books Vols, 1 to 21 Index & Transcripts 1557-1995, produced by Bristol & Avon Family History Society. www.bafhs.org.uk Joseph MAURICE, apothecary, was made a Bristol Burgess on 19th. September 1787. His qualification was because he had married Elizabeth, the daughter of Benjamin GILLAM, Gentleman. Two days before, on 17th. September 1787, Thomas KIFT, merchant, had been made a Bristol Burgess. His qualification was because he had married Phebe, the daughter of Benjamin GILLAM, Gentleman. Josephine

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:17:40 +0100, Amanda Kerby <[email protected]> wrote: > CORNELIUS GILLAM & ELIZABETH/ELIZA JARVIS > Married: 1 Jan 1778 St James Bristol > 28 Mar 1779 Sophia Jarvis Gillam (Bridge st Congreg Bristol) Hi Amanda, Cornelius and Elizabeth GILLAM had another daughter. Louise Sarah GILLAM, daughter of Cornelius and Elizabeth, was born on 28th. April 1787 and baptized on on 27th. May 1787 at Bridge Street Congregational, Bristol. The abode was the The Out Parish of St. James. This baptism is included in the CD of The Nonconformist Baptismal Registers in Bristol Record Office 1754 to 1837, produced by Bristol & Avon Family History Society. www.bafhs.org.uk Josephine

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:17:40 +0100, Amanda Kerby <[email protected]> wrote: > JOSEPH GILLAM & SARAH WEBB > > Married: 10 Feb 1750 in Bedminster, Bristol > > Children baptized Bridge Street Independent or Congregational Church > Bristol (batch C09915-1) > 4 Mar 1757 ? Gillam Hi Amanda, The CD of The Nonconformist Baptismal Registers in Bristol Record Office 1754 to 1837, produced by Bristol & Avon Family History Society, gives the first name as Susanna and the surname as GILLAM (GILLAUM) for this baptism on 4th. March 1757 at Bridge Street Congregational. Josephine

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:17:40 +0100, Amanda Kerby <[email protected]> wrote: > CORNELIUS GILLAM & ELIZABETH/ELIZA JARVIS > Married: 1 Jan 1778 St James Bristol > Cornelius in Bristol Trade Directories > 1775 Sketchleys Bristol Directory – listed as Bookeeper financial > brokering at 17 Dove Street, Bristol. Hi Amanda, My copy of the 1775 directory has Cornelius GILLAM as book keeper at 19 Dove-street. It's definitely a 9 in the number. In case you don't have it, the next entry is for Jos. GILLAM, tide waiter. His address was 5, Bloomsbury-court. Josephine

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:17:40 +0100, Amanda Kerby <[email protected]> wrote: > I am wondering if there is anyone who has studied this family, > particularly Benjamin Gillam, banker of Bristol who died after a short > illness in 1789 and two others whom I suspect might have been his > brothers; Joseph and Cornelius. Hi Amanda, In 'A History of Banking in Bristol' (1899), Charles Henry Cave noted that Benjamin GILLAM was a partner in The Old Bank from 1764 to 1789, but he had been unable to ascertain very little about him. The author stated that in Sketchley's Directory for 1775, Benjamin was described as living at No. 11, Small Street. I've checked in my copy of this 1775 directory, but no forename is given against the GILLAM who was living at this address. The author also noted that the 'Bristol Journal' of 6th. June 1789 referred to the banker's death: 'Died Sunday last, after a very short illness, Benjamin Gillam, Esqre. Banker of this city.' Josephine

Hi All, First appologies for typos in part on .....1) George PARKER bpt 1/12/1815 at Wrington d. 10/2/1862 at Wrington. ......and Rachel only has one l George PARKER was born and died at Wrington but farmed at Mells Green from about 1839 to about 1860. He had 17 children by his two wives and all but the first three and the last were born at Mells Green. I would be interested in hearing from any descendants of either the first or second families. Denise SMITH and Robert PARKER descendants of the first family are visiting shortly from Australia and Vicky HAYATT (SPRATT)of the second family ( also from OZ though her grand parents originally went to N.Z)is aready here. For direct contact ,off rootsweb, my address is -- [email protected] talk talk .net First generation descendants of George and Elizabeth ( apart from PARKER) were:- COX ... three families, three PARKER sisters married thee brothers, and CANDY and of George and Rachel:- SPRATT emigrated to New Zealand and one branch later changed their name to HAVYATT John

Hi Josephine, Thanks . Every scrap of information helps and sometimes leads to a breakthrough. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 2:09 PM Subject: [B&S] HANCOCK James, Doulting, SOM, 1832 (was PARKER of Wrington) > On Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:35:47 +0100, john king <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I have three brick walls relating to the ancestors of George PARKER , >> his first wife Elizabeth HANCOCK and his second wife Rachell RAWLINGS > >> 2) Elizabeth HANCOCK b 24/11/1810 d 25/5/1849 >> Elizabeth and George married at Doulting 7/4/1833 . Eliabeth's >> parents were James HANCOCK and MARY ?. I can find no early trace of them >> but they may have originated in the Wrington/Burrington area. > > Hi John, > > Here's a little snippet, which may be of interest: > > There was a James HANCOCK among the voters who were entitled to vote in > Doulting Parish in the 1832 Election in the Eastern Division of the County > of Somerset. > > The abode of this James HANCOCK was Bodden in Doulting. His qualification > to vote was occupying tenant of house and land. The property was situated > at Bodden. > > Josephine > > > ------------------------------- > 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