Hi there Eve, thank you very much indeed for your response. The people you mention below are my direct ancestors, the Caporns are a reasonably well-known extended family in Western Australia to this day (thanks in part to his bringing his wife and 10 children with him!). Oral history here in Australia always had it that Joshua Caporn was a minister and the newspaper article announcing his marriage to Katharine (Kitty) Goode in 1776 refers to him as "Moses Caporn, DD, Vicar of Gawcott". Would you have any other references or information about his ministry at all? My other question, if I may, is to ask if you know anything at all about Katharine's family before they lived in Buckingham, Bucks. I have a 1906 reference to the Reverend William Goode (a nephew of Katharine's, son of Rev Wm Goode the elder) being a descendant of Richard Goode of Oxford, Mayor of Oxford in 1601/2 and 1606/7. However, I haven't been able yet to discover who Katharine's father's parents were. His name was also William Goode, grocer and tallow chandler of Buckingham (married Katharine Bourne there in 1746 and he died 1780). Thanks and cheers Julie Fitzgerald Australia -----Original Message----- From: bucks-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bucks-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of eve@varneys.org.uk Sent: Wednesday, 7 October 2009 3:58 AM To: gill; bucks@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BKM] Goode > > > > Since it's quiet I thought I'd mention my Buckingham research > > interests. > > > > I'd love to hear from you if you have any connection to the Goode > > family of Buckingham, there from at least 1746. Connected surnames > > include Bourne, Smith, Bliss, Caporn and Inwood. Joshua Caporn married Ms Goode - he was a nonconformist preacher off and on. Their Samuel, an interesting character altogether, organised a party who emigrated from Long Crendon to Australia - selected on the most careful principles, with useful workmen and a good selection of house trained young girls as prospective brides. EVE McLAUGHLIN, Secretray, Bucks Genealogical Society > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BUCKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message *************************************** BGS Website: http://www.bucksgs.org.uk/ BFHS Website: http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/ Bucks Genuki Website: http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BUCKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message