Thanks Jim. If you ever want a place to place this stuff on the web, besides your own sites, BFA has unlimited space. BY the way BFA got it's "first" site award today, AN Educational site award. My thanks to all who have contributed to the website, Many of these awards seen on websites are solicited by the website manager, this one was EARNED. Jeff On Sat, 10 Mar 2001 11:23:58 -0700 "Jim Bullock" <jbbullock@earthlink.net> writes: > Those of us who are researching the lines of Richard Bullock of > Rehoboth > have been aware of a Richard Bullock who was baptized in Pitchford, > Shropshire, England. However, there was no evidence that would > indicate > whether or not these may have been one and the same person. I have > been > hoping for a chance to go to Shropshire to see if I could find any > evidence > that would show whether or not Richard of Pitchford was the > immigrant to > Rehoboth. > > Last month I found British Airline tickets for $308 non-stop > roundtrip > Denver to London and back, so I booked a pair. I was also able to > get some > half-price rail tickets and a discounted room rate, so the trip was > quite > affordable. Our hotel was in Shrewsbury, the county seat of > Shropshire > (formerly called Salop) and the location of the Shropshire Record & > Research > Centre. > > The Centre is a modern, well-organized facility with very friendly > and > helpful staff. My wife & I spent four days in the Centre copying > Bullock > records from the 1500s and 1600s. The records available there are > the > parish records, i.e. the baptisms, marriages, and burials of > Shropshire. > Wills are held by the Lichfield Diocese, and I didn't go there. I > don't > know where early land records are kept. > > We copied about 180 records of events involving Bullocks (often > spelled > Bullocke plus a few other variations). We got only those from the > parishes > in the immediate area of Pitchford that included Condover, > Berrington, > Wroxeter, Uppington, Eton Constantine, Leighton, Buildwas, > Sheinton, > Cressage, Harley, Cound, Kenley, Frodesley, Acton Burnell, Ruckley > & > Langley, Longnor, Leebotwood, Smethcott, Stapleton, Atcham, Upton > Magna, and > Wrockwardine. While there are quite a few parishes, they were not > big ones > and covered only a small area. > > I did find the record for Richard, son of John Bullock, baptized 26 > May 1622 > in Pitchford. Other children of John Bullock baptized in Pitchford > were > William, 23 Jun 1616; Elizabeth, 10 Oct 1619; and Alexius, 5 Aug > 1627. > John, the father, is possibly the John Bullock who married Margaret > Dearne > 24 Oct 1614 in Longnor. These records were followed by the burial > of John > Bullocke 19 Jun 1629 in Pitchford. There were no other records for > a > Bullock in Pitchford until the burial of another John Bullock 3 Jul > 1665. > > In the records of Condover parish, which is just a few miles east > of > Pitchford, I found the marriage of Richard Bullock & Elizabeth > Williams 9 > Oct 1645. This is quite possibly the Richard Bullock b. 1622 in > Pitchford, > and that would mean he is not our immigrant ancestor who was in > Rehoboth > before that date. There was also the burial of a Richard Bullocke 7 > Feb > 1630 in Condover. This could have been the Richard b. in 1622 in > Pitchford. > > Unfortunately there is nothing to indicate if the Richard who was > born in > 1622 was the Richard who married in 1645 or the Richard who died in > 1630 or > if they are all three different persons. If John, the father of > Richard, > left a will, that might help answer the question. > > Some events in Shropshire (there wasn't time to check the entire > county) > that included a Richard Bullock are as follows: > > Given Name Event Date Place Relationship > --------- --- ----------- ---------- ------------ > Richard mar. 13 May 1560 Worthen spouse Alice Goodall > Roger bap. 11 Jul 1561 Worthen parent Richard > Alice bap. 15 Aug 1563 Worthen parent Richard > Randolph bap. 14 Sep 1569 Worthen parent Richard > Thomas bap. 22 May 1570 Worthen parent Richard > Richard mar. 1581 Pontesbury spouse Anna Parks > Richard bap. 8 May 1586 Worthen parent Richard > Richard bur. 25 Sep 1594 Worthen > Elizabeth bap. 26 Dec 1603 Condover parent Richard of Chatford > Joyce bap. 11 Mar 1608 Condover parent Richard of Chatford > Richard mar. 28 May 1616 Smethcote spouse Mary Phillips > Richard bap. 29 Aug 1618 Waterfall parents not listed > Richard bap. 29 Apr 1622 Atlowe[?] parents not listed (parish > may be > Atcham) > Richard bap. 26 May 1622 Pitchford father John > Richard bur. 7 Feb 1630 Condover > Richard bap. 27 Apr 1630 Shrewsbury parents John & Mary (St. > Chad's) > Richard bap. 4 Aug 1630 Alstonfield parents not listed > Richard mar. 9 Oct 1645 Condover spouse Elizabeth Williams > Richard bap. 7 Nov 1645 Alstonfield parents not listed > Richard will 1655 Stapleton (Prerogative Court of > Canterbury > Wills) > Roger bap. 15 Jan 1656 Cound parents Richard & Joane > Roger bur. 19 Feb 1656 Cound parent Richard > Elizabeth bap. 10 May 1667 Stapleton parents Richard & Joan > Jone bur. 30 Sep 1668 Cound spouse Richard > Sara bap. 20 Mar 1669 Stapleton parents Richard & Tomasen > Richard bap. 5 Mar 1671 Cound parent Richard > Martha bap. 3 Apr 1674 Cound parents Richard & Jone > Thomas bap. 30 Nov 1676 Cound parents Richard & Jone > Richard --- 1668 Stapleton made his mark "R". Listed > as > juryman. > Richard bur. 23 Nov 1680 Cound > Tomasen bur. 13 Jan 1682 Stapleton spouse Richard > Jane bap. Feb 1690 Stapleton parents Richard & > Elizabeth > Richard bap. 10 Jul 1690 Atcham parents Thomas & Esther > > >From the records of Herefordshire (immediately south of > Shropshire) > Richard bur. 23 Mar 1607 Clunbury > Richard bap. 19 May 1636 Clunbury parents John & Katherine > > Richard Bullock, Churchwarden, witnessed two documents in Aug 1662 > for Mr. > James Cressett, Rector of Cound. > > I also checked the alumni records for Oxford & Cambridge and found > no > entries for Richard Bullock in the relevant years. > > Jim Bullock > > > ============================== > Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > Jeff Scism If your ancestor was saint or cudge, who are we to be the judge? For seldom is a person known, by a few facts and stories shown.