Dear Gil, Glad to hear from you! Say hello to Tony for me! I am glad there is someone who is more familar with English geography than I to clear up the questions! Your comments are appreciated! John R. Carpenter La Mesa, CA USA Gill M Carpenter wrote: > > >From Gill Carpenter. > > I think can help Bruce R Carpenter, I feel sure that the Port of Fowyk is > the place known as Fowey [pronounced "Foy"] and is on the South coast of > Cornwall. It is still a working port. Last year I watched a large sea-going > ship loading with china clay which is mined locally near St. Austell. I was > in Cornwall with my husband Tony [ who you all know] to meet some newly > found relations. Tony had traced my family to Cornwall, as I come from Job > and Tabb roots, both Cornish families. You may be interested to know that > there was a connection between the Jobs and Carpenters, which was found in > my husband's research, though it was purely a commercial and financial > connection. > > Zephaniah Job, one of my maternal ancestors was blessed with an > understanding of mathematics, he set up a small school in the fishing > village of Polperro, where the inhabitants supplemented their meagre income > by smuggling contraband goods. It did not take long for Zephaniah to become > bookkeeper and middle man for the smuggling fraternity as most of them could > neither read or write. The Guernsey Merchants wanted a contact as > guarantor for the payments of the goods after they were sold in England. It > was not long before he became known as the Smugglers Banker and was issuing > his own five pound notes. > > The financial entrepreneur's activities came to the knowledge of the local > landowner, > Sir William Trelawny, who, as many landowners were in the Eighteenth > century, was in some financial difficulty. Trelawney retained Zephaniah as > his Steward who took over and expertly managed all his financial affairs. > Not bad for a miner's son. For nearly fifty years, until his death in 1822, > the inhabitants of Polperro profited from Zepheniah Job's network of > influential business contacts that included all levels of society. > Zephaniah's lawyer and great friend was a John Phillips Carpenter who had a > daughter Patience, who subsequently married Sir Harry Trelawney's son, > William Lewis who, incidentally, was educated at Oriel College Oxford. > > With reference to the Great City of York, it is situated on the river Ouse. > The river flows to the Humber estuary and thence to the North Sea. York was > an inland port for many centuries, its history can be traced back to > pre-Roman times. > > By the way, Lavenham in West Suffolk is about fifty miles away from London, > and cannot in the wildest of imaginings be considered part of the Greater > London conurbation! > > Hope you don't mind me adding my two penny's worth into the debate, > sometimes a fresh pair of eyes can spot a missing link. > Gill Carpenter