Hi Tony! Glad to see you here! Nice poems! John R. Carpenter La Mesa, CA Tony Carpenter wrote: > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01BEFC66.8AECEFC0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Dear American Cousins > > I attached a page from my book Re your roots. The passengers on the ship > Bevis, This William of Hants, is the source of the Rehoboth Carpenters. > 1638. As you all know there was and second branch we call the Providence > branch, From Richard of Wilts to William.of Providence 1635? > The above is the American source and is the starting point of all your > research. > > My family research is the English Branch from 920 to1999.as I stated before > this has taken place over many years with no input from the internet but by > hard work,and by visiting most of the family seats, spending many hundreds > of hours reading and recording material. Because I live in the country I am > researching, records are no further than 150 miles travelling. > > I have had problems with my server and apologise to any of you if I have not > replied to your e-mails. Please contact me direct if you wish. note the > change of my address. > Can I leave you with two quotes One from my father in-law who was Gentleman > in all senses of the word and a well known cancer research scientist. "If > you cannot say anything good about a person say nothing " > And one of my own that I told my children. > " Always be Constructive not Destructive." > and I sign off with one of my poems. > > My uncle Fred, > went to bed, > and woke up dead, > so my aunt Mable said. > > Tony C. > Wot ar u like. > > ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01BEFC66.8AECEFC0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > name="SOUTHAMPTON May 1638.txt" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Content-Disposition: attachment; > filename="SOUTHAMPTON May 1638.txt" > > SOUTHAMPTON May 1638 > List of Passengers intending to ship themselves on the Sailing Ship = > "BEVIS" 150 tonnes. > ROBERT BATTEN Master for New England and thus by virtue of the Lord = > Treasurers Warrant of the second of May which was after the restraint = > and they some days gone to sea before the King's Proclamation came unto = > Southampton. > > Ages: > 40 John Frey of Basing [Wheelwright] His wife and 3 children > 40 Richard Austin [Tailor] of Bishopstoke, His wife and 2 children > And Robert Knight his servant [Carpenter] > 37 Christopher Batt of Sarum [Tanner] > 32 Anne Batt his Wife > 20 Dorothy Batt their Sister and 5 children under 10 years > 24 Thomas Good [Servant] > 22 Eliza Blackston [Servant] > 62 WILLIAM CARPENTER of Horwell [Wherewell] > 33 WILLIAM CARPENTER JR. of Horwell > 32 ABIGAIL CARPENTER Wife, and 4 children under 10 years > 14 Thomas Banshott [Servant] > 38 Annis Littlefield and 6 children. John Knight [Carpenter] [Servant] > Heugh Durdal [Servant] > 26 Henry Byley of Sarum [Tanner] > 22 Mary Byley Wife and Thomas Reeves [Servant] > 20 John Byley > 40 Richard Dummer of New England > 35 Alice Dummer of New England > 19 Thomas Dummer > 19 Jane Dummer > 9 Stephen Dummer > 6 Dorathie Dummer > 4 Richard Dummer > 2 Thomas Dummer > 30 John Hutchinson [Carpenter] > 26 Frauncis Alcocke > 19 Adam Mott [Tailor] > 22 Will Wackerfield > 20 Nathaniel Parker of London [Baker] > 18 Samuel Poore > 14 Dayell Poore > 20 Alice Poore > 15 Richard Bayley > 20 Anne Wackerfield > > Total of 61 Passengers > > Hen Champante. Custr. > N.Dingley, Cmptr. > Thos. Wulfris, Coll. > Note: The close relationshship between the families = > CARPENTER-BATT-BYLEY-POORE is evidenced by their passage on this ship. = > The inter-marrying of these families is shown on the persons connected = > sheet, all within St. Edmunds Church, Salisbury, Wilts. > > ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01BEFC66.8AECEFC0--