Hello Elizabeth, Thank you for your reply and all of the information that you have given,I will do a bit of research to see where it all fits in. Best wishes Barbara Lewis Mallyon -----Original Message----- From: elizabeth howard Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 2:45 PM To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: [DEV] Surnames CHANNING, TREE, SHEARS,TOTHILL, ELLIOTT Hi, the Tothills seem to be Quakers in Exeter , don`t know if that applies to Sarah ? but Ancestry now has a lot of Quaker records. Wm Channing died 1st April 1851 , of Exeter, carpenter, widower, Administration of his effects is granted to Thomas Hector of Crediton , thatcher, husband and adminstrator of the effects of Louisa Hector the dau and one of the next of kin, in 1874 , effects under £200. In the 1841 there is a William Channing, 60, Y, labourer , with Elizabeth , also 60 Y, and Giles, 30, shoemaker, Y, and Richard, 20, shoemaker, Y. living in St Davids. And a William and Grace , 68 , cheesemonger, Y, and Grace, 61 , Y , both living in St Mary Major , Exeter. None of these are mine. life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Mallyon" <BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk> To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 11:49 AM Subject: [DEV] Surnames CHANNING, TREE, SHEARS,TOTHILL, ELLIOTT > > > Is anyone researching the following families:- > > William CHANNING married Sarah TOTHILL 7 April 1803 > St. Sidwell, Exeter they had 3 children all born in Exeter. > One child named Elizabeth Elliott CHANNING, could this be her > grandparents surname ELLIOTT. > > William CHANNING married Sophia TREE 23 January 1826 St. Lawrence > Exeter, they had 9 children. All children born in Exeter. > > The 1851 Census shows William as a widower living in Exeter. > The 1861 Census shows that William had remarried to a Mary Ann LAMB > married > September 1858 Exeter > who was looking after 2 of Williams children, she was now a widow > living in Clerkenwell, Middlesex.. > > Daughter Hannah CHANNING married Joseph SHEARS, his parents > Joseph SHEARS and Mary Ann ?? living in Exeter. They had 3 children. > > Kind regards > > Barbara Lewis Mallyon > > > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message