Thanks Terry Thanks for the offer but I found the 1784/1785 burial records on the fiche in the DRO, and have a bad photocopy, there is no more information. My Acklands appear to have wandered around the countryside. There are baptisms for Thomas & Elizabeth at Dunkeswell, Uffculme and Sheldon. I have always thought there could be two couples with the same names but at least one bap at Uffculme seems to belong with the Dunkeswell ones which include my line. I have visited all the places but I do not have the geography fixed in my head. I wonder if this Thomas lived in the point at the bottom of Hemyock parish where the boundary meets Uffculme, Sheldon and Dunkeswell. From there it might be closer to go to one of the other churches rather than Hemyock. What do you think? I found this record through a search of the DFHS burial index, it contains burials for Sheldon long before 1813, the earliest Ackland is 1773. So that is the source you mention, but where did the records come from? I had assumed you had provided them. Another question is have you read the Sheldon BTs and if so are they as illegible as the early PR? Best wishes from Diana On 05/01/2014, at 12:19 PM, <Terryblackmore@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > There was a Thomas Acland buried at Sheldon on 12-12-1874. Elizabeth > Acland was buried there also, on the 11-4-1875, source is listed as DFHS. I > can if you wish me to check this out further on the Microfiche, I can do, as > I have it available. I have not got this far into transcribing the > microfiche, as of yet have made no notes against these burials. There are a > number of other Aclands buried at Sheldon. > > Regards Terry Blackmore > O.P.C. Sheldon, Devon. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Diana Stevens > Sent: Friday, January 03, 2014 9:07 AM > To: devon@rootsweb.com > Subject: [DEV] Thomas ACLAND of Hemyock buried 1827 Dunkeswell > > There is a Thomas ACLAND of Hemyock, age 99, buried 17 May 1827 at > Dunkeswell. > > He is the right age to be my GGGG-Grandfather who was probably born at > Hemyock ca 1728. > > Most researchers assume that Thomas was buried at Sheldon in 1784, with his > wife Elizabeth buried there the next year. But there are no ages against the > entries so it has always been a guess. > > Now I think Elizabeth might have been buried at Dunkeswell in 1791 and then > Thomas married Mary SMYTH in 1793. She was buried there in 1823 age 93. I > checked for baptisms after the marriage and found none. > > Does anyone know about this Thomas? > > Best wishes from Diana

It would be possible as all the places you mention are in the same area. If I remember it correctly the Vicar (currently Rev. Rik Peckham. The previous Vicar Rev Nicholas Wall having retire recently) covers the following places Dunkeswell, Dunkeswell Abbey, Sheldon, Luppit, and Upottery. So back a while they may have been using what ever church was nearest to where they currently resided. Though I don't know exactly, but other places in the area may well have a similar situation with which Parishes the Vicar oversees. I didn't supply the records for Sheldon, but have the Micrrofiche of the Sheldon Parish Registers. Which are pretty nigh on impossible to read in some places. Local knowledge of local names is certainly and advantage when reading these Registers. It is often possible for me to make out names that other people can't read. Currently when I get the chance I add to the list I'm doing for Sheldon BMDs, but it is slow work as looking at a Microfiche at my age isn't good for the eyes. Has to be done in short stints. Terry Blackmore O.P.C. Sheldon Devon -----Original Message----- From: Diana Stevens Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 5:16 AM To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DEV] Thomas ACLAND of Hemyock buried 1827 Dunkeswell Thanks Terry Thanks for the offer but I found the 1784/1785 burial records on the fiche in the DRO, and have a bad photocopy, there is no more information. My Acklands appear to have wandered around the countryside. There are baptisms for Thomas & Elizabeth at Dunkeswell, Uffculme and Sheldon. I have always thought there could be two couples with the same names but at least one bap at Uffculme seems to belong with the Dunkeswell ones which include my line. I have visited all the places but I do not have the geography fixed in my head. I wonder if this Thomas lived in the point at the bottom of Hemyock parish where the boundary meets Uffculme, Sheldon and Dunkeswell. From there it might be closer to go to one of the other churches rather than Hemyock. What do you think? I found this record through a search of the DFHS burial index, it contains burials for Sheldon long before 1813, the earliest Ackland is 1773. So that is the source you mention, but where did the records come from? I had assumed you had provided them. Another question is have you read the Sheldon BTs and if so are they as illegible as the early PR? Best wishes from Diana On 05/01/2014, at 12:19 PM, <Terryblackmore@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > There was a Thomas Acland buried at Sheldon on 12-12-1874. Elizabeth > Acland was buried there also, on the 11-4-1875, source is listed as DFHS. > I > can if you wish me to check this out further on the Microfiche, I can do, > as > I have it available. I have not got this far into transcribing the > microfiche, as of yet have made no notes against these burials. There are > a > number of other Aclands buried at Sheldon. > > Regards Terry Blackmore > O.P.C. Sheldon, Devon. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Diana Stevens > Sent: Friday, January 03, 2014 9:07 AM > To: devon@rootsweb.com > Subject: [DEV] Thomas ACLAND of Hemyock buried 1827 Dunkeswell > > There is a Thomas ACLAND of Hemyock, age 99, buried 17 May 1827 at > Dunkeswell. > > He is the right age to be my GGGG-Grandfather who was probably born at > Hemyock ca 1728. > > Most researchers assume that Thomas was buried at Sheldon in 1784, with > his > wife Elizabeth buried there the next year. But there are no ages against > the > entries so it has always been a guess. > > Now I think Elizabeth might have been buried at Dunkeswell in 1791 and > then > Thomas married Mary SMYTH in 1793. She was buried there in 1823 age 93. I > checked for baptisms after the marriage and found none. > > Does anyone know about this Thomas? > > Best wishes from Diana ------------------------------------------ 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