Hi Ruth The Place Names of Devon gives a Dunsgreen Farm in Clayhidon Parish! The reference is complex as they bundle together about a dozen farms and give the references altogether later in the paragraph. Assuming the references are in the same order (and it seems likely from the names) the reference to Dunsgreen Farm is "associated with the families of . . . Robert Dunn of Broadhembury (1670 Wills)". The Wills reference is to "Devonshire Wills", The British Record Society volume 35, apparently. Looks like you need a good reference library! A copy of a large scale Ordnance Survey map may help if the name still persists in the parish. HTH Jon -----Original Message----- From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ruth Henriegel Sent: 28 January 2014 11:52 To: DEVON@rootsweb.com Subject: [DEV] Charles Warren Franks bap 1745 Clayhidon Charles Warren Franks was the illegitimate son of Joan Hitchcock presumed widow of Robert Franks of Clayhidon although no record of Robert's death has been found. In 1757 Charles Warren Franks was apprenticed to Robert Warren for Duns Green Estate (PO451). It is interesting to note that someone (? Robert Warren) has put a line through Charles second name of Warren on the indenture! After that event I cannot find any further record of Charles Warren Franks or as Charles Franks. Nor can I find any reference to Duns Green Estate. Does anyone on this list know in what parish the estate was located? Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. Ruth Henriegel ------------------------------------------ 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

>From my copy of "Devonshire Wills", I see it mentions the name Dunn twice. Once on page 80 where Ann Dunn is left £5 by Elizabeth Richards of Ilfracombe should she still be living with her when she dies. Next on page 168 where Robert Dunn is a witness to the will of Richard Tucker of Braunton. -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Frayne Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 10:47 AM To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DEV] Charles Warren Franks bap 1745 Clayhidon Hi Ruth The Place Names of Devon gives a Dunsgreen Farm in Clayhidon Parish! The reference is complex as they bundle together about a dozen farms and give the references altogether later in the paragraph. Assuming the references are in the same order (and it seems likely from the names) the reference to Dunsgreen Farm is "associated with the families of . . . Robert Dunn of Broadhembury (1670 Wills)". The Wills reference is to "Devonshire Wills", The British Record Society volume 35, apparently. Looks like you need a good reference library! A copy of a large scale Ordnance Survey map may help if the name still persists in the parish. HTH Jon -----Original Message----- From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ruth Henriegel Sent: 28 January 2014 11:52 To: DEVON@rootsweb.com Subject: [DEV] Charles Warren Franks bap 1745 Clayhidon Charles Warren Franks was the illegitimate son of Joan Hitchcock presumed widow of Robert Franks of Clayhidon although no record of Robert's death has been found. In 1757 Charles Warren Franks was apprenticed to Robert Warren for Duns Green Estate (PO451). It is interesting to note that someone (? Robert Warren) has put a line through Charles second name of Warren on the indenture! After that event I cannot find any further record of Charles Warren Franks or as Charles Franks. Nor can I find any reference to Duns Green Estate. Does anyone on this list know in what parish the estate was located? Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. Ruth Henriegel ------------------------------------------ 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

My thanks to both Jon and Terry for their response to my post. It would certainly seem more likely that Charles was apprenticed in the Clayhidon neighbourhood. It would appear that Dunsgreen farm still exists. Streetmap shows it as being between Hemyock and Clayhidon. So back to the search for Charles in the local records. Thank you. Ruth Henriegel > From: jonfrayne@btinternet.com > To: devon@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 10:47:32 +0000 > Subject: Re: [DEV] Charles Warren Franks bap 1745 Clayhidon > > Hi Ruth > > The Place Names of Devon gives a Dunsgreen Farm in Clayhidon Parish! The > reference is complex as they bundle together about a dozen farms and give > the references altogether later in the paragraph. Assuming the references > are in the same order (and it seems likely from the names) the reference to > Dunsgreen Farm is "associated with the families of . . . Robert Dunn of > Broadhembury (1670 Wills)". The Wills reference is to "Devonshire Wills", > The British Record Society volume 35, apparently. Looks like you need a good > reference library! A copy of a large scale Ordnance Survey map may help if > the name still persists in the parish. > > HTH > > Jon >