Hi, hebron@hebron.adsl24.co.uk <hebron@hebron.adsl24.co.uk> is the email address of Lyn Chapple the OPC for North Molton, why not ask her what other information she has of the Blakes. In A2A there is a John Blake apprenticed for a tenement in Flitton which is a hamlet of N Molton in 1755 . life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "STUART BLAKE" <tuneitnow@msn.com> To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 3:49 AM Subject: [DEV] Re John Blake and Jane Hooper, Plymouth, Devon > > > > > > > > My ancestors, John Blake and Jane had three children in North Molton, > 1767, 1770, and 1772. The only marriage someone has found was to a Jane > Abbot in Barnstable in 1770. This can not be correct, as they had a child > in 1767, and John would have only been 19 at the time of his first child. > It is probable, but in my research, not likely. Another concern, is that > they only had 3 children. Again, probable, but not likely. > > > I have done extensive research all over Devon, and even in Somerset > county, but have come up empty handed. I have come across a marriage for > a Jno. Blake and Jane Hooper on 15 July 1753, in Plymouth (St. Andrews > Parish.). I see they had some children there. This marriage fits > perfectly into the parameters that I am working with. However, as those > records I have access to, are more time consuming to read and go through, > I was wondering if anyone could give me some input and/or guidance. > > > Was it common back then to be married in Plymouth, and then travel that > far (to North Molton)? I say that far, as it is from one end of Devon to > the opposite end, but for poor hungry people, that probably wasn't far to > go to work. > > > What type of records are there to verify where one went, or where one came > from? > > > Is there a Hooper family member that may know of this marriage and shed > some light on it for me? > > > Am I looking up the wrong 'tree’? > > > As I don't live in England, I am not sure of the customs at this time, and > wonder if I am wasting my time searching this marriage out, but so far, it > is the only John Blake that married a Jane, prior to 1767 that I can find. > > > Thanks for any help/advise. > > > Stuart > ------------------------------------------ > 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