Dear Theresa, I was clearing out old e-mails and came across yours to the Dorset List. In case you haven't got it - here is details of Ruth's baptism: Ruth YOUNG d/o Joseph & Sarah on 20 September 1795 at Mappowder (Info Dorset FHS via FMP) Regards Vanessa (from just over the county boundary from you in Dorset) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Theresa Turnbull" <forestpony@btinternet.com> To: <DORSET-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 12:38 PM Subject: [DOR] Thorne and Ruth Young, Stoke Wake, Mappowder > Hi all > I am trying to find more information about one Ruth Young born circa > 1791 - 1806 (depending on which source- probably 1806) she died in 1885, > she lived in Mappowder and always stated that she had been born there. > Ruth brought up my GG Grandfather John Miller Biles (1821 - 1909) and his > sister Emma after their mother Jane/Jean/Ann Biles who had married James > Thorne the Swing Rioter died in 1830, I have been unable to find any blood > relationship to the Biles family. However John Miller Biles who was > illegitimate has his father recorded in the Mappowder Christening Register > as John Miller farmer of Plush, there was a belief in the family that the > Millers who were the squires of Plush contributed towards his upbringing. > My Grandmother held Ruth Young's memory very dear, although she never knew > her but I can find out nothing about her bar Census returns and the Death > Register. > I have been told that she was also remembered by the Thorne family, any > help very gratefully received. > Theresa Turnbull > Ringwood, Hampshire