Hi Diane, Have you had a look at Dorset OPC http://www.opcdorset.org/ which have a great site with plenty of information. 1827; 07-Mar; Elizabeth daughter of; Benjamin & Mary; MARGRIE; Allington; Flax comber >From BIVRI MARGRY, Martha Christening Gender: Female Christening Date: 25 Nov 1766 Recorded in: Bridport, Dorset, England Father: John MARGRY Mother: Elizabeth Source: FHL Film 1279486 Dates: 1741 - 1780 MARGRY, Benjamin Christening Gender: Male Christening Date: 18 Jun 1769 Recorded in: Bridport, Dorset, England Father: John MARGRY Mother: Elizabeth Source: FHL Film 1279486 Dates: 1741 - 1780 MARGRIE, Benjamin Marriage Wife: Elizabeth LACY Marriage Date: 8 Oct 1800 Recorded in: Bridport, Dorset, England Source: FHL Film 1279486 Dates: 1798 - 1802 MARGRIE, Caroline Christening Gender: Female Christening Date: 1 May 1802 Recorded in: Bridport, Dorset, England Father: Benjamin MARGRIE Mother: Elizabeth Source: FHL Film 1279486 Dates: 1798 - 1802 MARGRIE, Benjamin Christening Gender: Male Christening Date: 28 Mar 1805 Recorded in: Bridport, Dorset, England Father: Benjamin MARGRIE Mother: Elizabeth Source: FHL Film 1279486 Dates: 1804 - 1836 MARGRIE, John Hide Christening Gender: Male Christening Date: 26 Feb 1807 Recorded in: Bridport, Dorset, England Father: Benjamin MARGRIE Mother: Elizabeth Source: FHL Film 1279486 Dates: 1804 - 1836 MARGRIE, Thomas Christening Gender: Male Christening Date: 27 Aug 1808 Recorded in: Bridport, Dorset, England Father: Benjamin MARGRIE Mother: Elizabeth Source: FHL Film 1279486 Dates: 1804 - 1836 MARGRIE, John Hide Christening Gender: Male Christening Date: 1811 Recorded in: Bridport, Dorset, England Father: Benjamin MARGRIE Mother: Elizabeth Source: FHL Film 1279486 Dates: 1804 - 1836 MARGRIE, Caroline Christening Gender: Female Christening Date: 7 Feb 1813 Recorded in: Bridport, Dorset, England Father: Benjamin MARGRIE Mother: Elizabeth Source: FHL Film 1279486 Dates: 1804 - 1836 MARGRIE, Prudence Lacey Christening Gender: Female Christening Date: 22 Nov 1816 Recorded in: Bridport, Dorset, England Father: Benjamin MARGRIE Mother: Elizabeth Source: FHL Film 1279486 Dates: 1804 - 1836 MARGRIE, Elizabeth Christening Gender: Female Christening Date: 28 Feb 1819 Recorded in: Bridport, Dorset, England Father: Benjamin MARGRIE Mother: Elizabeth Source: FHL Film 1279486 Dates: 1804 - 1836 MARGRIE, John Christening Gender: Male Christening Date: 18 Apr 1821 Recorded in: Bridport, Dorset, England Father: Benjamin MARGRIE Mother: Elizabeth Source: FHL Film 1279486 Dates: 1804 - 1836 1851 census Bridport, piece 1861 folio 241 South Street, MARGRIE, Elizabeth, 71, Head, Wid, b1780 Symonsbury, Twine spinner MARGRIE, Caroline 38, Daughter, b1813 Bridport, Twine spinner, 1851 census Bridport, piece 1861, 293 East Street MARGRIE, Thomas 43, Head, b1808 Bridport, Hemp & Flax Heckler. MARGRIE, Betty 50, wife, b1801 Bridport, Twine spinner MARGRIE, Benjamin 16, son, b1835 Poole, MARGRIE, John 9, son, b1842 Poole. Kind regards, Lynne, Sydney, AUSTRALIA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Sowden" <dpkms20042000@yahoo.co.uk> To: <DORSET@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 7:35 AM Subject: [DOR] MARGRIE family Hi there, I am new to this list. My name is Diane and I live in 'Essex so it is not easy for me to get to the Dorset records office so | am hoping that somebody on this list goes there sometimes. Most of my family comes from Bridport so I am hoping that someone on here will be able to help me with my research. If anyone has any records of Dorset on disk or elsewhere I should be glad of a look up for my MARGRIE family of whom I will give you details now. Benjamin MARGRIE was married to Elizabeth LACEY about 1800. The children that they had were; CAROLINE 1802 BENJAMIN 1805 JOHN HIDE 1807 THOMAS 1808 JOHN HIDE 1811 CAROLINE 1813 PRUDENCE LACEY 1816 ELIZABETH 1819 JOHN 1821 who married ANN SEAWARD in Jersey What I would like to know please is this, did the Benjamin MARGRIE who married Elizabeth Lacey have any brothers or sisters AND who was HIS father. Do any of you go to the archives in Dorset to do any research please? If you do, please could you look up my query for me do you think? Thank you all for reading this, and I do hope that you can help me with my query as I am on pension and have just returned from the Channel Islands where I found a lot of my Channel Islands side of the family. Most of them lived in Jersey.