Hello I am descended from Ann Pelly who married Benjamin Downton in Nether Compton sometime around 1808. Can someone please pinpoint this marriage for me? Also, I believe her to be the daughter of John & Abigail (one of her daughters is named Abigail) but there doesn't seem to be a baptism; she was born c1786. If I am right about the above, she has a niece also called Ann born 1808 Nether Compton, to Samuel and Lydia; some Ancestry trees have this Ann marrying a Matthew GARRETT. In the 1851 census he does indeed have a wife called Ann born 1808 Nether Compton, but I cannot be sure it is this Ann as again I cannot trace the marriage, which I think would have taken place in Nether Compton about 1830. To make matters confusing there is another Ann Pelly born 1812 Nether Compton, presumably another niece of my original Ann. Her parents are George and Mary; again I haven't found George's baptism or marriage, but I think George was probably another son of John and Abigail; the first of his children (so far as I currently know) was born in Nether Compton in 1808. Haven't tracked down John and Abigail's marriage either. If anyone can answer these (constantly multiplying) questions, or even one of them, I will be very grateful. Christel

Details sent off-list to Christel. Vanessa Dorset ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christel Muncaster" <christelhelen@yahoo.co.uk> To: "dorset mailing list" <dorset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 8:16 PM Subject: [DOR] PELLY family of Nether Compton > Hello > > I am descended from Ann Pelly who married Benjamin Downton in Nether > Compton sometime around 1808. Can someone please pinpoint this marriage > for me? > > Also, I believe her to be the daughter of John & Abigail (one of her > daughters is named Abigail) but there doesn't seem to be a baptism; she > was born c1786. > > If I am right about the above, she has a niece also called Ann born 1808 > Nether Compton, to Samuel and Lydia; some Ancestry trees have this Ann > marrying a Matthew GARRETT. In the 1851 census he does indeed have a wife > called Ann born 1808 Nether Compton, but I cannot be sure it is this Ann > as again I cannot trace the marriage, which I think would have taken place > in Nether Compton about 1830. > > To make matters confusing there is another Ann Pelly born 1812 Nether > Compton, presumably another niece of my original Ann. Her parents are > George and Mary; again I haven't found George's baptism or marriage, but I > think George was probably another son of John and Abigail; the first of > his children (so far as I currently know) was born in Nether Compton in > 1808. > > Haven't tracked down John and Abigail's marriage either. > > If anyone can answer these (constantly multiplying) questions, or even one > of them, I will be very grateful. > > Christel