Several other options for "mortuary fees" (and incidentally, at a guess I don't think 18th century Adderbruy would have run to a physical mortuary, I think mortuary in this instance should be read as "after death" ). In North Aston 1784-94 burials are recorded as "Pauper" or "Paid" . There were 28 Pauper and only 7 paid! In Kiddington in 1791 they decided to introduce a payment of £1 1s 0d (a guinea) "to prevent the church being made a common burying place"..that's the inside of the church, not the yard. Deddinton parish records in the 18th century show several payments of 10s. or 6s 8d for erecting a monument or laying a stone on the grave. Also there are numerous payments of 6s 8d "for breaking the ground" (though why it only applies to about 10% of the burials is a puzzle to me...new grave rather than an existing family grave perhaps ?) and one of 13s 4d for burial in the church. Does anyone else get pleasure out of thinking about 6s 8d. ? Jon Malings County Wexford, Ireland > To: [email protected]> From: [email protected]> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:06:36 +0100> Subject: [BAN] POTTINGER, JAMES, WALTER and many others in Adderbury> > Hope those of you having a the bank holiday today are having a good > time!> > I've been on the trail of yet more connected families in Adderbury, > leaving me with several questions.> > The couple I started with is the marriage of Charles WLATER of > Adderbury to Elizabeth POTTINGER, in Winslow, Bucks. There are quite a > large number of Pottinger events recorded in Adderbury, which I have > looked at on the OFHS transcript CD. To me, it seems quite likely that > Elizabeth could also have been from Adderbury; if so, she was probably > the daughter of George Pottinger and Elizabeth (JAMES) b. 1743.> > A bit of looking around online suggests there may be a Quaker > connection with this Pottinger family - where do I go to find more > records for them in the right area? They seem present in Adderbury > from 1649 - it'd be a long shot, but it is possibe they could be > connected to another Pottinger family in Berkshire, though this is just > speculation right now.> > Quite a number of their burial entries at Adderbury indicate the > payment of 10 sillings to the mortuary. What is this about? There are > several entries showing this, not just in this family, but some of > those they married into and as yet related families...> > Going back to Elizabeth JAMES. She and George Pottinger were married > about 1734, and she is probably the daughter of Thomas JAMES from > Milton, if she is the same Elizabeth recorded as being bapt in 1702/3. > Again, there are quite a few James entries in the PRs, through the > 1600s and early 1700s, though, noteably, very few marriages. I > wondered if there could be a Quaker connection here too...speculation > again, I hasten to add.> > Does anyone have any information on these families? Anything to prove > or disprove my theories most welcome :-)> > Jenna> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> The online Northamptonshire marriage strays index has just been updated.> Now nearly 7,000 marriages are included. View them at> http://www.northants1841.fsnet.co.uk/northants%20strays.htm> -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]eb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message