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

Hi Jenna, all I exchanged the very same thoughts a few weeks back with someone else Jenna! - it does not provide positive proof of anything - but 'tis strange many of the burials in Adderbury parish records that state ' paid 10s to mortuary' are usually alongside 'known to have been' quaker surnames. Strange also many of the '10s' surnames can't be traced in parish bap/marriage regs. I'm interested in Aris/Gardner/Wheeler/Colegrave from Adderbury - all these names have noted against their burial entry 'paid 10s'. You really need to read the whole chapter 'Conformity & Nonconformity' in the book 'Adderbury A Thousand Years' to achieve a more concise overview of Quakerism in the area - but heres a snippet...... *The Adderbury Quakers who were constantly fined for attending meetings in Adderbury or Banbury were Baylis, Barrett, Poultney, Treppas, Aris, Gardner. Other constant offenders attending meetings & refusing to take oaths were .. Stow, Gilkes, Halls/Halks, King, Trafford, Robinson & Pottinger* BW Angela co admin > I've been on the trail of yet more connected families in Adderbury, > leaving me with several questions. > > 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... > > Does anyone have any information on these families? Anything to prove > or disprove my theories most welcome :-) > > Jenna