Celia, Sir Frank Markham in 'The History of Milton Keynes and District vol1" has a whole chapter on 'The Willis Family' and makes great play of the amounts of money Browne Willis spent: - 1500GBP on Bletchley church, - 'a large sum in 1710 to build a new mansion at Bletchley', - '1710 purchased the remaining two thirds of Whaddon Hall', - restoration of Whaddon Hall, - financial support for the buying of the land and the building of St Martin's church in Fenny Stratford, - financial support in saving the tower of St Mary Magdalene after the Stony Stratford fire of 1742, - financial support for Buckingham church, - financial support for Bow Brickhill church. Rev Cole apparently wrote in his diary sometime after 1760: 'Through his charitable gifts, his portions to his married children, and the expenditure of £5,000 on the building of Waterhall, he ruined his fine estate, and was obliged towards the end of his days to dress meanly and to live in squalor, becoming very dirty and penurious, so that he was often taken for a beggar'. After Browne Willis died in 1760 much of his estate went to his grandson, Thomas Willis who died two years later, and by 1766 the majority of Browne Willis's estate was sold off to pay off debts. So it certainly looks quite possible that Mrs Browne Willis might have had occasion to pawn clothes. Regards, Greg Davies Nash, Bucks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Celia Renshaw" <celia@morganhold.com> To: <bucks@rootsweb.com>; <eng-buckinghamshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 6:24 PM Subject: [BKM] MILLAGANs and Browne Willis no. 1 > > My question is this: Would Mrs. Browne WILLIS really have had to pawn her > clothes like this? Was the Dragon of Whaddon in such a parlous state? It > seems unlikely... I would welcome any enlightenment. > > Celia Renshaw > in Chesterfield UK

Sorry folks I sent my first draft off by mistake before it was finished, please ignore it and read the second version instead. Celia Renshaw in Chesterfield UK

While I take breaks, I persist in my hunt for Scottish MILLAGANs who settled in north Bucks, alongside quite a lot of other expat drapers, lacemen and chapmen, c1680-1720. Recently I found a fascinating snippet in Records of Bucks concerning Ann MILLAGAN (nee BARRETT), widow of David, linen draper of Newton Longville, and it raised a question I hope people here can answer. Rev Cole of Bletchley recorded in his diary: "1766. Mrs. Meligan buried at Newton on 20 Nov. She died in Clerkenwell Workhouse and was brought down to be buried by her first husband. Her second husband is a baronet by the name of Yeomans as Mr. Cartwright assures me, but using her ill and having no estate she would never go by his name. I have heard Mr. Thomas Willis and others say that when she kept a good shop in this town, his mother Mr. Browne Willis' wife, used to pawn her clothes to her and borrow money of her at an exhorbitant use. She was a tall strapping woman and several times within this six or seven years used to walk on foot from London to Bletchley in a day. She was between 80 and 90 at her death." Cited in Records of Bucks Vol 11 pt1 1919 W Bradbrook - Newton Longville Parish Books p124 My question is this: Would Mrs. Browne WILLIS really have had to pawn her clothes like this? Was the Dragon of Whaddon in such a parlous state? It seems unlikely... I would welcome any enlightenment. Celia Renshaw in Chesterfield UK

Though I take breaks, I persist in my hunt for the Scottish MILLAGANs who settled, with quite a lot of other expat drapers, chapmen & lacemen, in north Bucks c1680-1720. Recently, I found a fascinating snippet in Records of Bucks concerning Ann MILLAGAN, widow of linen draper David MILLAGAN of Newton Longville, which has raised a question I hope people can answer for me: The Rev COLE of Bletchley recorded in his diary: "1766. Mrs. Meligan buried at Newton on 20 Nov. She died in Clerkenwell Workhouse and was brought down to be buried by her first husband. Her second husband is a baronet by the name of Yeomans as Mr. Cartwright assures me, but using her ill and having no estate she would never go by his name. I have heard Mr. Thomas Willis and others say that when she kept a good shop in this town, his mother Mr. Browne Willis' wife, used to pawn her clothes to her and borrow money of her at an exhorbitant use. She was a tall strapping woman and several times within this six or seven years used to walk on foot from London to Bletchley in a day. She was between 80 and 90 at her death."Cited in Records of Bucks Vol 11 pt1 1919 W Bradbrook - Newton Longville Parish Books p124

Hi I have Rebecca Nelms (1823 marrying George Lively 1827) Shabbington and having 10 chidlren George has sisters Emma and Ellen. They lived on Chapel Rd next to the Crook family. Ellen married James Crook and had 4 chidlren upon her death James then married Emma and had another 4 children. James had a son James bn 1870 who married Annie Magor Their son George 1896 emigrated to Aus 1922 Christene

Haemophilia is a sex linked disease and is therefore carried on the X Chromosome. A male only has one X chromosome (the other part of the pair being the Y chromosome) and therefore will show the signs of the disease if he carries the gene. A female has two X chromosomes and can carry the gene on one of the X chromosomes without showing any signs of the disease. If a female has the gene on both her X chromosomes then she will also show signs of the disease. A son inherits his X chromosome from his mother not the father. The father will pass his Y chromosome to his sons and his X chromosome to his daughters. Therefore the sons of George who got haemophilia would have inherited it from their Mother as she would have passed on her X chromosome with the haemophilia gene. Hope this is of help. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra J Smith" <sandra.s@ntlworld.com> To: <eng-buckinghamshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 10:12 PM Subject: [ENG-Buck] Haemophilia in Aston Clinton > This is a real long-shot in an attempt to discover the father of an > illegitimate child..... > > George Foskett, the illegitimate son of Charlotte Foskett, was born in > Aston Clinton in 1845. > I have just discovered that four of George's son's died as a result of > haemophilia (uncontrolled bleeding). I believe that this disease is > passed down the male line, so George's father was probably a carrier. > Have any other lister's discovered haemophilia in any other Aston Clinton > family? > > Regards > Sandra > _____________________________________________ > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on > www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will > then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-BUCKINGHAMSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Diane, I suspect that the Scottish tombstones were made of granite, which is very hardwearing. English tombstones could be made of sandstone, which does not weather well. The location of the stones within a grave yard is also an important factor. In my local churchyard, some 1600's stones, protected by yew trees, are probably as clear as the day they were carved. Whereas, some 20th century stones, exposed to the elements in open ground, are barely readable. Regards Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "diane roscoe" <fraggle.roscoe@hotmail.co.uk> To: <eng-buckinghamshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 12:06 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-Buck] graveyard transcriptions Hello All, I would like to thank Dianne Sutton for pointing me in the direction of the Bucks FHS website for memorial inscriptions. I'm off to post my letter now, as it's very inexpensive, even if they don't find anything, I won't have lost much. Also, thank you to Peter Nelms, who had a similar experience of a graveyard in another part of Bucks. I wondered if the type of stone used on the old stones was a bit too porous for the stones to last, and they had practically crumbled away. I once visited a Kirkyard on a remote hill, near the coast in wild western Scotland, and could easily read gravestones that were nearly 300 years old, so maybe it was a harder stone. Diane > From: fraggle.roscoe@hotmail.co.uk > To: eng-buckinghamshire@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:19:16 +0000 > Subject: [ENG-Buck] graveyard transcriptions > > >> _________________________________________________________________ > The next generation of Windows Live is here > http://www.windowslive.co.uk/get-live > _____________________________________________ > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on > www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will > then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-BUCKINGHAMSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Win 100’s of Virgin Experience days with BigSnapSearch.com http://www.bigsnapsearch.com _____________________________________________ Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BUCKINGHAMSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.1/1352 - Release Date: 31/03/2008 10:13

Thank you to all who replied to this. I obviously got it wrong and the boys inherited the disease from their mother. As yet, I have not discovered any other member of the extended Foskett family with the disease, so perhaps the mother's mother was the originator. It was an interesting diversion from the usual family history research. Regards Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liane Fenimore" <liane@columbus.rr.com> To: <eng-buckinghamshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 2:03 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-Buck] Haemophilia in Aston Clinton > Isn't the mother the carrier for hemophilia with the males getting the > disease? (It was Queen Victoria who was the carrier, I thought.) > > Liane Fenimore > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sandra J Smith > To: eng-buckinghamshire@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:12 AM > Subject: [ENG-Buck] Haemophilia in Aston Clinton > > > This is a real long-shot in an attempt to discover the father of an > illegitimate child..... > > George Foskett, the illegitimate son of Charlotte Foskett, was born in > Aston Clinton in 1845. > I have just discovered that four of George's son's died as a result of > haemophilia (uncontrolled bleeding). I believe that this disease is > passed down the male line, so George's father was probably a carrier. > Have any other lister's discovered haemophilia in any other Aston Clinton > family? > > Regards > Sandra > _____________________________________________ > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on > www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will > then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-BUCKINGHAMSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________ > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on > www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will > then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-BUCKINGHAMSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.1/1352 - Release Date: > 31/03/2008 10:13 > >

Georges sons almost certainly got it from their mother, & she most likely got it from her mother (certainly not her father) - etc., etc. A man has haemophilia if he inherits the gene for it from his mother. He cannot inherit it from his father, since the gene is on the X chromosome. Men have an X chromosome, from their mother, and a Y chromosome from their father. It's what makes them male. A woman has full haemophilia only if she inherits the gene from *both* parents, which is very rare. Women have two X chromosomes, one from each parent. It's what makes them female. That means that as well as the faulty gene, they have a second, healthy, copy, which protects them from the illness. All men with the gene suffer from the illness. Most women with the gene are healthy, & those who aren't usually have mild symptoms. But (on average) half their sons will have haemophilia, & half their daughters will be carriers. A female haemophiliac, if she has children (& consider for a moment her chances of surviving childbirth) would pass the gene on to all her children, but the girls would be healthy (or healthyish) carriers, unless their father also had haemophilia. So no, Georges sons didn't get it from him. It's very unlikely indeed he was a carrier, since if he had been he'd have been affected, & back then it would have been almost impossible for him to have lived long enough to father children. And in any case, male carriers can only pass it on to their daughters, not their sons. It can sometimes arise spontaneously, but since four of Georges sons had it, that's very unlikely indeed, in this case. http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/exhibitions/genes/215.asp Paul Sandra J Smith wrote: > This is a real long-shot in an attempt to discover the father of an illegitimate child..... > > George Foskett, the illegitimate son of Charlotte Foskett, was born in Aston Clinton in 1845. > I have just discovered that four of George's son's died as a result of haemophilia (uncontrolled bleeding). I believe that this disease is passed down the male line, so George's father was probably a carrier. Have any other lister's discovered haemophilia in any other Aston Clinton family? > > Regards > Sandra > _____________________________________________ > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BUCKINGHAMSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Hi Sandra, Haemophilia is generally passed down the female line, but the mother shows no symptoms of the disease. See; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haemophilia_in_European_royalty for an explanation of how the disease spread through European royalty. In 1845, the life expectancy of a male with haemophilia would have been very low, and so although a male can pass the disease on, it is more likely that it came from the mother. Diane> From: sandra.s@ntlworld.com> To: eng-buckinghamshire@rootsweb.com> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:12:15 +0100> Subject: [ENG-Buck] Haemophilia in Aston Clinton> > This is a real long-shot in an attempt to discover the father of an illegitimate child.....> > George Foskett, the illegitimate son of Charlotte Foskett, was born in Aston Clinton in 1845.> I have just discovered that four of George's son's died as a result of haemophilia (uncontrolled bleeding). I believe that this disease is passed down the male line, so George's father was probably a carrier. Have any other lister's discovered haemophilia in any other Aston Clinton family?> > Regards> Sandra> _____________________________________________> > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem.> -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BUCKINGHAMSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the next generation of Windows Live http://www.windowslive.co.uk/get-live

Hello All, I would like to thank Dianne Sutton for pointing me in the direction of the Bucks FHS website for memorial inscriptions. I'm off to post my letter now, as it's very inexpensive, even if they don't find anything, I won't have lost much. Also, thank you to Peter Nelms, who had a similar experience of a graveyard in another part of Bucks. I wondered if the type of stone used on the old stones was a bit too porous for the stones to last, and they had practically crumbled away. I once visited a Kirkyard on a remote hill, near the coast in wild western Scotland, and could easily read gravestones that were nearly 300 years old, so maybe it was a harder stone. Diane > From: fraggle.roscoe@hotmail.co.uk > To: eng-buckinghamshire@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:19:16 +0000 > Subject: [ENG-Buck] graveyard transcriptions > > >> _________________________________________________________________ > The next generation of Windows Live is here > http://www.windowslive.co.uk/get-live > _____________________________________________ > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BUCKINGHAMSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Win 100’s of Virgin Experience days with BigSnapSearch.com http://www.bigsnapsearch.com

Isn't the mother the carrier for hemophilia with the males getting the disease? (It was Queen Victoria who was the carrier, I thought.) Liane Fenimore ----- Original Message ----- From: Sandra J Smith To: eng-buckinghamshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:12 AM Subject: [ENG-Buck] Haemophilia in Aston Clinton This is a real long-shot in an attempt to discover the father of an illegitimate child..... George Foskett, the illegitimate son of Charlotte Foskett, was born in Aston Clinton in 1845. I have just discovered that four of George's son's died as a result of haemophilia (uncontrolled bleeding). I believe that this disease is passed down the male line, so George's father was probably a carrier. Have any other lister's discovered haemophilia in any other Aston Clinton family? Regards Sandra _____________________________________________ Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BUCKINGHAMSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, I am new to this list, with a big brickwall. I have traced my family back to a marriage between James PARTRIDGE and Elizabeth VASPER/VESPER, in Langley Marish, 27 February 1816. They had several children baptised in St Mary's, Harmondsworth, 2 of whom came to South Australia at different times in the 1840s and 50s. I think I have the VASPERs back to John, bap 1 July 1739, in Iver, father William. They seemed to be based round Colnbrook, Iver and Langley Marish. However, I have not been able to find a James PARTRIDGE born at the right time. Now, I have come across a newspaper reference in the Gale free trial, about a James PARTRIDGE, in Bucks, who in the last week of August 1798, killed his 11 yo son, John, "through immoderate correction", by whipping him. While I do not want to claim this James as an ancestor, my James would have been born about the right time to be John's brother, and John and James are names used through future generations. I can't find a birth for John in the IGI. The inquest was held at Filgrave, near Tyringham, the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter, and James was "committed to Aylesbury Gaol to take his trial at the next assizes". There does not seem to be newspaper reports of the trial, and I guess I will have to visit the National archives for assize records. I will be in UK in April and May and can do research in person, and was wondering if anyone can give me clues of where to start. Thanks Jan South Australia

This is a real long-shot in an attempt to discover the father of an illegitimate child..... George Foskett, the illegitimate son of Charlotte Foskett, was born in Aston Clinton in 1845. I have just discovered that four of George's son's died as a result of haemophilia (uncontrolled bleeding). I believe that this disease is passed down the male line, so George's father was probably a carrier. Have any other lister's discovered haemophilia in any other Aston Clinton family? Regards Sandra

Diane, I had a similar experience at Shabbington; and was really disappointed at the state of the gravestones.Peter J. NelmsCanberra, Australianelmspj@hotmail.comResearching NELMS / NELMES of Oxon (Great Haseley, Great Milton),Bucks (Ickford, Shabbington) & Australia (Brisbane, Queensland).Other surnames: RADBONE, LOVEGROVE, DINGLE, NORTH, HUDSON, CLAYDON, WISE, KING, BOX http://Peter_Nelms.tripod.com/Family_History.html----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> Hello,> As I was returning from a recent holiday, I made a detour on the M40 to the village of Wooburn Green to have a quick look at the graveyard. Unfortunaley, all the old stones are so weathered that they are now illegible.> I have sometimes come across books of transcriptions of gravestones. I once found one in Scotland that was written mant years and contained transcriptions of graves that are no longer in that kirkyard.> I was wondering if anyone knew of something similar for this area of Bucks.> Thank you> Diane _________________________________________________________________ Are you paid what you're worth? Find out: SEEK Salary Centre http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fninemsn%2Eseek%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fcareer%2Dresources%2Fsalary%2Dcentre%2F%3Ftracking%3Dsk%3Ahet%3Asc%3Anine%3A0%3Ahot%3Atext&_t=764565661&_r=OCT07_endtext_salary&_m=EXT

Hello, As I was returning from a recent holiday, I made a detour on the M40 to the village of Wooburn Green to have a quick look at the graveyard. Unfortunaley, all the old stones are so weathered that they are now illegible. I have sometimes come across books of transcriptions of gravestones. I once found one in Scotland that was written mant years and contained transcriptions of graves that are no longer in that kirkyard. I was wondering if anyone knew of something similar for this area of Bucks. Thank you Diane _________________________________________________________________ The next generation of Windows Live is here http://www.windowslive.co.uk/get-live

Hi List, First let me thank all of you for the helpful information you have posted on this list since I joined. I have a query about the Parish of Llmer which is located on the far west side of Buckinghamshire. I have been unable to find any further information about this parish or the Church of St. Peter. A search was done by the Buckinghamshire Family History Society for the marriage of Joseph and Leah Win(d)mill and it was found in Llmer Parish. Does anyone know anything more about this place, or where I can turn to for help? Thanks for your help, it is appreciated. Barbara

On my occasional trips recently to Milton Keynes Local Studies I've been tracking through the local papers for news and BMD events of my BONHAM, TYLER, MORRIS and LOVESY families and those connected to them in Stony Stratford, Wolverton, Nash, Whaddon, Beachampton, Calverton and over the border in Old Stratford, Cosgrove, Deanshanger. Anyone else tracking kin in those parts is welcome to ask me if I have any articles relating to their names of interest. As well as direct family, the connected names I'm tracking most closely in the newspapers are: CANVIN, CROSSMAN, STEPHENSON, JOLL(E)Y, WAUGH, FRISBY, WOODCOCK, DUNKLEY. On a visit yesterday, I saw the following article which I thought would be of interest to anyone else who, like me, has had to untangle the numerous SMITHs of Nash. The lady being buried was Mary Ann SMITH nee COLTON who married Nash-man Mark SMITH in Q4 1899 Buckingham District. Thanks to Greg Davies's data from his Nash one-place-study I have Mark SMITH's family back to Thomas SMITH b c1778 in Storrington, Essex. Happy to give more details to anyone interested, and to receive info from anyone who knows more about these SMITHs. Cheers Celia Renshaw in Chesterfield UK Wolverton Express 18 Jan 1935 The Funeral took place at Stony Stratford on Monday of a well-known and esteemed resident, in the person of Mrs. Mary Ann SMITH, wife of Mr. Mark SMITH, of 13 New Street. She was 58 years of age and her passing on 10th January at the Northampton General Hospital came rather suddenly and followed a serious illness. For a number of years she resided at Nash. She was a member of the Stony Stratford Women's Co-operative Guild. There was a large number of relatives and friends present at the funeral, the first portion of which took place in St. Giles's Church, conducted by the Rev. E. A. Steer, R.D., who also officiated at the graveside in the Calverton Road Cemetery. The mourners included r. M. SMITH (husband), Mr. and Mrs. R. A. GARRATT, Peterborough (son-in-law and daughter), Mr. and Mrs. F. SMITH, Mr. and Mrs. H. SMITH (sons and daughters-in-law), Miss G. SMITH (daughter), Mr. W. SMITH, Luton (son), Mr. and Mrs. E. P. MORGAN, Addington (son-in-law and daughter), Mrs. F. WEST, Bow Brickhill (sister-in-law), Mr. and Mrs. W. JONES, Maids Moreton (brother-in-law and sister), Mrs. A. MULLINGS, London (sister), Mr. and Mrs. R. SMITH, Mr. and Mrs. W. SMITH (brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law), Mr. J. BRYANT, London (brother-in-law), Mr. J. WEATHERHEAD and Mr. W. WEATHERHEAD, Nash (brother-in-law and nephew), Mrs. W. SAUNDERS, Nash, and Mr. F. THOMAS, New Bradwell (friends). There were 29 beautiful floral tributes, and in addition to those from members of the family, were tokens from the Co-operative Women's Guild; Neighbours, 3, 5, 7 New Street; Mrs. HOLLOWAY and family; and Dr. and Mrs. A. H. HABGOOD.

Hello Everybody, I am trying to find the baptism of PHYLLIS DAISY BIDDER (sometimes know as DAISY Bidder.) All I know at the moment is she was born about 1878 at MAIDS MORETON BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, If there is any other person researching this lady or can help find the baptism would they kindly get in touch, thank you. Regards, Syd

Hello The marriage of THOMAS HIGGS and MARTHA SHORTER took place in HAMBLEDEN in 1794. I am looking for the origins of MARTHA as there is no further mention of her or her family in the HAMBLEDEN parish records. MARTHA may have come from a nearby village in BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Has anybody had a sighting of any of the SHORTER family in this county. Many thanks for any assistance you can offer. Regards John W. Fox