Dear Listers, I am the proud owner of John NAPPIN(G) born c1840 in Boarstall, Bucks. His father's name was James. I know these things from John's marriage certificate to Mary Ann BIRD in 1863 in Turville. She was born in Stokenchurch but they were both of North End when they married. Yet, despite my searches in everything I can lay my hands on (from this distance) I can find no further trace of the NAPPIN(G) line. I have tried adding a K to the front and making the P in the middle singular, all with and without the G on the end. Please has anyone come across any trace of this family at all? I would be most grateful if anyone can spare some time to look in your available resources. Many thanks, May Lanchbury Perth W.Australia Researching in Buckinghamshire; BAREFOOT 1700s - 1860s Princes Risborough or Loosely Row BEARFOOT 1700s - 1860s Princes Risborough or Loosely Row BIRD 1700s - 1850s Stokenchurch BOWLER Born 1881 Bledlow (Ridge) LACEY 1850s - 1900s Princes Risborough LANCHBURY all dates all places <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lanchbury> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lanchbury NAPPIN(G) 1800s Bradenham or Boarstall NEWELL 1820s Bledlow (Ridge) OXLADE 1750s - 1800s Hambledon then Chinnor, Oxon SMITH 1900s Bradenham SMITH 1840s - 1880s Bledlow (Ridge) SMITH 1810s Saunderton SMITH 1770s The Lee TRENDLE 1820s Radnage

Well, if you'd bought the Bucks FHS 1851 census CD you'd know about Elisha NAPPING, of Brill, born abt 1814 in Thame . . Brill Common, Brill, Bucks, 1851 census - Elisha NAPPING 37 b Thame OXF Ag. Lab Jane 33 wife b Twyford BKM Ag. Labs wife Rebecca 7 dau b Oakley BKM Scholar Edward 6 son do Elizebeth 2 dau b Studley OXF At home There are also 21 NAPPONs in Boarstall. Honeybridge Boarstall John NAPPON 54 b Horton Beckley OXF Farm Lab Rebecka 53 wife b Boarstall BKM Labourers wife Jane 19 dau unm Ruth 16 dau unm Ann 11 dau Eliza 1 dau (really? I'd say granddaughter more likely - carelessness by Jane, probably) William NAPPON 58 b Thame OXF Farm Labour (bap Knapping at Thame Elizabeth 57 wife b Thame Rebecca (pattern emerging here, perhaps?) dau 29 unm b Boarstall Labourers daughter George 24 son unm b Boarstall Farm Labour Joseph 21 do Edmond 3 son (oh yeah?) b Boarstall Boarstall Village Mary NAPPON head Wid 46 b Boarstall Farm Labourer's Wife (?) William 20 son unm Farm Labour Henry son 10 James son 7 (all b Boarstall) John GUBBINS lodger widowed 77 b Adlestrop GLS Farm Labour Sarah PINTER visitor unm 19 b Boarstall James NAPPON 26 mar b Brill Farm labour, recorded on farm of Thomas RAGG, 47, farmer b Adlestrop GLS Elizabeth NAPPON head mar 26 b Thame OXF Labourers wife Fredrick FALEN son 9 b Thame OXF Thomas NAPPON son 3 b Oakley BKM Ellen NAPPON dau 11m b Boarstall That should set you up nicely. No sign of John, but the forthcoming 1861 census CD from Bucks GS might show him. He could have been visiting relatives in Thame, perhaps. Worth searching FreeBMD for his birth, as well. I found someone yesterday whose surname had a habit of getting garbled by searching on first name only. Paul -----Original Message----- From: mayndave [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 23 July 2004 14:47 To: [email protected] Subject: [ENG-BUCK] NAPPIN(G) Dear Listers, I am the proud owner of John NAPPIN(G) born c1840 in Boarstall, Bucks. His father's name was James. I know these things from John's marriage certificate to Mary Ann BIRD in 1863 in Turville. She was born in Stokenchurch but they were both of North End when they married. Yet, despite my searches in everything I can lay my hands on (from this distance) I can find no further trace of the NAPPIN(G) line. I have tried adding a K to the front and making the P in the middle singular, all with and without the G on the end. Please has anyone come across any trace of this family at all? I would be most grateful if anyone can spare some time to look in your available resources. Many thanks, May Lanchbury Perth W.Australia Researching in Buckinghamshire; BAREFOOT 1700s - 1860s Princes Risborough or Loosely Row BEARFOOT 1700s - 1860s Princes Risborough or Loosely Row BIRD 1700s - 1850s Stokenchurch BOWLER Born 1881 Bledlow (Ridge) LACEY 1850s - 1900s Princes Risborough LANCHBURY all dates all places <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lanchbury> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lanchbury NAPPIN(G) 1800s Bradenham or Boarstall NEWELL 1820s Bledlow (Ridge) OXLADE 1750s - 1800s Hambledon then Chinnor, Oxon SMITH 1900s Bradenham SMITH 1840s - 1880s Bledlow (Ridge) SMITH 1810s Saunderton SMITH 1770s The Lee TRENDLE 1820s Radnage ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

John NAPPINS x of Abingdon married Ann ELMS or ELAMS x 25 Sep 1792 at Thame. Wit. Owen HEWETT Richd. GILKES Lic. by T. T. LEE curate. Looks like the original NAPPIN in Thame, the origin of the Boarstall lot. Paul -----Original Message----- From: mayndave [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 23 July 2004 14:47 To: [email protected] Subject: [ENG-BUCK] NAPPIN(G) Dear Listers, I am the proud owner of John NAPPIN(G) born c1840 in Boarstall, Bucks. His father's name was James. I know these things from John's marriage certificate to Mary Ann BIRD in 1863 in Turville. She was born in Stokenchurch but they were both of North End when they married. Yet, despite my searches in everything I can lay my hands on (from this distance) I can find no further trace of the NAPPIN(G) line. I have tried adding a K to the front and making the P in the middle singular, all with and without the G on the end. Please has anyone come across any trace of this family at all? I would be most grateful if anyone can spare some time to look in your available resources. Many thanks, May Lanchbury Perth W.Australia Researching in Buckinghamshire; BAREFOOT 1700s - 1860s Princes Risborough or Loosely Row BEARFOOT 1700s - 1860s Princes Risborough or Loosely Row BIRD 1700s - 1850s Stokenchurch BOWLER Born 1881 Bledlow (Ridge) LACEY 1850s - 1900s Princes Risborough LANCHBURY all dates all places <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lanchbury> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lanchbury NAPPIN(G) 1800s Bradenham or Boarstall NEWELL 1820s Bledlow (Ridge) OXLADE 1750s - 1800s Hambledon then Chinnor, Oxon SMITH 1900s Bradenham SMITH 1840s - 1880s Bledlow (Ridge) SMITH 1810s Saunderton SMITH 1770s The Lee TRENDLE 1820s Radnage ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Hello Paul and Barbara, Thank you both very much for your replies, I really appreciate your time in looking for me. I think the Elisha NAPPING in the 1851 Census at Brill could well be brother to my James - they are approximately 1 year different in ages. I guess it's possible that William NAPPON, age 58, could be his father; or that Mary NAPPON, widow, age 46, could be his mother. The marriage of John NAPPINS in 1792 from Thame looks very promising for his Grandfather, so I have added that to my notes file in readiness for some 'joining information' on John's father. I have searched the FreeBMD many times and come up with *very* few results on NAPPIN, none of them likely, I'm afraid. I think 'my' fiche must be with someone who didn't like transcribing after all, which I can understand. (My husband has done about 17,000 records but it wasn't my scene.) I have also been to our city library to look at the UK birth microfiche for 1840 +/- 5 years. Either I've missed him, or he was born under a cabbage and no-one wants to admit it. When the OFHS Baptism Index is further along I'll ask on the Oxford List if there could be a record for him there. Many thanks again to you both, May -----Original Message----- From: Paul Irving [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, 24 July 2004 8:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ENG-BUCK] NAPPIN(G) John NAPPINS x of Abingdon married Ann ELMS or ELAMS x 25 Sep 1792 at Thame. Wit. Owen HEWETT Richd. GILKES Lic. by T. T. LEE curate. Looks like the original NAPPIN in Thame, the origin of the Boarstall lot. Paul -----Original Message----- From: mayndave [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 23 July 2004 14:47 To: [email protected] Subject: [ENG-BUCK] NAPPIN(G) Dear Listers, I am the proud owner of John NAPPIN(G) born c1840 in Boarstall, Bucks. His father's name was James. I know these things from John's marriage certificate to Mary Ann BIRD in 1863 in Turville. She was born in Stokenchurch but they were both of North End when they married. Yet, despite my searches in everything I can lay my hands on (from this distance) I can find no further trace of the NAPPIN(G) line. I have tried adding a K to the front and making the P in the middle singular, all with and without the G on the end. Please has anyone come across any trace of this family at all? I would be most grateful if anyone can spare some time to look in your available resources. Many thanks, May Lanchbury Perth W.Australia Researching in Buckinghamshire; BAREFOOT 1700s - 1860s Princes Risborough or Loosely Row BEARFOOT 1700s - 1860s Princes Risborough or Loosely Row BIRD 1700s - 1850s Stokenchurch BOWLER Born 1881 Bledlow (Ridge) LACEY 1850s - 1900s Princes Risborough LANCHBURY all dates all places <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lanchbury> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lanchbury NAPPIN(G) 1800s Bradenham or Boarstall NEWELL 1820s Bledlow (Ridge) OXLADE 1750s - 1800s Hambledon then Chinnor, Oxon SMITH 1900s Bradenham SMITH 1840s - 1880s Bledlow (Ridge) SMITH 1810s Saunderton SMITH 1770s The Lee TRENDLE 1820s Radnage ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237