Jack, Thanks for your reply. My reference to Margery HANNAFORD 1767, Thurlestone 1847, South Milton, came from a tree supplied by the Lidstone Family History Society, of which I am now a member. With no access to the PRs I have no way of verifying most of the information supplied, but find that, having processed the trees, I am now richer by something in the order of 370 putative relatives. Perhaps there is a MI for Margery giving her age at death. The marriage entry DID say she was a spinster from Thurlestone. My LFHS records also indicate that her 12 children were born 1785-1802. Was there an entry i wonder for Betsy abt 1800? And thank you for the marriage details. I have none of the witness names, apart from a fair collection of Jane LIDSTONEs (including the sister of William, b 1800 and who married a Nicholas CRIMP in Plymouth in 1822). It would be less confusing if these South Hams families were not so devoted to intermarriage. Better too if they were a little more imaginative when it came to given names. However, flushed with the euphoria of having found so many LIDSTONEs I plan to post the names of all the spouses that have married with my Devon lot. There could well be someone out there who will recognise a name or two. Regards Kate Boyce >Kate, > >Thanks for the email. > >I don't know the relationship either. I have seen that reference to >Margery HANNAFORD born 1767 in Thurlestone before. But I cannot find >any such entry in the Thurlestone registers. I know only too well >that many pages of the Thurlestone registers are a little tricky to >read and others are quite impossible, so I could easily have made a >mistake, but I don't think so. Do you know who originated the >thought that Margery was born in Thurlestone in 1767? > >But I do have details of both the marriages > >17.2.1785 James LIDSTONE (bachelor of South Milton) to Margery >HANNAFORD (spinster of Thurlestone) by banns in Thurlestone, Devon, >witnesses - William MUDGE? and William MOORE > >1.10.1818 William LIDSTONE (of South Milton) to Betsy HANNAFORD (of >Thurlestone) by banns in Thurlestone, Devon, witnesses - Jane >LIDSTONE and Samuel CRIMP > >I'm sure that there are links between the HOSKING tribe and some of >the LIDSTONE family. That HOSKING lot originated in the South Brent >area and also married into my STEER family, as did my HOSKING gang >that originated in Falmouth. Apart from that slightly tortuous link, >I have no evidence that my HANNAFORD/CRISPIN lot were linked to your >LIDSTONE family. > > > >regards, > >Jack Steer > > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Kate Boyce" <keb@labyrinth.net.au> >To: "Jack Steer" <jacks@bukanin.fsnet.co.uk> >Cc: <ENG-DEV-SOUTHHAMS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 12:02 PM >Subject: Re: [SOUTHHAMS] Crispin Family > >>Jack, >>Two HANNAFORDs married with my LIDSTONEs - Margery HANNAFORD, b. >>1767 Thurlestone - d. 1847 South Milton (husband James LIDSTONE), >>and Betsey HANNAFORD , b. 1800 Thurlestone - d. 1866 South Milton >>(husband William LIDSTONE). William LIDSTONE was the son of >>James LIDSTONE and Margery HANNAFORD. I know nothing about the >>relationship between the two HANNAFORD women. >> >>Regards >>Kate Boyce >> >>>Vivienne, >>> >>>Two of my 4x great grandparents were John HANNAFORD and Mary >>>CRISPIN. They were married by banns on 8.9.1778 in Thurlestone. >>>And Mary was buried in Thurlestone on 26.5.1802 >>> >>>Apart from that I know very little about Mary, so if any >>>interesting titbits turn up, I for one would love to see them >>>posted to the list. It may just be that a chance remark will >>>unlock all sorts of ideas. >>> >>> >>> >>>Regards, >>> >>>Jack Steer >>> >>> >>> >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Wood" <woodys1@bigpond.com> >>>To: <ENG-DEV-SOUTHHAMS-L@rootsweb.com> >>>Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 2:13 AM >>>Subject: [SOUTHHAMS] Crispin Family >>> >>>>I wonder if anyone knows the descendants of William Crispin and Deborah >>>>Harley. They were married in South Pool, Devon. !809. I hope someone can >>>>help me. Thankyou >>>> >>>>Vivienne >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>============================== >>>>Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >>>>ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >>>>http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >>>> >>> >>>______________________________