I believe that Sculcoates is about 20 miles east of Howden and is located in / near Hull. Below is a description of their locations on Genuki. You can see the two locations on a map at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/Maps/YKSmap.gif. I've hit a brick wall with my Hannah Drake (Stephenson). Looks like Hannah would be old enough to be an aunt (or great aunt?) of your Frances Drakes (I estimated Hannah's date of birth to be about 1783 - 1785). An old family history notes that 'Miss Drake' was the sibling of two renowned sailor brothers (Admirals). If you spot any other similarities, I'd be quite interested. Many thanks! Jane "SCULCOATES, a parish in the wapentake of Harthill, an ancient village, 1½ mile N. of Hull, on the west bank of the river Hull; and contained, not a century ago, only 100 inhabitants, but at present contains 10,449. The southern part of the parish adjoining the town of Hull, is now formed into extensive streets, since the formation of the dock in 1774, and cannot be distinguished by a stranger from the town of Hull, properly so called; it is, however, in the county of York, and the petty sessions are held in a hall erected a few years ago, Jonas Brown Esq. is the only resident magistrate, but some of the East Riding magistrates attend weekly. The church is in the old village, and was rebuilt in 1760; it is dedicated to St. Mary, the King is the patron, and the Rev. William Preston, vicar. Near the Sessions hall, and in the populous part of the parish, has this year been erected a new church, called Christ church, for which an act of parliament was obtained in 1814, vesting the presentation in the then subscribers of £100., and their survivors, when reduced to eight in number, who, with the vicar of Sculcoates, are the patrons. It is a very handsome structure, with a square tower of white brick and Roche Abbey stone, in the pointed style of the time of Henry IV. aera 1400. It will contain 1300 persons, 500 of whom are provided with free sittings. The whole cost was about £7000 part of which is not yet subscribed, the incumbent is the Rev. John King, M. A. who liberally advanced the sum necessary to complete the building, taking the chance of the sale of seats in return. On the 26th of September, 1822, this church received consecration from the Archbishop of York. Sculcoates can boast of a higher antiquity than Hull, being mentioned in Domesday book as one of the lordships of Ralph de Mortimer, who was one of the fortunate adventurers that accompanied the Conqueror from Normandy, and was lord of several manors hereabouts." "HOWDEN, a parish in the wapentake and liberty of Howdenshire; 9 miles from Snaith, 10 from Selby, and 21 from, York. The population amounts to 2080. Here is a very good market on Saturday. This town is of considerable antiquity, but it contains nothing remarkable except its church, formerly collegiate, and the remains of the ancient palace of the bishops of Durham." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simone Moore" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 9:00 PM Subject: Re: [ERY] Sculcoates/Botham Family > Jane: > > It may be just an interesting coincidence but one of the witnesses listed > on > the marriage registry record is a Hannah. However, I cannot make out her > last name. The other witness was a John Willoughby. I believe. > Sometimes > the old writing is so hard to decipher. > > As far as the Drake surname, on the registry record it is listed as > Drakes. > From my understanding the two names often get mixed up in the records. > > Where in relation to Sculcoates is Howden? > > Thanks! > > Simone > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jane Adams" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 4:37 PM > Subject: Re: [ERY] Sculcoates/Botham Family > > >> I have a Hannah DRAKE (no 's') that married a Robert STEPHENSON in >> Howden, >> Yorkshire on Oct 3, 1803. Do you think there is a connection? >> >> Jane >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Simone Moore" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 6:56 PM >> Subject: [ERY] Sculcoates/Botham Family >> >> >> > Fellow Researchers: >> > >> > I am trying to find information regarding family by the surname of > Botham >> > that lived in Sculcoates, East Riding of Yorkshire, during the 1840s. > The >> > husband's name was Richard Botham and his wife was Frances (Fanny) > Drakes. >> > They were married in 1841 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The marriage lists >> > his father as Matthew Botham and her father as Thomas Drakes. >> > Richard's >> > residence is listed as Broadgate and I believe Fanny's was either >> > Waterride South, Watemide South, or Watwide South. It is difficult to >> > make out. The church is listed as Parish Church. Does anyone know >> > what >> > affiliation that would have been? >> > >> > In 1845 they had my great great grandfather George Botham. It is here >> > that I find the district of Sculcoates and the county of East Riding of >> > Yorkshire listed in his birth location info. In 1849 there was another >> > son born, Matthew Botham with the same birth location info. Their >> > other >> > children's names were Richard, William, Mary, and I believe Thomas. >> > >> > The family came to America in the 1860s and apparently spent some time > in >> > Canada and eventually wound up in Iowa. There were probably some other >> > places that I don't know about. I know that George Botham lived in >> > Minnesota in the 1880s. After that I cannot find any trace of him. >> > >> > I apologize for any misuse of the words county or district. I am > learning >> > little by little about the layout of England. It makes it difficult > since >> > some of these places like Sculcoates no longer exist. At least, that's >> > what the lady at the GRO told me. >> > >> > BTW was Sculcoates close to another place by the name of Hull? >> > >> > Any information would be appreciated. >> > >> > Thank you all! >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ==== ENG-EAST-YORKS Mailing List ==== >> > To unsubscribe from this list send the command "unsubscribe" to >> > [email protected] (if in mail mode) or >> > [email protected] (if in digest mode.) >> > >> > ============================== >> > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >> > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >> > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >> > >> > >> >> >> >> ==== ENG-EAST-YORKS Mailing List ==== >> Try keep it on Topic not sure mail Administrator! >> >> ============================== >> Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >> ancestors, but entire generations. 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