To Phil and other WITCHEL(L) researchers: Here are the Sopworth, Wilts. WITCHELLs from the 1841 and 1861 census (remember that the adults' ages in the 1841 census were often rounded down to the lower "5" - i.e. 34 would be 30, 41 would be 40, 87 would be 85) WITCHELL, Samuel 25 Maltster not b. in Wilts. Sarah, wife, 25, not b. in Wilts. Mary, dau., 4, not b. in Wilts. Matilda, dau., 2, born in Wilts. (figure this family came to Wiltshire between abt 1837 and 1839) WITCHELL, William 26 Agr. Lab. not b. in Wilts. WITCHELL, Lucy, widow, 89, not b. in Wilts. WITCHELL, Thomas 59 Farmer born in Wilts. WITCHELL, William widower 50 Farmer born in Wilts. Sarah, dau., 23, b. Wilts. Ebenezer, son, 19, b. Wilts. Emma, dau., 17, b. Wilts. Martha, dau., 13, b. Wilts. Mary, dau., 13, b. Wilts. WITCHELLs in 1861 census of Sopworth No7 WITCHELL, William 45 Labourer b. Wilts. WITCHELL, Jane, wife, 40, b. Wilts. No19 WITCHELL, William 74 Farmer b. Wilts. WITCHELL, Ann, wife, 69, b. Wilts. WITCHELL, Emma, dau., 38, b. Wilts. WITCHELL, Thomas, grandson, 9, b. Wilts. No.35 WITCHELL, Samuel 49 Maltster / Farmer b. Sherston, Wilts. WITCHELL, Sarah Ann, wife, 47, b. Wilts. WITCHELL, Thomas Raglan, son, 4, b. Wilts. WATTS, Elizabeth, 25, servant, b. Wilts. No.45 WITCHELL, Ebenezer 40 Corn Factor b. Sopworth, Wilts. WITCHELL, Mary 35 wife b. Sopworth The Elizabeth WATTS, svt., is not my Elizabeth who married Nathaniel WATTS or a child of theirs (that I know of). The WITCHELL line in Sopworth is, I believe, a line from Hawkesbury, Glos. (although I could be wrong). Do you have any info on the Sopworth WITCHELL line that you can share? Season's Greetings, Ronda WICKS (Woodstock, Ontario, Canada) ----- Original Message ----- From: <PhilWarn@aol.com> To: <GLOUCESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 11:28 AM Subject: [GLS] WITCHEL(L) in GLS and WIL > Hi Glisters, > > Seeing all this Witchell searching has prompted to ask whether any one of you > good folks has SOPWORTH WITCHEL(L)'s in their lines. > > I have two WARN's marrying WITCHELL's in TETBURY and at the last count no > less than 112 surnamed WITCHELL in my database with dozens more to check. I > know from my researches that there is a SOPWORTH line - sorry to bring up a > WIL Parish but tetbury is close to the County border. > > Thanks in anticipation and all replies will be thanked individually and > severally after the event too <eg> > > Kind regards > > Phil. Warn > > [We Tetbury Warn's may have brewed the intoxicants, it does not mean we are > be-sot-ted by them] > > > ==== GLOUCESTER Mailing List ==== > Search the Gloucestershire Genealogy Mailing List Archives at > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GLOUCESTER-L > >