Thanks so much...have a nice time. I will see if I can find our re. Lydia. Patsy on 29/4/05 1:30 pm, JANETHESKI@aol.com at JANETHESKI@aol.com wrote: > Hi Patsy, > Thank you for your message. I am off for the weekend so can't > give it the attention it deserves but I will answer a few questions. > > Elizabeth HESKINS did marry William FORTUNE. Someone has ascribed William > with a different wife but I am sure that Elizabeth is correct... > > There were both HESKINS and HOPKINS in the area and I think that as HOPKINS > is a more common name the transcriber didn't look properly but it was changed > later. > > There are some references to HESKINS in connection with land ownership in the > Berkeley manuscripts and other documents. An early seating plan of North > Nibley church shows seats allocated to I think two HESKINS family heads. > > The references to NIcholas HESKINS as mayor of Wotton-under-Edge refers to > two men, grandfather and grandson. > > I would very much like to know more about Lydia LAMBE.... > > Thanks for your efforts on my behalf. > > Cheers, > Janet > > > ==== ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY Mailing List ==== > Visit Robert Millard's local and family history web pages at > http://www.hawkesburyhistory.co.uk. > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >