on 26/10/03 8:13 pm, Helen Carlisle at [email protected] wrote: Hello Helen, I think we have been in touch before??? I am in contact with a direct desc. of Jesse below . I will forward your email to her. Jesse went to Bristol. Let me know how you get on. I would like to know if you have made strides in your search and if you perhaps have any other information on any branch of the Witchells. Best wishes Patsy Witchell > I have just joined the list and would like to say hello to everybody. I > have recently put a similar enquiry to the Gloucester list, but a very kind > lister there suggested that, since the couple I am seeking were both from > Hawkesbury, I should join this list and ask the very knowledgeable people > here. > > I have a marriage in 1777 of JOHN WITCHELL and LUCY RUMMIN on 9th February, > 1777. They were both from Hawkesbury, but the marriage took place at > Oldbury on the Hill. > > They had the following children: > > WILLIAM, baptised 28th September, 1777 in Didmartin, Gloucestershire. > JOHN, baptised 7th February, 1779 in Didmartin, Gloucestershire. > ISAAC, baptised 6th June, 1780 in Didmartin, Gloucestershire. > > There is then a gap of 10 years before I can find the birth of the next > child: > > JESSE, baptised 19th September, 1791, and this one is in Sopworth, > Wiltshire. This is not simply a late baptism, since the 1851 census gives > JESSE's age as consistent with a birth in 1791. > > I have checked the on-line IGI for Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and > Oxfordshire but have not been able to find any record of any other children. > I realise that the IGI is only a *finding tool* and I appreciate that the > absence of information does not mean there were not children (possibly > stillborn or not registered), but can anybody suggest where would be the > next place to look, or could there have been any other reason for a gap of > 10 years between the children (His/Her Majesty's Pleasure, perhaps <bg>). I > do not know what the father's occupation was. > > I also understand that Hawkesbury, Oldbury on the Hill and Sopworth are not > that far apart, so it seems to suggest that the couple did not move very > far. > > I would be delighted to hear from anybody who might have come across these > in their research. > > Best wishes and kind regards to all, > Helen, West Sussex, UK > > > > ==== ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY Mailing List ==== > When replying to messages please make sure to remove ALL the "Re: and Hawks" > bits in the subject line as otherwise these will be repeated. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >