Hi Sue Thanks for your Email Sorry I can't help with this PRITCHARD clan; I was trying to tie-in/rule-out Grace PRITCHARD, a name not in my tree. My PRITCHARD line go back to a Samuel PRITCHARD of Bradford Leigh, born before 1742, married to a Mary KEEPEN. One of thier sons, Issac, being my 3rd Great Grandfather. Any interest? regards Barry -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 03 November 2003 19:35 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HWK] Thomas PRITCHARD/Hawkesbury Web site Hello Barry, I spent a lot of time researching this particular family - until I found I'd been barking up the wrong tree. All very embarrassing. I have a copy of the marriage certificate between Grace PRITCHARD and David CHAPPELL. I have also looked at the original baptism entry for Grace. This took place on 2nd Feb 1806 at West Kington, Wilts. Grace and her 5 brothers and sisters are all illegitimate. Her mother was almost certainly Jane KING and she married a John PRITCHARD on 26th April 1765 at Old Sodbury, Glos. They then appear in West Kington where they had a son William. After that John seems to have disappeared, leaving Jane to have 6 children by man unknown. Exactly who the Thomas PRITCHARD shown on the marriage certificate is, is anybody's guess ...... but I would imagine that Grace did not wish the authorities to know she was illegit so perhaps put an uncles name down. If you can add anything to this story please do let me know as although this family is no longer a direct line for me I did get quite fond of them. Best wishes Sue Sissons Hemel Hempstead ==== 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