Help please Ruth GULLEY, was born Portsea C1801. Ruth married my great great grandfather, William PITTARD, in Somerset. Ruth's first two daughters were Eliza and Charlotte. Relying on the naming pattern that seems to have been followed in my family at that time, I'm "assuming" that ELIZA was the name of Ruth's mother and Charlotte PITTARD was the name of William's mother. Again relying on the naming pattern William was the name of William PITTARD's father and Joseph GULLEY was the name of Ruth's father. Does anyone on the list know of a possible Joseph and Eliza GULLEY? Ruth's parents would probably have been born C1775. I know I am assuming a lot but I live in hopes! Valerie

Dear Valerie, can't answer your immediate question but I was struck by the fact that the Gulley family (and Gully, Gullyes, Golley) have been in Somerset since time immemorial. The name is from Middle English golias 'a giant' (obviously a nickname from the Biblical one), so predates the conquest but the first known record was John and Thomas Gulias in the Assizes for Somerset of 1202. Regars, David

Hi Ruth, Please be very careful about using naming patterns - they are very much a generalisation and varied from one part of the country to another. Additionally, reliance on such a pattern may not take into account the birth and infant death of intervening children. Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gil Michaud" <gdmvnmim@comcast.net> To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 1:59 AM Subject: [ENG-HANTS] Ruth GULLEY > Help please > > Ruth GULLEY, was born Portsea C1801. Ruth married my great great > grandfather, William PITTARD, in Somerset. > > Ruth's first two daughters were Eliza and Charlotte. Relying on the > naming pattern that seems to have been followed in my family at that time, > I'm "assuming" that ELIZA was the name of Ruth's mother and Charlotte > PITTARD was the name of William's mother. > > Again relying on the naming pattern William was the name of William > PITTARD's father and Joseph GULLEY was the name of Ruth's father. > > Does anyone on the list know of a possible Joseph and Eliza GULLEY? > Ruth's parents would probably have been born C1775. > > I know I am assuming a lot but I live in hopes! > Valerie > > ............................................. > Want to contact the local community? > Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings > http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk > ............................................. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > _______________________________________ > No viruses found in this incoming message > Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.4.5 > http://www.iolo.com > _______________________________________ No viruses found in this outgoing message Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.4.5 http://www.iolo.com