Barbara and List, Just to extend the tree back a little - Hannah Pocock b ca 1773 was the daughter of Samuel Pocock and Sarah Mariner who married (IGI) 10 May 1773 at Kingsclere. Samuel would based on age at death in 1826 have been born ca 1752. Pocock is a very common name in North Hampshire and Berkshire. It might be worth asking if anybody in the Pocock family has RP via the Thatcham community website. Pocock seems to have an epicentre for frequency in the 1800's around Thatcham and Newbury. I have two near neighbours with RP and it is a fearful disease to have to live with so Moorfields research has my full support. Noting the name uncommon name Benjamin b 1801 in the Miles tree there is a Benjamin born ca 1732 to a Pocock family at Thatcham on John's website. Mere coincidence or link? Regards, Nigel Gerdes > Hello Everyone, > > Retinitus Pigmentosa Eye Disease. > > This morning I spoke to Dorothy BOWMAN (non computer) she said if I > would put this message on the Kingsclere List, as it concerns some > Kingsclere family tree researchers. > > A Doctor at Moorfield's Eye Hospital, London is investigating the eye > disease. Dorothy had a telephone call from the Doctor and has been > able to help him, by sending him her MILES family tree and noting > those that suffered the blindness from the eye disease. > > The eye disease is passed down through the family lines. Dorothy's FT > starts with John MYHILL/MILES married Hannah POCOCK, > and their son Benjamin MILES married Sarah LEE, again down to their > David MILES married Eliza MARSHALL. Dorothy is not sure where RP > started with her ancestors on her FT. > > Mostly the men get the eye disease and the women appear to be the > carriers and they pass the eye disease onto the couples children > unknowingly. > > Dorothy's son has the eye disease, he and another son and relations > have and are being examined, at Moorfield's Eye Hospital and are > helping in the research. > > The Doctor at Moorfield's hopes to locate the gene/s that cause the > eye disease and eventually eradicate it, with Dorothy's families help > as guinipigs. > > If anyone has on their FT any names that connect with Dorothy's FT > and who were blind, Dorothy would like to hear from you. > Please contact me and I will give you Dorothy's telephone number or > address if you would rather write to her. > > Lets us hope that all of the Doctors research, will result in saving > people eye sight in the future. > > Kind regards > > Barbara Lewis Mallyon > Basingstoke, Hants. UK > BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk > List Admin > > > > --------------------------------------- > > >From Kingsclere. ALL surnames in CAPITAL letter please. Christian name > > Lawrence surname LAWRENCE. > > --------------------------------------- > If you get unsubscribed and did not ask to be unsubscribed, please email > eng-hampshire-kingsclere-admin@rootsweb.com > --------------------------------------- > Make sure your Anti Virus Protection is updated and do a weekly backup of > your files. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-HAMPSHIRE-KINGSCLERE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My late aunt suffered from this eye disease. In the 1950's experts asked her to do her family tree to attempt to track it.This research formed the basis of my own research. Her grandmother had been Ann Savery, born in Kingsclere. The Savery/Savory family arrived in Hampshire from Gloucestershire in about 1815 so were probably not involved. Ann Savery's mother was Hannah Goddard from an old established Kingsclere family. John Lewis's site shows possible links to other families. You need both parents to carry the gene for the disease to occur so my Scottish grandmother must also have been a carrier. Valerie Pickard -----Original Message----- From: Nigel St C Gerdes <nigel.gerdes@milnet.uk.net> To: Barbara Mallyon <BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk>; eng-hampshire-kingsclere@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:17 Subject: Re: [King] Re MILES, POCOCK, LEE, MARSHALL Barbara and List, Just to extend the tree back a little - Hannah Pocock b ca 1773 was the aughter of Samuel Pocock and Sarah Mariner who married (IGI) 10 May 1773 at ingsclere. Samuel would based on age at death in 1826 have been born ca 752. Pocock is a very common name in North Hampshire and Berkshire. It might be orth asking if anybody in the Pocock family has RP via the Thatcham community ebsite. Pocock seems to have an epicentre for frequency in the 1800's around hatcham and Newbury. I have two near neighbours with RP and it is a fearful disease to have to live ith so Moorfields research has my full support. Noting the name uncommon name Benjamin b 1801 in the Miles tree there is a enjamin born ca 1732 to a Pocock family at Thatcham on John's website. Mere oincidence or link? Regards, Nigel Gerdes > Hello Everyone, Retinitus Pigmentosa Eye Disease. This morning I spoke to Dorothy BOWMAN (non computer) she said if I would put this message on the Kingsclere List, as it concerns some Kingsclere family tree researchers. A Doctor at Moorfield's Eye Hospital, London is investigating the eye disease. Dorothy had a telephone call from the Doctor and has been able to help him, by sending him her MILES family tree and noting those that suffered the blindness from the eye disease. The eye disease is passed down through the family lines. Dorothy's FT starts with John MYHILL/MILES married Hannah POCOCK, and their son Benjamin MILES married Sarah LEE, again down to their David MILES married Eliza MARSHALL. Dorothy is not sure where RP started with her ancestors on her FT. Mostly the men get the eye disease and the women appear to be the carriers and they pass the eye disease onto the couples children unknowingly. Dorothy's son has the eye disease, he and another son and relations have and are being examined, at Moorfield's Eye Hospital and are helping in the research. The Doctor at Moorfield's hopes to locate the gene/s that cause the eye disease and eventually eradicate it, with Dorothy's families help as guinipigs. If anyone has on their FT any names that connect with Dorothy's FT and who were blind, Dorothy would like to hear from you. Please contact me and I will give you Dorothy's telephone number or address if you would rather write to her. Lets us hope that all of the Doctors research, will result in saving people eye sight in the future. Kind regards Barbara Lewis Mallyon Basingstoke, Hants. UK BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk List Admin --------------------------------------- >From Kingsclere. ALL surnames in CAPITAL letter please. Christian name > Lawrence surname LAWRENCE. --------------------------------------- If you get unsubscribed and did not ask to be unsubscribed, please email eng-hampshire-kingsclere-admin@rootsweb.com --------------------------------------- Make sure your Anti Virus Protection is updated and do a weekly backup of your files. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HAMPSHIRE-KINGSCLERE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------- >From Kingsclere. ALL surnames in CAPITAL letter please. Christian name Lawrence urname LAWRENCE. -------------------------------------- f you get unsubscribed and did not ask to be unsubscribed, please email ng-hampshire-kingsclere-admin@rootsweb.com -------------------------------------- ake sure your Anti Virus Protection is updated and do a weekly backup of your iles. ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HAMPSHIRE-KINGSCLERE-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message