On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:05:55 +0100 "John Stevens" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Kingsclere members. > > I have subscribed to this group in the hope that someone here may > have an interest in my Stevens ancestors in Kingsclere/Ecchinswell. > > A paternal gt.gt grandfather was David Palmer STEVENS who was > baptised in Kingsclere on 20 March 1818. His mother is named as > Mary Stevens but no father is named. David left your community in > the late 1830's, married and moved to London where he raised a > family and died. > > I am in contact with a third cousin who shares descent from David > and she has passed on to me additional information which takes this > line back 100 years in one fell swoop (lucky me!) but I have been > unable to confirm on the IGI much of the information supplied. I do > not doubt that it is accurate - merely unconfirmed. > > The information I have been given is that David P Stevens was born > out of wedlock and that his mother Mary subsequently married (in > 1820) a pillar of the community, George Taylor. George apparently > became parish clerk at St.James the Less, Litchfield. > > Mary was apparently born c1798, the daughter of Robert Stevens and > Ann (nee Grigg). This Robert was born c1767, a son of Robert > (b.1720) Stevens and Hannah (nee Palmer). > > If anyone on this list has any connection with any of these > individuals or any information about any of them I would be > absolutely delighted to hear from them. This family is to be found on the Kingsclere Families website, although I haven't followed up either David Palmer or Mary Palmer after they left Kingsclere. The information on the website is as accurate as I could make it with the resources available to me. Hope you find it useful http://startx.co.uk:2317/Kingsclere?p=robert;n=stevens;oc=1 -- John Lewis Debian Linux with Geneweb genealogy application

Blimey (as we say in north London)! To say that I am impressed would be a bit of an understatement here. I am extremely grateful to John and anyone else who has been involved in creating this data. I would still ask that if there is anyone on this list who happens to have any family connection and who might have any information or anecdotes to get in touch with me off-group please? Thanks. One more question whilst I am here please. I understand that the Mary Taylor (nee Stevens) I referred to in my original message below died in 1873 and was buried in Litchfield, perhaps even within the church since she was the wife of the parish clerk. Would anyone have knowledge of Litchfield burials please or would anyone be kind enough to investigate the church for me? Many Thanks John ----- Original Message ----- From: john lewis To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 9:18 PM Subject: Re: [King] Stevens family ancestry On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:05:55 +0100 "John Stevens" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Kingsclere members. > > I have subscribed to this group in the hope that someone here may > have an interest in my Stevens ancestors in Kingsclere/Ecchinswell. > > A paternal gt.gt grandfather was David Palmer STEVENS who was > baptised in Kingsclere on 20 March 1818. His mother is named as > Mary Stevens but no father is named. David left your community in > the late 1830's, married and moved to London where he raised a > family and died. > > I am in contact with a third cousin who shares descent from David > and she has passed on to me additional information which takes this > line back 100 years in one fell swoop (lucky me!) but I have been > unable to confirm on the IGI much of the information supplied. I do > not doubt that it is accurate - merely unconfirmed. > > The information I have been given is that David P Stevens was born > out of wedlock and that his mother Mary subsequently married (in > 1820) a pillar of the community, George Taylor. George apparently > became parish clerk at St.James the Less, Litchfield. > > Mary was apparently born c1798, the daughter of Robert Stevens and > Ann (nee Grigg). This Robert was born c1767, a son of Robert > (b.1720) Stevens and Hannah (nee Palmer). > > If anyone on this list has any connection with any of these > individuals or any information about any of them I would be > absolutely delighted to hear from them. This family is to be found on the Kingsclere Families website, although I haven't followed up either David Palmer or Mary Palmer after they left Kingsclere. The information on the website is as accurate as I could make it with the resources available to me. Hope you find it useful http://startx.co.uk:2317/Kingsclere?p=robert;n=stevens;oc=1 -- John Lewis Debian Linux with Geneweb genealogy application

On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:00:35 +0100 "John Stevens" <[email protected]> wrote: > One more question whilst I am here please. I understand that the > Mary Taylor (nee Stevens) I referred to in my original message > below died in 1873 and was buried in Litchfield, perhaps even > within the church since she was the wife of the parish clerk. Would > anyone have knowledge of Litchfield burials please or would anyone > be kind enough to investigate the church for me? have a look at this URL for some nice pics of St. James the Less in Litchfield http://www.ukgraves.info/view.asp?id=128 -- John Lewis Debian Linux with Geneweb genealogy application