I have been checking various dates in my Cooper family data and decided to have another look at the John Cooper who was landlord of the Anchor Inn until his death in 1850. He was married to a Leah ? who died in 28 Dec 1827. Her MI is still visible (just) in the bank on the left of the path down to the church door from George? Street. I hadn't been able to find a marriage for them in Kingsclere but had found through the IGI a possible marriage at St. Mary Lewisham, Kent on 23 May 1808 of John Cooper & Leah Prassnell. This date of marriage ties in with the birth of their first child John, who was bapt. at St Mary on 5 Jan 1810. Leah was said to have been 40 years of age in the burial register which gives 1787 as her year of birth. I could find no Prassnell surnames on a quick search of the IGI but putting in Leah Prismall found the Leah born in Kingsclere in 1787 to John & Martha (Ruddle) It seems too good a co-incidence to pass up on, especially as the first two children are John & Martha possibly named after grandparents. Another link to Prismall is that John & Leah's 4th child Thomas died at Old Farm, Woodlands in Jul 1834. The Prismalls had taken on the tenancy of Old farm following the death of John Foster, jnr. whose second wife Sarah Cooper was a sister of John Cooper. So if I am right then I have another link into the Prismall family in addition to the ones through the Booth family. -- John Lewis <jayellatntlworlddotcom> from Bournemouth, Dorset, UK. using Debian GNU/Linux and GeneWeb genealogy software