I have some records of William Dry and Eliza Soper, but appear to have Eliza Soper down twice with 2 different birth/baptism dates. Assuming (nasty word) that I have the right Eliza Soper, I can trace her ancestry back a very long way if anyone is interested. Charles in Cambridge Descendants of William DRY 1 William DRY . +Eliza SOPER b: 1802 m: 1827 in Kingsclere ... 2 James DRY b: 1822 ... 2 Eli DRY b: 1832 ... 2 Ellen DRY b: 1834 ... 2 John DRY b: 1836 ... 2 Charlotte DRY b: 1827 ... 2 William DRY b: 1828 *2nd Wife of William DRY: . +Eliza SOPER b: 22 June 1804 m: 17 February 1827 in Kingsclere -----Original Message----- From: John Lewis [mailto:jayell@ntlworld.com] Sent: 23 October 2002 21:38 To: ENG-HAMPSHIRE-KINGSCLERE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: This DRY family On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 19:29:04 +0100 Denis Hamilton wrote: > I have John DRY Born 28 January 1790 and Baptised at WANTAGE, > Berkshire on the 12 February 1790 which fits his age on the > 1851 Census although it states he was born in KINGSCLERE. His > parents were Richard DRY = Mary THORN. When John was Buried 21 > April 1863 in Kingsclere his age was stated as 75 years - it > appears to me that John neither knew where he was born or how > old he was come Census time and someone gave his age > incorrectly when he was Buried - I have never obtained his > Death Cert, something I must do. It was really the combination of John Dry's marriage to Elizabeth Tyler and the baptism entry in Hannington which had "John and Elizabeth Dry of Kingsclere" that made me look closer at these entries. I have since found that a couple more of the children baptised in Hannington have married and had families in 'clere. Apart from John & Miriam Miles, William married Eliza Soper in 1827 and George married Sarah Cripps in 1836 and after she died married Harriet Talmage in 1844. I have looked at Kingsclere Baptisms from 1766 back to 1750 with out finding any Dry baptisms so it looks as though Thomas was born elsewhere - Did the family come from Hannington originally and that is why James went back there to have his children baptised? Who has Hannington fiche and could take a look? I did find an Elizabeth Tyler bapt. 31 Mar 1762, dau of John & Ann of Brazen Head Farm, plus several siblings (mostly sisters). I have a few loose ends in what I have found today to tidy up and I want to look to see if any of the daughters married. One of the puzzles is David Dry who was born about 1830 according to his age (24) when buried. He had married Harriet Hughes in 1851 at St. Paul, Woodlands but had only one child, Ellen bapt 6 Sep 1852 at St. Mary before he died in Aug 1854 and was buried at St Paul. I cannot find any baptism record for him, the registers are poor at this period with many near unreadable entries but I don't think I have missed his entry. Harriet Dry (Hughes) re-married, on 11 Oct 1856 at St. Paul, John Hutchins and had a number of children, all are recorded in the 1881 census. In the household in 1881 is Ada Dry recorded as grandaughter age 7 born Kingsclere. The only possible parent for Ada is Ellen Dry I can find no record of a baptism for Ada in St. Mary, St Paul or St. Lawrence, Ecchinswell, but there is a baptism on 1 Mar 1874 at St Paul of a Edith Ellen baseborn dau of Emma Dry of Ram Alley. This date does fit the age given in the 1881 census so is Emma really Ellen, dau of David and Harriet?? and is Ada really Edith? There aren't any other baseborn children born around this date. Ada Dry was later to marry Henry Charles Manchester on 26 Nov 1891 at St. Paul, no father is named in the marriage register for Ada. The only person who might be able to throw some light on this is Margaret Ingram as Henry is a great-uncle of hers. This is all better than any detective story ;-) --- John Lewis ============================== 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 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.406 / Virus Database: 229 - Release Date: 21/10/2002 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.406 / Virus Database: 229 - Release Date: 21/10/2002