Hi Sue Me again. One way to find out if they actually complied with the removal order is to look at the Quarter Session records. They may have lodged a succussful appeal. I haven't done anything on Hampshire Quarter Sessions but have spent many many hours on Surrey ones and there are numerous cases there where Removal Orders were appealed against - not usually successfully it has to be said but there must be exceptions. The other thought that crossed my mind is that despite a Hannington baptism, Daniel might not actually have been born in Hannington? Children usually took the settlement parish of the father until or unless they'd been working on contract for a full year (not a day less) for a settled employer of the parish (or by serving apprenticeship to a settled man, or owning/renting a house rated at 10 pounds (quite large) etc. Wives and children took the man's settlement. Finally Sue, Have you actually got the Berkshire Marriage Index? I didn't realise it was for sale. Is it on CD and if so I'd be grateful for a lookup. Hope the foregoing helps Regards Ann ---- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Matthews" <susan.matthews1@ntlworld.com> To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-KINGSCLERE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 6:44 PM Subject: Removal Order > I visited Hampshire Record Office last week and finding a lot of information > on my Spicer and Watts families in the Hannington parish register. > But I also found a 'Removal Order', dated 10th July 1812 for my 3 x Great > grandfather Daniel Spicer my his wife Letita and sons John 3 and William 1 > from Kingsclere to Tilehurst, Berkshire. Which has confused me somewhat, > Daniel was baptised 30 April 1780 at Hannington, John was baptised 6 > November 1808, and William 3 February 1811 at Hannington. (Mother is named > as Elizabeth) I did not find a marriage at Kingsclere or Hannington, but > according to the Berkshire Marriage Index a Daniel Spicer married Lydia > Hasell 7th August 1805 at Tilehurst this hasn't been checked yet but looks > about right and it is the only Spicer marriage at Tilehurst. > This leaves me with the question WHY? And did they actually go. If they did, > they soon returned as 5 more children were baptised at Hannington after > 1815. > His father was still living at Hannington not dieing until 1817. > Any ideas on this would be gratefully received. > > Sue Matthews > > > Abingdon, Oxon > wiblin@one-name.org > > > > > ============================== > 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 > > --- 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: 21/10/02