Does anyone have any information on the early life of James CRANSTON/E? He is purported to have been a London land surveyor, who, in 1764, established a nursery for growing trees in King's Acre, Hereford. Does anyone know who he married? I have an outline of the family from the later 1700s to about the turn of the 19th/20th century, but cannot seem to find a connection to London - other than the "London land survey" description. JK

JK The Herefordshire Burial Index of the Herefordshire FHS has only one CRANSTON/E/S etc. : CRANSTON,James, 17 Mar 1835, of Kings Acre, age: 86 Breinton St Michael 1813-1839, HEF but you probably have this already. The Hererfordshire Burial Index is complete from 1813 to 1839. We are working -- gradually -- through the earlier registers. This may well be his marriage. Groom JAMES CRANSTON Bride ELIZABETH BARRETT 12 February 1785 Place of marriage YAZOR (HEF) Licence Regards, Alec Whitfield from North Herefordshire UK alec.whitfield@tiscali.co.uk

JK, The person you need is David Whitehead, author of Parks and Gardens in Herefordshire, as far as i know not on e-mail, but search for the above should give you some leads. Phil Bufton -------------------------------------------------- From: "J K gen" <gen2mail@googlemail.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 11:36 PM To: "eng-hereford-l" <eng-hereford-l@rootsweb.com> Subject: [HEF] James CRANSTON/E fl 1764 > Does anyone have any information on the early life of James > CRANSTON/E? He is purported to have been a London land surveyor, who, > in 1764, established a nursery for growing trees in King's Acre, Hereford. > > Does anyone know who he married? > > I have an outline of the family from the later 1700s to about the turn > of the 19th/20th century, but cannot seem to find a connection to > London - other than the "London land survey" description. > JK > ---- ENG-HEREFORD Mailing List ---- > A genealogy and local history list covering the County of Hereford > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-HEREFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >