Dear Bill, There wre some later Wathens in the Llantwit Major, Glamorgan area - wonder if they are same family? Mentioned in will as below: CHANCERY WILL OF MARY DEERE OF LLANTWIT MAJOR, WIDOW, 1742 PROBABLY WIDOW OF JOHN DEERE, GENT, WILL1736 Burial 24 Dec. 1742 Llantwit Major Something wrong here - she wrote the will November 1742 and it was proved February 1742 according to the PRO copy. Think it should read 1743 MOTHER UN-NAMED SISTERS HANNAH WATHEN [?WILL 1776] - Sole Executrix ANNE WILKINS NEPHEWS CHARLES WATHEN [?WILL 1746] THOMAS WATHEN WILLIAM WATHEN EDWARD WILKINS NIECES AT LEAST TWO, SURNAME WATHEN ONE SURNAMED WILKINS - OTHERS REV. MR. WILLIAM MILLS Vicar of Llantwit Major CATHERINE HUGHES - Servant Maid

Could be some connection there. I'll investigate further. And thank you for the reply. Really concentrating on the following areas: Gloucs., Heref., and eastern Wales. The name WATHEN is not uncommon in the arenas of my searching. I'm printing out all the info coming my way and the paper file folder is filling up rapidly. Love it. My direct ancestor, John, or John B., or John Barton WATHEN came from somewhere obviously. I'm attempting to nail that down and then trace the family back from there. For me, this is has as much to do with history as with genealogy. Thank goodness for the retirement years. The immigrant John landed in Maryland in 1670 as an indentured servant to a Hugh Thomas. John sailed from Bristol that same year. Regards, Bill Wathen ----- Original Message ----- From: <WLawday@aol.com> To: <eng-hereford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 1:59 AM Subject: Re: [HEF] WATHEN Family in Heref. > Dear Bill, > > There wre some later Wathens in the Llantwit Major, Glamorgan area - > wonder > if they are same family? Mentioned in will as below: > > CHANCERY WILL OF MARY DEERE OF LLANTWIT MAJOR, WIDOW, 1742 > PROBABLY WIDOW OF JOHN DEERE, GENT, WILL1736 > Burial 24 Dec. 1742 Llantwit Major > Something wrong here - she wrote the will November 1742 and it was proved > February 1742 according to the PRO copy. Think it should read 1743 > > MOTHER UN-NAMED > > SISTERS HANNAH WATHEN [?WILL 1776] - Sole Executrix > ANNE WILKINS > > NEPHEWS CHARLES WATHEN [?WILL 1746] > THOMAS WATHEN > WILLIAM WATHEN > EDWARD WILKINS > > NIECES AT LEAST TWO, SURNAME WATHEN > ONE SURNAMED WILKINS - > > OTHERS REV. MR. WILLIAM MILLS Vicar of Llantwit Major > CATHERINE HUGHES - Servant Maid > > > > > > > ---- 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 > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.5/1620 - Release Date: 8/19/2008 > 6:04 AM > > >

Here is the explanation of your date problem from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates cheers David On 19/08/2008, at 5:59 PM, WLawday@aol.com wrote: > Dear Bill, > > There wre some later Wathens in the Llantwit Major, Glamorgan area - > wonder > if they are same family? Mentioned in will as below: > > CHANCERY WILL OF MARY DEERE OF LLANTWIT MAJOR, WIDOW, 1742 > PROBABLY WIDOW OF JOHN DEERE, GENT, WILL1736 > Burial 24 Dec. 1742 Llantwit Major > Something wrong here - she wrote the will November 1742 and it was > proved > February 1742 according to the PRO copy. Think it should read 1743

Hi David, Thank you the resource material on Old Style and New Style calendar keeping. I had forgotten about it and when the change took effect. Certainly going to keep this for reference. Regards, Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Daniell" <ddaniell@woosh.co.nz> To: <eng-hereford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 2:16 AM Subject: Re: [HEF] WATHEN Family in Heref. > Here is the explanation of your date problem > from Wikipedia: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates > cheers > David > > > On 19/08/2008, at 5:59 PM, WLawday@aol.com wrote: > >> Dear Bill, >> >> There wre some later Wathens in the Llantwit Major, Glamorgan area - >> wonder >> if they are same family? Mentioned in will as below: >> >> CHANCERY WILL OF MARY DEERE OF LLANTWIT MAJOR, WIDOW, 1742 >> PROBABLY WIDOW OF JOHN DEERE, GENT, WILL1736 >> Burial 24 Dec. 1742 Llantwit Major >> Something wrong here - she wrote the will November 1742 and it was >> proved >> February 1742 according to the PRO copy. Think it should read 1743 > ---- 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 > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.5/1620 - Release Date: 8/19/2008 > 6:04 AM > > >