Hi Victor, I have connected my PORTAS family with yours little over a year ago! Please contact me off line so we can "talk" ... It's nice to hear from another cousin...distant as we are... Karen Sent from my iPad Give peace a chance! > On Mar 18, 2014, at 8:53 AM, Victor Markham <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Karen > > I can't help you with Elizabeth just thought I would mention other > Portas names I have. > > Jane Portas (father Thomas) b c1836 Ludford, Lincs m Peter Hankinson 1863 > > Harriet Portas b c1816 Ludford, Lincs m William Stringer d Louth 1891 > > Victor > >> On 17/03/2014 9:02 PM, KAREN GLASS wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> A cousin of mine and I are researching the PORTAS families in Lincs. Of all my gatherings over my years at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, I have just touched on Donnington on Bain PORTAS families. I can't answer her question. I went on Lincstothepast.com and didn't see any parish records to look through. >> >> So I turn to the smartest Lincolnshire researchers on the WWW. >> >> Benjamin MALKINSON - Widower and Elizabeth PORTAS - Widow / Both of Donnington on Bain were married 26 Aug 1782. >> >> Benjamin & Elizabeth had two children: Elizabeth bap. 10 Nov 1783 d. 16 Nov 1783; Mary bap 1786. >> >> My cousin writes (thought process at work): "So Elizabeth must have been about 40-45 when she gave birth. Benjamin MALKINSON was born about 1713 so presumably Elizabeth must have been a lot younger than him. Any ideas who this Elizabeth PORTAS could be?" >> >> Who was her husband (PORTAS) prior to Benjamin? He's possibly the missing link to her maiden name. >> >> >> Any help would be appreciated. >> >> Regards, >> >> Karen Glass, Illinois >> LFHS # C6288 >> Blog: http://familyhistorywithalookingglass.blogspot.com >> [email protected] >> PORTEOUS DNA Surname Project (includes PORTAS) - http://www.familytreedna.com/public/porteous >> >> Researching in: >> UK--Lincolnshire, Yorkshire; >> USA--Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan; >> CA--Ontario; >> [includes other spelling variations] >> PORTEOUS; PORTAS; PORTUS; >> VAMPLEW; VANPLEW; >> PATCHETT >> >> "Give Peace a Chance" >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message