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    1. [ENG-SOM] Robert FOWLER (c1757 - 1848) married Mary PHELPS (1760 - 1811)
    2. Peter Ferreira
    3. Here is another family group for you. I wonder if some kind soul would / could help me work out whatever became of Robert FOWLER junior (bp. 1784), Mary FOWLER junior (bp. 1785) and of Anna FOWLER (bp. 1792). Robert FOWLER senior was born in the south west of England, probably in 1757, exact location and date not known. Mary PHELPS, a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth PHELPS, was baptized in St. Michael’s Church, Shepton Beauchamp, in 1760. Joseph PHELPS was a yeoman and butcher in Shepton Beauchamp. In 1781, in Cricket St. Thomas, Somerset, Mary PHELPS, of Shepton Beauchamp, married Robert FOWLER, senior, of Cricket St. Thomas parish, in the presence of John FOWLER and Jane FOWLER. Robert and Mary lived in Cudworth till about the late 1780s; by 1790, Robert was a yeoman in Maiden Newton, Dorset; later, they moved to Abbotsbury, Dorset. Mary died and was buried in St. Nicholas churchyard, Abbotsbury 1811. Robert, later, moved to Winterborne Whitechurch, Dorset; he was enumerated there, for the 1841 census (HO 107 / 277) aged 84 and independent, not born in Dorset. Robert Fowler senior died in Winterborne Whitechurch 1848, aged 90, and was buried in Abbotsbury. Robert and Mary had issue: 1. Unice FOWLER, baptized in Cudworth, Somerset, 1782. Unice was buried in Abbotsbury, St. Nicholas churchyard, 1807; 2. Robert FOWLER junior, baptized in Cudworth, Somerset, 1784; 3. Mary FOWLER junior, baptized in Cudworth, Somerset, on May 17th., 1785; 4. Joseph FOWLER, baptized in Cudworth, Somerset, 1787. Joseph was a yeoman farmer. In 1816, Joseph FOWLER of Abbotsbury married Mary GAPPER in Winsham, Somerset. Joseph and Mary lived in Abbotsbury and, later, in Winterborne Whitechurch, Dorset. Joseph died in Winterborne Whitechurch, aged 68, and was buried there with m.i. 1855. Joseph and Mary had two known sons and two known daughters. 5. Anna FOWLER, baptized in Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset, 1792. In the PR, her parents are described as Robert and Mary FOWLER, of Maiden Newton. I would be delighted to contact, and to share FOWLER and PHELPS family history notes, with any descendant or researcher of this family, all ancestors or laterals of mine. Best wishes. Peter Ferreira Toronto, Canada.

    03/23/2011 02:12:08