Hi Peter, oh how interesting ! my great grandparents Harriet Genge b 1804 was born & married John Marks in Dowlish Wake 14 April 1823 they moved to Kingstone, John was the Publican of the Castle Inn, some of his children were christened & married in Kingstone Church, my great Grandma Ellen Marks m Robert Eason there In 1863, have a photo of the exterior of the Church email, [email protected] if you would like a copy. perhaps your family knew my great grandparents how strange! regards Jean Squibb in Dorset Here is a JAMES family group for you. Richard JAMES, my cousin, was baptized in Dowlish Wake, Somerset, England, in 1747. In 1780, in Dowlish Wake, he married Mary ROOKE. Richard and Mary lived in Dowlish Wake till about 1792, when they moved to Kingstone, Somerset They had issue, including: 1. Abraham Rooke JAMES, baptised 1781, in Dowlish Wake. In 1805, in Chard, Abraham James, of Kingstone, married Mary CUFF. Abraham and Mary lived in Dowlish Wake and, after about 1808 / 09, they farmed in West Hatch, where they had issue. 2. Mary JAMES, baptised 1783, in Dowlish Wake. Mary married James ROPER, widower, of Chideock, Dorset, at Kingstone in 1808. They farmed in Chideock and after about 1811, in Whitehurch Canonicorum, both in Dorset. They had issue. 3. John JAMES, baptised 1785, in Dowlish Wake, a farmer at Croft Farm, Crewkerne, and occasional estate valuer at Crewkerne. He married Susannah CUFF of West Dowlish at Kingstone in 1808. John and Susannah had issue. 4. William JAMES, baptised 1787, in Dowlish Wake. William 26 married Mary CORAM 22 in Dowlish Wake, Somerset, in 1813. William and Mary lived in Allowenshay in the parish of Kingstone and in Yarcombe in Devon. William and Mary had issue; 5. Richard JAMES, baptized 1791, in Dowlish Wake. In 1823, in Seavington St. Michael, Richard James, of Kingstone, married Anna POOLE. They farmed in Kingstone, Somerset, till about 1831; in Hawkchurch in Devon, for part of the 1830s; and in Knowle St. Giles, Somerset, where they lived in Knowle House. Richard and Anna had issue. 6. Honour JAMES, baptised 1800, in Kingstone. Honour married Thomas Jeffrey DUKE of Dowlish in 1823 in Kingstone. Thomas was a farmer in Horton, Ilminster, Somerset, and elsewhere. Thomas and Honour had issue. 7. Jane JAMES, baptised 1802, in Kingstone. Jane married Joseph DUKE of Dowlish in 1827 in Kingstone. Joseph and Jane lived in Kingstone (1841 census), where Joseph was a yeoman. Joseph and Jane had issue. I would be delighted to contact, and to share JAMES family history notes, with any researcher or descendant of this family. Best wishes. Peter Ferreira Toronto, Canada. ------------------------------- 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