Hi Bill, The oldest Church in Egham is St Mary's which isn't too far from Staines (2.5 miles to be exact) - never heard of the Hithe/Heith bit though. Also a lot of my Egham families scooted over the Berkshire border, which is not far.....Wokingham mainly. It may have been subject to border changes over the years as well. I googled Egham Hythe St Pauls Egham Hythe. The church is located on the corner between St Paul's Road and Thorpe Road, in the Hythe area of Egham, Surrey, not far from Staines town centre. ... Staines of course is a Registration district The Parish records may be available through the LDS Library catalogue or through the Surrey repository. http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rlz=1W1GPEA_en&q=Eghamhithe&btnG=Search&meta=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGB&aq=f&oq= church link above. Cheers Pam from Adelaide australia > Hi > > I am trying to work through some apparent problems with a family tree > that I have found that has information in it that pertains to my line. > The person in the tree that I am interested in is one Mary Goldhawk. She > is supposedly baptized Oct. 19, 1692 "in Egham." I have seen it stated > that she was born in "Eghamhithe, near Staines, England." Mary > supposedly had a brother, Abraham, who was born Dec. 18, 1735, in London. > > Mary reportedly married one William Cox, in 1743 in "Eghamhith, > Berkshire, England" This same William Cox was supposedly born in > "Wheatley Parish, County of Southhampton, England" in 1718. Another > source places the birth at being Oct. 16, 1711, in "Eghamhith, > Berkshire, England." {He certainly seems to have moved about a good bit.} > > I have found that there is a Egham located near Staines. I went to > Google and did a search (which I can not now replicate) and found that > there is a St. Mary? Church near some place in the Egham, Surrey area > that is spelled something like Heith. > > Another bit of information from what I have found is that the > grandparents of Mary Goldhawk were John and Sarah Allery who lived near > London. > > Apparently this William Cox that Mary married was the son of a rather > successful merchant in London, involved with shipping and trade with > Norway. From the document I have found is "William Cox was the son of > John Cox and his wife, Mary Banes Cox, and was born in Essex, England in > 1717 or 1718. His mother's family name was Banes. John Cox was a man > of considerable wealth, owned several mills, and was engaged in the > shipping business, --sending vessels to Norway for deal boards. His son > William accompanied him on one of his voyages and brought home a > handsome Norwegian pony." > > Can anyone shed some light on this mess? > > Thanks > Bill Dalton > *************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** > superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Eng-Surrey-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-SURREY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message