Dear List, These are the Wiltshire families which I am currently researching: MORTIMER of Avebury and Stanton St. Quntin. The eariest known member of the family is one Tubal MORTIMER of Avebury, born circa 1750 but possibly not in Avebury. These are both very distinctive names so I would like to know where he originated. HARDING of Market Lavington. John HARDING of Bishops Lavington married Elizabeth HOLLOWAY in Market Lavington in 1812. He was not baptised in either parish but I have identified a possible John HARDING born in nearby Trowbridge (son of Robert and Mary) and for whom no corresponding marriage is immediately apparent. HOLLOWAY of Market Lavington and Wilsford (near Pewsey). A famous clockmaking family in the 17th century. LONGCRAFT of Wilsford (near Pewsey), Marden and Manningford Bohun. Originally an obscure farming family they rose to prominence in Hampshire, Wales and London as LONGCROFT. However, most branches remained in Wiltshire. James Phillips-Evans

Hi Valerie, Do you have the FENNELLS on the 1841 census? There is a Jacob aged 2 months, parents William & Elizabeth. I have spent the last two days writing out the 1841 Lacock census and found some Fennells so will be happy to send them if you want them. I have HOOD and DUMMER from Lacock. Sandra also in Queensland >Valerie here from Queensland, Australia. I am new to this list so thought >I >would introduce myself and let you all know where my interests in >Wiltshire. >My family are mainly from around Malmesbury and Lacock. >My grandfather Harry FENNELL was born in Malmesbury in 1888 as was his >father (Walter FENNELL) before him. Walters father Jacob FENNELL was born >in Lacock in 1842.

Thanks to Jeff for responding to my previous email. Jeff, it was much appreciated. I would love to be able to get that far back with my Fennells. Regards Valerie.

Rodney, Do you share my interest in the Whale family in Wiltshire? Max Lay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodney Whale" <clargo@tinyworld.co.uk> To: <ENG-WILTSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] [ENG-WIL] BILLETT IN WILTSHIRE - Roll Call > Hello Everybody, > > In answer to the query from Bruce I have looked at a newspaper index > website > and it appears that on Monday 26th September, 1825, George and Edward > Billett were taken from Fisherton Jail, which is in Salisbury, to > Portsmouth > where they were put on the hulk Leviathan. > They had originally been sentenced to death for stealing a mare but the > sentence was commuted to transportation for life. > The two men were brothers and it appears they were from North Wraxall in > Somerset. > I hope this information is of assistance. > Rod Whale, Andover, Hampshire. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Johnston [mailto:brucejohnston@optusnet.com.au] > Sent: 29 August 2006 07:19 > To: ENG-WILTSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ENG-WIL] BILLETT IN WILTSHIRE - Roll Call > > > > > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Everybody especially Max, Thanks for the query Max, but my Whale ancestry is solely in Hampshire as far back as I have got it, to early 1600's where I have a brick wall for a couple named Roger Whale and Joan?? who were living at Upton about five miles from where I now live. I think we have corresponded before in the dim and distant past? Regards, Rod. ___________________________________________________________ Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail. "The New Version is radically easier to use" � The Wall Street Journal http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: norris matthews howell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/an/EUC.2ACI/3179.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Brian, I would love to wander around Mere but unfortunately I am in Canada! I have been to England and I loved Wiltshire ....but it was years ago before I knew any family history . The Norris' settled in Bolton, Peel county ,Albion twsp , Ontario just north of Toronto in1855 . A beautiful area that looks like Wiltshire. I am sure that James' parents will one day be known.. .perhaps through a contact on this board your info has helped greatly in narrowing it down. Thanks once again for your help. Jan

Hi Mike I had heard there are quite a few FENNELL's from Bromham, but so far I haven't connected any with my FENNELL's from Malmesbury & Lacock. Sorry about that. Regarding the census, I had the same problem with this family's parents in the 1891 census except they were in Gloucestershire, but a very kind person looked up the records put out by Bristol FHS and found them for me. Apparently, Ancestry.com with whom I was searching, for some unknown reason, had missed a couple of pages for the town I was looking at, and of course my family were in those 2 missing pages. Regards Valerie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: norris matthews howell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/an/EUC.2ACI/3179.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Brian, Thanks so much for the info. Of course I am even more confused as to James' parents. James was born in 1796 and Phoebe in 1795 but their ages on the census don't match. So I suppose his father should be Benjamin, well maybe ...... Do you have any suggestions as to how I can confirm his parentage? Thanks Jan

Valerie, I have transcribed chunks of Malmesbury area, but these end before your Fennells arrived. However, they may have made an earlier visit because I have this in the Bishops Transcripts for 1635 Marriages at the Abbey 1635 Nov-16 FENNELL? 1635 Nov-16 HOGG? No other details available. Jeff On Tue, 29 August, 2006 11:15 pm, Neil & Valerie Kronk wrote: > Hello, > > > > > Valerie here from Queensland, Australia. I am new to this list so > thought I would introduce myself and let you all know where my interests > in Wiltshire. > > > > My family are mainly from around Malmesbury and Lacock. > > > > > My grandfather Harry FENNELL was born in Malmesbury in 1888 as was his > father (Walter FENNELL) before him. Walters father Jacob FENNELL was born > in Lacock in 1842. > > > > My one problem is that I cannot find my gr grandfather, Walter FENNELL > along with his family in the 1891 census. I have them in the 1901 census > living at Henbury, Gloucestershire, but going by this record in 1891 they > would have been living in Malmesbury as their 3 eldest children were born > in Malmesbury, the youngest of which would have been born around 1891. > > > > > The 1901 census is as follows:- > > > Walter FENNELL - Head - M - 38 - Carter on Farm - Born, > Gloucester. (which is wrong, as I have his birth cert.) > > > Rachel FENNELL - Wife - M - 37 - Born, Malmesbury, Wiltshire. > > > Harry FENNELL - Son - 15 - Born, Malmesbury, Wiltshire. > > > Lily FENNELL - Daug - 12 - Born, " " > > > Emily FENNELL - Daug - 10 - Born, " " > > > Grace FENNELL - Daug - 7 - Born, Cromhall, Gloucestershire. > > > Bert FENNELL - Son - 5 - Born, ? Gloucestershire > > > Laura FENNELL - Daug - 3 - Born, Fallon?, Gloucestershire > > > > > If anyone can help, I would love to hear from you. > > > > > Regards, Valerie > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello, Valerie here from Queensland, Australia. I am new to this list so thought I would introduce myself and let you all know where my interests in Wiltshire. My family are mainly from around Malmesbury and Lacock. My grandfather Harry FENNELL was born in Malmesbury in 1888 as was his father (Walter FENNELL) before him. Walters father Jacob FENNELL was born in Lacock in 1842. My one problem is that I cannot find my gr grandfather, Walter FENNELL along with his family in the 1891 census. I have them in the 1901 census living at Henbury, Gloucestershire, but going by this record in 1891 they would have been living in Malmesbury as their 3 eldest children were born in Malmesbury, the youngest of which would have been born around 1891. The 1901 census is as follows:- Walter FENNELL - Head - M - 38 - Carter on Farm - Born, Gloucester. (which is wrong, as I have his birth cert.) Rachel FENNELL - Wife - M - 37 - Born, Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Harry FENNELL - Son - 15 - Born, Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Lily FENNELL - Daug - 12 - Born, " " Emily FENNELL - Daug - 10 - Born, " " Grace FENNELL - Daug - 7 - Born, Cromhall, Gloucestershire. Bert FENNELL - Son - 5 - Born, ? Gloucestershire Laura FENNELL - Daug - 3 - Born, Fallon?, Gloucestershire If anyone can help, I would love to hear from you. Regards, Valerie

Hi, Found a marriage I was looking for thru Ancestry on the marriage Index for Wiltshire but there are 3 on the page only, and only 1 man. How do I go about finding the missing man. I have ran into this before but was able to get clues from the census but this marriage was in 1910. Edith Alice Truckle married June quarter 1910 Amesbury registration district. Can anyone find out who she married for me? Also is there going to be a release of further census (1911?) Thanks Robin Australia

Hello Everybody, In answer to the query from Bruce I have looked at a newspaper index website and it appears that on Monday 26th September, 1825, George and Edward Billett were taken from Fisherton Jail, which is in Salisbury, to Portsmouth where they were put on the hulk Leviathan. They had originally been sentenced to death for stealing a mare but the sentence was commuted to transportation for life. The two men were brothers and it appears they were from North Wraxall in Somerset. I hope this information is of assistance. Rod Whale, Andover, Hampshire. -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Johnston [mailto:brucejohnston@optusnet.com.au] Sent: 29 August 2006 07:19 To: ENG-WILTSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-WIL] BILLETT IN WILTSHIRE - Roll Call Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

Hello Listers, I’m attempting to trace the early days of my G-G-Grandfather, Edward BILLETT b.1808 approx.  He, along with his brother George BILLETT (b.1798), was transported to the Colony of New South Wales in 1825. They were convicted of horse stealing and given a life sentence. I am led to believe that the horse was owned by the proprietor of the White Bear Inn and, in true convict fashion, attempted to sell it back to him. I believe the Inn is close to where the present BILLETT family reside. I also believe that the brothers were tried and convicted in Salisbury. However, the conditional pardon given to George Billett by the Colonial Governor in 1841 states that he was sentenced at Wilts Assizes on 16 Jul 1825. I have not been able to locate a pardon for Edward Billett as yet. There was also another Billett, William BILLETT, who was also given a life sentence in the same court at the same time but was transported on a different ship. I don’t know what his relationship to Edward and George was (maybe brother or cousin) but he was 21 years old at the time of arrival in NSW in 1826. A fourth Billett, a John BILLETT, was transported for a term of 7 years and arrived in 1821 at the age of 31. My question is: can anyone assist me to trace the BILLETT lineage in Wiltshire and perhaps Dorset? Thanks to all, Bruce Johnston

Hi there I am researching the HOOPER and SAUNDERS families from around Faccombe, Collingbourne, Combe and Fawley Have : :Charles Symonds HOOPER who was born abt. 1867 in Combe :Alfred ALEXANDER - unsure where born but he married Fanny or Frances HOOPER in Marlborough in 1862 and I understand he was Governor of the New Devizes Prison. Would be grateful if anyone could suggest a website that would have information about prison officers as such rather than the actual prisons - haven't had much luck with the latter. :Fanny SAUNDERS christened in Fawley 1801. Understand that Fawley is in Hampshire but seems close that any Wiltshire could crossover Thanks a lot and looking forward to reading the list Meegan Darwin, Australia

Thanks Jim. Lawrence. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Parsons" <somersetresearcher@yahoo.co.uk> To: <ENG-WILTSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-WIL] The Manor House at Fovant > > Lawrence Ollier <lorenzo.9@talk21.com> wrote: > Hi there, does anyone have anything on this place? Samuel BRACHER died there in 1831. > > > > > Robert Feltham holds by indenture.the capital messuage or farm place of Fovant manor for his life; rent £7.13s, 4d, and 6qr, of oats; remainder to John Feltham for life at the same rent. To which a dwelling house of 4 ground rooms lofted over, 2 barns of 12 rooms, 2 stables, an ox house with other necessary house for husbandry, an orchard and a hopyard, meadows called Uckers Mead, Glides Mead and Oddy Mead, closes called Stewards Mead and Home Close, 120 acres of arable called Alldeane, closes of Arable called Broom Close, Timber Hayes, Wood Close, a parcel of arable called Furzy Hill Grove and another called Heathy Down; with common pasture for 16 horses, 33 other beasts and 360 sheep Worth £120. > > See: http://www.fovanthistory.org/pembroke.html > > and http://www.fovanthistory.org/entry_point.html > > Jim > http://www.payman.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail . "The New Version is radically easier to use" - The Wall Street Journal > > > ==== ENG-WILTSHIRE Mailing List ==== > To search or browse the list ARCHIVES, SUBSCRIBE, or UNSUBSCRIBE see: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/ENG-WILTSHIRE.html > > Write to ENG-WILTSHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com to contact the administrator. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LAMPARD SMITH EDWARDS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EUC.2ACI/1870.3.1 Message Board Post: I also have LAMPARD and live not far frome Mere. See: http://www.payman.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/wiltshire/odyframe.htm

Hello folks Just re-posting two names again in case any-one can help tobreak down my long-standing brick wall. Here is all the info I have:- Thomas HAYWARD died 1724 in Little Amesbury Anne POORE who died 1726 in Great Amesbury. According to her will Anne had a sister named Mary whome she named as her sole Beneficiary & Executrix. Anne & Mary were Grandaughters to Thomas Hayward To date I have been unable to find the parents of the girls in Wiltshire. I did find birthdates/christenings of an Anne & Mary POORE on the LDS site giving Mary born 1697 and Anne 1699 parents named as Phillip & Mary POORE but further research has revealed nothing more. One other detail. In her will Anne mentions her Grandfather's will. In it he mentions a Thomas BEACH of Hiddleton, Robert DUKE, Henry BIGGS & Thomas HARRIS and charges them with with leasing or morgaging his land, properties and estate to enable them to pay Anne & Mary the sum of £300 apiece. No mention is made of the girl's parents. I have been unable to find Thomas's will online nor at the Wiltshire Record Office so I am going to have to go to Kew to search for it. Living in hope Pauline

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: norris matthews howell gray burfitt forward Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EUC.2ACI/3179 Message Board Post: James Norris b 1795 married Phoebe Howell b1796 in Mere. Looking for confirmation of his parents James Norris and Sarah Gray or Benjamin Norris and Susannah Gray. Also any info on Samuel Norris and Rebecca circa 1745.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: howell norris matthews wilton gray Forward Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EUC.2ACI/1870.3 Message Board Post: Charles Howell is the man who submitted the names to the LDS.He was the son of James Howell and Sarah Burfitt b 1831. I have all the lines if you are interested. Norris, Gray, Mills, Sheppard, Brown ,Lampard, Strong ,Forward,Foster,and Burfitt are all related to Charles and he gives the relation. They were proxy baptisms submitted by Charles for his and his wife's families.

Eric, As I have not heard from you, I can only assume that you didn't receive all of the Aldridge information I sent you over three weeks ago. It included the marriage entry at Aldbourne of William ALDRIDGE and Sarah/Sally Goddard PACKER on 30 October 1808. Julia -----Original Message----- From: Eric [mailto:e.gibson@btinternet.com] Sent: 28 August 2006 11:21 To: ENG-WILTSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-WIL] ALDRIDGE List I am researching JOHN ALDRIDGE b.31.3.1826 Albourne Wilts. Married to ANN BOWSHER 22.4.1828 Lambourn Berks. His Fathers name is WILLIAM ALDRIDGE Mother SARAH. I cannot find anything on his parents. Help please Eric ==== ENG-WILTSHIRE Mailing List ==== Ordering BMD Certificates: see http://www.statistics.gov.uk/nsbase/registration/certificates.asp http://www.statistics.gov.uk/nsbase/registration/certe_w/fees.asp ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 25/08/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 25/08/2006