I have done quite a lot of research in Gt Somerford from a book by Portia HOBBS (unfortunately now out of print) and I quote- "The PYKE (mostly PYKE in GS) family like the SMITHS became possessed of a great deal of property, and like them they lived in the parish and were involved in its affairs. as far back as 1686 Frances WHEELER dau of Jasper WHEELER who had been lessee of Culverhouse (now called Mills Farm) since 1673 marr John PIKE of Pewsey and had that house and some thirty acres of land as her dowry. Their son Henry bequeathed it to his son John who during his lifetim bought the former Mills Farm (between Culverhouse & the river) plus Gibbons and Grove Farms at Startley as well as the the Grinfield Estate of over three hundred acres and its house by the river, now Brook Farm, where the family went to live. Four daus of this generation lived to marry but of Johns's own ten children only a boy Thomas survived to inherit the family estate in 1778.........Henry was a trustee of the St Mary Lands and John was twice Churchwarden,. Both of them married members of the SEALEY family as did Johns sister Winifred" Other PYKE marriages were connected to HEATH; very distantly to PARSLOEs. This may all be useless to you but some grain may make sense to you. My husband is a PARSLOE Desc. regards daphne guthrie of Papatoetoe NZ. daphne.guthrie@xtra.co.nz Researching areas: Medway, Kent;Wiltshire;Hampshire:Dorset; Sussex;Essex & Norfolk England. Fyfe Scotland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike W" <casofilia@xtra.co.nz> To: <ENG-WILTSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 7:47 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-WIL] PIKE//PORTER > Hello Patsy. > > Thank you. I never thought of PYKE!! Will look a bit further into that > and > see if Henry is one of ours (PIKE) who changed his name for some reason > but > I am dubous he is connected. > > I must see if there is a marriage in Great Somerford or Startley!! Anyone > able to help please? > > Thanks again. > > Mike > > >> Hi Mike - there is a PYKE family with these names in Great Somerford in >> 1861. Children listed as born Startley. Still there in 1871 - parents > Henry >> and Charlotte. Henry PYKE may have married Charlotte PORTER 1847 > registered >> Malmesbury. >> Hope that helps. >> Cheers, Patsy - New Zealand. >> >> > There are a number of PIKEs, the mother of whom had the maiden name of >> > PORTER:- John (1852); Jonas (1854); Caroline (1856); George (1859); > Fanny M >> > (1861); Lucy A (1863); Elizabeth (1866) and Kate (1868). >> > > > > ==== ENG-WILTSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Virus information: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/announce.html#virus > Mailing lists: http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_country-unk.html > or http://www.genuki.org.uk/indexes/MailingLists.html > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >