Thank you very much for this idea, Valerie. The writing on the will is so faint that I am willing to consider anything, but I don't think I can stretch it to 'Toppersfield' however I am going to give it a whirl if all else fails. I am very grateful to you for the suggestion, and Toppesfield does come into my family lines a little bit further down the tree so there might be a connection. Best wishes, Gwyn > Could your Poitersfield be Toppersfield. Toppersfield is a village next to Stambourne. I live about 6 miles from Stambourne. -- Gwyn Bailey OPC for Springfield, Essex

Is anyone researching the following families who may be related to my line. Edward James GOODALL b 1869 Chalvey married Emma Eliza STOWE in Colchester. A daughter Doris Emily GOODALL was born 15/7/1899 Colchester 1901 census the family was living in Deptford London Walter Thomas GOODALL b 1875 in Chalvey, Slough Buckinghamshire married Alice COWLING in Feering, Essex. 1901 census they were living in Colchester with his mother Elizabeth GOODALL nee PONTER. Emily Eliza PONTER/GOODALL born Wiltshire c 1867 dau of Elizabeth PONTER. This family moved to Colchester between 1871 and 1881 census. Thanks in anticipation. Contact with descendents welcome. Pam in Brisbane Australia

I have a WILLIAM JUNIPER, born about 1756, who, with his wife Sarah had children baptised at St. Saviour's, Southwark named Mary, James Sarah and John, and possibly Joseph and Elizabeth, and seems to have close connections with a Humphrey and Richard. I do not know where he married Sarah or where he himself was born/baptised. He died in 1812 and was buried in Sutton, Surrey ,where a Richard Juniper also was buried. I have no way of connecting him with the William Juniper born in Great Bardfield but find it interesting that the same names recurr in both families and wonder if there might be a family connection. My William Juniper was a smith of the Honorable Board of Ordnance and I was thinking there might be something in Board of Ordnance or Guildhall or Worshipful Company records to indicate his place of birth but haven't found anything yet. Evidently smiths gravitated to London from all over the country in the eighteenth century, so much so that they could not be compelled to join the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths. I would love to be able to connect him to the William born in 1755 in Great Bardfield/Bardfield Saling,Essex but until I come across some reference saying that William is the one who became a smith in Southwark I am afraid it is pure speculation. I am also missing the marriage of William and Sarah. If anyone has any information on the children of James Juniper and Mary Smith of Bardfield Saling and what happened to them I would appreciate it. I did find this message in the archives and will be trying to contact June by separate email. Thanks for any suggestions and information. Sandra In Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: june castle < cjunec@xtra.co.nz> To: < ESSEX-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 9:15 PM Subject: JUNIPER > I have in my family tree a RICHARD JUNIPER bap 1748 at Bardfield > Saling. His parents were JAMES JUNIPER and MARY SMITH. James was > probably baptised about 1725-1730 at Gt Bardfield, but I have not > managed to go further back than that. > Does anyone have the name JUNIPER in their family tree? > June Castle, Auckland, NZ >

Hello James, I think that we must be related. My great grandfather was FREDERICK WURTEMBERGER and he married ELIZA DAVEY. They had 8 children, one of them being my grandmother, PHOEBE MARIA, who lived for a while at Buckhurst Hill. During W.W.1 the family changed their name to DAVEY as there was some hostility towards anyone with German origins. Although I have the names of the 8 children there is not a HENRY CHARLES, so have you any idea what relationship he can be? FREDERICK died in Bow in 1926. There are so many similarities that I feel that we musr be talking about the same family. I would be very interested to hear anything else that you know about this family. Regards, Rosemary in Waltham Abbey. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Duly" <James.Duly@btinternet.com> To: <ESSEX-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 3:49 PM Subject: WURTEMBERGER > A big thank you to all of you who gave to me advice when searching for WURTEMBERGER > The story so far is that it was G Grandfather WURTEMBERGER that came to England from Germany, he had a son Henry Charles who was born in England. Henry Charles opened a shop (believed in Bow), during WW1 he was attacked & the shop destroyed by a mob who took a dislike to the name so he changed his name to DAVEY and moved to Buckhurst Hill/Chigwell area where he set up business as a seed merchant. He eventually sold the business and retired to Saffron Walden where he died. He is buried in Saffron Walden Cemetery as Henry Charles DAVEY. I tried to find the grave but without success, it being a Sunday the office was closed so there was no one to ask. > > ______________________________

Robert   I have a Charles Legge who married Sophia Mayhew. Children of the couple were Sophia 1822, William 1827 St George in the East, Samuel 1829 St G in the East, John 1831 London, Mary Ann 1833 St G in the East, George 1842.   Any connection? I have been unable to trace the origins of father Charles born 1784, Deptford, Kent or those of Sophia Mayhew.   Jackie --- On Fri, 11/7/08, Chris Gadsby <chris.gadsby2@virgin.net> wrote: From: Chris Gadsby <chris.gadsby2@virgin.net> Subject: Re: [Ess] LEGGE, REVENNE,CHAPPELL, MOODY,ETC To: "Robert Webb" <rob@webb7.eclipse.co.uk>, "Essex post" <Essex-UK@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, 11 July, 2008, 2:30 PM Hi Robert, For what it is worth there was a LEGG family in Woodford Green in (at least) the 1950s to the present time. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Webb" <rob@webb7.eclipse.co.uk> To: "Essex post" <Essex-UK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 8:31 AM Subject: [Ess] LEGGE, REVENNE,CHAPPELL, MOODY,ETC | | Can anyone help with any information regarding any families or connections with my family names either as antecedents or descendants. Whilst the Webb family originated in the Kings Lynn area of Norfolk in the 1700's my direct line moved to London circa 1825 the they then lived in the East End in the mid 1800's to the later end moved out into Essex. | | The surnames involved are:- | WEBB | LEGGE | REVENNE (RAVENNE) | CHAPPELL | MOODY | GAYWOOD | FOX (Not sure if London or Norfolk) | THURGOOD | | Known locations include:- | Spitalfields, Whitechapel, Mile End, Stepney, Walthamstow,Clacton,Felixstowe and Woodbridge areas. | | I appreciate this seem rather vague but specific enquiries in the past have generally produced very little that might enable me to trace any living relations or earlier families etc. | | Robert in North Wales | | -- | I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. | It has removed 314 spam emails to date. | Paying users do not have this message in their emails. | Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________________ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html

Dear List, I have been looking for the Parsons family, who lived at Southshoebury, "The Lawns", my direct ancestor is Christopher Parsons, who married Katherine Kennet. Chris parsons had two sons, one Chris Parsons junior, who was the natralist, the other my line Thomas, his brother. I was wondering if anyone else was looking for these also. chris senior, died in 1787. Going futher back i'm stuck as chris senior's father and grandfather were also of the same name. Eldest of these, outliving Chris (senior)- the one who married Katherine Kennet. They are mentioned alot in the history of the rochford hundreds, by phlip benton. Chris Parsons married Katherine Kennet i believe in 1732. I cannot find his father only grandfather, who died in 1713, which i have the will of. Hope this isn't too confusing, i don't khow how else to put it! The missing chris, died before his father, whos will is in 1713. Many thanks, a. croft.

Hi Robert, For what it is worth there was a LEGG family in Woodford Green in (at least) the 1950s to the present time. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Webb" <rob@webb7.eclipse.co.uk> To: "Essex post" <Essex-UK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 8:31 AM Subject: [Ess] LEGGE, REVENNE,CHAPPELL, MOODY,ETC | | Can anyone help with any information regarding any families or connections with my family names either as antecedents or descendants. Whilst the Webb family originated in the Kings Lynn area of Norfolk in the 1700's my direct line moved to London circa 1825 the they then lived in the East End in the mid 1800's to the later end moved out into Essex. | | The surnames involved are:- | WEBB | LEGGE | REVENNE (RAVENNE) | CHAPPELL | MOODY | GAYWOOD | FOX (Not sure if London or Norfolk) | THURGOOD | | Known locations include:- | Spitalfields, Whitechapel, Mile End, Stepney, Walthamstow,Clacton,Felixstowe and Woodbridge areas. | | I appreciate this seem rather vague but specific enquiries in the past have generally produced very little that might enable me to trace any living relations or earlier families etc. | | Robert in North Wales | | -- | I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. | It has removed 314 spam emails to date. | Paying users do not have this message in their emails. | Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message |

Gwyn Bailey <gwyn.bailey@googlemail.com> wrote: > I have been trying to identify a property that was left to an ancestor > - John Bunting - that looks like 'Potters[field]' or even > 'Poitersfield' in a1723 will? On the 1851 census I have found an area > called 'Pitiful Wood' and the 'description of the enumeration > district' for 1851, 1861, includes 'Pitifuls' which seems to indicate > an area, a farm or a house so called but I can't find anything on > google. There are a family of Ag labs living in 'Pitiful cottage' in > 1861 [not Buntings!]. On the current OS Map there is a Pettyfield Wood marked at TL733396. See < http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm > for an online version. It is less than a mile northeast of the village. Looking at the satellite photo from Google Maps there is a building in the western corner of the wood. Following Lawrence's suggestion of the Essex Place-names database at < http://www.essex.ac.uk/history/esah/essexplacenames/ > (thank you Lawrence for that link) it suggests "Pidifeld" and "Petty Field" as alternative place names. Cheers Elmo.

Could your Poitersfield be Toppersfield. Toppersfield is a village next to Stambourne. I live about 6 miles from Stambourne. Regards Valerie

Thank you very much for all this information Lawrence and I will certainly follow it up. I am hoping that the PRs may provide some information, I have searched SEAX archives online but putting in variations of the name don't bring up anything and putting in 'Stambourne' brings up plenty but I get distracted searching...... If I get a definate 'hint' from your links or the PRs I can then try again on the archives more specifically and if anything arises hopefully order specfic documents. Thanks again. Best wishes, Gwyn > Contact the local historical soc for that area; they'll be bound to have > an interest in field names! >> > http://www.ridgewellvillage.co.uk/html/info.html > > See also p13 of this PDF file, for an insigth into the soc's activities: > > http://www.ridgewellvillage.co.uk/Newsletter_48.pdf > http://www.essex.ac.uk/history/esah/essexplacenames/ > -- > Gwyn Bailey OPC for Springfield, Essex

I must say, the search engine seems extremely fast and responsive, and the database looks very promising indeed! The pages aren't very dial-up-friendly though - shame. Lawrence -----Original Message----- From: essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Shirley & Phil O'Donnell Sent: 10 July 2008 21:11 To: Essex-Rootsweb Subject: [Ess] Walthamstow I volunteer at my local LDS FHC and seeing mention of Walthamstow I want to tell you that the LDS Familyseach.org group have recently launched a pilot program where in time you will be able to read thousands, if not millions of original documents. Programs/docs being added daily. However, it is a pilot program! I was poking around there today and there is quite a bit on bmd on Walthanmstow (they mucked up the transcription of Leyton & Leytonstone - but that's OK). Not much on Essex in general but worth taking a look just to see what fabulous work is being accomplished by the LDS. http://pilot.familysearch.org/ Good luck, Shirley O'Donnell Essex OPC Coordinator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.7/1541 - Release Date: 08/07/2008 19:50 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.7/1541 - Release Date: 08/07/2008 19:50

Contact the local historical soc for that area; they'll be bound to have an interest in field names! I can't find anything for Stambourne itself, though neighbouring Ridgewell has a hist soc - contact details at http://www.ridgewellvillage.co.uk/html/info.html See also p13 of this PDF file, for an insigth into the soc's activities: http://www.ridgewellvillage.co.uk/Newsletter_48.pdf Another avenue, if you've got loads of patience, is to go through both the court rolls and quarter sessions records for that period. You should hit gold sooner or later (probably later). Tithe awards might help too, despite their different period. A lot of quarter sessions transcripts are now online in SEAX (well done ERO, by the way). And wasn't there an Essex place names recording project in action somewhere? Ah yes - yer 'tiz: http://www.essex.ac.uk/history/esah/essexplacenames/ "A valuable database of over 55,000 field- and place-names for archaeologists and planning officers determining potential and actual sites of historic and archaeological interest." But I couldn't check it out as the server is down. No-one awake yet to turn it on, I suppose. Lawrence -----Original Message----- From: essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of gwyn bailey Sent: 10 July 2008 22:34 To: Shirley & Phil O'Donnell Cc: David Vesey; ESSEX-UK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Ess] Stambourne Quite a thought! Would fit in with the 'Pitiful' name. The 'Potterfield' is from a reading of a very faint 1723 will, but it could equally be 'Poitton' - and the 'Pitiful' in 18551 was the nearest I could get. Nothing on SEAX archives came near either. Just hoped someone onlist might have an idea! Regards, Gwyn 2008/7/10 Shirley & Phil O'Donnell <podnsod@comcast.net>: > Are you sure it's not the local paupers graveyard "Potters Field", just > kidding! > > Shirley > -- Gwyn Bailey OPC for Springfield, Essex ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.7/1541 - Release Date: 08/07/2008 19:50 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.7/1541 - Release Date: 08/07/2008 19:50

Quite a thought! Would fit in with the 'Pitiful' name. The 'Potterfield' is from a reading of a very faint 1723 will, but it could equally be 'Poitton' - and the 'Pitiful' in 18551 was the nearest I could get. Nothing on SEAX archives came near either. Just hoped someone onlist might have an idea! Regards, Gwyn 2008/7/10 Shirley & Phil O'Donnell <podnsod@comcast.net>: > Are you sure it's not the local paupers graveyard "Potters Field", just > kidding! > > Shirley > -- Gwyn Bailey OPC for Springfield, Essex

Are you sure it's not the local paupers graveyard "Potters Field", just kidding! Shirley

I volunteer at my local LDS FHC and seeing mention of Walthamstow I want to tell you that the LDS Familyseach.org group have recently launched a pilot program where in time you will be able to read thousands, if not millions of original documents. Programs/docs being added daily. However, it is a pilot program! I was poking around there today and there is quite a bit on bmd on Walthanmstow (they mucked up the transcription of Leyton & Leytonstone - but that's OK). Not much on Essex in general but worth taking a look just to see what fabulous work is being accomplished by the LDS. http://pilot.familysearch.org/ Good luck, Shirley O'Donnell Essex OPC Coordinator

it appears that there has been some sort of miscommunications between a researcher and I, as my Lawford Richards do not exist. several years ago, a man on this list did some research for me at the Essex RO. he claimed to have found certain records in Lawford regarding two generations of Hezekiah Richards. I asked him for his basic sources so that I could continue the research, but he did not reply, and no further emails were replied to, although none of mine bounced back to me. I have since completely lost contact with him, having gone through at least two computers since then. last month I contacted the ESFH and requested they check the Lawford PR's, and today they returned comment to me saying there are no Richards in either Lawford or Manningtree PR's. so out 12BPS and not a little perplexed, I turn to the list in a plea to help me find my ancestress, and her probable cousin, Hezekiah Richards, prior to their seperate marriages. neither of them come up in the IGI prior to the marriages, so I am at a loss where to turn. I am aware of how few Essex people are in the IGI. Elizabeth Richards (of the Quaker faith by 1779) b. abt 1758 m. 28 Jun 1778 St. Nicholas, Colchester Hezekiah Richards (pf the Wesleyan Methodist faith by 1813) b. abt 1791 m. 23 Jul 1808 Holy Trinity, Colchester it is just their birth/christening I am after, and the names of their parents, and the sources so that I can follow through from there. but at this time I simply cannot tell which direction to go in, as the one I was told is not correct. I assime that they came from non-conformist faiths, but that may be incorrect, so a check of what ever Anglican pr records you have at hand would be greatly appreciated. oh, I was told that Hezekiah's parents were Hezekiah Richards and Ann Harris, but I don't know how accurate that is. I have no inkling who Elizabeth's parents were. many thanks for any breakthrough's in this very elusive pair. Cornelia

Is there SKS on the List who lives near *Stambourne Hall*, *Stambourne*, Halstead , Essex. that could get me a photo of this property. I cannot find one on Google. Any help greatly appreciated. David Vesey Toronto Canada

Keith Elmo Eldridge wrote: > TinyURLs are a useful way of sending a long web address (URL.) > They are easy to generate, just go to < http://tinyurl.com > and > enter the long URL at the prompt. Agreed. Using angle brackets will also hold a long URL together. > However, please do be aware that they do hide the target website > and can be misused to direct you to sites you might not want to > see. [...] It does if you only use the tinyURL *but* they do offer a preview option which allows people to see what site they are going to before they arrive, eg http://preview.tinyurl.com/6kgx7h which I got from another list. (It takes you to an MoD site, BTW.) The lack of any indication as to where a TinyURL was going was a good reason for not using them but using MakeAShorterLink instead (which did offer a preview) but they joined forces with TinyURL who subsequently started offering the preview option as well.

Try http://www.192.com/ If you use 192.com with the search terms Swain and Walthamstow you get quite a few hits. YOu will have to subscribe for details. The online phone directory is another way of searching - less useful than it once was because fewer people have BT phones Anne On 9 Jul 2008, at 23:47, KEMSLEY, Robert N. G. wrote: > Could SKS please tell me if there are any SWAINs still living > Walthamstow? > > Kindest Regards; > Robert KEMSLEY > Australia

Dear Essex-UK Listers, TinyURLs are a useful way of sending a long web address (URL.) They are easy to generate, just go to < http://tinyurl.com > and enter the long URL at the prompt. However, please do be aware that they do hide the target website and can be misused to direct you to sites you might not want to see. I am sure none of our subscribers would post a link to a malicious or undesirable web site, but it is possible (although, I hope, unlikely) for someone to subscribe just to try and trick you into visiting a dodgy site. When sending TinyURLs to the list please also include the full URL. There are addition advantages of using long web addresses, in that you could tell from the full URL if you have already visited that web page and those web addresses can be better found when searching the list archives. Regards Elmo. -- --Keith Elmo ELDRIDGE Essex-UK-Admin@rootsweb.com --Elmo@aphelia.co.uk --Buxworth, High Peak, Derbyshire, England. --List Administrator of the Essex-UK mailing list