There's a short article on one of the family, a famous author in her time, in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Tennyson_Jesse It seems the correct name of the clergyman was Tennyson d'E [yncourt] Jesse -------------------------------------------------- From: "Mary Bryceland" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 12:52 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: [Ess] Essex stray: JESSE Manningtree > Hello > > In the latest issue of Leicestershire & Rutland FHS journal is the > following: > > St Catherine, Houghton on the Hill (Leics) Burials > > 31/12/1889 Richard Jesse Houghton 74yo, b 1815 > Ceremony performed by Dennyson D'I? Jesse and Selwyn Freer > > *Footnote to the name Richard Jesse in the handwritinf of Dennyson Jesse:* > RN Son of the late Rev William Jesse Vicar of Manningtree Essex and > brother > in law of the late Sir? William Thomas Freer Rector of Houghton (vide 628) > *footnote continues in the handwriting of Selwyn Freer* "and of Lord > Tennyson Poet Laureate. > > Regards > > Mary Bryceland > Leicestershire > ** > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > 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 >