On Wednesday, 21 January 2015 15:25:39 UTC, eve via wrote: > Having cleverly zapped the original message while intending to reply further > There is a reference on 'British Newspapers' to the death of 'Mr Philip > Wright, senior verger..' in the Hampshire Chronicle of 20 June 1808 on > page 4. As it is 98 words, there may well be something on the lines of 'Born > in Heckmondwike/Penzance/ Shoreditch..... he came here with his wife An... > ' so it may be worth buying the download of the actual article. > Although -as he was living in Burwash for at least 3 weeks before > marriage, looking in Sussex seems likely to be fruitful, sometimes church > officials were imported from a distance because they knew someone on the > staff already. > (For instance, Marlow, Bucks, acquired as parish clerk a man from > Kingswinford, Staffs, because the vicar's brother in law's brother had > connections there. Only his extremely uncommon name- and the fact that i > had recently seen the name of his father as parish clerk of Kingswinford, > enabled the link to be made. ) > EVE > Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians > Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society On Wednesday, 21 January 2015 15:25:39 UTC, eve via wrote: > Having cleverly zapped the original message while intending to reply further > There is a reference on 'British Newspapers' to the death of 'Mr Philip > Wright, senior verger..' in the Hampshire Chronicle of 20 June 1808 on > page 4. As it is 98 words, there may well be something on the lines of 'Born > in Heckmondwike/Penzance/ Shoreditch..... he came here with his wife An... > ' so it may be worth buying the download of the actual article. > Although -as he was living in Burwash for at least 3 weeks before > marriage, looking in Sussex seems likely to be fruitful, sometimes church > officials were imported from a distance because they knew someone on the > staff already. > (For instance, Marlow, Bucks, acquired as parish clerk a man from > Kingswinford, Staffs, because the vicar's brother in law's brother had > connections there. Only his extremely uncommon name- and the fact that i > had recently seen the name of his father as parish clerk of Kingswinford, > enabled the link to be made. ) > EVE > Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians > Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society Thank you very much I have been stuck for a very long time. Now how do I get a copy of the article from the Hampshire Chronicle??? Mike Wright

The cutting can be found on the British Newspaper archive website. However, the report consists of just one paragraph of 20 words as follows..... "Yesterday died, suddenly, Mr Philip Wright, senior verger of this cathedral, having for many years filled that station with credit." The report, as Eve says, appeared in the Hampshire Chronicle of Monday 20 June 1808, under the heading "Chichester" and dated Saturday, 18 June. The mention of Philip Wright came at the end of two other news items. Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer and lecturer -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Wright via Sent: 22 January 2015 12:57 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: PHILIP WRIGHT On Wednesday, 21 January 2015 15:25:39 UTC, eve via wrote: > Having cleverly zapped the original message while intending to reply > further There is a reference on 'British Newspapers' to the death of > 'Mr Philip Wright, senior verger..' in the Hampshire Chronicle of 20 > June 1808 on page 4. As it is 98 words, there may well be something on > the lines of 'Born in Heckmondwike/Penzance/ Shoreditch..... he came here with his wife An... > ' so it may be worth buying the download of the actual article. > Although -as he was living in Burwash for at least 3 weeks > before marriage, looking in Sussex seems likely to be fruitful, > sometimes church officials were imported from a distance because they > knew someone on the staff already. > (For instance, Marlow, Bucks, acquired as parish clerk a man from > Kingswinford, Staffs, because the vicar's brother in law's brother had > connections there. Only his extremely uncommon name- and the fact that > i had recently seen the name of his father as parish clerk of > Kingswinford, enabled the link to be made. ) EVE Author of The > McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians Secretary, Bucks Genealogical > Society On Wednesday, 21 January 2015 15:25:39 UTC, eve via wrote: > Having cleverly zapped the original message while intending to reply > further There is a reference on 'British Newspapers' to the death of > 'Mr Philip Wright, senior verger..' in the Hampshire Chronicle of 20 > June 1808 on page 4. As it is 98 words, there may well be something on > the lines of 'Born in Heckmondwike/Penzance/ Shoreditch..... he came here with his wife An... > ' so it may be worth buying the download of the actual article. > Although -as he was living in Burwash for at least 3 weeks > before marriage, looking in Sussex seems likely to be fruitful, > sometimes church officials were imported from a distance because they > knew someone on the staff already. > (For instance, Marlow, Bucks, acquired as parish clerk a man from > Kingswinford, Staffs, because the vicar's brother in law's brother had > connections there. Only his extremely uncommon name- and the fact that > i had recently seen the name of his father as parish clerk of > Kingswinford, enabled the link to be made. ) EVE Author of The > McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians Secretary, Bucks Genealogical > Society Thank you very much I have been stuck for a very long time. Now how do I get a copy of the article from the Hampshire Chronicle??? Mike Wright ------------------------------- 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