On Sunday, July 28, 2013 10:25:28 AM UTC-5, Norma Clay wrote: > I ask before, I ask again. Is anyone here from Fish Guard, Wales ? My 5x great Grandfather left there in 1650. No problem. Just wonder if there is any member of the Job family still there.My ancestors' name was Andrew Job. He was a Quaker; I guess that there was religious prosecution of them they caused him to immigrate to America.He sent his son ( born at sea) back to England to be educated. He returned to Pennsylvania. The nest generation, Moses, went to fight in the American Revolution. He was then expelled from the Quaker meeting.I guess you don't understand the # of generations as I am older than dirt. I am 82.

On 30/07/2013 16:57, Norma Clay wrote: > On Sunday, July 28, 2013 10:25:28 AM UTC-5, Norma Clay wrote: >> I ask before, I ask again. Is anyone here from Fish Guard, Wales ? >> My 5x great Grandfather left there in 1650. > > No problem. Just wonder if there is any member of the Job family > still there.My ancestors' name was Andrew Job. He was a Quaker; I > guess that there was religious prosecution of them they caused him to > immigrate to America.He sent his son ( born at sea) back to England > to be educated. He returned to Pennsylvania. The nest generation, > Moses, went to fight in the American Revolution. He was then expelled > from the Quaker meeting.I guess you don't understand the # of > generations as I am older than dirt. I am 82. > If you search at www.192.com (fees charged for results after 2002) or the Electoral Register at www.findmypast.co.uk (subscription or chargeable credits for 2002-2013) for Job surname in Dyfed (the county Fishguard is in) you will find about 30+ individuals with the Job surname, including a few in Fishguard itself. Individuals have to register for the Electoral Roll but after 2002 you could opt out of being included in public databases.

"Norma Clay" <startrekgrannie@gmail.com> wrote in message news:c70686c1-1a1e-4ba4-87db-a1b8dc0f0239@googlegroups.com... > On Sunday, July 28, 2013 10:25:28 AM UTC-5, Norma Clay wrote: >> I ask before, I ask again. Is anyone here from Fish Guard, Wales ? My 5x >> great Grandfather left there in 1650. > > No problem. Just wonder if there is any member of the Job family still > there.My ancestors' name was Andrew Job. He was a Quaker; I guess that > there was religious prosecution of them they caused him to immigrate to > America.He sent his son ( born at sea) back to England to be educated. He > returned to Pennsylvania. The nest generation, Moses, went to fight in the > American Revolution. He was then expelled from the Quaker meeting.I guess > you don't understand the # of generations as I am older than dirt. I am > 82. I looked on www.bt.com - no Jobs there in Fishguard but not everyone uses BT these days for telephones. Ancestry has a mound of piffle about Andrew Job in the Public Family Trees - very little of it looks as if it based on fact. However, interesting question: does anyone have a proven ancestor only 5 generations back living before 1700? Given that we normally allow 30 years per generation it will be very good going but could be done.