Hello Eunice, Thanks for your reply. I will keep your names and if I come across them I will let you know. Best Wishes Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eunice Fletcher" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 1:39 AM Subject: Re: [HORNER] Charles Horner born ca1754 Yorkshire > Hello Carol > Thank you for your reply; it's the first time I've contacted anyone > researching a Horner from anywhere near Ireland, where William, the first > Horner I know much about, was born. He went to England in 1778 with > Wesley, > but I have so far not found out where he was stationed until 1783 when he > was working in the southeast of England, and courting the young woman he > married two years later. Then they moved around in those counties as the > Methodist Church saw fit. They were in Bristol in 1786, Oxford 1790, > Devonport 1794-1796, Bradford on Avon in 1798 and Portsea in 1803; this I > know from their children's birth dates. From letters I found that for a > time > William was in Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. (I hope that spelling is right!) > > I'm sorry I can't be any more help; good luck in your search for 'your' > Charles > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Eunice Fletcher > Sent: Monday, 7 January 2002 6:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [HORNER] Charles Horner born ca1754 Yorkshire > > Hello Carol. This is only a vague possibility, but I wonder if there > could > be any connection between this chap and my husband's Horner family in > County > Down, Ireland at almost the same time? William Horner, born ca1756 into a > Presbyterian family, was one of the young men whom John Wesley converted > and > ordained as lay preachers in Ireland. He later took William to England > where he was admitted to the ministry and spent the rest of hi life. He > was > my husband's 3xg-grandfather, and the Horner surname has been given as a > second name to boys in the Fletcher family for several generations. > > > > Eunice > > Canberra > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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