Any Ovenden Researchers have connection with George and Amy Cole? ----- Original Message ----- From: Howard Wigner To: suzannah.foad@btopenworld.com Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 12:35 PM Subject: Ovenden family Hi Suzannah. My Gt Gt Grandfather was George Ovenden, baptised 16/08/1789 Birchington, married Amey Cole 12/10/1811 at St Johns Margate. They had three daughters, and by 1841 had moved to Hackney (E London) where he practised as an Architect and Surveyor. Also Amey must have died circa 1825, and he remarried Jane about 1828 and had two sons. He and Jane retired to Margate, where he died inn 1860. In London, certainly in 1841,he was a deacon of Maberley Chaple - Independent Dissenters = Methodists - so may be he did not worship at St Johns during his retirement. His youngest daughter - Harriet Louisa - married my Gt Grandfather - Rev J T Wigner - Baptist - in December 1841 at Maberley Chaple. They met in August of that year, when my Gt Grandfather was asking for a contribution to his church develpoment in Kings Lynn. The Ovenden family seems to have been well represented at St Johns during the 1700s although George's father Richard brought up his family at Birchington, Anything you can tell about George and Amey Cole, their marriage and following, or his education or profession, and what he did in retirement with Jane, would be wonderful. Please let me know if I am being troublesome, but thanks for reading this. God bless Howard