On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 16:42:57 +0200 James Loveluck <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd just like to add my thanks to Graham Lovelock, John Lewis and > Nigel Gerdes for their contributions to these Web site additions. > > - The Shaw (Berks) tree, initially provided by John Lewis, has > > been extended by Graham Lovelock, with further additions by Nigel > > Gerdes and John Lewis. Looking yet again at the Shaw/Thatcham/Kingsclere families I have come to the conclusion that the Thomas Lovelock + Sarah family of Crookham recorded under St. Peter, Brimpton should be included in this tree. A Thomas Lovelock married Sarah Lane at St. Mary, Kingsclere on 28 October 1805. The first child baptised at St. Peter was in 1811 so there is a bit of a gap but this was the period of the Napoleonic Wars so Thomas could have been serving in the militia. I think Thomas could be the one baptized on 24 July 1785 at Hannington to Francis & Ann (Webb). although the age given for the Thomas buried at Brimpton on 23 July 1839 makes him ten years older than would be suggested by the baptism date. (but see comment below about the Thomas from Aldermaston) I cannot find any link as yet to the other Brimpton family, that of Edward and Teresa (Elizabeth Teresa Webb) but feel sure it must fit in somewhere. All these North Hampshire/South Berks localities where Lovelocks are found, Newbury (Shaw), Chieveley, Bucklebury, Thatcham, Brimpton, Aldermaston, Kingsclere & Hannington, are only a few hours walk apart and it doesn't seem likely the name could have originated independantly in all of them. > > - Two trees have been added for Aldermaston, Berks, both provided > > by Graham Lovelock I can find no links at present to the Shaw/Thatcham/Kingsclere tree but if I am wrong about the Thomas/Teresa origins then the Thomas/Sophia family from Aldermaston fits the Hannington 1875 baptism date just as well. -- John Lewis, Debian GNU/Linux and GeneWeb genealogy software