There is also the burial of Ann STILL in 1825 age 22 - the only Still or Stills in the database for that parish. Bob -----Original Message----- From: nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of david wilson Sent: 23 September 2013 18:10 To: nottsgen-l@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NTT] Lieutenant James STILL mystery Thanks Chris for taking the trouble to look . Really appreciate it . All very odd as I would have thought you would have needed some local connection to get a plaque on one of Nottinghams main churches . There is another news archive report of James Still joining the Pheasant only a few months before and another of his promotion to Lieutenant in the same month that he died , so unlikely he was a national hero . Perhaps his mother Mary Strong is the connection ? ------------------------------ On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 5:37 PM BST Chris Andrew wrote: >James Still was baptised on 2 Oct 1800 at West Tytherley, Hampshire, >son of Peter and Mary Still of Queens St, Bloomsbury, London. > >Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 18 Mar 1822 On the 12th of October >last died, off Sierra Leone, Lieutenant James Still, of his Majesty's >ship Pheasant, son of Peter Still Esq of Devonshire place. > >Peter Still, born in 1760 at East Knoyle, Wiltshire, was an attorney at >Lincoln's Inn. He married Mary Strong, daughter of his partner William >Strong, on 8 Jun 1795 at Holborn St George the Martyr, London. He died >on >28 Feb 1832 in Bath, Somerset. Peter was buried on 6 Mar 1832 at East >Knoyle, Wiltshire. Mary Still, relict of Peter, died on 20 Sep 1841 in >London. > >I didn't find any connection to Nottingham for this family. > >Peter Still who married Letitia Lawrence belongs to a different family. > >Chris > >-----Original Message----- >From: nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com >[mailto:nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] >On Behalf Of david wilson >Sent: September-23-13 5:07 AM >To: nottsgen-l@rootsweb.com >Subject: [NTT] Lieutenant James STILL mystery > >Of no relation to me but on another message board I frequent, was a >discussion about famous Nottingham folk. > >Apparently there is a plaque in St. Marys Church, Nottingham for a >Lieutenant James Still who died in 1822, off Sierra Leone, whilst on >the HMS Pheasant a ship and crew that was trying to clear up the slave trade. > >image here: >http://www.geolocation.ws/v/W/File%3ALieutenant%20James%20Still%20memor >ial.j >pg/-/en > >I cannot find a birth for James Still and its a bit of a mystery as I >can't see any link to Nottingham for him . Can anyone find a birth for him? > > > > > >Notts Surname List > >http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message Notts Surname List http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message