Hi all, I'm trying to help friend with his family of HOLLAND, especially looking for the marriage of Ralph HOLLAND and Elizabeth. From Family Search, they had four children baptised at Leek: Rachel (HOLLOND), 6 December 1659 John HOLLAND 30 August 1663 Jasper HOLLAND 6 September 1666 Ralph HOLLAND 19 October 1668 I have just ordered a microfiche of Leek, St. Edward, Part 1 1634 - 1695 records, but thought I'd enquire if anyone else has this family in their tree, or has come across them. It looks as 'tho the marriage of Ralph HOLLAND and Eliz. would fall into the time of the Civil War, and I'm wondering if anyone has had experience of marriage records in Leek at that time. I'll ring Lichfield on Monday to see if any Licences, Bonds/Allegations still survive but any advice would be welcome. Thanks in advance for any help. Kind regards, Yvonne Purdy

Hello Yvonne I have a very distant Ralph Holland marrying Elizabeth in 1658 at Leek, Staffordshire although I have not recorded the source. They have the same children as you have detailed below. I have notes of parents and Grandparents of Ralph as well if that helps. Please let me know. Best wishes John Massie > Hi all, > > I'm trying to help friend with his family of HOLLAND, especially looking > for > the marriage of Ralph HOLLAND and Elizabeth. From Family Search, they had > four children baptised at Leek: > > Rachel (HOLLOND), 6 December 1659 > John HOLLAND 30 August 1663 > Jasper HOLLAND 6 September 1666 > Ralph HOLLAND 19 October 1668 > > I have just ordered a microfiche of Leek, St. Edward, Part 1 1634 - 1695 > records, but thought I'd enquire if anyone else has this family in their > tree, or has come across them. It looks as 'tho the marriage of Ralph > HOLLAND and Eliz. would fall into the time of the Civil War, and I'm > wondering if anyone has had experience of marriage records in Leek at that > time. I'll ring Lichfield on Monday to see if any Licences, > Bonds/Allegations still survive but any advice would be welcome. > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Kind regards, Yvonne Purdy > > ****************************** > ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not > apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED > MATERIALS. > ****************************** > PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE > of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the > link. It's usually from an infected source! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >