-----Original Message----- From: Janine Fisher [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 19 June 2012 8:12 AM To: 'David Gobbitt' Subject: RE: Clergy, Gentry and Yeomanry No, I haven't seen the advertisement and would love to!! Thank you so much for that information David!! Does the advertisement suggest James FRISTON was possibly on the Committee of Management of the Ipswich Wet Dock or just the engineer? Is there any way of checking who was on the Committee of Management at that time and is there any way I can get a copy of the Ipswich Journal or a link to a site to view it? This is soooo exciting, thank you, thank you, thank you!!. Janine -----Original Message----- From: David Gobbitt [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 19 June 2012 12:44 AM To: [email protected] Cc: "Janine Fisher" Subject: Re: Clergy, Gentry and Yeomanry Hello Janine You may not have seen the advertisement in the 14 Dec. 1839 edition of the Ipswich Journal. A steam engine from a River Orwell dredging barge was to be sold by auction on the Ballast Wharf in Ipswich, by direction of the Committee of Management of the Ipswich Wet Dock. Prospective viewers were invited to apply to engineer James FRISTON at the Ballast Quay. He was clearly not a retired gentleman at that time, and I don't suppose he was a clergyman either. If he farmed a little land as a sideline, that was apparently not in Albion Street and certainly not his main occupation in 1841, so I suspect his inclusion under "Clergy, Gentry and Yeomanry" in 1839 was the result of erroneous or lazy classification. Incidentally, some members of the Yeomanry forces in the early 20th century, if not before, were never yeomen in the traditional sense. I've yet to spy a tinker in their ranks, but I have seen a tailor and a watchmaker. While the army would always welcome suitable volunteers who could shoot straight on horseback, a shortage of recruits in the years after the Boer Wars obliged the Suffolk Yeomanry to accept increasing numbers of men who didn’t bring their own horses to the annual training camps but had to hire them or borrow them from relatives. David Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 09:51:15 +1000 From: "Janine Fisher" <[email protected]> Hello list I have just found a listing for my 4xG Grandfather James FRISTON in the 1839 UK Poll Books and Electoral Registers under the heading of CLERGY, GENTRY & YEOMANRY. James FRISTON was a blacksmith living in Albion Street, St Clement, Ipswich on the 1841 Census and from various other BMD certificates he is intermittently listed as an engineer. Could someone explain to me the classification of Clergy, Gentry and Yeomanry, in particular Yeomanry and how it might relate to James FRISTON on this occasion. I have googled but would value the lists knowledge and experience on this. With thanks and kind regards as always Janine Fisher ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2180 / Virus Database: 2433/5076 - Release Date: 06/17/12