Greetings All, Many thanks for guiding us towards this book Sally, it certainly sounds well worth a read. It is interesting to see how many names the author has used who are actual old established Tolpuddle families; also that the story re John Hammett's pregnant wife has surfaced again. It crops up so often there must be some explanation for it somewhere. Anyone have any bright ideas? Cheers Dawn ----- Original Message ----- From: "kevin mcmahon" <kevin@emmcmahon.fsnet.co.uk> To: <TOLPUDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 7:27 PM Subject: [TOL] Tolpuddle Woman book > Hi All > > There are familar names in this book, believe the author did some research > probably from court case etc or the 1934 book. Only factual error I could > see from a quick scan through was the fact that James Hammett's brother's > wife was heavy with child. I have come across this statement before, his > brother John was not married at the time of the Martyrs arrest, this > happened some years later (1837) and his first born was 1838. This is in > the parish records. > > So far story centres around Wesley Gilliam whose father Eli is the > Methodist preacher. His mother is Rachel and he has a brother Saul, they > live in Tolpuddle. He is keen on Saranna Vye who lives at Southover (must > have done research, this was a small hamlet 1mile from Tolpuddle, now > holiday homes and farms, 1795 thre were 56 inhabitants there). He works > for widow Cake in Tolpuddle, Amelia who was wed to Henry. He has a pal > Arnold Cooper who is keen on Mary Riggs. There is a Joseph Pearce, a > farmer at Southover (in 1804 there was a Joseph Pearse farmer of > Southover, along with my ancestors James Pearse and William Hammett. This > Joseph was a yeoman and left a will proved 1814). There is a mention of > Magistrate Frampton and Charles Hammer is the village constable, later it > is James Brine (from a quick scan through). > > The chapters are small, I am only up to no. 10. Think as long as you take > it tongue in cheek, it gives an insight to what the times were like in > those days in the Tolpuddle area. Clearly some sort of factual research > was done, with some of the original names etc appearing. The author has > also done another 17 books, and he has had over 200 of his stories > published in what was then Rhodesia (he was chief security officer of > their dept of Civil Aviation). Having spent my childhood out there, this > was of interest to me. He now lives (1994) Mevagissey in Cornwall, which > we have visited many times, a lovely Cornish fishing village. > > For those of you who like to collect anything to do with or mention > Tolpuddle, I would certainly think you would be able to obtain this book > or through the library system. > > Happy reading.... > Sally > p.s. weather has picked up in this part of London, I even managed to get > some gardening done. > > > Not bad for 10p from our local library's sale. > > > ==== TOLPUDDLE Mailing List ==== > LOVELESS/LOVELACE GENEALOGY PAGE - > UNITED KINGDOM/CANADA/AUSTRALIA > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~martyrs >