My forebear, Samuel HARFORD, who claimed to be from Tisbury was baptised at Heytesbury at the same time as his brother Robert. He was married at Heytesbury and at the time of his arrest for Machine Breaking was living at Heytesbury. Later after his pardon when applying to emigrate he again stated that his residence was Heytesbury. However, his convict records give his NP (presumably native place/parish) as Tisbury. From the baptism his parents names are William and Elizabeth HARFORD. I can find not other records for these parents at Heytesbury so wonder if they were from Tisbury. Hope some one can throw some light on this. Regards Eileen ----- Original Message ----- From: Phil and Wendy SNOOK To: Eileen White Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 4:05 AM Subject: Re: [WSX] Tisbury I have a forefather who claimed to have been born at Tisbury yet was recorded at Semley. He too was involved with Wardour. I do not know why he claimed Tisbury as his place of birth - was it the nearest 'big' village with the 'big' church? (In the same way that when we're abroad we say that we're from Sheffield - 'cos noone's heard of Rotherham!) Phil Snook Researching SNOOK at Semley, Broad Chalke, Ebbesbourne Wake, Fovant, Teffant Magna and Salisbury in WIL Also LAMMIMAN and BOSNELL/BOSNOR in LIN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eileen White" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 12:10 PM Subject: Re: [WSX] Tisbury