Dear Mal, On 22/11/1818 a James Puddicombe, Merchant, Stoke Dev, married Rebecca Smith at St. Martin's Haverfordwest. (I haven't heard of Stoke Dev. there is a Stoke D'Abernon in my atlas). I'd suggest you or your friend purchase a copy of the parish register entry from Haverfordwest Records Office, on which you would receive witness names and be able to look at the signatures etc. The Records Office might be able to find a baptism for you, if you wish.There do not appear to be any Puddicombe wills in the St. David's Probate index. At the risk of boring other Listers witless. In Newcastle, Australia, my mother had good friends named Aphra and Elma Gibbs. Elma Gibbs was a well loved and long serving, radio announcer (think she was on Radio 2KO Newcastle, but it could have been 2HD). In her private life, if my memory is correct, she was Mrs. Charles Puddicombe. This was when I was young....so could be 50/60-or-so years ago. Newcastle City has a good Historical Archives/Museum so if you think there might be some connection you could contact them for further information. Puddicombe may have been a well known name in Stoke Whatever, but that's the only other time I've heard of it. Bettye Kirkwood. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mal Hale" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 9:19 AM Subject: [WLS-PEM] PUDDICOMBE & BRIGHT > Hello all > I am new to this list and have joined in the hope someone may be able to > provide some answers for a friend of mine. > > She is looking for any information on Eliza Maria PUDDICOMBE who married > Thomas BRIGHT. Eliza was born in St Peters Camarthen around 1824. Her > mother was Rebecca Puddicombe (maiden name unknown) listed in the 1881 > census as a retired stationer born in Haverfordwest, Pembroke in 1797. She > would like to discover her maiden name. > > Eliza and Thomas bright had a son Thomas SMITH BRIGHT a civil engineer. It > seems there were notices in the paper looking for him as he was heir to a > title, plus farmland and a castle! He never claimed it though for fear it > would cost him money. > If anyone has any idea how we are able to verify any of this please please > let me know. > > All I have managed to find so far is an Eliza and Maria Puddicombe, grocers > and tea merchants in Camarhen in the 1840s and the author Anne Adaliza > Puddicombe 1836-1908 who wrote under the name of Allen Raine from Pembroke. > > > ==== WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE Mailing List ==== > Rootsweb list archives[threaded] http://archiver.rootsweb.com/WLSPembrokeshire-L/ >