Somerset & Dorset Pages - Number 19

Somerset and Dorset Surnames and Queries

Family History and Other Interests

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BARRETT* BARTLETT* BROOK*
CARVER* CHANCELLOR(CHANCOLOR)*
GALTON*
HIGGINS*
LONGMAN*
MEAD* MEADE*
PAYNE* PRATER*
SPEARING* STEPHENS(STEVENS)*
WALTER*

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Surname Interests

Researcher Surname Interests Place & County, Dates of Interest Email Address
M.J. Skinner
Park Grange, Morville
Bridgnorth, Shropshire
UK WV16 4RN
HIGGINS families Mike Skinner is seeking information about families with this surname in the period 1750 to 1870 at Shepton Mallet, Butleigh and Street SOM and in New Tredegar MON, Sth Wales. Mike Skinner
Joan Marshall
98 Cornfoot St.
Castlecliff, Wanganui
New Zealand
BARTLETT, Henry James Osmington birth registered 6 June 1852; son of John, servant;
Joan has details of Henry's life as a Church of England priest, his marriage, family and subsequent death. She had no details at all of his parents and ancestors. He is her GGrandfather.
Go to Bartlett Queries for more information provided to Joan for her assistance.
Joan Marshall
June Newman
Shabbington Fields Farm
Long Crendon
Aylesbury Bucks.
UK HP18 9EU
BROOK, Joseph
BROOK, Benjamin

BROOK, Frederick

BROOK, Eva Annie



MEADE, John
b.c1800 Hinton St George SOM; m.Elizabeth nee RAINDLE
b.c1821 Hinton St George SOM; son of Joseph & Elizabeth BROOK;m. Ann nee ENGLAND
b.c1849 Hinton St George SOM; son of Benjamin & Ann Brook; m. Maria nee CRANTON
b. 13 Sep 1873 to Frederick and Maria Brook; m. 3 Sep 1900 to Frank Newman at St George's Church, Hinton St George SOM; d.30 Aug 1961 at Hersham, Surrey, where she had lived since her marriage.
(var. MEAD, MEADES); b.c1705 Hornblotton SOM; m.5 Jan 1730 Ann SPEARING at Gillingham DOR
Go to Newman Queries on Brooks and the Meade-Hornblotton connection.
June Newman
Ethel Close
Truro, Nova Scotia
Canada
GALTON, Benjamin b.2 May 1807,bp.20 May 1807 at St James Church Poole DOR; son of Benjamin Galton and Sarah nee Barrett
Go to more Galton background from Ethel Close.
Ethel Close
Leverne Baxter
P.O. Box 42
Christopher Lake
Saskatchewan
Canada S0J 0N0
WALTER, John of Crewkerne SOM, aged 21y, married Elizabeth Harris PAYNE on 3 July 1825 in the Parish Church of Ilchester; officiating minister, John Valentine; witnesses, Thomas Payne and Susan Best
Their children were Philip Harris WALTER (b.1825) and Thomas Payne WALTER (b.1829)
John and Elizabeth WALTER and their two children emigrated to Canada c1833. Legend has it that John was a labourer on the Payne estate, falling in love with a rich man's daughter!
Leverne would welcome help in finding more about these families in SOM.
Rene & Leverne Baxter
Jeanne Pendergast
10 Devon Road
Braintree MA
USA 02184
MEAD, George b.c1818 Gillingham DOR; emigrated to Newfoundland c1848; was a fisherman. m.1848 Fanny MAYO in the Anglican Church at St John's NFLD (d.1849); m.Margaret Ryan in 1850. They lived in Ferryland NFLD.
Jeanne seeks contact with researchers of this family or relatives who may be still living in the Gillingham DOR area.
Given names in the family: Charles, John, William, Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Alfred, Margaret and Caroline.
Jeanne Pendergast
Pamela Miles
From Iceland
& now in France
PRATER, John
PRATER
1819-1875 Bristol SOM; John was a smith
General search, 1730-1830
Go to Miles Queries
pam-miles
Valerie Holland
3 Albert Road
Hallam VIC
Australia 3803
CHANCELLOR, James




CHANCELLOR, Richard

CARVER, William
bp.26 Aug 1739 at Chewton Mendip SOM, son of Richard CHANCELLOR (var.CHANCOLOR); m.8 Mar 1762 Ann STEPHENS at Weare SOM; b.c1738 Weare SOM, dau. of Henry Stephens.
Parish Clerk at Croscombe SOM 15 Apr 1779 until death in 1800.
Son of James and Ann CHANCELLOR, became Croscombe Parish Clerk after his father's death, until 1837.
b.c1770 (not in Croscombe; parents not yet known)
m.23 Sept 1796 Mary CHANCELLOR at Croscombe SOM, dau of James CHANCELLOR and Ann nee STEPHENS, bp 19 Feb 1775 at Croscombe SOM.
Val Holland

Family Queries

Joan Marshall is seeking assistance in finding more about the ancestors and the parents of Henry James BARTLETT, of whom she had nothing useful
We offered her data from the 1851 Census, Osmington:HO 107/1857, Folio 28, Item no. 26 of Osmington Parish:
John BARTLETT/Head/Married/26y/Domestic Servant/Born in Dorset
Jane Bartlett/Wife/Married/28y/Born in Dorset; George G. BARTLETT/Son/16mths
Joan agrees that this information provides her with useful data to work on. She would be delighted to hear more of possible ancestors and descendants of John and Jane Bartlett from other researchers.

June Newman is looking for details of the Brook family who lived at Hinton St George SOM around 1800 as listed above. While she has information in broad terms, more detailed information about the family would assist in extending the family history.
Eva Annie Brook {Newman] 1936.jpg - 26168 Bytes This is a 1936 Photograph of Eva Annie Newman nee Brook mentioned above, the Grandmother of June's husband.
Such photos can materially help researchers in identifing a family member. June has some of the more recent 20th century information which she would be prepared to share. For example, Eva Newman's Grandmother Ann Brook died on 8 Mar 1900. The death certificate had the informant as L. Lloyd, Granddaughter present at her death. That person was Louisa, daughter of Eva's Aunt Jane, married to John Lloyd in 1884 in Wales.
June is also searching for any reference to John MEADE (b.c1705; var.MEAD,MEADES) who married Ann SPEARING at Gillingham DOR on 5 Jan 1730. They lived and had three children at West Knoyle WIL - Mary (bp.7 Nov 1737), David (bp.9 Jul 1740) and Ann (bp.5 Jun 1743).
It is the connection with Hornblotton SOM that is being sought. That a MEAD family was living at Hornblotton SOM is indicated by the marriage by license (Mother's consent, dated 26 May 1726) of Sarah MEAD to Matthew LONGMAN (Yeoman), both of Hornblotton SOM. Could Sarah be a sibling of John MEADE? Any assistance would be appreciated.

Ethel Close is seeking more information on Benjamin GALTON, son of Benjamin and Sarah Galton. Benjamin's father was a Rope Maker by trade and is Ethel's 5xGGF. Ethel has a considerable background of certificates and Census data from which she has found information on most of his siblings but Benjamin the son is still very elusive.
Ethel would welcome any assistance in finding more on Benjamin Galton to fill a difficult gap.

Pamela Miles has traced the PRATER family back to a John Prater (1819-1875) who was a smith and lived in Bristol. His father's name is given as John Prater who was a farmer but no trace of him has been found. As a farmer it seems likely that he came from Somerset or Gloucestershire. Information on these two John Praters would be most welcome.
They are also trying to trace a Joseph Prater who was a witness at the wedding of Louise, a daughter of John Prater (smith), in 1879.
They know about the Praters of Nunney SOM and wonder if there is a link somewhere.
Any help in sorting out the difficulties experienced by Pamela would be most appreciated.


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