Knight family at Spetisbury, Winterborne Stickland, Turnworth Dorset and...
The last research day on the Knight families was 25 Jul 2011: http://kippeeb.blogspot.ca/2011/07/knight-families-at-spetisbury.htmlalthough there have been several posts on the Knight family due to...
View ArticleWill of Ursula Blake, widow, Windsor, Berkshire - The National Archives PROB...
Ursula Blake, the testator, is the widow of Joseph Blake who will was blogged the 7th of April 2013. Joseph's will has the money which he left his wife passing to his nephews eventually. This will...
View ArticleBlake - Abbots Ann Parish Registers
Continuing on with the Abbots Ann Parish Registers and this is a particularly rough section. Out of place with respect to the transcription I was doing but welcomed anyway.I am now doing catchup with...
View ArticleEllis family of Winterborne Stickland Research Day
William Knight (father of Ellis Knight who married Eleanor Knight) married Sarah Ellis 7 Aug 1775 at Winterborne Stickland. Sarah was baptized 5 Aug 1756 at Winterborne Stickland and she was buried 13...
View ArticleHoliday from transcription
I decided that my eyes could use a break from transcription so will take off until next Sunday for anyone regularly reading the Blake wills. The Abbots Ann registers are somewhat difficult and they too...
View ArticleResearch for the Vincent Family
The Vincent family of Shapwick is still somewhat of a mystery:Â I believe that Ann Vincent (married to John Knight and the mother of Eleanor Knight married to Ellis Knight) was born/baptized at Dewlish...
View ArticleNew member of the Blake y-DNA study
Another member of BÂ English Ancestry in the Blake yDNA study at FT DNA:Â http://www.familytreedna.com/public/blake/default.aspx?section=yresultsThis is the only group that believes they may be...
View ArticleForeign Workers in Canada
I do not usually weigh in on political discussions but the recent uproar over hiring at RBC and the criteria under which they were able to complete this maneuver has quite caught my attention. As a...
View ArticleButt family at Winterborne Stickland, Winterborne Clenstone and Spetisbury
My grandfather knew his great grandfather Charles Butt when he was a young boy. Charles was baptized 25 Dec 1801 at Winterborne Stickland and he was buried 7 Dec 1886 at Turnworth (both in Dorset). He...
View ArticleWill of William Blake, Shopkeeper, Cookham Berkshire - The National Archives...
Always nice to have wills fit together and this is the will of William Blake father of Lydia Blake who left her will in 1853 and this will was blogged 8 Apr 2013. I am somewhat curious if this family...
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Arnold family Research Day
My Arnold family I mentioned earlier as Hannah Arnold married Charles Butt 26 Dec 1820 at Winterborne Clenstone. This is the beautiful Church of St Nicholas located in this very small rural village of...
View ArticleHappy Birthday to my husband
Today my husband turns 70 years old. As the snow came down last Friday I was remembering his mother telling me that there was a blizzard the day that Edward was born and I rather wondered if history...
View ArticleMolton Family of Winterborne Whitchurch
The original transcription of the marriage of Elizabeth Molton and William Arnold had the spelling of her name as the priest had written it namely Malton. However, as I observed the signature and...
View ArticleQuit Claim of Johanna la Blake - 25 March 1291/2
This is a copy of a document that was mentioned to me by Barrie Blake and I lately found it on the website of Conway's of Ireland under the notes for this website. Robert Le Blake is said to be the...
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Rawlin[g]s Family of Enford, Wiltshire
Depending upon which cousin I write to the spelling of this surname varies between Rawlings and Rawlins. My 3x great grandfather Thomas spelled his name Rawlins but his son William (my 2x great...
View ArticleFeet of Fines - Stephen le Blake
Another interesting item from my searches of yesterday is from the Feet of Fines and is numbered CP 25/1/88/71, number 58 and deals with Hertfordshire and the date 17 Jun 1330.CP 25/1/88/71, number...
View ArticleTanner family research
My Tanner family is virtually unknown to me and as mentioned yesterday Sarah Tanner (baptized 31 Dec 1758 at Tilshead) married Jeremiah Rawlings 1 Nov 1780 at Tilshead.She was the daughter of John...
View ArticleDove family at Woodford
Mary Dove mentioned yesterday was married to Thomas Rawlence at Woodford, Wiltshire 9 Dec 1807 and I would like to find further proof that this was indeed the Thomas Rawlins baptized 20 Sep 1783 at...
View ArticleDurnford/Dunford family of Winterborne Stickland
Jean/Jane Durnford married John Butt 14 Oct 1800 at Winterborne Stickland. Jane and John appear on the 1841 Census at Winterborne Stickland with their daughter Maria and her three children Ann 10,...
View ArticleMorgan Family at Woodford, Wiltshire
The Morgan Family at Woodford may or may not be ancestral to me. Jane Morgan married William Dove 1 Jan 1783 at Saint Thomas Parish in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Their son Robert Dove was baptized at...
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