[WED]Attention: Stanley Castle

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Dear Katherine,

My neighbour Ann Amesbury shares your great grandfather. Her grandmother was
Hannah Porter, sister of your grandfather John Pople Porter.

Unfortunately she knows very little about the Porters.

The family tales here in Wedmore about John Pople Porter’s antics differ
from yours.

John Pople Porter and his sister got equal shares in Bay Tree Farm Cocklake
when their mother Hannah Porter died. Hannah Porter had inherited it from
her mother Hannah Pople. John Pople Porter’s sister Hannah married Ernest
Duckett and they went to live at Kelson’s Farm. It had been in the hands of
the Porter family and was passed on to Hannah (and Ernest Duckett). Hannah
gave her share of Bay Tree Farm to her brother John Pople Porter (Perhaps
for his share of Kelson’s farm?).

John Pople Porter appears to have been a bit of a gambler (so the story
goes) and in 1910 he raised a mortgage of Ł350 on Bay Tree farm in 1905 to
pay gambling debts. He then sold the property to Wyndham Pople for Ł420. He
paid off the mortgage so he was left with Ł70. He probably used the Ł70 for
his passage to New Zealand (Leaving other debts behind?). It is said that he
sold a parcel of land opposite Kelson’s Farm to his brother-in-law Ernest
Duckett but not the farm because it wasn’t his to sell.

There was no wool on Kelson’s Farm, the kept only cattle!

In 1897 (Kelly’s Directory) Halfway farm, Cocklake was in the hands of one
William Porter Jnr and it had had its name changed to Glendale Farm. (It is
still called Glendale farm.)

Hope the above is of interest and that you do not want to sue me for
deformation of character!!

Stanley Castle

-----Original Message-----
From: wedmore-admin@lists.tutton.org
[mailto:wedmore-admin@lists.tutton.org]On Behalf Of Katherine O'Regan
Sent: 29 June 2002 08:36
To: wedmore@lists.tutton.org
Subject: [WED]Attention: Stanley Castle

Greetings from Downunder!
I am in possession of the family tree you did for the Poples as I am a
descendant of them. Many thanks.
Do you know anything about the Porter Family of Wedmore? They were farmers
( but gossip has it they were also inn keepers - Highbridge?) and my
grandfather John Pople Porter, owned Kelsons Farm before he emigrated to New
Zealand. He sold it to his brother in law Ernest Duckett at the turn of the
century before he came to NZ in 1910.Not sure that he ever paid for it
because the bottom dropped out of wool prices and Ern wrote to my
grandfather apologizing for not paying what he owed. He may have paid up
later!!
Mr grandfathers mother was Hannah Pople m. Henry Porter.The Porters are hard
to trace back. Catcott may have been where they came from.
I am going to be staying with Sue Hembury Kellow so I may give you a call.
Katherine O'Regan

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mother
Hannah Pople. John Pople Porter&#8217;s sister Hannah married Ernest =
Duckett and they
went to live at Kelson&#8217;s Farm. It had been in the hands of &nbsp;the Porter family and was =
passed on to Hannah
(and Ernest Duckett). Hannah gave her share of Bay Tree Farm to her =
brother
John Pople Porter (Perhaps for his =
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(Kelly&#8217;s Directory) Halfway farm, Cocklake was in the hands of one =
William Porter
Jnr and it had had its name changed to Glendale Farm. (It is still =
called Glendale
farm.)<o:p></o:p>

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pe the
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of
character!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>

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<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
wedmore-admin@lists.tutton.org =
[mailto:wedmore-admin@lists.tutton.org]<b><span
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Katherine O'Regan<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 29 June 2002 =
08:36<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> =
wedmore@lists.tutton.org<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [WED]Attention: =
Stanley
Castle</span></font></p>

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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Greetings
from Downunder!</span></font><font color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black;
mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

I am in
possession of the family tree you did for the Poples as I am a =
descendant of
them. Many thanks.<o:p></o:p>

Do you
know anything about the Porter Family of Wedmore? They were farmers ( =
but
gossip has it they were also inn keepers - Highbridge?)&nbsp;and my =
grandfather
John Pople Porter, owned Kelsons Farm before he emigrated to New =
Zealand. He
sold it to his brother in law Ernest Duckett at the turn of the century =
before
he came to NZ in 1910.Not sure that he ever paid for it because the =
bottom
dropped out of wool prices and Ern wrote to my grandfather apologizing =
for not
paying what he owed. He may have paid up later!!<o:p></o:p><=
/p>

Mr
grandfathers mother was Hannah Pople m. Henry Porter.The Porters are =
hard to
trace back. Catcott may have been where they came =
from.<o:p></o:p><=
/p>

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color=3Dblack
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I am
going to be staying with Sue Hembury Kellow so I may give you a =
call.</span></font><font
color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font><=
/p>

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color=3Dblack
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Katherine
O'Regan</span></font><font color=3Dblack><span =
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