[WED]Ducketts and Browns

[James Ridley]

Its interesting how many immigrants from the Wedmore area emmigrated to 
central NY.  My family (The Days and Williss) moved to Cayuga County.  
Others went to Onandoga, Seneca and Monroe.  Does anyone have similar 
experiences?

Jim Ridley

>From: "Stephen L. Brown" <slb2@ix.netcom.com>
>Reply-To: wedmore@lists.tutton.org
>To: <wedmore@lists.tutton.org>
>Subject: [WED]Ducketts and Browns
>Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 00:13:12 -0500
>
>Hi everyone,
>       Firstly I would like to jump into the discussion of Ducketts by Lynn 
>Nunn and Nancy Green. The Edwin Duckett that married Sarah Binning is I 
>believe my second cousin five times removed. I have him as the last child 
>of William Duckett baptised 27 Dec 1773 and Ann Brown baptised 22 Jun 1774 
>both at Wedmore. They married at Wells St.Cuthberts on 25 Jan 1794.
>       Their first three children namely George , Elizabeth and Mary were 
>baptised at Wedmore. Whether they moved to Wells St.Cuthberts Without after 
>the birth of their third child or were already living there but continued 
>to baptise their children at Wedmore I do not know. It seems that they had 
>at least four more children besides Edwin and the three baptised at Wedmore 
>who in Census returns give their place of birth as either Sutton , Milton , 
>Wells or Wookey. I do see both a Lower Milton and an Upper Milton on my 
>Ordnance Survey map and it appears that Lower Milton might well be 
>contained within the parish of Wookey. I have not located a Sutton. In any 
>event the Wedmore parish records indicate that Ann Brown Duckett died at 
>Milton and was buried at Wedmore on 8 Dec 1830 aged 57 years. Her husband 
>William incidently died at Burnham in 1851 and was buried at Wedmore.
>      Edwin Duckett by the time of the 1851 Census was living at Weare and 
>had three children namely Mary Ann , William Brown and the Elizabeth 
>mentioned by Nancy Green. I have no knowledge of these folks beyond this 
>point.
>      Dinah Duckett baptised 1812 is the first cousin of Elizabeth Duckett 
>son of Edwin. I do seem to remember having some problems with their 
>grandfather Joseph as to whether or not he married twice. By the way the 
>parish records indicate that Dinah Duckett died in Aug 1850 so who exactly 
>is Dinah Green?
>     Secondly just wanted to respond to the last post of my new found 'cuz' 
>Fay Edgar. I am descended from the marriage of Matilda Clarke and Edward 
>Brown the son of William Brown and Phoebe Toogood. This is the William born 
>at Stawell that you mentioned in your first post. Old William Brown of 
>Mudgley that married Hannah Batt is my fifth great grandfather.
>      By the way you have someone kind of interesting over on your side of 
>the tree there. George Brown and Ann Pooks second youngest son James 
>married Fanny Hardwick in 1892 and I believe her to be the grandaughter of 
>the Fanny Hardwick that on her deathbed confessed to aiding in a murder , ( 
>see the Wedmore Chronicles ) . . . isn' t that an interesting family 
>connection? This Fanny Brown having survived I believe three husbands can 
>be found arriving at Ellis Island with her son George in Apr 1914 on her 
>way to her son Stephen Leigh in Marcellus , Onandaga County , N.Y. Whether 
>they were immigrating or just visiting I do not know but with WW1 just 
>months away I hope for the sake of her son that they remained in the U.S.
>       Well its way past my bedtime so will have to say 'Goodnight' but 
>would be interested in information on any of the above mentioned 
>individuals.
>       Best Wishes to all ,
>                 Stephen L. Brown          Slb@ix.netcom.com
>




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