[WED]Ducketts and Browns

[John Hayward]

Yes, it has been stated that some 60 families left Wedmore area for the Iowa
area. Certainly I have some there I would dearly like to find.

John V Hayward
in The Heritage Coast, Suffolk, England.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "James Ridley" <ridleyjames@hotmail.com>
To: <wedmore@lists.tutton.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: [WED]Ducketts and Browns


>
> 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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