[WED]Wedmore baptisms 1813-1851 & SPEARING, AMESBURY and AISH families

[Shephard]

thanks mike, for all your hard work . have found many walls and sheppards.
so interesting. thanks. bonnie sheppard-auburn,ny usa




----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Durtnall <mikedurtnall@hotmail.com>
To: <wedmore@lists.tutton.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 12:23 PM
Subject: [WED]Wedmore baptisms 1813-1851 & SPEARING, AMESBURY and AISH
families


> Hi everyone
>
> I have just joined the list although I have been researching my family
tree
> for about 14 years now.
>
> Firstly, of interest to everyone, I have transcribed Wedmore baptisms
> 1813-1851 and these can be viewed on my website at:
>
> www.durtnall.org.uk/index
>
> They are not indexed yet, although I am working on this. You can also find
> transcripts for the neighbouring parishes of Huntspill, Mark and Pawlett,
> which are all indexed. Please pay a visit and let me know if you have any
> criticisms or find any errors.
>
> On my family tree, my first connection with Wedmore is through the
AMESBURY
> family that were settled there in the mid 1600s. One branch moved to
Bleadon
> and from there to Huntspill and Burnham, from whom I am descended. My
> grandmother was born on the family farm in the Heath/Watchfield area on
the
> borders of Huntspill, Mark and Highbridge in 1885. Her grandfather Charles
> BAKER ran the New Fox Inn, which I believe is now a farm or private house.
I
> think it may have been run by the BOARD family at some time. If anyone has
> any information on these families I would be really grateful!
>
> I am also connected to the SPEARING/SPERRING family from Wookey. I have
seen
> messages from Matthew Ducket and others descended from this family and I
may
> be able to provide the link back to the Wookey Sperrings. My 3 x gt
> grandmother was Leah SPERRING who was born in Wookey in 1804. She married
> first, Robert Jones and secondly William BAKER (they were the parents of
> Charles).
>
> Her parents were William SPERRING and Celina SPRUD, who married at
Westbury
> 11 Apr 1792. William was born at Wookey in July 1775, the eldest son of
> William SPERRING and Mary ASH, who married at Wedmore on 19 May 1773. He
was
> not baptised until 19 Nov 1797 however. I hope you are following this!
>
> William born 1775 had a younger brother Simon, born in April 1781 and also
> baptised at Wookey 19 Nov 1797. This Simon married Mary WILKINS in 1802
and
> was the father of the John who married Anna Lawrence.
>
> Incidentally, Simon & Mary's son Paul was baptised Paul Wilkins SPERRING.
>
> The bottom line is that I share common ancestors with all those descended
> from John & Anna - John's grandparents William SPERRING and Mary ASH.
>
> If anyone is interested, I have mapped out a family tree for the SPERRINGs
> back to 1625. I won't claim that it is 100% accurate and indeed some of it
> was supplied to me by a fellow researcher, but if anyone would like a copy
> in GEDCOM or RTF text file format, please contact me off list.
>
> For my part, I would love copies of any photos of family members or of the
> inscriptions from the mill. I have ordered a copy of the book and await it
> with interest. I also have a photo of Leah, nee SPERRING, taken in the
1860s
> I think. I can supply a copy to anyone interested.
>
> I think that's enough for one posting!
>
> Best wishes
>
> Mike Durtnall
> Bracknell, UK
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