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Topic: I Might Be Able to Help with Ancestors Living in Taunton 1820's to 1830's (Read 5522 times)
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Les de B
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Sorry Onecoat, the surname FUDGE does not appear in any of the Indexes within the book.
Les
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de Belin, Swindail, Willcock, Williams, Moore, Watts, Searjeant, Watson, McCready, Reid, Spink, de Lancey, Van Cortland, and of course, Smith!
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sjohnstone
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Hi there
How very kind of you to do these looks ups for us.
I am interested in Robert Huett, and his wife Eleanor Hucklebridge. How long they were in Tauton I'm not sure, but they lived there when my GGgrandafather was born in 1820.
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Les de B
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Hi sjohnstone
Couldn't find Huett surname, but surname of Hucklbridge appears twice, though not Eleanor, but Tom (probably related?).
1) In the author's Tradesmen Appendix; "Painters and Plumbers - Hucklebridge"
2) The author's description of North Street "......next came Bishop, a printer. There was a large china shop near, the owner of which was Banfield. Next door was Tom Hucklebridge's plumbing and glazing shops, and adjoining, Richard and Stephen Reeves' coach manufactory.........." Unfortunatley, not a great deal, at least something is better thant nothing when family researching. Just a note, Huckelbrdige's reference did state "shops" (plural).
Les
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de Belin, Swindail, Willcock, Williams, Moore, Watts, Searjeant, Watson, McCready, Reid, Spink, de Lancey, Van Cortland, and of course, Smith!
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sjohnstone
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Thanks so much Les de B. What an amazing book you have!
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Les de B
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How about the LANE & LOCK family? Will this be a hit or a miss in your book?
Hi Mark
Yes, this was a "hit & miss" result i.e. a hit with LOCK surname, but nothing for LANE. Unfortunately, no christian names mentioned, but an occupation of Coal Merchant which I presume is associated with Irongmonger?
1) Author's Tradesman Appendix - "Coal Merchants - Lock", though there was also a heading of "Cutlers, Ironmongers & Tinmen", but no Lock under that heading.
2) Part description of East Street ".........the three shops next were occupied by Spencer, a confectioner, Trapnell, a grocer, and Parsons, a currier, then came five private residences, the occupier's names being Cornish, Seaward, Beadon, Lock and Noble; next came Jack Bastable's open clog, patten last shop; Murrey a baker lived next door............."
3) This excerpt relates to the author's walk through Taunton in 1886, not of his memories of 1820's/30's ".... the shop now occupied by Lock, the baker, stands on the site of an open blacksmith's shop, owned by man named Kallend, where could be seen and heard bellows blowing, hammering, fires blazing, sparks flying and horses shying......" I can't really decipher where the author was talking about, but I think its somewehere around the old Turnpike Gate area(?).
4) Author describing describing the Castle Inn "...........Jim Hollier, the head ostler, was usually seen and heard halloing to the other ostlers, or talking to Best about Day and Martin's blacking, or with Lock, the waiter. Long Jim Saunders, chubby-faced, Bill Miller, bandy-legged Jack Stradling, the post boys dressed in yellow jackets........"
5) Author describing working conditions of about 100 "roughest and coarsest men" working on the river in relation to coal barges. "........the merchants who employed these men were Badcock, Davey, Hammet, Kinsbury, Lock, Stone, Trood, Ball, Joyce, Lleewellen, Potter, Foxwell, Pring and Pain."
So, nothing really there to confirm your LOCK ancestors, only surnames and occupation. Hopefully, you might be able to match them up somewhere else - good luck!
Les
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Les de B
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Sorry Deb, neither MATTERFACE nor HOOPER surnames appear in the Indexes.
Les
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nebrfan
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I have determined that my great grandfather, Charles Edward Leigh, migrated from Taunton to the U.S. in 1852. I am now looking for any information that might tell me his father's name. Does the book have reference to the family Leigh?
Thank You.
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Les de B
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Hi "nebrfan"
Don't know if this helps you any;
In the authors Appendix of Professional Men & Tradesman I found under the headings these surnames only;
LEGAL - Leigh
GROCERS - Leigh
In the book itself I found these mentions of Leigh;
P.13 = ".....coming up North Street, on the same side, you had to pass through posts by the side of Oliver Leigh's grocery shop. Next to Leigh lived Aaron Smetham, an auctioneer and tailor................"
P.14 = ".....the next house was an old peaked one which was afterwards pulled down and a new one built, the first occupier being Oliver Leigh. Shattock, a plumber and glazier, Joyce, a druggist followed......."
P.15 (this whole page describes an area called the Parade, and some of the Taunton Militia characters) ".....the well known faces of the Leighs, Beadons, Liddons (etc) have all vanished............"
There was also Mr Lee and son Herbert (theatre manger and son), and Robert Newton Lee (election songs).
Hope you can find a connection somewhere there.
Les
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nebrfan
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Les, Thank you so much. You are so generous with your time to respond so quickly to the numerous requests you get. I am an attorney myself and find it intriguing that you found the family name under LEGAL. Much appreciate your efforts.
Richard a/k/a nebrfan
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andymking
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Hi Les,
Happy New Year!
Just came across your posting. Sounds like a fascinating book.
Several of my ancestors came from the Taunton area - surnames LOCK(E), STUCKEY, SUTTON and MILLARD.
I've seen your posting on LOCKs (but unfortunately don't recognise any of them  )
Does your book cover Bishops Hull as well as Taunton?
My STUCKEY (Samuel) was a bootmaker in Castle Street, Bishops Hull in 1851 having moved up from Topsham, Devon some time before 1837 (he married Elizabeth MILLARD at St. Mary Magd in 1837).
I'd really like to find my William SUTTON who was a retired soldier (left the army in 1819) originally from Kingston St. Mary, but returned to Taunton. He was living in Bishops Hull in 1841. His wife Mary died in 1838 at the Sugarloaf Inn, Bishops Hull.
Many thanks,
Andy
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