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Shannon
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I am in the throws of simultaneously tracking about 4 links to my family tree - Stewart incl. Mann, John, Shepperson and Bate. The branch I am interested in currently is the Sheppersons.
So far I am having a lot of luck, but I have hit one hurdle - Benjamin Murrell Shepperson (born 1779/1780 - died 28 May 1857) married a lady by the name of Susan - nobody seems to know her surname - hurdle number one.
He emigrated to South Africa from England in 1842.
Now, hurdle number 2 - and a big one it is. According to my great grandmother, he had 33 children. My great great grandfather - Banjamin Matthew SHepperson was the 15th of 33 children. So far, however, I have only been able to track the names of 5 .
The one pertinant to my line is Benjamin Matthew Shepperson (1813/1815-11 March 1872).
The other siblings listed are:
Arnold Shepperson (21 Oct 1815-7 Aug 1876)
Fanny Shepperson (1818-24 May 1843)
John Fuller Shepperson (1820-some time after 1865)
Maria Shepperson (1821-18 Apr 1890)
Does anyone out there have any further info regarding this family or know a good place to start looking?
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Filling in the family tree gaps:
Paternal Grandfather - Stewart, John, Mann, Stringer
Paternal Grandmother - Shepperson, Chubb, Bate, John
Maternal Grandfather - Wynne
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lizdb
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Hmmmm....this is before civil registration in 1837, so you will be looking for parish records of christenenings for the children. What parish/area were the ones you know about born in? Then, if you are not local you could try a look up request on the local board.
You know when the Dad died. If he left a will, it might mention his children.
33 children implies more than one marriage - do you know anymore about wives eg dates, names ets. Was he married first time in England or after he emigrated?
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Shannon
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So far no second marriage has been mentioned in all the sources that I found.
From what I have found, it looks as though The son Benjamin Matthew was born in Mildenhall, Suffolk (one other report says Eriswell, Suffolk).
As Benjamin Murrell (the father) only emigrated in 1842, I would guess most of the children were born in the U.K.
Unforunately I do not have access to many records as the pay sites are a bit inaffordable at the moment - dollars and pounds do not translate well into rands.....
If anyone can help me it would be great. I am not in a rush, this is something I am doing in my spare time.
Thanks for your input!
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Filling in the family tree gaps:
Paternal Grandfather - Stewart, John, Mann, Stringer
Paternal Grandmother - Shepperson, Chubb, Bate, John
Maternal Grandfather - Wynne
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Shannon
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Ok, below is an excerpt from Hilda May Bate's memoirs - Amy Shepperson's daughter and Benjamin Matthew's grand-daughter from his second marriage to Elizabeth Anne Featherstone (Fan).
"Now your (my grandmother) grandmother's family. Her father was one of 33 children, born of one mother at Mildenhall, Suffolk. Benjamin was about the 15th and his mother's mother was so annoyed at the rate her daughter was having children that she took Benjamin to stay with her for a couple of years (and I think she must have died then) - anyway B. much enjoyed having toast and marmalade for breakfast and sitting down at the table, and was very upset when he returned to his own home and had to have a bowl of porridge for breakfast, standing at a long table along the side of the hall, and keeping his station according to his age. He later said his only picture of his mother was "a pale lady sitting on a sofa with her feet up, making babies' bonnets. I don't know how he got out to the Cape, but he was a tailor (of all things) in Grahamstown. He married first a Godlonton and had 6 children; she died and he then married my dearly loved grandmother, Elizabeth Anne Featherstone - "Fan". Fan's mother did not approve of her marrying a widower with 6 children and on the day of the wedding, in the Metropolitan Church, Grahamstown said she wasn't going to the wedding and would stay in bed. Fan then began tidying the bedroom , said she didn't mind, she'd be married in her mother's bedroom. So Grannie Featherstone got up and went to the church. "
So, according to the records the family has, there was one mother - quite a prolific breeder wouldn't you say.......
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Filling in the family tree gaps:
Paternal Grandfather - Stewart, John, Mann, Stringer
Paternal Grandmother - Shepperson, Chubb, Bate, John
Maternal Grandfather - Wynne
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Manchester Rambler
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How far is it to Bethlehem?
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The IGI has a marriage between Benjamin Shepperson and Susan Fuller in Eriswell, Suffolk on 4 May 1801.
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ANT: Nesbit, Potts CHS: Gosling, Hinton, Johnson, Marsland, Sorton LAN: Barlow, Jackson, James, Potts, Sorton MAY: Caulfield, Griffin SAL/STS: Goodwin, Gregory SOM: Dowding, James, Jones Any census information included in this post is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Manchester Rambler
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How far is it to Bethlehem?
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Suggest a looooong holiday in Suffolk. 
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ANT: Nesbit, Potts CHS: Gosling, Hinton, Johnson, Marsland, Sorton LAN: Barlow, Jackson, James, Potts, Sorton MAY: Caulfield, Griffin SAL/STS: Goodwin, Gregory SOM: Dowding, James, Jones Any census information included in this post is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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lizdb
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Would try a look up request on the Suffolk board, in case anyone is going to the Suffolk record office and can look through Milldenhall or Eriswell records for you. Or someone there may know how helpful the record office is if you were to write or email them direct asking them to look up for you.
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