john vacher / dorothy weyitt

[carolaj]

Hi there,

Would anyone have information on the above,
I have found john was born 1605 ?  died 1656 dorset.    married?
Dorothy weyvitt born 1605 ?  died 1693 Milton abbas,
there is not much information on john I have looked on different web sites with out any luck.

regards carolaj.

[..claire..]

Hi

The parish records for Milton Abbas are in very poor condition, and difficult to read.

The death of John VACHER in 1656, looks to be a child ( son of George ( is he the son of John ?) and Elizabeth ).

There is a burial of a John Vacher 12 Jan 1694, the year after Dorothy.

There is a marriage in Poole in 1623 of a John VATER. This register is also in very poor condition and the brides name cannot be made out.

The protestation records of 1641 for Milton Abbas are transcribed online, on there there is a John VATYER snr and John Vatyer jnr. Wonder if this could be him, if so he was still alive then.

http://www.opcdorset.org/MiltonAbbasFiles/MiltonAbbasProtestation.htm

claire

[carolaj]

Thanks Claire . t.

It hard to say if its my guy, with changing of  the spelling of surnames it is confusing, will have a look at the web sites you have given me.


regards  carolaj.

[diplodicus]

When I thought that my family was descended from the Vachers, I did a lot of analysis on dates and name variants. I concluded that the Vayters were definitely the Vachers and this alternative spelling only lasted for about forty years or so before reverting to Vacher.

If I recall, the Weyitts go back to the late 1500s in Weymouth!

Good hunting.

[carolaj]

Thanks Diplodicus,

Most of my relatives seem to spell it vacher,
cheers carolaj

[DebPat]

I don't suppose anyone can find the alleged marriage for John and dorothy?

[maryanne stillsearching]

Hi,
If this is of any help -
Dorset OPC lists in Milton Abbas Marriages 1559-1812

Thomas WELLS son of John Vacher & Dorothy (of Wareham) WEYITT daughter of John Weyitt of Mordon married 01-Jul 1655

which is not a record of John Vacher and Dorothy Weyitt but does link the names!

maz   who also needs help on a Vacher ancestor, but not on this thread 

[DebPat]

nope this is a mistrascription. the entry below is for a George Vacher... whos dad WAS john!

Thomas WELLS son of John Vacher & Dorothy (of Wareham) WEYITT daughter of John Weyitt of Mordon married 01-Jul 1655

George VACHER of Milton Abbey clarke & Elizabeth PAINTER d.of Thomas Painter of Portland married 05-Jul 1655

i have the OPC for Milton abbas looking into it.. she is going to check the original then update the site .

Found on Ancestry

Thomas Wells, of Mordon, & Dorothy Weyitt, of Wareham, d. of John Weyitt, of Mordon banns 01 Jul 1655

[maryanne stillsearching]

Hi,
Having seen a few other posts, I though this may be the case.  Thanks for the clarification, particularly as I'm looking into the Vacher family in general and the George Vacher/Elizabeth Painter family myself - hopefully the lovely person at Milton Abbas can sort it all out.
Thank you!    cheers    maz