John Ashley and Martha Ann Phelps

[Mabel Bagshawe]

1851 Thomas Phelps, glover from Yeovil b c1809 is a visitor at the house of John Sherring (farmer of 168 acres) and family in Bradford Abbas.

I think these could be the inlaws (or related) given this baptism

Elizabeth Sherring Phelps
Birth   18 Mar 1828
Baptism 31 Aug 1828, Yeovil
Father    Thomas Phelps
Mother    Ann Phelps
Denomination -    Independent

Elizabeth Sherring Phelps marries in Southwark in Jan 1851. father Thomas is a glover

[braam63]

Thank you all for the speedy answers. I don't know how you do it?  How do I go about researching further back down this family?

[braam63]

Details that I have so far are as follows (thanks for all the help!!! )

1.   Mother Sarah Ashley, born 1779 at Farringdon, Berkshire.  Not sure whom her husband was or her children?  Any details on their parents?

2.   John Ashley born 1807 at Faringdon, Berkshire.  Occupation?  Not sure whom he married or how many children he had?  Did have at least one child, John Ashley born 1841.

3.   John Ashley born 1841 at Ramsbury, Wiltshire.  He was a farrier, currier and farmer.  Married Martha Ann Phelps (gloveress) at St Luke’s, Finsbury, London on 29 August 1863.

Is there any way to go back any further and get the records of their parents as well as the missing information?

[philipsearching]

Marriages on freereg:
Thomas PHELPS - Ann HERRING, Yeovil St John, 24 Dec 1827.
Thomas PHELPS and Ann ELLIS, Yeovil St John, 4 Sep 1803

And a baptism for Thomas:
Thomas PHELPS, born 10 Nov 1807, bap 25 Dec 1807 Yeovil Independent Church.  Parents Thomas and Ann.


So, to summarise this and previous posts for the PHELPS line:

Thomas PHELPS married Ann ELLIS 4 Sep 1803 Yeovil
son Thomas PHELPS b 10 Nov 1807 married Ann HERRING 24 Dec 1827 Yeovil
(children Elizabeth S b 18 Mar 1828, Martha b c1831, Mary b c1833, Thomas b c1836, Ann b c1843)
daughter Martha Ann PHELPS b c1831 d1879 married John ASHLEY 29 Aug 1863 Finsbury

[Mabel Bagshawe]

Might be marriage of Sarah - to another John Ashley!

John Ashley
Sarah Newman
Marriage 8 Nov 1804,    Faringdon, Berkshire

[braam63]

Thank you for the info. How do you get the details, if I may ask? Do you search the census records over the years (when did they originate) or are there other records I could look up?

[keyboard86]

Hi again, the John Ashley/Sarah couple in 1841 could be:-

John Ashley 60 occ Farmer
Sarah 56 Not born in County
Michael 25
Edward 20
Nicholas Salmon 17 Not born in County
Sarah Martin 15
Residing at High Street, Ramsbury, Wilts
Census Ref HO107/1184/ 15/5 / 2
Keyboard86

[Eyesee]

A marriage or two from Faringdon, Berkshire
1837 Dec 26
ASHLEY John, full age, bachelor, tanner, Ramsbury, father John a tanner
CLARK Ann, full age, spinster, sch m??(school mistress??), father Richard a butcher
by lic
wits Henry Newman, Priscilla Clark, Sarah Ashley

1804 Nov 8
ASHLEY John, of Ramsbury, Wilts, wid
NEWMAN Sarah, otp
by lic
wits, Wm Newman, Ann Newman

1801 Sep 24
CLARK Richard, otp
NEWMAN Mary, otp
by lic
wits John Luker, Elizabeth Bye, Wm martin

Faringdon baptisms
1806 Sep 18, Priscilla, d/o Richard & Mary CLARK, born 1805 Feb 21
1806 Sep 18, Ann, d/o ditto, born May 6
1779 Jun 16, Ann, d/o Henry & Sarah NEWMAN
1777 Apr 18, Sarah, d/o ditto
1775 May 24, William, s/o ditto
1773 Aug 11, Mary, d/o ditto
1772 Jan 1, Elizabeth, d/o ditto

Ian C

[philipsearching]

Thank you for the info. How do you get the details, if I may ask? Do you search the census records over the years (when did they originate) or are there other records I could look up?

Censuses were taken every ten years.  Censuses from 1841 to 1911 are available online, mostly from paysites such as ancestry and findmypast.

Online free sites include:
freecen (for censuses.  Not complete)
freebmd (for registrations of births marriages and deaths from 1837 to 1983)
freereg (transcriptions of birth, marriage and death records from parish registers from the 1500s.  Not complete.)
Online Parish Clerks (OPC) (transcripts of parish registers and other local records.  Coverage varies)
familysearch (parish registers, censuses, and a host of other records.  Mainly transcripts, but there are several images of original documents)

I would recommend that you have a look on these free sites, get what information you can, then you will be able to get a sense of what you still need to find out.  After that you could consider which (if any) paysite has what you need.

On Rootschat, have a look at the [New Replies] tab to find replies to your posts.  And, when you are ready, have a look at the [Unread Posts] pages to see if you have knowledge that can help others.  Also, use the Search option at the top of the page - someone might already have posted information you need - and you could find a relative or two on here.

All the best
Philip