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Devon / Non-Conformist Registers
« on: Monday 04 October 10 10:02 BST (UK)  »
I thought I would pass on this piece of information, as it had me foxed for quite some time!

The various Methodist sects (Wesleyan, Bible Christian, to name but two) organised their churches on a "circuit" system.
The ministers would travel around a circuit of churches, rather than being directly associated with just one.

Consequently all baptisms (and preumably marriages and burials) are registered under the name of the circuit.

The Kilkhampton Circuit (for both Wesleyan and Bible Christian) covers parts of North Devon as well as parts of North Cornwall!

I have recently found that ancestors I had thought to be Cornish were, in fact, from West Putford in Devon!

So, if you are looking for (particularly) North Devon ancestors, don't ignore a possible Cornish connection!

Cheers,

Kevin

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Channel Islands Lookup Requests / Vanstone family, St Helier
« on: Monday 04 October 10 09:30 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

My G-G-G-Grandfather, Ascott James Vanstone, was (apparently!) born in Jersey in 1842.
His brother, Matthew John Vanstone, was born 1844, also in Jersey.
Father James Vanstone (b 1812), mother Mary Ann (b 1814) both from Devon. They were married in Devon in 1836.

To date I have found no records of either birth.

When I was recently in Jersey, with a couple of hours to spare before a flight, I did some searching at Societe Jersiaise I found the family in the 1841 census, mis-transcribed as Veanstone, living at Upper Don Street, with a Dorothy aged 3, and an Arscott (transcribed as Anscott) James aged 1.

When the family moved to Bath (by the 1851 census) neither child appears, although there is an Ascott James, aged 9.

So, the family were only in Jersey for a few years and, I suspect, that they were involved with the Bible Christians (Methodist) sect.

Can anybody find for me:
1) Baptism records for Ascott James or Matthew John?
2) Death records of either Dorothy or Arscott James?
3) Are there any records relating to the Bible Christians in St. Helier?

Many thanks,

Kevin

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