surname FINNIS

[finnisfinder]

 I'm looking for birth/baptism of John Holyman about 1750 possibly of Deal.

 He married Mary Finnis 1775 in Deal. At that time he was of Dover.

 Thanks

[AJ100]

John HOLYMAN was baptised at St Leonard's, Deal 16/12/1750, one of 4 children of John & Eleanor HOLYMAN. John, the father, was one of the children of John & Elizabeth HOLYMAN, all baptised at St Leonard's. Names and dates if you would like them.
John was, as you say, married to Mary FINNIS at St Leonards, Deal on 7/11/1775. John was living in the parish of St Mary's, Dover and Mary was a minor, marrying with the permission of her father William. Witnesses were Richard ROBERTS & Jane STRACHAN.

Regards

AJ

[finnisfinder]

    Thanks AJ, came up trumps again!

     John and Mary Finnis had a son Finnis Holyman born abt 1784.

     I'm having trouble finding out much about him, I think it's a question of mis transcriptions of his
     name.

     Can you help please?

[AJ100]

Don't think I can. If John was resident in Dover at the time of his marriage, it's likely they went to live there. Therefore his children would have been born there but I don't have Dover's records.
John & Mary did, however, return to Deal as they had 3 children, Edward, Harret & Luezer (but not Finnis) baptised at St George's between 1795 and 1801.
There are no more entries in St Leonard's after the ones in the last post, imlying the whole family moved away.
Sorry can't be more help,

Kind Regards

AJ

[finnisfinder]

AJ
   I have re-read a post you made about Mary's father William's burial; also Mary's burial in the same
   vault. This post was March 2014.
   
   Are you able to look through your PRs for the burial of Mary's mother Martha Finnis please?

   Thanks

[AJ100]

Looked at St George's where the family seemed to be buried and the only contender for Martha is Mother Finnis buried 24/2/1799. Then Mother was the title given to an elderly widow.
There are chldren of William & Martha buried there:
26/11/1755 William
  4/9/1761  Thomas
  2/7/1766  William

Hope this is of some help

Regards

AJ

[finnisfinder]

 A long time AJ for replying to the last post, thank you.

 I thought I had the Finnis tree complete! But came across George Finnis nothing recorded for him.

 It is possible that he was the son of William b abt 1690, George's birth date 1720s-1730s.

 Help would be appreciated.

 Finnisfinder

[AJ100]

Unable to help at the moment as we have moved to Cornwall and are in temporary accommodation with most of our belongings still in boxes. When we have found somewhere permanent I'll be happy to look if you haven't found the answer by then.
Apologies

AJ

[finnisfinder]

 No need to apologise AJ, you have helped me loads of times previously.

 What a lovely county to move to.

  My husband's grandmother was born at Tywardreath near St Austell. i have done, alongside someone else, a lot of research into his family lines in Cornwall. Her maiden name was Hambly.

  Without checking them all out, some places come to mind, St Cleer, Lanhydrock, Gwennap, Breage
  Luxulyan plus others I can't bring to mind at the moment.

  Regards
  Finnisfinder