Oh Jeff I know exactly what you mean!
But the info you have found is GREAT.
Yes 6 Lancelot Bouch and hundreds of John.
I have to take a rest every half hour.Scrappy? - you should see my notes!
Nearly all you have found is NEW:-
<<The Elder who appeared to have originated from Clifton? Died 28th Sept 1830.
Then there was Captain L Bouch Master of the Westmoreland out of Whitehaven, he then owned/sailed The Aimwell, Ardent and Grecian. Owned about 200 Acres at Clifton, built Bellevue at Distington.
Daughter - Elizabeth Bouch Spinster and Sister Mary Ann Died 15th April 1911. Lived in Elizabeth St Workington. Servants and left £6,000.
This is all great stuff and I have the framework we can attach it to.
The Bouch family are heavily involved in shipping - the father of Sir Thomas Bouch (William b abt 1779) being a sea captain and William Bouch (Sir Thomas's brother) marrying Jane Sproule of the brokerage and ship owning family.
They made vast wealth trading on their own account with US and Australia and maybe with the East India Company.
I have some of the ships if you are interested - but I expect you are just helping me (which I appreciate very much!)
I suspect your 3 Lancelot may be the link between the family branches.
But my Lancelot are much earlier:-
L B b 1777 chr 2 Feb Brigham Cumberland
son of
L B b 1750
and brother of William B chr 6 Mar Brigham
The other two L B I know a bit more about:-
L B b 1735 married Ann Stamper; their children:
Robert B 1785 died 1800
John B 1774 + Mary Hey had daughter
Hannah Bouch chr 10 Apr 1800 Thursby
LB 1720 + Alice Pot (married 1744 Bromfield)
son Robert 1751 chr Dec ST Bees
William 1749 chr 11 Nov St Bees Cumberland
Catherine 1748 chr Apr Bromfield
Your Mary Ann and Elizabeth B, sisters, I may be able to locate if you know their Birth dates
Many thanks for helping
esdel
AH! here is summat interesting:-
Lancelot B married Mary Hewson 19 Jul 1688
at Bromfield
They had
(1) son Thomas B who married Mary Brewhouse on 24 May 1689 at Bromfield and had dau Rebekkah chr 23 Aug 1721 All Hallows who married there 5 June 1741
(2) Jane B who married George Henry in
March 1716 at St Cuthberts Carlisle
(3) Lancelot B chr 2 Feb 1695 Bromfield
who married Mary Chambers 24 Mar 1725 sons Thomas 1731
Joseph 1737
John 1726
dau Anne 1734
Mary 1728
So no doubt the went on producing Lancelots until linking with your lot!javascript:replaceText('%20;D',%20document.postmodify.message);javascript:replaceText('%20;D',%20document.postmodify.message);