bap lookup-PRINCE,William*completed*

[kc09]

evening all
 i'm looking for a baptism for the above named gentleman. he married in 1748 in cann, dorset. his wife was born ann mayo born 1726 i have no reason to believe he'd married before so i'm thinking he was born circa 1725ish.he died in i think in 1774 no age at death given 
any help much appreciated
cheers
kim
amendment-i believe he died in sixpenny handley, i looked as best i can in the places mentioned but can find no sign of him

[Richard Knott]

He married by license, which may give more information if it exists, and he described himself as of 'Hanley'. If he was born there, it could well have been before 1731, when the Sixpenny Registers start. A Mary Prince marries there in 1745, so there seems to have been a Prince family based there.

A marriage license suggests he may have the money to leave a will. There are Princes mentioned on this thread and I know Lydart has Dorset Princes on her tree.

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,307356.0.html

A William Prince appears to own land in Witchampton (only a few miles from S.H.) in 1714 (and 1684):

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=031-drgb&cid=-1#-1

Richard

[kc09]

many thanks richard.
since posting i've been looking through the opc for dorset and believe i've found the family but there are missing years, and knowing the luck i've not had tracking down my princes they are probably the years i want!
thanks for the help and links much needed and appreciated
kim

[Lydart]

Heard my name so looked in !!   


My earliest Prince is Joseph Prince, b. c1725 (dont have a place), m. 1749 in More Crichel to Mary Bryer. 

[kc09]

Hi lydart
my princes are from the sixpenny handley and blandford forum areas.then george prince b. in 1758 took the family to lyndhurst,hants (wife lydia tidmans) he died in blandford. the family line goes through to henry born 1790 in lyndhurst moved them to wilton by salisbury in wiltshire from there to middlesex.
any of these match your princes?

[Lydart]

My Princes were from More Crichel, Witchampton and the Gussages ... which are all only about 5 miles south of Sixpenny.   They stayed around there and points south for several generations, until about the 1850's; then they became Williams and moved to Hampshire  ... and that was the end of my Princes !

But I do have a case of a Moses Prince marrying an Elizabeth Prince in 1804 in M.Crichel ... but haven't been able to follow Moses line back, or see if they were in fact cousins ... its something I must have another go at one day ! 

[kc09]

thanks lydart.
there seems to be little pockets very concentrated all within that area.
i wonder at the move to hampshire my lot moved earlier than that i have births in 1788-1801 in lyndhurst, religion?
i found a gentleman on curious fox wondering at the same thing his are all gussage all saints then they moved to hampshire
most odd.
cheers anyway, good hunting
kim