William Poole and Catherine Coombs

[iammia]

Thanks for that Richard, will remember not to post my email address here.

Special thanks for the link to the transcription, more info I didn't have.

Deb.

[Richard Knott]

Googling William's name reveals:

His son, George Coombs Poole, grocer, became bankrupt in 1839 and William was also named.

Jo Draper's history of Lyme Regis says that William was a wine merchant and built a large house, Summer Hill, in 1819 which he let out to visitors (now demolished but photo online).
 
William is on the list of Dorset voters in 1807, so must have been wealthy by then:
http://www.thedorsetpage.com/genealogy/info/dorset2.txt

Richard

[Richard Knott]

There appear to have been Poole landowners in Lyme Regis for a number of generations. The Dorset History Centre has a range of documents on William, so it may be worth contacting them.

Some of William's house purchases can be found here (put Lyme Regis and Poole into 'search')
http://archives.dorsetforyou.com/adlibwebapp/search.aspx

You will also see various other Pooles owning land who are probably related.

There is also a William Poole, clothier of Lyme Regis, who left a PCC will in 1717. There is no evidence yet that he is related but it suggests that the family had been trading in the town for some time.
Put William Poole and Dorset in the search areas here to read it:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=6&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=

On 7 Aug 1775 the Sherborne and Yeovil Mercury states that William Poole was importing wines:
http://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/news/SHER1775.HTM
Given that your William would only have been about 13 at the time, this could suggest that William's father was also William and also sold wines.

There are further references to William in 1778:
http://www.hyattfamily.co.uk/docs/Newspapers/Sherborne%20and%20Yoevil%20Mercury/1778.txt

This history of Lyme Regis, written in 1823, has a Mr Poole as one of the subscribers and says that Cumberland House is owned by Mr Poole but is 'now occupied by Colonel Williams':
http://tinyurl.com/7kpyrk8

This is a description of William's son (William)'s last battle in Dec 1812 on the Albacore:
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval_History/Vol_VI/P_158.html

It seems that in 1804 the Rev George Austen (the author Jane's father) was paying William Poole:
http://tinyurl.com/7euhega

There is a road in Lyme Regis called Poole's Court which I had always assumed was something to do with the town close to where I live; but perhaps it was named after your ancestor as the towns are at opposite ends of the county.

Richard