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Land Farmed by Spackmans in Eastbury Berkshire

Mon, 07 May 2012 20:45:44 +0100

The Spackmans were farming a very large area of Eastbury at the end of the 19th century

Over the years there were many sales of Spackman and Liddiard property in Eastbury.

12 Nov 1850 - EASTBURY. BERKS.—ON ...

The Court House, Great Creaton

Sat, 05 May 2012 20:19:31 +0100

After the death of her husband my Great Grandmother, Frances Williams Dunkley (nee Bunting), lived in the Court House, Great Creaton.

The Blue Line shows the outline of Lot 61, which was purchased in 1911 by my Grandfather for &po ...

Mungo Major of Andover - his Will made in 1771

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:02:34 +0100

Mungo Major was an Inn-holder in Andover, Hampshire. His son was Thomas Major of Stockbridge.

I Mungo Major of Andover in the County of South-hamton, Inn-holder, being in sound mind and memory, and upon due consideration had ...

John Pearce of Standen Hussey - his Will 1772

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:17:11 +0000

In this will transcript [ ] indicate ite ...

Stephen Pearce of North Standen - His Will 1782

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:00:24 +0000

In this will transcript [ ] indicate items I could not decipher.

In the Name of God Amen
I Stephen Pearce of North Stan ...

Bloodhound Finds Sheep Thief

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:59:59 +0000

Northampton Mercury - 13 January 1844

Sheep Stealing.—On Friday night the 5th instant, or early the following morning, an ewe sheep, the property of Mr. W. Green, of Kingsthorpe, was killed in a field i ...

West Orchard Farm, Preston Capes

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:18:59 +0000

My grandfather, John Green, rented this farm from the Knightleys of Fawsley from January 1902 to end of June 1919. The land was in both Fawsley (223 acres) and Preston Capes (22 acres) parishes and I have now ascertained where the land w ...

Glebe Farm Farthingstone

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:24:47 +0000

Glebe Farm, Farthingstone was purchased by the Agnew family in January 1920 from the Church Commissioners. John Green my Grandfather, as a tenant of the Agnews, farmed here from about 1920 to 1936. The Blue Line on the Map outlines the l ...

The Will of John Mutton of Market Harborough who Died in 1808

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:44:37 +0100

This will helps explain who Aunts Bradshaw, Mawby and Cooke are in the letters written by Frances Green to her brother Abraham Walter in America. It is interesting in that it doesn't mention any sons of John. ...

A Ramble to Kingsthorpe in 1831

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:13:21 +0100

This essay is taken from "The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information: Concerning Remarkable Men, Manners, Times, Seasons, Solemnities, Merry-M ...

A Ramble to Kingsthorpe in 1863

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:59:57 +0100

This essay is taken from "Rambles Roundabout and Poems" by the late George James de Wilde editor of the "Northampton Mercury" publish ...

William Walter Northamptonshire Lent Assizes 1834, sentenced 1 March 1834

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:28:15 +0100

Frances Walter's brother, William, appears to have left his family in about 1833 and gone abroad. This report is from the Northampton Mercury, 8th March 1834. Two weeks after his arrest his wife began receiving support from the Desboroug ...

Letter from Thomas Mears in Kettering to his Niece in America 16 Jan 1866

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:41:41 +0100

This letter doesn't really belong here. It has been bound in the book of Frances Green's letters but actually it is from Thomas Mears to Abraham Walter's daughter in America. Thomas was the brother of Charlotte Mears, Abraham's wife.

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Letter Frances Green to Abraham Walter her Brother 3 Aug 1858

Sun, 08 May 2011 19:53:18 +0100

Frances Walter married my Great Great Grandfather William Green and had three children William, George (my Great Grandfather) and Elizabeth. Her brother Abraham was in Indiana.

Kingsthorpe August 3 1858

My Dear Brother ...

Letter Frances Green to Abraham Walter her Brother 27 Feb c1858

Sun, 08 May 2011 06:19:55 +0100

Frances Walter married my Great Great Grandfather William Green and had three children William, George (my Great Grandfather) and Elizabeth. Her brother Abraham was in Indiana.

let me of you again before Sumer
is over if you are s ...

Letter Frances Green to the Son of her brother, Abraham Walter 4 May 1848

Sat, 07 May 2011 15:49:15 +0100

Frances Walter married my Great Great Grandfather William Green and had three children William, George (my Great Grandfather) and Elizabeth. This letter was written in 1848 after the Corn Laws were repealed in Great Britain and Ireland. Her br ...

Letter Frances Green to her brother, Abraham Walter 28 Dec 1847

Fri, 06 May 2011 02:59:34 +0100

Frances Walter married my Great Great Grandfather William Green and had three children William, George (my Great Grandfather) and Elizabeth. Her brother Abraham and his family were in Indiana.

Dec 28 1847

My Dear Brother
I ...

Letter Frances Green to Abraham Walter her Brother 21 Dec 1844

Thu, 05 May 2011 10:46:53 +0100

Frances Walter married my Great Great Grandfather William Green and had three children William, George (my Great Grandfather) and Elizabeth. Her brother Abraham was in Brockville, Steuben County, Indiana.

Kingsthorpe Decbr 21 1844

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Letter Frances Green to Abraham Walter her Brother 7 Aug 1843

Thu, 05 May 2011 02:30:49 +0100

Kingsthorpe August 7 1843

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The Life of Abraham Walter in America

Tue, 03 May 2011 21:16:57 +0100

The letters from Frances Green to her brother are easier to understand if the American side of the story is told. This article is about the life of her nephew, Abraham Walter, in America. It is extracted from "Portrait and biograp ...