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John Wharton

Tuesday, 18th February 2020

Written by Seth Worden


The aim of this project and website, is to aspire to further the knowledge of our combined family history. Recently we turned our attention to a family surname, of which I share, “Wharton”.  The Wharton family has been researched to some degree, with several publications detailing John & Fanny Wharton and their descendants with a …
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Owen Stanley, Boswell, Ayres?

Saturday, 19th January 2019

Written by Gary


It’s been a while (somewhat of an understatement) since I posted my last article and I’d like to today focus again on Owen Stanley and provide some updates as to other information I have discovered. Before we begin, I will say that this is more of a “thinking out loud” article, rather than providing any …
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Trail

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The Rev. James Crabb (Part 2)

Sunday, 26th February 2017

Written by Gary


A few short weeks after Francis Proudley was hung, the Rev. James Crabb happened upon the old woman he had first witnessed sat outside the court room with Patience, when they had just learned of Francis’ fate. In his book 1 he states; Some weeks elapsed before he (Crabb) could hear any thing of her, …
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The Rev. James Crabb (Part 1)

Sunday, 19th February 2017

Written by Gary


There will be many who read this who have never before heard the name of the Rev. James Crabb, but he was an independent minister and Reverend, who was born in Wiltshire in 1774. He spent his early years as an itinerant preacher in the Hampshire countryside, later coming to settle and live in Millbrook, …
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Southampton circa 1839

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