Research Forum

I'm researching my wife's side of the tree and have found a lot of links to South Brent in Somerset. They appear to be near Axbridge and Worle etc but the only South Brent I can find is in Devon. Could someone enlighten me with the location of the Somerset South Brent please?

Thanks a lot

Ian

My great great grandfather was Charles STOKES, christened in Wraxall 2nd Jan 1820, the son of Samuel & Elizabeth STOKES.  In the Bristol Mercury of Thursday, October 27th 1881 - which I read online using my North Somerset Library Ticket (other libraries also have this facility to view 19th Century Newspapers) - I found out that Charles had been employed as an Agricultural Labourer for 28 years five months with Mr Robert Newton of Wraxall without a stain on his character and won a prize for this at the North Somerset Agricultural Association's Annual Show!

My query concerns Charles's grandparents. His father, Samuel, was christened in Wraxall on the 23rd June 1793, the son of Joseph & Martha STOKES.  (see our Parish Transcriptions)  I have not been able to find a marriage for a Joseph STOKES with a Martha.  I have found - in Easton in Gordano - a marriage of a Joseph STOKES, bachelor from Wraxall, to a Rachel COX on 20th Aug 1778. There is also a baptism of a Joseph STOKES s/o Joseph & Rachel STOKES in Wraxall on 5th July 1795.

Is Rachel and Martha the same person?  If Joseph married Rachel in 1778 -   were there any other children before 1795?

I believe Joseph STOKES died in 1834 aged 84 but as yet I have not found a burial for either a Martha or a Rachel STOKES

Any suggestions?  Thank you.

Does anyone know of any records that may have been kept about residents of kewstoke Convalescent Home?

Trying to trace the baptism of John Lintern or Linton or Lintorn which based on his age at burial would be circa 1757.

He married Ann Caple (as John Lintorn) on 6 May 1786 at Burrington Somerset. Have not been able to trace his baptism in these two parishes or adjoining parishes.

As a non-local member of the Society, I thought it might be worth explaining my connection to the area, which is through the families of my great-grandparents – Gordon Russell PHILLIPS (1896-1964) and Dora Blanche HART (1897-1976).

Gordon's father William John Tyler PHILLIPS (known as John) moved to Uphill from Bristol to run a farm & shop in the village in the early 20th century. Three of Gordon's siblings married into the same family - DENNIS - from Weston-super-Mare (Norah PHILLIPS was second wife of Claude Distin DENNIS - Joseph (Joe) & Madge PHILLIPS married Vera & Delwyn DENNIS respectively, both were children from Claude's first marriage). The other PHILLIPS siblings were Dorothy, Agnes and Robert (Bob). The photograph below shows John with Joe, Bob, Agnes, Madge and Norah c.1911 on the farm at Uphill.

Dora's grandfather, Thomas Peter HART (originally from Chipstable), ran the Ship Inn and the quarry at Uphill. Newspaper reports from 1890 reveal that he was assaulted by men who refused to leave the pub one night and in 1906 he was examined following the theft of a copper boiler from the quarry by George Stenner - he gives his occupation at this time as builder. In 1914 he was contracted for repairs on the old church at Uphill, three years before his death.

Thomas Peter HART’s brother, Charles, ran the Anchor Inn at Bleadon (Thomas Peter had briefly lived there before him, from 1880 to 1883) – this pub stayed in the family for many years.

Dora’s father, James ‘Jimmy’ HART took over the quarry business. Her mother was Alice PRICE, one of 14 children, many of whom married into local families including POPHAM, EVERY, EXON, POPLE, JAMES and PORTER (approximately 1 in 7 men from Uphill who fought in WWI were related to Dora, mostly cousins). Alice's mother, Jane, went to America with her younger children after the death of Alice's father, Thomas, in January 1887 (he was a shoemaker in the village, originally from Pensford).

Interested to hear from anyone interested in the families mentioned above – I have further information to share, also of course some questions, including:

Why did Thomas Peter Hart start using Peter as his first name? He was known as Thomas until at least 1873, but Peter by the time he took over at the Anchor in 1880

Why did Jane Price go to America? Was there a family connection over there?

What became of Gordon Phillips’ sister Dorothy (Dolly) – the only one of the siblings I haven’t been able to find out any more about?

I am reseaching my great great great grand father Norcot Clarke (also recorded as Norcket 1851, Norbert 1861, Norket 1871 census). He was born abt 1812 and lived in Butcombe  with his wife Elizabeth and their six children Charles, Ann, James, Louisa, Matilda and Emma. I have been able to trace all the children with the exception of the parents Norcot and Elizabeth after the 1871 census I have looked on ancestry for their deaths but can find no trace of them. Can anybody help please?  

J Croydon