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1. William Francis ENEVER (c.1799-1862)

2. Descendants of John WILKINS (1808-1887)

3. Thomas RELF (d.1788)

4. Descendants of John William ROSS (1829-1908)

5. Descendants of Joseph CHAPMAN (1784-1853)

• 1. William Francis ENEVER (c.1799-1862) was living in Liverpool when Susan Elizabeth my great grandmother was baptised in 1839. Unfortunately, her birth was not registered, but her baptism certificate names her mother as Susan (but no maiden name), and her father's occupation as a waiter. By the time she married in Chelsea (1861), William was described as a butler. It seems likely that William is the William Francis Enever, who was baptised at Abbess Roding, Essex in 1799. The Middlesex Hospital archives show that he was still married when he died there in 1862. His death certificate describes him as a licensed victualer. The hospital records give an address in Soho, but alas he was not there at the time of the 1861 census.
  Any help with information regarding William and Susan his wife in the 1861 census, or even better their marriage would be most gratefully received.

• 2. Descendants of John WILKINS (1808-1887) John Wilkins was a stone mason & sculptor who first married Lucy Chapman at Frome in Somerset, in 1847. They lived in Beaminster, in Dorset, until c.1842 when they moved to Bridport, also in Dorset. Lucy died in 1844, and John later, in 1847, married Lucy Gregory, by then a sister-in-law of his late wife. The family left Dorset for America in about 1848 and settled in Allegheny near Pittsburgh. It appears that John married a third time following the death of his second wife. The families kept in touch with relatives in Frome until about 1900. Letters survive and provide some details of the family in Pennsylvania. The daughters married, and associated names include ALSTON, EAST, HANCOCK, HAMILTON and LYSINGER. Some further information has been obtained from US census returns, but I would be most grateful for any help in contacting descendants of John Wilkins in America, (or elsewhere).

Since posting this notice I have made contact with descendants of John's Brother who also emigrated to America, but I still have to make contact with any descendants of John & the two Lucys.

Memorial (damaged) To Edmund Hallson, by John Wilkins of Beaminster in Broadwindsor Church, Dorset. Other works by John Wilkins can be seen in the nearby Netherbury Church. Wilkins is described as a marble cutter in U.S. census returns from Allegheny in Pennsylvania. He died at his home in Sewickley in September 1887. Left click on picture for full screen view.

• 3. Thomas RELF (d.1788) (my 4xgt.grandfather married Margaret Nash at Etchingham in Sussex in 1770. The couple then lived in Brightling, but Thomas was "killed by ye falling in of a lime-stone pit" in 1778. Margaret later married John Marchant (a widower) who's descendants by his first wife later married descendants of Thomas and Margaret Relf. The origin of Thomas is a problem as most baptisms of Thomas Relfs can be accounted for elsewhere, or suggest marriage at a very early age.

Brightling in Sussex. The home of many Relf families. Left click on picture for full screen view.

• 4. Descendants of John William ROSS (1829-1908) was born at Beverley, Yorkshire in 1829, and after moving to London in connection with the cloth trade he married Sarah Mary Ann Hyde in 1854. Married names of their daughters were TEMPLE, PRESS (my great grand mother), TOTTEM, TURNER, GRAVES, NAYLOR & LITTLE. Any contacts with these families please.

Frederick Ross, F.R.H.S born at Beverley 1816, 2nd son of Charles Ross. Worked in London as a carpet-salesman in a West End store. Author of many works including "Pedigree of the Ross family of the East Riding of the county of York, with genealogical notices of families with whom they have married" Printed 1885. Driffield. Since first posting this page contact has now been made with relations of the ROSS family both in UK & Canada. Left click on picture for full screen view.

• 5. Descendants of Joseph CHAPMAN (1784-1853)
  Apart from the descendants of daughter Lucy (WILKINS) and his son Joseph I have very little information regarding:
  

1. His daughter Mary Ann (b.1806) who married Robert DAVIS at Frome in 1835.
2. His daughter Ann (b.1808) who married Henry TAYLOR at Frome in 1829.
3. His daughter Maria (b.1809) who married George PENNY at Frome in 1835.
4. His daughter Sabina (b.1814) who married John HAWKINS at Frome in 1842.
   This page has now produced information about this couple's family in Australia.
5. His daughter Matilda (b.1816) who married James BROWN at Shoreditch in 1829.
   • Their son William was born in Shoreditch in 1841;
   • Their son Joseph was born at Frome in 1843.
   • Their daughter Mary Matilda was born at Bridport in 1849.
   • Their grand-son Sydney A. BROWN (bn.1866 Portsea) was living with them in 1881.
6. Since first posting this page contact has now been made with descendants of Sabina & John HAWKINS in Australia.

Any further information regarding these families please.

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