Key aft after b baptised (or 'ba' where there is a birth date) bo born B Bournemouth Ba Bagshot BCC Bournemouth County Court, Dorset bf before Bl Blandford, Dorset BMD Free Births Marriages and Deaths bo born BSJ Berwick St John, Wiltshire bu buried - where there is a different date for decease C Cann, Dorset CA Compton Abbas, Dorset Cha Charlton, Ludwell, Wiltshire Ch Chittern d buried (or died where there is a different burial date) di divorced (decree nisi) D Dorchester, Dorset ES East Stour or Stower, Dorset F Farnham, Dorset FM Fontmell Magna, Dorset G Gillingham, Dorset h Hidden as this is a living relative I link to son/daughter IM Iwerne Minster, Dorset KM Kingston Magna, Dorset m married MA Melbury Abbas, Dorset mic Microfilm (not transcribed) M, NZ Matakana, New Zealand ML Middlesex, London MM Margaret Marsh, Dorset Mo Motcombe, Dorset NY, USA New York City, United States of America PH Piddle Hinton, Dorset PPr Pre parish register R Ringwood RO Register Office S Shaftesbury, Dorset Sal Salisbury, Wiltshire S, USA Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA SH Sixpenny Handley, Dorset SHT Shaftesbury Holy Trinity SP Stour Provost, Dorset SAG St Andrews Gussage, Dorset T Tisbury, Wiltshire TF Tollard Farnham, Dorset TR Tollard Royal, Wiltshire USA United States of America W Wimborne, Dorset WW West Witton, Yorkshire Y Yeovil, Somerset Further work necessary / to check Adams family (Elizabeth) Elizabeth Adams m 5/5/1762 Corsham John Ruddle bo 19/7 ba 27/7/1735 Corsham, Wiltshire b bf 1744 not Cor d 15/11/1814 Corsham (age 86) d 19/1/1789 Corsham I Thomas Adams m 9/8/1730 Tormarton & Littleton, Eliza Tutt m 30/9/1740 Corsham (2nd) Elizabeth Silverthorn b bf 1712 Gloucestershire (1st) b bf 1712 b bf 1720 d 7/11 bu 10/11/1775 Corsham d 1737-40 d aft 1775 I William Adams m bf 1691 (Susan ?) ? b bf 1665 b bf 1665 d 1691 Corsham d aft 1691 Elizabeth Adams (1735-1814) Children of John and Elizabeth Ruddle - Thomas 1763 (bu 1763), Thomas 1764, Betty 1765 (bu 1766), Mary 1766, William 1768, Elizabeth 1770, John 1771 (bu 1773), John (bu 1775). Thomas Adams (bf 1713-1775) Ushers Brewery Deeds - Wiltshire & Swindon Records Office The Roebuck Inn, Easton, Corsham, copyhold of manor of Corsham. 1792 deed refers to - Thomas, only son of Thomas Adams who was survived by wife Elizabeth. 1770 will of Thomas Adams of Corsham Yeoman. Refers to - to eldest son Thomas Adams of Beanacre, Melksham - leaves capital, messuages, lands, tenements, gardens and orchards at Easton in Corsham. In possession of William Wyatt his tenant. Reference to tything in Easton commonly known by the name or sign of the Red Lyon. Together with close, meadow or pasture ground called Pipscroft containing 4 acres. To grandson Thomas Ruddle son of John Ruddle of Easton, labourer, sum of £10-10s. When he is 21. To son William Adams of Bradford 3 cottages or tenements lying in Corsham and in possession of William Osborne, Mary Woodman and Robert Harris. To wife Elizabeth payment from William Adams' property and two cottages in Corsham in possession of Thomas Adams (husband) and Richard Osborne. To daughter Elizabeth Ruddle wife of John share of aforementioned cottages and lands in Corsham. Made 12th Sept 1770 and proved 26/12/1775. Signed with his cross. 1770 Corsham census (24/10/1770) Thomas Adams - no trade or occupation listed Ushers Brewery Deeds - Wiltshire & Swindon Records Office The Roebuck Inn, Easton, Corsham, copyhold of manor of Corsham. 1736 deed refers to - surrender to Thomas and Elizabeth* Adams - pasture called Bipstotts (?) four acres lying in tything of Easton Children of Thomas and Eliza at Corsham - 1731 Thomas (m 1768 Mary Taylor), 1732 William, 1734 John, 1735 Elizabeth (m 1762 John Ruddle), 1737 Mark. I have speculated at a link to William Adams below who was also of Corsham and because William used the name William for one of his children. However there is no firm evidence to confirm this link as yet. 1691 administration of William Adams Refers to Susan, administratrix. Note does not state clearly she was his wife. Inventory dated 1690 total £24-13-2 items - In hall - pewter dishes, plates, tableboard, fire grate and tong, two pairs of hangers, two flat stooles, looking glass. In the buttery - fower barrills, one horse, two pailes, two tubs, two bras pots, one skillet, bushells, some other lumber and implements. In the ? chamber - one bed and bedstead, mat, other furniture, boxes. In the outer chamber - two bedsteads,. two mats, two flaskets, one tablecloth, five sheets, two pillow and some lumber. In the barkside - two tubs, one load of wood, two stowing horses and two prize pigs. Wearing apparell Cash. 1621 will of Elinor Adams, widow, of Corsham, refers to kinswoman Maud Hulbonet (?) and Maria daughter of ? Hulbonet (?) and brother ? Hulbonet (?). Adams family (Mary ?) Mary (?) Adams m bf 1750 Robert Riman b bf 1732 PPr b bf 1732 PPr d 12/5/1777 Sixpenny Handley * d aft 1765 I William Adams m bf 1714 PPr Ann ? b bf 1714 PPr b bf 1714 PPr d 24/8/1760 Sixpenny Handley, Dorset d 9/12/1759 Sixpenny Handley Mary (?) Adams * assumed burial of Mary based on date and location of her burial. Children of Robert Riman at Handley - ? Robert, 1745 ? James (bur 1825 SH aged 80). William Adams 1760 will of William Adams of Handley (courtesy of Dorset OPC) the elder, made 15/8/1760, granted 16/12/1760, refers to beneficiaries - William Addams, son, Carpenter & Wheeler of Tollard Farnham Elizabeth Addams, dau, wife of William Addams, Labourer of Dean Robert Ryman, son-in-law, Yeoman of Woodcotts Thomas Addams, son, Carpenter & Wheeler of Sixpenny Handley Executor - son Thomas Witnessed by - John Lawrence, William Wheeler, John Drudge junior Children of William Adams at SH - ? William, ? Elizabeth (m William Adams), ? Mary (?) (m Robert Riman), ? Thomas Alford family (Alice) Alice Alford m 12/5/1658 Gillingham, Dorset John Hiscock b 1631 Gillingham b */11/1628 Gillingham d 24/10/1707 Gillingham d 2/4/1708 Gillingham I Gilbert Alford m aft 1620 not Gillingham (2nd) ? m 28/4/1614 Gillingham (1st) Alice Knaplocke b */3/1593 Gillingham b bf 1623 b bf 1596 d 2/6/1668 Gillingham d aft 1668 ? d 5/3/1620 Gillingham I John Alford m 30/6/1588 Gillingham Alisia Bartlett (nee Brodinge) b bf 1564 * b bf 1564 d 4/2/1600 Gillingham d 4/12/1610 Gillingham I John Alford m 31/1/1565 Gillingham Christiana Witt b bf 1550 b bf 1550 d aft 1587 not Gillingham d 24/10/1587 Gillingham Alice Alford (1631-1707) Children of John and Alice Hiscock at Gillingham - see front page 1658 marriage states Alice Alford daughter of Gilbert, carpenter. Gilbert Alford (1593-1668) Children of Gilbert and ? Alford - 1623 James, 1624 Anna, 1627 Gilbert, 1629 Maria (to Gilbert of Newbury), 1631 Alice. 1620 burial of Alice 'wife of Gilbert Alford'. Children of Gilbert and Alice Alford - 1615 John, 1618 Johanna. John Alford (bf 1564-1600) Children of John and Alisia Alford - 1588 William, 1590 William, 1592 Dorothy (to John of Huntingford), 1593 Gilbert. * assumed connection to John and Christiana Alford married 1565 at Gillingham. No wills at Gillingham. Gillingham registers start 1559. Alford family (Dorothy) Dorothy Alford m bf 1580 Thomas Awbrey b bf 1540 b bf 1540 Chadenwick, Mere, Wiltshire d 5/7/1621 Mere d 23/4/1590 Mere, Wiltshire I Thomas Alford m bf 1551 Katherine ? b bf 1509 b bf 1530 d 1551 Mere bu Salisbury Cathedral, Wilts d 18/11/1575 Mere I Thomas Alford m bf 1509 Ellen ? b bf 1490 b bf 1490 d bf 1509 d 1509 Mere, Wilts Dorothy Alford (bf 1540-1621) Alford Family Notes ancient and modern by Josiah George Alford 1908 The marriage is record, early in the sixteenth century, of Thomas Awbrey, of Chadenwick, Wilts, with Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Alford, of Mere, Wiltshire. (Harl. Soc.) Following wills transcribed - Thomas Alford (bf 1509-1551) 1551 will of Thomas Alford To be buried in the church yard of Salisbury Cathedral. My wife Katherine. Richard my sonne, . .Thomas my youngest son. to every serving man and woman. Thos. Awbry and Thos. Alford my sonne Executors. P. C. C. 28 Bucke. 1545 Wiltshire Tax Lists Thomas Alford gent high collector for the hundreds of Dunworth, Mere and Maiden Bradley to safely convey £106-7-0 to Sir Edmund Peckham Mere Thomas Alford £0-20-0 Thomas Alford (bf 1490- bf 1509) 1509 will of Ellen Alford widow, of Mere, Wilts : dated July 1, proved August 31, 1509. Latin Will. Ego Elena Alford compos mentis sane memoria, etc. "My house" .... "a field" . " to the high Altar . " to the Chapel of the Holy Cross" . "to Christopher Chater". Residue to his Executors, Thomas Alford and Edith Carpenter. John Watts, John Smyth, witnesses. P.C.C. 19 Bennett. Andrews family Edith Andrews m 5/6/1800 Fontmell Magna Edward Hiscock b 1782 * b 11/6/1781 Kington Magna d 15/1/1841 East Stour (age 58) d 19/11/1830 East Stour (age 50) I ? Andrews m bf 1782 ? b bf 1764 b bf 1764 d aft 1782 d aft 1782 Edith Andrews (1782-1841) 1800 marriage says - Edward Hiscock of Margaret Marsh and Edith Andrews of this parish - witnesses William Hiscock and Harriet Garrett, by banns. 1800 Banns of Marriage Iwerne Minster - 19th, 25th May and 1st June between Edward Hiscock of the chapelry of Margaret Marsh and Edith Andrews of the parish of Child Okeford * * checked - Fontmell Magna, Shroton, Stour Provost, East & West Stour, Compton Abbas, Sutton Waldron, Ashmore, Iwerne Minster, Margaret Marsh, Marnhull, Shaftesbury, Hinton St Mary, Cann, Fifehead Magna, Manston, Shillingstone, Motcombe, Kington Magna, Okeford Fitzpaine or * Child Okeford.