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Sarah SERKWELL????? - Knill family - Tawstock

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ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 24 Dec 2023 15:16

From a quick Google search:


https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/OPCproject

Scroll down to "Devon Parish Listing".

Phillip

Phillip Report 24 Dec 2023 12:18

Thank you.

Do you know if Devon has a dedicated OPC site, like Cornwall does?

greyghost

greyghost Report 24 Dec 2023 11:45

Sorry, didn't give the link

https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/keepsafe/folder/contents/1

Phillip

Phillip Report 23 Dec 2023 20:32

Alviegal - very good thinking.....I will follow these up.

Thank you very much for this.

alviegal

alviegal Report 22 Dec 2023 16:08

Knill
John
1760

Devon Baptisms
Tawstock, Devon, England

Knill
Mary
1755

Devon Baptisms
Tawstock, Devon, England

Knill
Susanna
1758

Devon Baptisms
Tawstock, Devon, England

Knill
Sarah
1750

Devon Baptisms
Tawstock, Devon, England

Long shot, but have you followed up on their children to see if they have very helpfully given any of their children a middle name that could be Sarah's surname?

Phillip

Phillip Report 22 Dec 2023 15:38

Thank you very much for this. I see a spreadsheet coming!!

Thank you again.

greyghost

greyghost Report 22 Dec 2023 15:23

Original OPR on Find My Past -? her surname looks like - SERK (R or S )OOT( H or T)

Have hopefully put it into Keepsake with access to helpers, and have sent by PM to Phillip (check your in box)

There's certainly some unusual names on the same page.

EDIT - closer look, probably more like Serkweth! It's the "W" that threw me

greyghost

greyghost Report 22 Dec 2023 15:17

https://www.freereg.org.uk Soundex to Serkwell in Devon -

Sharkell
Sharsell
Sersell
Sersal
Shersell
Sharseles
Searcle
Sharzell
Sursell
Sursill
Sarkhel

Tawstock is a village, civil parish and former manor in North Devon in the English county of Devon, England. The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Barnstaple, Bishop's Tawton, Atherington, Yarnscombe, Horwood, Lovacott and Newton Tracey and Fremington.

Phillip

Phillip Report 22 Dec 2023 14:56

Hi.

I have reposted this in case there is anyone who may have new suggestions!!!!

Or a connection??

I'm nowhere nearer....

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 20 Aug 2017 07:09

Image of Marriage, Find My Past.

As said seems you have seen Parish Record, and the Archives staff are no wiser?, unless anybody from below might have an idea if they saw it!...

http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/

Chris :)

(below was reference)

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=420536.0

Phillip

Phillip Report 19 Aug 2017 21:40

Hi.

Thank you for the above.

What image of Elizabeth are you referring to?

Is this a lost cause?? :-)

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 17 Aug 2017 07:12

Don't suppose!, but below was on list...(looking So...)

Chris :)

St Peter's, Tawstock
Ledger Stones

Here lieth in Hope of
a joyful Resurrection ye
Body of Roger Southwood
of this Parish he departed
this Life ye 27th Day of August
1749 aged 48 years
Also John Hooper his Son in Law
Also Catharine & Elizabethh
Southwood his two Daughters

http://dustydocs.com.au/link/9/26215/143420/burials-1756-1812-online-parish-clerk.html

(and)

1776 February 8 Sarah KNILL

(was going to suggest a visit to Archives, but see you have done)

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=420536.9

(and putting serkwell on FMP using 'Variants', a lot of Sarchwell coming up!)


(and again!, if you look at name Elizabeth above on image, would be 'ser**eh' perhaps, lol, oh dear!)

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 16 Aug 2017 23:06

The name on the image looks more like Serkweth to me although Findmypast have transcribed it as Serkwett.

Kath. x

Andrew

Andrew Report 16 Aug 2017 22:45

She is the only Southwell in can see, but close variations of the name...

Southall
Southill
Southwill
Southell
Southhill

and thats just in Devon around 1720.

Seeing the actual written record might help might help.

The name would have been written as the person thought he heard it. A lot of surnames didn't have a definate spelling until a rise in literacy, in 19th century.

Andy

Phillip

Phillip Report 16 Aug 2017 22:30

Andy - thank you very much for this.

Do you think finding other siblings and their places of birth may lead me to confirming if this is the same woman?

Phil

Andrew

Andrew Report 16 Aug 2017 22:13

Just a thought

England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975


Name: Sarah Southwell
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 11 Nov 1717
Baptism Place: Stoke Damerel,Devon,England
Father: John Southwell
Mother: Elizabeth


Andy

Phillip

Phillip Report 16 Aug 2017 21:55

No, on the contrary. You have suggested an alternative surname!

alviegal

alviegal Report 16 Aug 2017 21:36

No problem Phil. Sorry I haven't been much help but not finding anything with any of those names. :-S

Phillip

Phillip Report 16 Aug 2017 21:24

Yes, this is the problem!

The surname is unheard of (must have been the pronunciation!)

I did have confirmation from someone who was researching the Knill family about the name Serkwell but I am well and truly stuck there.

Phil

Thank you very much for your reply.

alviegal

alviegal Report 16 Aug 2017 21:13

First name(s) John
Last name Knill
Age -
Birth year -
Denomination Anglican
Marriage year 1742
Marriage date 09 May 1742
Place Tawstock
Spouse's first name(s) Sarah
Spouse's last name Serkwett
Spouse age -
County Devon
Country England
Archive South West Heritage Trust

Could be Sorkwoth?