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	Genealogical puzzles
	Things I'd really like to know
Mysteries	The mysterious married life of Frances Elizabeth Otter
	Frances Elizabeth Otter was a widow named Rhineberg on her marriage to William Legg in 1873, married Frank Wetheral Griffin in 1881 as a widow named Legge, though her Mr. Legge seems to have lived until 1900, and disappears (or dies) between 1891 and 1896 when her husband re-marries...		1847
	Huguenot ancestry - de la Mare, La Mare, or similar
	The Hudson family was aware of having some Huguenot ancestry, a family named de la Mare or La Mare or similar, but what was their actual name?		Lormier
	Who was Martha Cope, and was she a "black widow"?
	Martha Cope buried 3 husbands in the 12 years from 1800 to 1812 - John Watson, David Frost and James Daniels, all innkeepers. She was 39 years old in 1800, and lived until 1844, aged 83. She had ample time for more husbands, beside the Mr. Cope who came after 1812. So was she a black widow?		Martha Cope
Tragedies	Fatal incautious use of a revolver
	In 1876, Isabella Norris was accidentally shot by her husband while she had a small child on each knee.		1876
	A case of bad luck coming in threes?
	Isabella Norris above was aged 32 when she died. One of the children on her knees was her daughter Rachel, who died in 1908 aged 35 of acute ?phenisis. Her son John Edward Little, born 1896, fought in World War I in the trenches, was gassed, and as a consequence, died aged 32 in 1928.
	Two sons missing in Australia in the 1850s		Frederick
	In 1850, Frederick Frost, son of Thomas and Nancy Frost, sailed for Australia and was last heard of in September 1851 heading for gold diggings close to Geelong, near Melbourne.
	In 1854, Thomas Frost, another son of Thomas and Nancy Frost, sailed for Australia and was last heard of from Warrnambool, intending to go to Melbourne - which might have taken him past Geelong.		Thomas
Military	Military
	Henry Buchan's careeer in the Napoleonic wars		Summary
	- History of the 90th Perthshire Regiment		1880
Seamen	Captain Jean Lormier was active in the West Indies in the 1650s
	Jean Lormier was captain of a barque in support of French attempts to establish colonies in Grenada in the 1650s. He had died by 1669, probably at sea, which perhaps explains why his son Jean became a sculptor. His son married the daughter of Jacques Desenne, below.		1640s
	Captain Jacques (James) Desenne was active in the 1650s as a privateer in the West Indies
	James Desenne was last seen in 1659 setting sail from Kingston, Jamaica aboard the Nieuw Tuin, rearmed as a privateer and re-christened the Bonaventure. He had died by 1667. His daughter Rachel married the son of Jean Lormier, above, and their son David Lormier escaped to England in 1701.		1650s
	Was the renowned pirate Moïse Vauquelin alias Moses Vanclin a close relative?
	The widow of Jean Lormier, above, was Marie Vauquelin, and her son Jean Lormier married Rachel Desenne (daughter of Jacques Desenne above) in Dieppe in 1669. Definitely a seafaring family, then. A year earlier, in 1668, a Jacques Vauquelin, son of Moïse Vauquelin, married Marie Daval in Dieppe. This could mean that Marie Vauquelin was the sister of this Moïse Vauquelin. And around this date there was a Moise Vauquelin, alias Moses Vanclin or Vanklein - renowned pirate/privateer or, by his own account, servant of the [French] King for over 20 years (albeit not necessarily with his knowledge) fighting the Spanish, English and Dutch at his own risk and expense...		1650s
Wills	Wills and Testaments
	Settling the estates of Nancy Frost, and the states of her parents David Frost and Martha Cope		1891 estate
	Edward Rolle Darke denying paternity of two sons by his unfaithful wife
	Edward Rolle Darke denying paternity of two sons by his unfaithful wife		1836
	Martha Higgs denouncing Abel Whitehead a sorry villain and a wicked rogue
	She states that she was robbed by him, giving the exact day and the amount stolen		1742
Genealogy	When was my great-grandfather William John Yallop Watts born, and why did he change his name?
	My first genealogical puzzle - finding out that my great-grandfather changed the family name (something I'd never heard about), and when he was actually born		PP_8
	Where did my great-great-grandfather James Pell Yallop junior disappear to between 1861 and 1896?
	James Pell Yallop seems to not appear in the records between his daughter's birth in 1861 and his own death in 1896 - except on the marriages of his children, when he is described as a builder names James Pell Yallop (twice) and James Watts (once). Where was he the rest of the time?
	The will of William Reynolds of 1796
	This will proved not only that James Yallop was born in Oulton in 1767, but also that his brothers were born there too, that his parents married in Lingwood in 1755, and that his father and 3 aunts were born in Strumpshaw between 1725 and 1734!
	The baptism of John Greaves in Tadcaster in 1809
	This baptismal record names his parents, grandparents, and 2 great-grandparents (??)		PP_20
	Tracing the ancestors of Frances Elizabeth Stevenson
	Tracing the ancestors of Frances Elizabeth Stevenson of Lutterworth using 'Naomi' as the only real clue, and without finding her parents' marriage.		Naomi
	Correcting an error in a letter 200 years after it was written?
	In 1809 John Hunsley wrote a letter to his daughter Margaret giving her details on her ancestors. He named his wife's mother as Catherine Whitehouse, but it would seem to be Catherine Thompson - whose cousin was named Catherine Whitehouse.		PP_167
	Tracing the 'Rich' family in Burford
	Mary Rich married John Wood in Burford in 1760. Her family were Quakers, who recorded the parents of people they buried - so despite an almost complete lack of baptismal or marriage records, it was possible to trace their descent for 2 generations.		PP_187
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	Tracing from Catherine Higgs to Susanna Palavicino in three wills
	The will of Catherine Higgs confirms that her maiden name was Sedgwick.		1781
	The will of Rebecca Sedgwick names Caherine Higgs as her executor, names her siblings, and nieces and nephews.		1757
	The will of Susannah Robinson née Sedgwick names Rebecca Sedgwick as her executor, names her siblings, and nieces and nephews, and mentions an heirloom from her grandmther Palavisine.		1725
Like-to-knows	Things I'd really like to know
	Who did Mary Catford, Jane Outhdrew??, and Elizabeth Roisu?? marry, and what happened to them and their descendants, if any?		1806
	© C. R. Watts 2020 revised 26.06.2020
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