Another week rolls by with me still giving my hard earned cash to Ancestry!
Progress this week includes the certificates I ordered arrived so I was able to add some more details to my family tree (current people tally is 512). Unfortunately I made a hilarious typo when I applied for a Probate record – I put the year of death as 1068 instead of 1968 and my search was returned as not found (unsurprisingly). The place must be run by robots but I now have to place the order again, this time without the typo.
As I was downloading records I discovered a little more about my Leigh family and came across a few new to me records which specified an address. Previously the place of residence was just listed as Knighton but I found a burial record for Elizabeth Wavell (the mother. of Elizabeth Leigh) which named Knighton Mill in 1816. Then I did a quick google search and found a document on The National Archives website entitled ‘Bargain and sale and release of the manor or lordship of Knighton alias Knighton Gorges’ in 1823 (AC/90/50/15). This listed Upper Knighton water corn mill and millhouse (21a.) in occupation of Jeremiah Urry Wavell who I’m hoping is a relation. The Wavell family also occupied James’s or Mapleton Closes (20a.) and Lands called Harts Ash (50a.). It was good to see the family mentioned in documents and also pin down a place.
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