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From: "Arthur French" <>
Subject: Re: [DEV] JAMES SPILLER- 1804 - 1844
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 12:03:40 +0100
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Yes, I see that 1841 appears to say "Not born in County". The eldest
children are Samuel and Elizabeth. There is a James SPILLER or
SPILLAR baptised in Axminster 16 June 1805, son of another Samuel and
Elizabeth. That seems worth investigating. "The Online Parish Clerk
scheme's representative for this parish is Deborah Carmichael, who
invites queries and lookup requests." (See
http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Axminster/index.html ) You could ask
her whether Samuel's occupation is mentioned in the register. Was he
a tailor? He seems to have left Axminster (or died) before 1821/2,
and there are no other children in the IGI.
Arthur French

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Subject: [DEV] JAMES SPILLER- 1804 - 1844


> Hello listers, I am looking for the birth place of my
g-g-grandfather James.
> He was a tailor, living in Sherborne Dorset (c1841) with his family,
but the
> census has no birthplace for him. A family legend has the family
arriving from
> the continent as Huguenots, and settling in Honiton, Devon as
lacemakers. Was
> James born in Devon? Who were his parents? Does this info mean
anything to
> another family out there? Some help would be gratefully
appreciated.
> Jane Stevenson
>
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