Ari’s 5x great-grandmother Sarah Foyle was born in 1786 in Teffont Evias, Wiltshire, and baptised in Tisbury on 26 February. She was the first child of Jonas Foyle and Eve Snook. On 13 April 1809, she married Joseph Beckett in Teffont Evias. Joseph died in 1839, and the 1841 census shows Sarah as the head of the household, with daughter Elizabeth, son William, and a baby Eliza (not sure who she belonged to!). 1841 census, Ancestry.co.uk In 1851 she was living in the hamlet of

Joseph Beckett (son of John), was Ari’s 5x great-grandfather. He was born in 1773 in Chilmark, Wiltshire. His mother was Ann Sopp. Here is the record of his baptism on 23 May 1773: Wiltshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 Joseph married Sarah Foyle on 13 April 1809 in the nearby village of Teffont Evias. Wiltshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1916 The Ley family, who were lords of the manor in Teffont Evias from

Ari’s 7x great-grandmother Jane Goodfellow was probably born in Fovant, Wiltshire in 1704. Fovant is on the main Salisbury–Shaftesbury A30 road, and was once known for its watercress beds. The Fovant badges, cut out of the chalk escarpment by troops in 1916. (For more information about the Fovant badges, see this story.) Again, we know very little about this ancestor of Ari’s. I think she was baptised in Fovant on 2 June 1704, and if that is the right person, then her father’

One of Ari’s 6x great-grandfathers was John Beckett. John was born in about 1729 in Chilmark, Wiltshire. Chilmark is known for its stone quarries, and stone from here was used to build Salisbury Cathedral. From John’s marriage licence on Findmypast (in the collection of Sarum Marriage Licence Bonds), I discovered that his father was also John. (His first name is given as John Junr.) John’s occupation was given as ‘butcher’. He married Ann Sopp of Durnford, which is just north