Jessica Feinstein
Joseph Samuel Allen, bootmaker and gardener
Joseph Samuel Allen was one of Ari’s 4x great-grandfathers. He was born on 2 April 1843 in Parkstone, Dorset, the fourth child and third...
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Jessica Feinstein
Oct 10, 20191 min read
Ann Best, Wimborne Minster, Dorset
Ari’s 7 great-grandmother, Ann Best, was born in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, in about 1759. (I have found a possible baptism in 1757, with...
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Jessica Feinstein
Jun 29, 20191 min read
Jane Clench of Bloxworth
One of Ari’s 8x great-grandmothers was Jane Clench. She was born on 26 June 1709 in Bloxworth, Dorset, and baptised at St Andrew’s....
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Jessica Feinstein
Apr 20, 20192 min read
Dorothy Abbott, heiress
Dorothy was one of Ari’s 7x great-grandmothers, born on 19 April 1744 at Bloxworth (near Wareham) in Dorset, and baptised on 31 May at St...
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Jessica Feinstein
Jan 6, 20191 min read
Elizabeth Frampton
This photo, kindly shared with me by her descendant, Claire, is of Elizabeth Frampton, a 5x great-grandmother of Ari’s. Elizabeth was...
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Jessica Feinstein
Jun 3, 20182 min read
Elizabeth Butt of Christchurch
Elizabeth Butt was born on 27 July 1846 in Christchurch, Dorset. Sundial Cottage, Christchurch (not where she lived, but very pretty, and...
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Jessica Feinstein
May 18, 20181 min read
William Thomas Butt
Another of Ari’s 5x great-grandfathers was William Thomas Butt, son of Asher Butt and Elizabeth Thomas. William was born on 5 August 1815...
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Jessica Feinstein
May 4, 20182 min read
Fred Albert Dibben of Witchampton, Dorset
One of Ari’s 4x great-grandfathers was Fred Albert Dibben, born in 1848 in Witchampton, Dorset. He was the fourth son of Isaac Dibben and...
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Jessica Feinstein
Feb 11, 20181 min read
Fanny Briant of Corfe Mullen
Ari’s 5x great-grandmother Fanny Briant was born in 1816 in Corfe Mullen, Dorset. I don’t know who her parents were (no baptism record...
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Jessica Feinstein
Jan 27, 20181 min read
Christian Gray
One of Ari’s 8x great-grandmothers was called Christian Gray. She was born in 1702 in Corfe Castle, Dorset, and baptised there on 17 May....
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Jessica Feinstein
Nov 26, 20172 min read
Which William of Winfrith?
I have previously written about William Orchard who was born in 1813. I’ve now researched his family back a few more generations. His...
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Jessica Feinstein
Nov 3, 20173 min read
Seventeenth-century ancestors
Recent research has allowed me to find a few ancestors of Ari’s who lived in England in the seventeenth century, some in Dorset and some...
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Jessica Feinstein
Oct 27, 20172 min read
Mary Anne Tilley
One of Ari’s ancestors (a 4x great-grandmother) was Mary Anne Tilley. Her christening record at St James in Poole helpfully gives her...
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Jessica Feinstein
Sep 9, 20172 min read
Asher Butt of Christchurch
Ari’s 5x great-grandfather Asher Butt lived in Christchurch, Hampshire (now Dorset). View from the castle Christchurch was originally...
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Jessica Feinstein
Aug 3, 20171 min read
William Orchard of Langton Matravers
William Orchard was Ari’s 5x great-grandfather. He was born in the Dorset village of Langton Matravers on 8 Sep 1813, and baptised on 10...
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Jessica Feinstein
Jul 13, 20171 min read
Hannah Cox of Corfe Castle
Hannah Cox was Ari’s 7x great-grandmother, born in about 1748. She lived in Corfe Castle, Dorset, and died in March 1816. She is buried...
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