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Anne Drodge was one of Ari’s 7x great-grandmothers. Her baptism took place in Christchurch, Dorset, on 3 August 1755, but the record does...

Mary was one of Ari’s 6x great-grandmothers. She was born in Church Knowle in Dorset in 1787, and baptised at St Peter’s church in the...

Thomas Hardy’s cottage in Higher Bockhampton, which we visited when we went to Dorset in 2014. Isaac Dibben was one of Ari’s 5x...

Emma Orchard was one of Ari’s 5x great-grandmothers. She lived in Corfe Castle in Dorset, and had been born there in 1843. Her parents,...

Ari’s 8x great-grandfather, Jasper Allen, was born in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, in 1716, which gives me an opportunity to use this photo...

Ari’s 9x great-grandfather, David Abbott, was born in Dorset in 1669, and married Martha Squibb on 6 September 1702 at St Michael & All...

Charles Clench was one of Ari's 9x great-grandfathers, and he lived in Bloxworth in Dorset. From the date of his marriage in the year...

One of Ari's 9x great-grandmothers was called Martha Squibb. She must have been born in about 1680, in Steeple, Dorset. Charles II was on...

One of Ari's 3x great-grandmothers was Harriet Anne Curtis. She was born on 9 August 1857 in Warminster, Wiltshire, the daughter of Henry...