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Jessica Feinstein
Oct 8, 20221 min read
Anne Drodge from Dorset
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...
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Jessica Feinstein
Jun 12, 20223 min read
Mary Ayres from Church Knowle
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...
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Jessica Feinstein
May 30, 20222 min read
Isaac Dibben, miller
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...
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Jessica Feinstein
Apr 23, 20222 min read
Emma Orchard from Corfe Castle
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,...
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Jessica Feinstein
Apr 17, 20221 min read
Jasper Allen from Dorset
Ari’s 8x great-grandfather, Jasper Allen, was born in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, in 1716, which gives me an opportunity to use this photo...
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Jessica Feinstein
Jan 21, 20222 min read
David Abbott, yeoman of Bloxworth
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...
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Jessica Feinstein
Oct 3, 20212 min read
Charles Clench from Bloxworth
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...
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Jessica Feinstein
Aug 31, 20211 min read
Martha Squibb of Steeple
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...
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Jessica Feinstein
Feb 18, 20212 min read
Harriet Anne Curtis
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...
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