Hackett, Miller, Cope, Preston, Gilbert, Bennett, Ellicock/Allicock, Harris

[*Sanders*]

I am currently researching these Leicester families. I have information to share and would love to chat with anyone with information as well.

[indigo]

Hi..
My great-great grandfather was Thomas Bennett (born 1829). He married Sarah Ann Preston (born May 7, 1836), of Mount Sorrell, Loughborough, Leicestershire.

The date of the marriage, as far as I know so far, was November 17.1851 at New Stranton, Co. Durham.

I have been trying to find, to no avail, the names and birth places of the PARENTS of Sarah Ann Preston.

Can you help??
'indigo'

[*Sanders*]

Hi..
My great-great grandfather was Thomas Bennett (born 1829). He married Sarah Ann Preston (born May 7, 1836), of Mount Sorrell, Loughborough, Leicestershire.

The date of the marriage, as far as I know so far, was November 17.1851 at New Stranton, Co. Durham.

I have been trying to find, to no avail, the names and birth places of the PARENTS of Sarah Ann Preston.

Can you help??
'indigo'

Hello Indigo!

Well, your Sarah Ann Preston may not be one of mine, but that's around the time that I hit a wall in my line as well. So I'm not sure yet of any connection for our families.

Have you searched for her at www.familysearch.org? I just took a peek and did see a Sarah Preston born in Mount Sorrell, but she was born 2 years prior to yours. Given that families often lost children young and named the next child the same name as the last one, it's possible that your Sarah Preston is from the same parents as this one was.

Those parents are WALTER PRESTON and SUSAN BLUNT PRESTON. I found a marriage date and place for them as being 29 JUL 1832, of Saleby (Sileby?), Leicester, England.

WALTER PRESTON'S Christening info is as follows:
26 JAN 1802, of Sileby, Leicester, England. His Parents were John & Sarah Preston.

I found a listing for SUSAN BLUNT, but she may not be the right one. Her birth year was approx. 1810 and she was from Syston, Leicester. I have her listed as Susannah Blunt Preston married to a Joseph Gilbert in 1839 in Syston, Leic. Is it possible that Walter Preston died early and she then married Joseph Gilbert?

I'm not sure if they are in fact the ancestors you're searching for, but perhaps this is a good lead? I hope I've been of some help.

Good luck, Sandy

[*Sanders*]

Hello again!

I just wanted to add that I noticed that my Prestons also have Gilberts and Bennetts amongst them! This is going back a little earlier than we discussed. I will sit down and sort this out later tonight, but I find it funny that I have Prestons, Gilberts and Bennetts in the same line, right after we talked about them today. I just glanced at my tree and there they are, right under my nose.

Short breakdown: I have a WILLIAM ERNEST PRESTON, b. 1851. His mother was HANNAH GILBERT, b. 1820. Her parents were JOHN GILBERT, b. 1788 AND ELIZABETH BENNETT, b. 1792.

WILLIAM ERNEST PRESTON was my great great grandfather. This is not a line I've paid much attention to in the past.

I now wonder if they're related to the ones I told you about earlier and if those particular ancestors are yours as well. I'll work on this more later. Haven't got time now. Hope you are able to find a connection with the info I posted earlier today.

Cheers, Sandy

[indigo]

Hey, Sanders......thanks for the information.....I will follow that up for sure...what interesting turns these leads take.....I will surely check it out as well........

Thanks again
Indigo

[*Sanders*]

Hey, Sanders......thanks for the information.....I will follow that up for sure...what interesting turns these leads take.....I will surely check it out as well........

Thanks again
Indigo

Very good. This is a family line I've neglected to research much, so I'm glad to hear from you. I may have made a discovery for my own line in the process of helping you.

Hope the lead was helpful to you. Best of luck!

Sandy

[indigo]

Hi, Sandy,

I thought you might be interested to know that I have been in contact with someone in the Yorkshire area who got in touch with me because of my family relationship to the Prestons.

She is, if I am understanding correctly, a descendent of the Preston/Gilbert line of the family, and tells me that she and I are third cousins once removed.

If you are interested, I can get in touch with her, and ask her permission to give you her email address...???

I feel quite certain that you are researching the same family as she is, and she does have a lot of information.

Can you email me??
Indigo

[*Sanders*]

Hi, Sandy,

I thought you might be interested to know that I have been in contact with someone in the Yorkshire area who got in touch with me because of my family relationship to the Prestons.

She is, if I am understanding correctly, a descendent of the Preston/Gilbert line of the family, and tells me that she and I are third cousins once removed.

If you are interested, I can get in touch with her, and ask her permission to give you her email address...???

I feel quite certain that you are researching the same family as she is, and she does have a lot of information.

Can you email me??
Indigo



Email sent and THANK YOU!

[Patrisia]

I am currently researching these Leicester families. I have information to share and would love to chat with anyone with information as well.Hi Sandy,
Picking up on the HARRIS name, I think I have my g.gr.father Henry Alfred Harris, b. 15 Nov 1842 in Leicester. This is only a probable, as I have never been able to find a birth registration for his son Henry Edward Harris.
If I have the right Harris, his parents were William Harris of Woodhouse Eaves, and Elizabeth Coalcroft of Sileby.
Any connections?

[*Sanders*]

Hi Sandy,
Picking up on the HARRIS name, I think I have my g.gr.father Henry Alfred Harris, b. 15 Nov 1842 in Leicester. This is only a probable, as I have never been able to find a birth registration for his son Henry Edward Harris.
If I have the right Harris, his parents were William Harris of Woodhouse Eaves, and Elizabeth Coalcroft of Sileby.
Any connections?

Well, I only have 1 ancestor thus far for Harris and she was born in 1799. This was Millicent Harris, who married my g-g-g-g grandfather, Thomas Preston in 1841. So, while it's not too far fetched that there may be a connection somewhere, I don't think it's direct. I'll update you if I come across anything.

Sorry! Sandy

[indigo]

Sandy:

Thanks for your email.

Yes, in fact, Sarah did marry a Joseph Gilbert.

But, re: sarah herself....

If you recall, she married Thomas Bennett...my gr-grandfather.

Now...the reason perhaps that both of us are hitting a brick wall back there.....

Yesterday I finally received a copy of my grandfather Thomas Bennett's death certificate. (son of Sarah and Thomas Bennett).

As it seems to have been pretty much established that when Sarah married my gr-grandfather Thomas, she was known as Sarah Ann Preston... and their marriage is recorded as such in the famiily bible. It was considered an established 'fact'. BUT...my grandfather's death certificate lists his mother's name as being SARAH JARVIS!!!

I was startled to see that...but I believe that fact to be correct... for a couple of reasons...

The information given for the death record was given by my aunt...whom I knew very well. And my grandfather Thomas lived with her for many, many years, as his wife died in 1921. This particular aunt had access not only to personal, live-in contact with him for so many years, but also, being the oldest of my Dad's family, also had direct access to all his personal papers and so on.....

My contact in England (whom you were recently in touch with)... as well as my own cousins in England, (one of whom has done family research as well), have all said that information about Sarah Anne Preston was sketchy.
I agree.

Could it be that she was adopted... or perhaps born out of wedlock... or whatever reason there could be for this turn of events..

I am now totally confused regarding my great-grandmother....and can't even begin to imagine how to find out the story there. Sarah was pretty young when she married Thomas in 1851....I think she may have been too young to have been married before...perhaps to someone named Jarvis.....

I am in Canada....my grandfather died in Canada....and I have been in touch with cousins here... hoping that someone has 'inherited' my grandfather's personal papers from my aunt, after she passed away.. .. so far, no luck.

I just don't know what to think about it all, much less what to do.
I have also sent a note off to my cousins in England. I am sure they will be just as startled at this news as I was...

Any suggestions?? Help!! How can I find out more?
'Indigo' (Jane)

[indigo]

Sandy: An added note:

My father told me many years ago, that there was an Irish connection in his family. He told me I was "one-quarter Irish" - given the ancestry lingo of his time...

I have been researching all four of my grandparent's families...and could not find an Irish connection... but my Dad was so adamant about it... that now I am wondering if Sarah Jarvis could be that connection.

I was young when this conversation took place with my father... and....
as it was, back then, he would definitely not have discussed it further with me at that time, if in fact his grandmother Sarah was born out of wedlock, or, adopted.

Do you think this could be a valid lead in finding out about Sarah Jarvis??

Indigo

[Bob Topley]

I have a connection through the marriage of Edward Topley born Aug 2, 1777 in Walton On The Wolds and Mary Preston born abt 1881-6 in Sileby. They were married Dec. 21, 1805 in Sileby. Their daughter Elizabeth Topley is my ggg grandmother. I may have some Preston info that may help you.

[ET in the USA]

Today's posting brought this 3 year old thread to the surface so I'm not holding out much hope that the interested parties are still around, but...

In case anyone else with Leicester connections reads this, I have HACKETT, BOWLER, BOOTHBY, KIRK & THOMAS ancestors from Leicester. BOWLER is from Shepshed and Ashby de la Zouche, believe others are from Leicester, Leicestershire.