I found an entry today in the Hampshire Record Office Archives Catalogue that makes reference to my 5x gr-grandfather John Travers including an extract of his will dated 1829, which I will be ordering soon.

Owners and occupiers include:... ...John Travers of Ringwood, innholder, (1817); John Travers, jun. of Abingdon, gent. (1829)...

The question I have is... is there a difference between an innholder and an innkeeper?

I know John, sr was involved with another inn near Minstead in the New Forest prior to this position, the name escapes me at the moment. The area sounds lovely. Another potential stop on the "Reverse Ancestral Immigration Tour."

-Barb