Published in 1896 by John Ashton in his book The Devil in Britain and America, this acount of The Case of Mary Hill of Beckington was originally recorded by May Hill, the Minister of Beckington in 1691.
The Case of Mary Hill of Beckington
January 10, 2008 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Beckington, Brewer, Coombes, Currier, Frome, Hill, Jesse, Moore
Somerset Quarter Sessions 1616
November 9, 2007 at 4:00 am (Genealogy, Location)
Tags: Coombes, Gunnell, Nunney
Extracted from the General Sessions held at Bridgewater the 17th, 18th, and 19th days of September, 14 James (1616), before Sir Robert Phelippes, Sir Nicholas Halswell, Sir Edward Hext,Sir Francis Heale, Knts., Edward Rogers, Thomas Warre, George Lutterell, Edward Popham, Nathanael Still, James Bisse, Christopher Preston, Thomas Brereton, and Robert Cufie, Esquires.
Henry Lewis Tompkins (1910-1998)
July 20, 2007 at 7:49 pm (Genealogy)
Tags: Biography, Chilfrome, Coombes, Coombs, Eyers, Maiden Newton, Roper, Tompkins
Henry, or as he was better known Lew, was born on 3rd March 1910 at West Compton, Dorset, England the second youngest of eight children of farm labourer Frederick William Tompkins and his wife Annie Linda Eyers. He was christened at West Compton and early schooling was at nearby Wynford Eagle.
