Published in Volume 1 of Genealogical Gleanings in England 1888 this is an extract of the will of Mary Symes, now of Beamister, late of Poorstock [Powerstock], in the county of Dorset, widow, dated 7 June 1736, proved 17 November 1738.
The Will of Mary Symes (1736)
December 4, 2008 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Bailey, Beaminster, Beer, Chichester, Courtenay, Darby, Dorset, Foster, Long Bredy, Loscombe, Moores, Powerstock, Symes, Wench, West Milton
Dorset Names (R-Z)
August 16, 2008 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Dorset, Ridout, Ross, Samways, Scutt, Senior, Shute, Spicer, Spurrier, Strange, Studley, Swaffield, Symes, Topp, Trowbridge, Wareham. Whittle
In 1890, Henry Brougham Guppy. M.B. (Edin.), published his ‘Homes of Family Names in Great Britain’. This is part of his entry for the county of Dorset
John Tompkins (1834-1908)
June 30, 2008 at 4:00 am (Biography, Genealogy)
Tags: Abbotsbury, Burton Bradstock, Chideock, Compton Valence, Eyers, Matthews, Puncknowle, Shipton Gorge, Symes, Tompkins, Wynford Eagle
John Tompkins was born on November 1, 1834 at Looke in the parish of Abbotsbury, Dorset, England the fifth of eight children of Richard Tompkins and Ann Churchill. Despite being born in Abbotsbury, John was baptised in the parish church at Puncknowle, which was physically much closer to the family home.
