Bible Readings in Ordinary Time

The Bible Readings in Ordinary Time (Trinity) are the stories of the Early Church.  The struggles were monumental in the Roman Empire at that time but the love of Jesus was in their hearts and they persevered until the Church of Jesus Christ became the Church of the Roman Empire. The growing pains were formidable but the Church of Jesus Christ has been the mainstay of the so-called Western World for over two thousand years. The churches that have been built during that time are still standing - many of them. A tribute to the love of God that was shared by many and passed down generation after generation. People may not go to Church as they once did but they remain a God-loving/God-fearing people. We are perhaps even following more closely the words of Jesus that He passed to us as the New Commandments - love God with all your heart, soul, strength and mind and love your neighbour as yourself. It is this second part that does drive the western world - this respect for one's fellow man/woman and it mustn't be allowed to be distorted in any way. We respect but we may not understand or accept. Understanding and acceptance belongs to God. It is a two way street; there must also be respect for the youth of children; let them be children without the encumbrances of adult life. That comes soon enough they are children for only a short time in the overall scheme of things. We are here to do God's work on Earth not to judge people; that is God's work. Respect is the underpinning of the society that has developed after the horrendous Second World War which involved most of the world and the European Union that has developed has shown this time and again (especially with their support and attention to NATO and its defensive ability and we in the Western Hemisphere that are members of NATO are full supporters of that defensive stance). We want peace; no more wars. There has been enough destruction by war; enough death by war. Go home Russians; live the life that you want but get out of Ukraine. You are greedy Nazis, monsters, psychopaths and thieves; you murder children. God will judge you; get out of Ukraine. 

Woke up early with much of this in my mind so have put it to paper so to speak but in this electronic age one's words flow not just onto the paper in front of you but out into the world in electronic form. What happens thousands of miles away on the other side of the world becomes known in an instant by the entire world. We are on-line!

Yesterday flowed well for the Siderfin book and I realized that perhaps one document attached to one of the record sets at the Somerset Archives might just be available and that is the will/probate/inventory for Robert Siderfin of  East Linch and Timberscombe which was probated 22 Jul 1689. I have written to see if I can purchase a scan of the one document mentioned. I have looked at that item now for several months and suddenly thought it may just provide me with even more material. I have now entered the extra material into the Sixth generation for the William-Line. I will work through that material today making sure it is properly footnoted and then move to the Robert-Line and the Thomas-Line. I am rapidly approaching the Seventh generation. I have only recently realized that I would need to work on these three generations in tandem (sometimes going back and forth although the Fifth generation is looking settled now). There is probably still another week to two weeks but other than publishing the Blake Newsletter I am free to pursue this research well into July. 

The smoke keeps us indoors most of the time once again and our three air purifiers are running full time every day all day. This is the worst summer that I can ever remember for smoke. Pity to miss out on the kayaking but we watch the smoke level and when ever it sinks back to normal than we are off for a pleasant paddle in the wetlands. The bird life has become considerably lessened; they have flown where the air is clearer if their little ones are able to do that otherwise they have hunkered down like us for the duration. They do come to the feeder but not very much activity. They know smoke is harmful too. The same goes for the squirrels, chipmunks and raccoons. 

The sky is obliterated by smoke this morning although at 162 ppm we have seen worse for sure. Rain definitely helps but none promised for today. However tomorrow is Canada Day and it always rains in the afternoon on Canada Day without fail and generally an electric storm which is unfortunate as that lights more fires but hopefully the rain will be heavy enough to damper the fires. 

The day beckons and there is much to do as always. God bless Ukraine; Glory to Ukraine.

To Ukraine: Do not go gentle into this dark night

More children killed in a vicious attack on a restaurant in Eastern Ukraine - the Russians sink lower and lower into their sins. Do not go gentle Ukrainians into this dark night; fight for your freedom and may success come to you as you regain your territory. The Russian people will have much to atone for if they do not rid themselves of the psychopathic Nazis Putin and his enablers. Their greed for land and riches is disgusting. Children should not be the target; no nation wants their children to die before their time. Russians have become like the beasts of the field; they do not think for themselves but are driven by a despot greedy for power, land and riches. Unless they act there can only be death and destruction ahead for them. Surely the whole world outside of Russia grieves for those children whose lives have been stripped from them in this horrendous murder by Russia. Glory to Ukraine. I understand the nervousness of the countries around Russia concerning the Wagner group - what if it is a feint? a pretend attack on the psychopathic Putin and now they sit closer to these countries. NATO is ready to defend as always. The desire that Russia be bombed into the Stone Age is strong in my thoughts for sure today. We reap the errors of the past that Russia was not stopped as World War II ended and corralled into their own country at that time. After all Stalin did make a deal with the greedy psychopathic Nazis to divide Poland; Russia has proven for all time that they are Nazis and that the deal that Stalin made wasn't just to buy time. The parents of the murdered children of Ukraine cry out for justice I am sure - their children; the fruit of the world have been murdered. Attacking/murdering children is disgusting.

Yesterday more work on the Siderfin book as I pad out the entries on the fifth, sixth and seventh generation descendants. It is working well having the two files and crossing out the text that has been used. I was in the process of just doing a  minor revision so I entered a lot of material into these pages as well as the material that James Sanders already had so it now needs to be transferred into this total rewrite. I downloaded Sir John Wittewronge's will from the National Archives website so that I could read it. He makes absolutely no mention of his daughter Anne who married Robert Siderfin. That was somewhat of a surprise actually but Robert and Anne did not have any children and his will did tend to look at Sir John's grandchildren. Today carrying on with that project as I work on the 5th, 6th and 7th generations together now. I am happy with the new sort with most of the lines that James Sanders had in the Robert-line going to the William-line. It just makes more sense that property held in the William-line would stay there. I suspect that Robert 4 (Robert 3, William 2, John 1) dying relatively young and first had an effect on how the land passed as well.

Smoke again today and the count is over 180 so an inside day for sure. We did go kayaking yesterday and it was a lovely change. Moving along the waterways in a kayak is a very interesting experience. The boat is smaller and less intimidating to the wildlife and the wake is minimal so little disturbance along the shore as we moved forward. We did not stay long though as the smoke was starting to move back in. Today is sunny and the smoke somewhat less visible than other days but it is meant to worsen. 

On to breakfast.

Rain is promised again today

 The earth is slowly becoming more saturated which is good news; rain in our area is a blessing for sure. The Forest Fires that have been burning are dampened down for a bit hopefully. The sky today though is grey looking like rain again and amazingly the earth can still absorb a lot more. The growing after a rain is amazing; it has amazed me all of my life to watch the effect of rain on the flora. The trees just have this uplifted look to them as they soak up the goodness. Much of what God sees as he views the earth is the flora and fauna and the fisheries; we are but a small part of all of that. Like we have corralled in many living things so we are also corralled unless we live the life that God commanded. We learned our lesson back in the 1940s that Nazis can not be permitted to threaten the world - they are evil; their intent is always evil - they are greedy and that is the worst of the evils for sure. We must continue to help Ukraine to fight off that evil for themselves because, along with NATO, Russia can not break out and create the kind of havoc that the psychopathic Nazis Hitler and his enablers created. The flora and fauna can survive just about anything and still come out on top; nature always wins eventually in one way or another but we, homo sapiens, can not win if we permit Russia to win. We will lose; it will be a slow creeping loss but we will lose. We must obey God's commandments - love God with all our heart, soul and mind and strength and love our neighbour as ourselves. Our very survival depends on that. Glory to Ukraine and may we see  a free Ukraine united with a free Crimea. 

Today is a research day and I am looking forward to more merging of material. This will probably take most of July to reach the Eighth Generation where life will be a little smoother although I am sure that I will find entries that require a lot of sleuthing but we are coming into a more organized time in the history of the British Isles with the Parish Registers more complete and then the Census. I think I can see that by the end of the year I should have completed this task and will commence thinking about the Pencombe book. I am excited at that prospect as well. I heard a lot about the Pincombe family when I was a child mostly items that my mother remembered her father talking about but also from her uncle (by marriage as he married my mother's mother's sister) who was first cousin to my grandfather and they farmed side by side. It was a close family unit as I knew both my great aunt and uncle as a child and my mother did think of her Uncle as a replacement for her deceased father (he died when she was just eight years of age). So a lot of daydreaming to do with regard to the Pencombe book but the main concentration will be the Siderfin book until I complete it. Because I have such long generations Thomasine (unknown) Siderfin was my 7x great grandmother and her husband John (as I believe) my 7x great grandfather so I am working in the midst of my family line with the present work. Their son Robert married Elizabeth Question and then their son Augustine married Mary Davies 25 Sep 1720 at Cutcombe. Their son Robert married Grace Kent 5 Feb 1752 at Selworthy and their daughter Elizabeth married John Rew 30 Jan 1792 at Selworthy and their daughter Elizabeth married John Pincombe 9 Jan 1834 at Bishops Nympton and so the Pincombe and Siderfin families came together at that point in time. Their son William Robert was my great grandfather and although he was still alive when my mother was young her memories of him were either faint or retold to her as a child. Her only true memory was of a tent on their property during the summer when Spanish Flu was common and he died 7 Jun 1918 after returning from a trip to California. She always thought he died of Spanish Flu.But she would have only been two years of age at that time and her brother was four and a half so he perhaps remembered and kept her memory alive on all of that. Two is pretty young for sure. 

On to breakfast; the day moves forward.

Rain, the heavens opened and it rained

Finally a long enough rain to really saturate the ground. More rain will come today and that should at least soften up that hard clay and let July be less of a dry month than it normally is. We really needed that rain. The trees stand prouder today and leave very little of my sky open as I look out my workroom window. Truly I am down to 5% but the light does shine through the open patches amongst the leaves. But never was a storm more welcomed although it came with all sorts of warnings but the best thing is that smoke warning is gone for a bit (hopefully gone but forest fires do burn). 

Some thinking on the Siderfin book but no doing. Yesterday was a busy cleaning day and I took the suggestion that wet mopping the hardwood would be better than vacuuming and I rather think that worked out very well. I did vacuum the rugs on the stairs and that was pretty much it. The rest was damp mopped and the small rugs were shaken out as usual. 

Today the basement and I shall work on the Siderfin book as well. Now into the 6th and 7th generations with some returns to the fifth with material that best fits in there. That will be the way it is until I finish the 7th generation and then I can move ahead because James Sanders did not do that much on the 7th generation other than being a repository for will abstracts and a few stories. His curious will by Grace Trill will also come into play as I try to understand how Grace fitted into the family and why she gave most of her property to the descendants of Robert Siderfin and Grace (Kent) Siderfin (my 4x great grandparents). It wasn't a lot of property but it was the bits and pieces that had been part of the William-Line and the Robert-Line that had not come to the younger son of Robert 4 (Robert 3, William 2, John 1)., It was perhaps the reason that James Sanders Pedigree Chart looks the way that it does. It simply made it easier to trace the land somewhat but not entirely. 

Ukraine's methodical retaking of their land is a wondrous vision to behold. With each new metre claimed back they are stabilizing Europe and ensuring that Russia remains corralled and not a threat to Europe. World War II ended with that stalemate as we did not follow the advice of Winston Churchill. That advice would have made a longer war; more young lives lost at a time when so much had been lost. The Soviet Union that emerged in 1945 should never have been and now with the defensive ability of NATO it will never rise again to threaten the world. For truly all of the world is threatened by the greed which is displayed by the psychopathic Nazis Putin and his enablers. Not only do they try to destroy Ukraine but they let their own military suffer so that they can not do as the Russian Army did in 1917 when they returned and deposed the Tsar for his ineptness in the war effort. The psychopathic Nazis Putin and his enablers deserve whatever the Russian people deal out to them and the complacency with which the people of southern Russia regarded the recent threat by the Wagner group is telling. Glory to Ukraine and Ukraine including the Crimea free once again.  

Thank you God and Mother Nature for the life giving rain of yesterday and more to come today. It is cloudy but the air quality is at 31. The day begins and it will be a busy one.

Monday, smoke, cleaning day

The heading is somewhat incompatible but habit is a long standing thing really and I shall clean but will take the suggestion of damp moping all the floors since we replaced our carpet years ago with wood floors. Air purifiers running full blast and no smell of smoke in the house but it still looks smoky outside although rain is promised; we will see. Rain would certainly dampen down the Forest Fires and clear the air. 

Yesterday was busy with moving information from one file to another as the Siderfin book grows and is now over 60 pages since I have taken out the generations past the seventh for the moment. I am slowly feeding the information into the revised text and crossing out the text that I copy and move from the earlier book and my own research that I intermingled with a copy of the original text. It seemed practical at the time but I am now looking forward to starting from scratch with the Blake and Pencombe books. Putting pen to paper is always an interesting engagement of the mind with the research. But that is in the future after the cataract surgery. I shall take a long six weeks absenteeism from the computer other than checking on how everything is transpiring on the DNA lists and what not but not for a couple of weeks. It will be the longest time that I have ever been away from a computer since I first stayed home with my oldest child. We bought our first home computer in 1983; hard to believe now. It was state of the art with a 20 megabyte hard drive! Look where we are now. Improvements have been abundant. 

Back in the early 80s though climate change was starting to be a thing which we needed to work on but mostly it was Prince Charles then and now King Charles III who was the strong advocate for protection of the environment and organic farming to preserve the land. He was and is such a leader; one can only compliment him. His first love taken from him and he moved on and married as instructed - that was the way of the upper class and especially royalty. He needed to be supported for his brilliant ideas But that is in the past now and he has this opportunity to be the great person he was always meant to be. Blessings to King Charles III.

The trees are blowing gently in the wind but the usual signs of rain are missing; hopefully the weather station is right in that regard. We need rain; the ground is so dry and we are nearly into the dry month of July. The garden though is fresh and green looking; the grass looks great as well but the smoke still hangs in the sky in front of me. 

Maybe some work on the Siderfin book today; just housekeeping really as I move the text about to suit the generation. I love logic and a logical flow of material is very heartening to me. I like to be able to see everything that belongs to one generation in that generation and lots of footnotes so I can tell where it came from. 

On to the day; breakfast time. 

It is ordinary time in the Church Year. The Bible Readings every day leave me somewhat perplexed but also relaxed. What does God want us to do comes to my mind? But always back comes to me the commandments which Jesus brought us from God His Father - Love God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength and love your neighbour as yourself. We need to fulfill those commandments and eliminate the evil from our world which manifests itself - most prominently right now it is the psychopathic Nazis Putin and his enablers. Glory to Ukraine. We want peace in our world and a more equitable life for all. Greed is the enemy; Nazis are incredibly greedy. Share the wealth; make this world a better place. Put your own personal desires in second place and bring equality to our world. Not doing so creates the greed that we see right now with the psychopathic Nazis Putin and his enablers.

New methodology working well

Yesterday was a busy morning on the Siderfin Book in between exercise periods. Looking at the 5th, 6th and 7th generations is going to work better than one at a time. There is a lot of miscellaneous material that James Sanders has in the book which concerns these three generations and I need to decide how much to put in and where to put it. Smoothing out the likely descent lines has worked out well and I am much more confident in what I have found in the various records. Certainly William ended up being a surprise but now neatly in his proper line I do believe. Since his line also ends with his children both deceased and no issue it probably in the great scheme of things was not that important but it is  nice to have him correctly in his line of descent. It does make everything more sensible as well since William did have property and it did not pass in the direction that one would think if he was descendant in the Robert-Line. Eventually the Robert-Line does benefit from its ancestry but not until several generations later as any property traveled down different lines to reach the Siderfin family later. And it was not an excessive amount of property overall. In general this family went from wealth to a lower level in just a generation! 

Our lovely subway dinner worked very well and we quite enjoyed it. Then off for a kayaking trip in the wetlands and a nice walk as well. We are likely locked in once again for this week coming as the smoke is back - forest fires in Quebec affect us the most and already the air quality is over 120 having been below 30 for most of the last week. So back inside and we will do some work here and there on downsizing. 

Church on You-Tube today and it is already nearly 9:00 a.m. I slept in and then decided to work on my duolingo Latin for a bit. I have a 34 day streak in Latin thus far and hopefully can keep doing my Latin every day. It is amazing how much I have learned although I already had a smattering of Latin from reading old documents in Latin. This gives me the ability to read the entire sentence since I lacked that basic vocabulary which one learns as a toddler!

The day unfolds ahead of me. This is God's world and we must treat it better; give all of God's creations a chance to exist and we need to live in harmony with nature. Not always in opposition to nature as we have been through this last few hundred years as we pollute the skies around us and hence the entire planet - it is the northern parts of Canada (and Russia) that are most affected by Climate Change. 

On to breakfast but first the second set of jumping jacks. No Church on You-Tube for the summer apparently. I must start reading the entire Newsletter perhaps or just missed that being said. I read and sang my way through the service but of course no sermon so went online and found some thoughts for the day. 

Back to the Siderfin book for a bit and then Yoga/Calisthenics. This will be an inside day for sure with the Air quality at 218 and thus severe now at 11:30 a.m. The temperature is 25 degrees celsius with a high of 29 predicted. The squirrel tried to get into the new bird feeder and it is very mobile; meant for a bird. Finally gave up and struggled up the fence when it could finally reach it. Probably will not be back. We did buy it with the birds only using it in mind. The other feeder is also full so the furry little ones can use it and let the birds enjoy their own feeder. 

We bought enough food to last us until after Canada Day when it is hoped the smoke will lessen if all the promised rain comes to help put out the fires in Quebec and Ontario. But we are most affected by the fires in Quebec. This part of Ontario is directly under northern Quebec and hence the prevailing winds tend to bring the smoke right to us. We have huge amounts of wooded area in the north and forest fires renew these areas so are allowed to burn themselves out if that is practical. It has always been our way taught to us by the First Peoples as the regeneration of the land is very important and having visited an area after a forest fire years ago the new growth is wonderful. 

Interesting developments in Russia for sure and even more interesting as Belarus now has its own protector and will perhaps be less influenced by the psychopathic Nazi Putin. I will admit that I do think they were coerced into letting Russia attack Ukraine from their territory. That option is likely no longer there but time will tell. Corralling Russia is very important to the entire world; they are a despotic imperialistic country until they do something about it and bring Russia into the 21st century they are a huge danger to the entire world. The smoke is clearly visible outside the window today; no smell inside; we are lucky for sure.

Still on the Fifth Generation

 Although I started out thinking I might just finish the Fifth Generation and in essence all of the people in the fifth generation can now be accounted for I did not finish. I decided to divide my book file into two files with the "completed" portion as one unit and the material that I have collected and added to the original book in a separate file. It lets me move things about easier. I have more or less completed but now need to add in some of the material that I collected in my searches at the various archives. I will work at that today if the time becomes available. Luckily it is raining and may rain all day on and off so no gardening today. I am working on the Sixth Generation though but still have some insertions for the Fifth Generation; it may be that that will be the methodology now for working on the book; just to keep everything straight I probably need to be thinking about the three generations at all time so that means the bits of extra for the Fifth, the actual work on the Sixth Generation and making sure the Seventh Generation works for the Fifth and Sixth conclusions that I make.

Yesterday we vacuumed the car and washed it all out and did a better job with the coverings that we are using to protect the rug with the transport of the kayaks back and forth to the wetlands. Surprisingly it was not really very grassy or messy but it was good to do a full preparation as the remainder of the summer is with us and a lot more kayaking days for sure. Does one ever get used to not having a partner in life? Edward did a lot of items by himself and I am still finding some of them; knew about them but just didn't have to do those particular items before since I came from my parent's home to life with my husband without living alone. As I was kayaking yesterday I was remembering the many years that Edward and I and before the girls were grown, the four of us, canoeing in the wetlands. It does still seem strange that he is not with us anymore. The girls still miss him very much and perhaps that is just the way of life; I missed my grandparents very much when they passed on and do miss my parents. It is a normal passage of time and one doesn't dwell on it but you always do miss that familial relationship when it is missing. But you move on with the living because that is what everyone of them would have wanted for you; but when you thought that you would be the first to go it is a lot of reorganizing of the mind for sure. 

Today we are doing a special dinner - subs with cold cuts (I prefer jellied meats but hard to find now), potato salad with fresh radishes and green onions from our garden. It will be a lovely reminder of many years past both in marriage and before marriage. In the summer we would have cold cuts some of the days - although not a real fan of meat I did love the jellied meats and my grandfather used to make head cheese of which I was very fond. So some preparation to the trimmings of spinach, leaf lettuce, romaine lettuce, thin pepper slices, grated carrot, and grated cheese (sharp cheddar is my favourite) and mustard is my favourite. Usually we would have chili sauce but I have not made chili sauce for about four years now. Perhaps a small batch at the end of the summer to store in the refrigerator instead of canning it in a large batch. Then sit and watch a favourite show on the television and that is remembrances of when the children were young and we used to do a feast with small, medium and large pitas to suit everyone's tastes with all the trimmings that one could imagine especially from our garden. 

So on to breakfast and then research for a bit intermingled with exercises - jumping jacks, weight lifting and yoga/calisthenics with a set of jumping jacks. Kayaking changes my exercise schedule somewhat as I do less walking and running so I have taken that to every other day and returned to walking and running. Kayaking is fun but it is a sitting exercise just for the arms really and the core; does nothing for the feet and legs except the little pushing that you do with you feet as you paddle along keeping the kayak in a straight line.

Strange how time away makes the mind more receptive

Finding William (and the proof is excellent) yesterday and placing him in the William-Line was such an excellent happening. I did work on the Thomas-Line but still nothing on either of the two male children mentioned in James Sander's text but not in the Pedigree Chart. The names interesting - Walter and Robert - mostly because Walter was on the chart but in a different place; lots of Robert though. Shifted text here and there and did a lot of thinking but I would like to complete the Fifth Generation today and move on. Complications do ensue in the next generations but nothing like the Fourth and Fifth Generations. 

Constructed the hanger for the new bird feeder yesterday and will complete the hanging of that today. Will do a little weeding as it is collection day and I have half of a bag and might as well be full. 

We made sweet potato gnochi last night and it was very good along with a butter lemon sauce full of herbs, garlic and peppers. The result was quite delicious and really enjoyed. Then off for a kayaking hour and I walked this time. I decided that kayaking every day takes away from my walking and I find I am really exhausted at night so decided to try every other day - I am after all nearly 78. 

Today research, weeding and thinking about downsizing as we want to do more of that this summer. We have already completed two tasks which is great in our list of 11 items that we hope to complete this summer. 

Breakfast awaits and the world's news continues to tell of an imperialism that still has not stopped and retreated back to their own country namely Russia. It is like they have never woken up to the twenty first century and Peter the Great would be so disappointed to see how the psychopathic Nazi Putin and his enablers have ruined his Russia and all for their own greed and nothing to benefit the people of Russia. But first and foremost in our minds should be the need to properly supply our military and our support for our allies. We should be there when there is a major NATO exercise like in Germany at the moment but soon to end. There shouldn't be a need to cut corners in the military to get a major enlistment program going; take the money out of general recruitment funds used in the Public Service. Forest fires are raging and who do we call upon - our military. Equip them properly; get our navy equipped - we have three oceans to manage around our country. Our air force needs support as well. It will be money well spent in the care and nurturing of our country.

Always sad when things go wrong and so the loss of lives on board the submersible will enter into the history books for people to think about and examine in the future. On to the day. 

Fifth Generation of the Siderfin family and the Thomas-Line

Once into the Siderfin book again I rapidly made the decision that William born circa 1671 could not be proven in the Fifth generation and likely belonged in the Sixth Generation and so I have placed him there. His father likely Robert and I did find deeds from the 1680s and 1690s that indicate Robert at Timberscombe had a son William. William Siderfin, son of Robert is mentioned on a 1682 deed which includes a reference to Robert Siderfin of East Lynch, Timberscombe, yeoman. Coming back after a few days off made me notice that a William Siderfin and his wife Mary are associated with Robert Siderfin of East Linch in a deed created in 1698 and this William was of Minehead. So, William is the son of Robert 6 (Robert 5, William 4, Robert 3, William 2, John 1). Nice to have that settled in my mind. I was concentrating on the coat of arms usage and finding that the Mary listed by James Sanders as his wife with a will in 1747 did not work datewise that meant that the William-Line was just as likely as the Robert-Line. 

Kayaking in the early afternoon yesterday was a beautiful experience; out in the wetlands surrounded by greenery was quite striking. We saw a number of Great Blue Herons - one sat by the water's edge as we moved out from the pier. Never moved actually; just stood there watching us. Then along the way a family of Canada Geese taking their young ones across the waterway so we slowed up and let them take their time crossing which they did. Many many turtles out sunning themselves on the sunken logs in the various waterways. Certainly an interesting hour on the waterway. No beavers; too early in the day. Another beautiful sunny day forecast with air quality at 35. Must try and get the new bird feeder up today. The chipmunks will not likely use it which would be nice although do not begrudge the chipmunks the food they collect but it is a bird feeder :)

James Sanders in his book "The Siderfin Family of West Somerset" page 29 states " By one of the earlier marriages he had two sons, Walter and Robert, but neither is referred to in his will, by which he left all his lands in Somerset and Devon, subject to a charge for the payment of his debts, to his wife Elizabeth, and made her residuary legatee and sole executrix." The choice of the two names is interesting and I have not been able to find baptisms for these two sons. Walter is an interesting name in the family but I have earlier shown that Walter is likely the son of John 6 (Robert 5, William 4, Robert 3, William 2, John 1). Robert 5, in his mother Christian (Webber) Siderfin's will is said to have three children Robert, Wilmot and John (see Generation 5). 

Both of the sons of Thomas 4 (Robert 3, William 2, John 1) were in debt at the time of their deaths and there do not appear to be any male descendants for Thomas 4 at the grandchild level. His grandaughters are Ann Siderfin (daughter of Thomas 5) and Elizabeth Siderfin (daughter of Robert 5). James Sanders does not list the two sons mentioned in the text, Walter and Robert, on his Pedigree Chart.

The children of Thomas 4 are the last grandchildren of Robert 3 (William 2, John 1)  to resolve on the Chart that James Sanders produced. Moving forward the William-Line (William 4, Robert 3, William 2, John 1) and the Thomas-Line (Thomas 4, Robert 3, William 2, John 1) all daughter out in the grandchildren generation (Generation 5).  The exceptions in the William-Line  are the sons of Robert 5 (William 4, Robert 3, William 2, John 1) with two sons Robert 6 and John 6, the son of William 5 (William 4, Robert 3, William 2, John 1) who has a son Thomas but no further information thus far and the sons of Thomas 5 (William 4, Robert 3, William 2, John 1) with two sons Thomas 6 (unknown status) and Philip 6 (likely died as a child of 9 years of age). In the Thomas-Line there are no known exceptions other than the reference that James Sanders makes in his text mentioning that Robert 5 (Thomas 4, Robert 3, William 2, John 1) has sons Walter and Robert but not mentioned on the Pedigree Chart which he produced. 

Just to do as clean a research as possible, I will do searches on the London and area Parish Registers in Find My Past and Ancestry today. It would be neat to move onto the Sixth Generation by the weekend. Having resolved all the conflicts on the Fifth Generation level at this moment in time and any future information can only benefit this level for sure. Doing the changes/corrections to James Sanders' book is just one step in the history of the family; I am sure that steps will follow my own rendition of the research that I am currently doing on this particular line and thank whomever does do that in the future. 

We are approaching the dry spell in Canada although we may have surprises as El Nino suggests that this area of Canada will be cooler and wetter so our level of forest fires may well diminish although management is always ongoing. Permitting the fires to burn out does regenerate the landscape and I always remember the beauty of Obatanga Provincial Park when we visited it about five years after a forest fire. It was absolutely stunning although the stark reminders of the forest fire were still prominent with the burned out hulks of trees still standing but the growth was amazing. Pristine perfect lakes and rivers with portages was a lovely way to spend our holiday that year as we traveled across Northern Ontario (we planned to go back but children  and the ruggedness of the terrain for small ones kept us close to home for a few years and then time passed and we traveled back to Europe and the British Isles so that forays into the north just did not happen again until much later). I often wonder what Obatanga looks like now and did have a glance at the Parks page. It was created in 1967 so we were there just a short time after that. Amazing really.

The day moves onward and I have much to accomplish. I may water again today as no rain until the weekend. The garden looks good and we ate lettuce and green onions yesterday. The raspberry bushes are about to burst forth with their treats soon enough. The currant bushes are a favourite of the birds and we may make a nice currant juice. The gooseberry bushes are loaded with fruit and the elderberry bushes are doing well. The rhubarb was a good crop this year. The tomato plants and peppers are now in bloom. The garden is definitely moving along. This regenerative gardening is interesting especially if it does regenerate the soil. The sunflowers are reaching upward further every day. In the back garden where the rabbits like to feed the carrots are growing, the radishes are starting to thicken, the beans are good sized plants, the beets are growing and the rabbits have been nibbling. Further back the cucumber plants are growing quickly now and the racoon if it returns will enjoy those (as will we if they produce enough). The bird life has been very frequent this year and getting up the second feeder would be great as it is better for the baby birds being taught to eat at a feeder. Bird parents are very efficient actually and hover about their young protecting them and teaching them. 

On to breakfast.

And back again to the Siderfin Book

 Today poor air quality once again so inside days which is pretty much fine with me I like being indoors working away on my research and breaking it up with lots of exercise to maintain my level of fitness such as it is! At nearly 78 one doesn't expect to be able to run a marathon so to speak - I have never run one; 10 km is far enough for me. 

The Fifth Generation and William Siderfin and who is he? He lives at Minehead which was Robert 5 (Robert 4, Robert 3, William 2, John 1) at the time of the Protestation Return of 1641 and the Somerset Lay Subsidy of 1642. His will probated in 1723 when his stated age was 45 (I am looking at a transcription which does have its problems as original is better but that will was destroyed in the bombing of the Exeter Record Office in 1942) so born circa 1678. Robert 5 was baptized in 1616 at Minehead so a son for him would be in the 1640s  or late 1630s and he could be a father to William born circa 1678. William and his wife Mary (Terrell) Siderfin named their son Robartt. The will abstract attributed to this William Siderfin has the will dated 9 Mar 1716 and proved 17 Dec 1723. He mentions a niece Rachael Clothier and his wife Mary. Executor is Wilmot Siderfin. (Frederick Brown, Reverend: Abstracts of Somerset Wills, Series 3, page 90). 

I am starting to comprehend that William's ancestry may not have a ready solution and I may have to just have him as an individual at the level of the Sixth Generation with no known relationship back to the Fifth Generation. He does not leave any descendants it appears so easily done but does seem a little untidy!

I will make that decision today or tomorrow and then move on to the Thomas-line because I now know that he did not seal his will with three cups at least it isn't in the abstract of the will. Once the Thomas-line has been filled in with anything that I know then I will move on to the Seventh Generation. There are complexities in that generation as well but gradually we will see that the known descendants that one finds in the records all come down from Robert Siderfin and Elizabeth (Question) Siderfin. 

An event helped me to see that I am starting to put a date stamp on my research in some ways. Gradually the feelers that I send out into the available material will diminish and I will continue to concentrate on my goals without regard to the present research that I do now do on a regular basis. I need to continue to downsize so that I am ready for the next step in my life; whatever it may be. I like to avoid confusion if I can and I still have far too much material for a one-room concept if that is my future. Like everyone else the future is clouded for me - one can see various routes but the actual one continues to be unknown. That is satisfactory to me; I do not actually have to know where I will be in six months or what I will be doing. I work in the here and now and that works best for me. 

Summer is when we notice Climate Change mostly in Canada. It becomes warmer each year and the Arctic ice is predicted to be gone in the summer by 2030. That is not so far away now; we need to be ready for an ice free northern passage; more ships and bases in the north for sure. The winters though will likely continue to be very cold and the new ice each year with the resultant icebergs will be a slightly new adventure and one for which we are as a country uniquely familiar. Our military is our lifeblood really as they come to the aid of Canadians in so many ways. They need to be properly supplied. 

On to the day and breakfast. I am late today. Second set of jumping jacks next.

A lovely sunny day with air quality at 32

Still some smoke in the air likely but it is a beautiful sunny day. Will we come to dread the bright sun; I hope not as it is the busiest time for the birds and animals. Since I am old I can just enjoy all that warmth but the young people have to live in this world which we have helped to create and starting now to work on Climate Change is such a necessity and not to push it off onto the future when the need is more desperate. 

The trees around me are starting to be the biggest feature in the landscape as the stretches of blue sky is now visible behind their hugeness. But they drain the land around them; their need for water is huge and their roots reach everywhere. Love the trees though and their leaves hold the moisture for a long time. after a good storm. Gardened yesterday and gradually we are seeing the rows emerge although the herbs are still hard to weed. 

Kayaking yesterday was quite lovely. There were at least six beavers, two great blue herons and an entire family of Canada Geese on the water - parents and six young. The beavers were very curious swimming in tandem with us but they were still quite far from us. It is nice to see them curious instead of frightened.

No work on research yesterday; just thinking about it but did send off the completed Blake Newsletter to my guest columnist to read his section. So that is in good form for the first of July. June will pass quickly with all the kayaking, the gardening and the cleaning. But then summer is always very quick and I do not actually mind as the winters are long and lots of research time. 

Prayers for Ukraine as always; Glory to Ukraine. They deserve a better life than what has been handed them for over a century. Their deep ancestry makes them more independent; wanting freedom to chart their own path in the world and there are more than 40 million of them; it isn't like they are a few thousand people trying to make a point; they are millions and the Russians have tried to kill them off before. It is nice to see the Freedom Fighters of Russia helping Ukraine and trying to get rid of the psychopathic Nazis Putin and his enablers.

On to the day; another cleaning day and then back to research once again. But intermingled with kayaking and walking; a summer break so to speak.  We are planning the full eclipse of the sun next April; we are about an hour's drive north of the full eclipse so will do that. It is a while since I was right in a full eclipse - there was one when I was a child. Solitaire games completed once again and we are 2/3rds through June already. June passes quickly as usual. Not enough rain this June but still ten more days so perhaps a couple of good rains. Then into July and other than pretty much always raining on the first of July - Canada Day - there isn't always a lot of rain in July. 

Getting my tea today and the words of "Jesus Christ be praised" were in my mind. I never know what brings various hymns into my brain at any given time but I do love hymns and yesterday we had four lovely hymns to sing in the service. Looking forward to the new canon at the Church with his wonderful sermons to be. I do so enjoy a really deeply researched and biblically resourced sermon although the present sermons are very interesting but bringing up the history and the interesting tidbits of research and telling the stories of the days when Jesus walked the earth with his stories of the greatness and wonder of God His Father are truly magnificent. 

My only time to go back to a University course on campus was a course on group therapy at St Paul's University - excellent professor and I was tempted them to pursue a little more of that type of course work but along came George DeKay with his needed profile on the Pincombe family and I never really got back to thinking about that. Instead my destiny was to do surname studies first looking at two of my mother's surnames and one of my father's surnames. I wasn't bold enough in 2006 to take on Blake (did do that in 2011) but rather took on Pincombe and Siderfin (my mother) and Lambden (my father). The names were interesting and somewhat smaller studies. I read all the posts that came from the Guild and along with my course work that I completed in 2007 I launched myself on my retirement research plan. Way back in 2007 I was just 62 (and now approaching 78) and I mapped out a sort of plan in my mind of doing this research into my early 70s and then publishing what I found. The publishing started on time but the focus changed from a more general look to a specific look at Blake (the Andover, Hampshire, England Blake family), Pincombe (the Pencombe family of Herefordshire which appears to have gone with Lord de la Zouch to North Molton, Devon in the latter part of the 1480s), and the Siderfin family for whom a book had been produced by James Sanders in 1912 which did need some updating. Initially I thought this would be a small project but as the data flowed in I realized that he had made decisions based on what was available to him and some of these decisions were limited by the data he chose and so the rewrite of the entire book basically as a new book is in progress. The Charley family book was a motivation for sure although I simply retyped that one which I discovered in a bookstore in England so that it was available to researchers since few copies now seem to exist. Doing that sent me on to the Siderfin book since it too had a few inaccuracies which I could correct and simply republish but not to be; the total rewrite is in progress and the most difficult chapters have taken quite a bit of time but when I move on into the 7th and 8th generations that will be much easier as the records are more available, there are more records and I am getting into what I call the near present - the 1800s. 

Then when Blake and Pencombe have been completed moving into some of the other surnames (Rawlings, Beard, Buller etc etc) for whom I have collected information to look at them probably just with respect to my own line but that could vary - definitely Buller is in my mind but it will be difficult. As a family I first find my line in the Bermondsey area of Greater London with Christopher Buller born circa 1764. There is a lot of information on Buller but is that my line? I need to do more collecting of information to see what I can find. Lots of Buller matches particularly those that I can pinpoint as being descendant of Christopher Buller and Mary (Beard) Buller who married in 1794. But that is in the future and I avoid getting too into thinking about that (my maternal grandmother was a Buller). They are a very interesting family actually with one foot in Birmingham and one foot in London - going back and forth it would appear on business. Sadly my grandmother's grandfather died suddenly in London (leaving his wife and ten children (eleven initially but one died as a young child) who moved in with her mother) and her father fell out of favour with his family due to marrying a woman with an illegitimate child (not his he was in South Africa as a medic during the Boer War). An exciting family as it appears to have run away from his apprenticeship with his uncle to join the military. Finding anymore information on this line will be a difficult process I think.

Onto the day and breakfast soon. It will be a busy one. 

Blake Newsletter

Continued to work on the Blake Newsletter yesterday and the yDNA section completed. I generally leave the individual yDNA groups to themselves simply because I do not have enough time to do more than add in the statistics for the past quarter from the FT DNA site. I did write about having leaders for each individual Blake grouping in the British Isles and this could also include other areas of the world but for the most part Blake traces back these days to the British Isles and principally Ireland and England. I look after my little section which was named "Deer Hunters" by Ethnoancestry and perhaps represents the earliest hunter-gatherers to the British Isles after the Last Glacial Maximum of 12,000 to 15,000 years ago. These nomadic peoples arrive very early to the British Isles as the ice sheets retreated leaving a fertile plain known as Doggerland which linked the now British Isles with mainland Europe. Long ago buried beneath the North Sea and the Channel Doggerland may prove to be rich in artifacts of that earlier time or they have simply been dissolved in time. Quite fascinating though to belong to this group of nomadic hunter-gatherers who preceded the farmers into the far corners of the European-Asian continent. Did the nomadic peoples that arrived (mine own included) already carry the Denisovan DNA that has passed down through my line? It is a fascinating query and says a great deal about the peoples of the world with their common links and history. 

Cleaning day today and it is the basement which I shall begin very soon. I am watering as the promised rain just doesn't materialize in sufficient quantity to wet the land. This will be another dry summer and that does not auger well for the world. It was the dryness of the 1930s which brought on the extreme drought and heralded the years of Depression of our ancestors. But we are more equipped now to deal with the dryness. Went kayaking yesterday and the water level continues to fall in the wetlands but the fauna and flora are prospering quite well - rich green hues back in the wetlands and the animal/bird life is busy bringing up their young and already looking ahead to the Fall I suspect - they are managers those small furry creatures and birds. 

Dull today although sun is promised later. The air quality is in the good range although still smoke in the air because it is 34 not the usual between 2 and 10. Ever mindful that the forest regenerates during burns but the cost is huge to fight those fires to protect the human life around them. A burn this year means less chance of a burn in the next couple of years but we have a lot of forest in Canada. 

Back to the Siderfin book soon and looking at William and just whose son is he? Names his son Robert and is that a clue on the father of William? I need to take a longer look at the transcriptions of the wills on my CD of the wills. Who is Mary sealing her will with three cups in 1747 - not William's widow for sure. The Thomas-line still to look at and they are perhaps the most difficult because they lived in London and Somerset leaving paper trails in both and I need to ensure that I have found all the London area paper trails. 

The Inquisition Postmortem for John de Pencombe of Herefordshire has arrived and I will work on that intermittently over the next couple of months. My Latin lessons are progressing and it is surprising how much I retain from day to day with just that short period of time working on Latin. Duolingo is quite excellent. My daughter wants to give me the paid package for my birthday so will likely do that and then in the fall I can work on my French as well. I read French quite well but my spoken is pretty diminished these days although I did work in French at the hospital as patients did call using the French language. I took French classes for about four years whilst I was working there and did study French in high school/University years ago so written is quite good but spoken not so good.There are documents I would like to look at in the French records working on my son-in-law's Quebec ancestry. Eventually I will get back to that but a refresher in French whilst I work away at my own books would be handy. 

The day progresses and I am hungry as usual - breakfast awaits. First set of jumping jacks completed; next to do and then breakfast.

The pain of being the one left

Spent late Friday and part of Saturday with my grandchildren. Having grandchildren was a huge surprise for me as I had never once considered that I would ever have grandchildren. I never commented to my children on the idea of grandchildren and encouraged my daughters to follow their dreams of working at whatever career suited them. They are both happy in their career choices but both have chosen careers with long hours. Medicine in northern communities is not particularly easy as you are it basically  along with your colleagues if you happen to be in communities that are larger - family medicine, hospitalist and emergency room physician are your three work areas - frontline medicine really. The hours are long and the patient list also very long as there are never enough doctors for all of those patients. Both jobs very personally rewarding but also can lead to burnout. University professor is teaching and research and all that marking which takes hours and hours as you try your best to help the students as they move forward in knowledge and ability. 

My grandchildren and I spent quite a few hours of busy time together but I am the one that is left. It is a new experience for me because both of my grandparents were widowed - my paternal grandmother died before I was born and my maternal grandfather died when my mother was only eight. The one that is left is regarded warily actually as they do not know when I will die and it is on their minds because grandpa died and COVID robbed them of a lot of that time with him. It affects our relationship which had been quite warm and close before Edward died. But we still have some moments of warmth and closeness until that wariness creeps back into their eyes as they look at me. Doing jumping jacks with the youngest and then shoulder stands doesn't take that away; I am still going to leave him at some point - you can see that in his eyes. Then suddenly he will say - Leave Grandma and I do because that makes his life easier to handle. The older one more accepting that I will age and one day leave him does make the most of his time with me. We played football for awhile - dreadful black flies though. Then he fished and I watched. At best I am never a fisherman (or fisherwoman but that sounds weird to be honest) as does fisherperson but  guess if people need that kind of language to survive we need to accept that "mankind" does sound restrictive to some people. I saw it differently as a child; it meant that my brothers did not have their own words but rather shared them with women in that "mankind" included both men and women. I saw it as a taking away from their individuality rather than how some view it now as oppressive. But back to fishing and I do not put worms on hooks and so that was his task although I suspect his Dad helps him with that but he did it on his own with me. He nearly caught three (one quite large one actually) but they managed to eat the worm and get away. The fourth one was a winner though and we went and got a big dish pan to put him in for a bit but he was a lively one and jumped out twice and finally when his Dad came down he freed him back to his huge water home. The boys had a fun day and so did I. I can not do anything about the wariness in their eyes but just keep surviving so that they are older before the wariness becomes reality. I know what it is like to have a grandparent die when you are eight - it is just really sad. Something you sort of comprehend but keep allowing yourself to think he is still living although you kissed him goodbye in his coffin and he was gone; no kiss back. My grandmother was much younger and I had always thought of her as a singleton person not associated with my grandfather so did not experience that wariness - she taught me to double jump rope. She would be in my life for another twelve years and I was again deeply saddened at her loss. I visited her at the hospital the night before and it was a while before I laughed again but she would  not have wanted that. 

The dogs were so happy to see me. They forgot about jumping up on me but I did stand my ground. Soon they were settled once again and remembering not to jump up on Grandma.

On to the day; busy day yesterday and I definitely slept in past my usual 6:00 a.m. It is already 8:42 and I have not yet eaten my breakfast.  Church on You-Tube. Prayers for Ukraine as always.

Another severe smoke day

Friday was another severe smoke day; the forest fires in Quebec and Ontario are still raging. June is usually a rainy month so hopefully the danger will soon pass but we are getting lots of help with our forest fires. Can we blame it on Climate Change; I have no idea really as I grew up in southwestern Ontario where I can never actually remember a day that was in the extreme level of smog but we have lived here for 48 years so in my mind this has probably become home. It was a slow happening though as I still thought of my home as southwestern Ontario until both of my parents died. Going home always rejuvenated me and grounded me in my roots. It was a wondrous feeling actually. But now eastern Ontario is my home and where my roots are sort of not quite the same as childhood when my roots were definitely in southwestern Ontario although my grandfather sent those roots much deeper back into the roots that he felt from the Andover area of Hampshire, England. That was home for him. He could trace back in his mind many many grandparents ago and did share that with me although I was just a little over eight years of age when he died. I should have written it all down but I was also one to keep everything in my head and as the years passed it did become somewhat tumbled - but I did know back to Joseph Blake and Joanna his wife. Before that it was a mixture of names - Thomas, William, John and others but especially Nicholas - Nicholas I did retain but did not remember where he was located in the line back.  Nicholas lived at Old Hall - so said my grandfather and my father actually. It was a story that was important to them and so I did retain that from ancient times as it turned out for Nicholas Blake left his will naming Old Hall as his home on the 31st of May 1547 and probated not long after on the 20th Jun 1547. Not a long will but a perfect will naming all of his living children, his wife and a good deal on where he lived. This excellent will in English was amongst one of the first that I transcribed way back during my paleography lessons in my package from the National Institute for Genealogical Studies. 

Next set of exercises coming up - weight lifting. Having osteoporosis weight lifting is a must at my age - all weight bearing exercises help with bone health. I probably get inspired because I do sit at my desk on the computer for about eight hours of the day between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. I break up the time with lots of exercises and walking, important if you are young but especially important as you age for sure. It is tempting though to just sit there hour after hour working on my research. 

Garden looking good but will have to start watering if we soon do not have rain. This has been a rather dry June actually. The rain which does fall is basically evaporated within a day or so. That to me is Climate Change and something we need to manage much better than we are. 

Blake Newsletter due 1st of July started today and there is once again a guest article. A very lucky happening for me as it saves me a bit of research time. I do have some material for this issue from the Devon Lay Subsidies which I purchased earlier for the Pincombe family. There are a few Blake entries which is again more support for the idea that the Blake family in Devon is not descendant of the Blake family of Knights Enham. Since this has been theorized in print a few times I would like to at least add my thoughts on the idea which indeed I have done.  

We were off to a cottage and Saturday sped by with us arriving home late and now it is Sunday. Eaten alive by black flies.

Busy day today and the air quality index is good. Church on You-Tube. May garden if that works out today. 

Free BMD and James Sanders

 There is a death for a James Sanders at South Molton June quarter 1916 with a stated age of 41 - James, eldest son of Elizabeth (Siderfin) Sanders would have been 71 sometime in the Fall of 1916 as he was likely born Dec quarter 1845 at South Molton son of James Hooper Sanders and Elizabeth (Siderfin) Sanders. Checking the GRO Indexes to verify this information and I must have taken the date from the census as his actual birth was Dec quarter 1844 at South Molton which would make him 71 in the Fall of 1916 so perhaps a mis-transcription although I did check the original image but it is a typed copy so an error is possible. One would need to order the death certificate which I will do one of these days since that would be nice to put in the new book. One can see my tardiness in looking up such pertinent information but it isn't my direct line so I am somewhat lax in that regard. It is only when I am trying to link generations that I do a thorough job on individuals. Plus I did give the Siderfin one-name study to a cousin in England as he wanted to do work on the crest and who used it. I must admit I do not have a lot of interest in crests/coats of arms. The ancient ones are intriguing that became attached to some of my lines but for the most part I do not share a huge interest in such things. 

The day had a slow start as I have been taking care of details other than my study but this afternoon after we weed the garden I shall put in some research time. Having so many databases at my disposal has been wondrous and I have had an ancestry membership since 2004 when I discovered in a search that John Pincombe and Elizabeth (Rew) Pincombe and their five children likely as you can not see much without a membership had arrived at the Port of New York in the early 1850s (January) and I just had to have that record and the membership happened immediately. I just knew that I needed that database to move ahead. Ancestry was younger then and not everyone felt it benefited them but I found it to be great for my one-name studies as I gradually moved into that after completing the Pincombe Profile. Then there was the precursor to Find My Past (1837 online) which was pay as you go and I quickly joined that one when it became Find My Past. My Heritage was next and I have never regretted having those memberships even though I do not use them daily I do not want to be without them and on some days I am constantly on all three of them. Then the DNA testing and my older brother wanted to do his yDNA at Sorenson as he had heard about that so we did that (and I tested myself as well) and then moved on to National Geographic and uploaded those results to FT DNA and then bought more tests. We had great conversations over the nearly 15 years that we met annually and sometimes as many as three or four times a year always going out for dinner at some of his favourite restaurants (I really do not know the restaurants in London anymore) and then breakfast before we headed home again at a favourite of his. We had wonderful conversations like when we were young children and I hadn't caught up to him in school (just one year behind). It isn't easy having a sister 2.5 years younger in the year behind you in school. For my younger brother I left him way behind as he was just 1.5 years younger and I was four years ahead of him in school. Was it good for me; no ideas on that I was always much younger than my class mates it seemed but I was happy enough as I was pretty much a hermit type of child and not being part of the group was ideal although I was ever mindful of my mother's teachings to be polite and so I was but definitely I avoided people although would sometimes go to their houses if they invited me. I was happier not doing so; reading at home was preferable. I have returned to that state one might say although now I have the company of my daughters and their people. 

Not much progress on the book yesterday and today is another busy day. I suspect the new week starting Sunday will see me back working on the William mystery but I also need to start working on the Blake Newsletter by the end of the week. I have an idea where I am going with that as I collected some interesting material with my Pincombe searches in May. Getting to the Family History Centre is a high priority but I just haven't made it there yet. 

Weeded the lettuce and spinach yesterday and the lovely formed row is looking good. Another week and start picking that. The green onions are just on the verge of being ready as well. Still not weeding the herbs very much - need to recognize them and they are still too small. The sunflowers look great. The smog is still with us and perhaps for a bit yet because we are now about to enter the dry season here although we may yet be lucky and get lots of rain to wet the ground down and lessen the forest fires. 

Hard to believe June is half way through now. The time has passed very quickly but summer is like that and I do not mind that actually as the winter is when I can work away on my projects virtually undisturbed. I do answer my phones but mostly the calls are just spams or advertisements - neither of which interest me. I find spam to be an intrusion and think that spammers should be arrested and put in jail personally whether they are stealing from you or not they are disturbing your day and hence in violation of the Constitution - one time that I do support the idea of the Constitution. I do think it has limits though which one must keep front and center. 

Breakfast, exercise and gardening - breakfast is a favourite of mine (best meal of the day), exercise I thoroughly enjoy especially running but gardening is not on my preferred list of activities and has become less so; before I did it to help Edward as he loved gardening and the look of it. 

On to the day. Breakfast is waiting. First set of jumping jacks completed, second to come very soon before breakfast. Does it do any good? No ideas on that but I have always enjoyed doing jumping jacks. I used to run for ten minutes and then do 50 jumping jacks and then run again for ten and repeat up to one hour of running. At 77 I am now at fourty minutes of running and 4 sets of 75 jumping jacks.  I noted online that 300 jumping jacks a day is good being mindful of my age - if you have not been exercising heavily all of your life then checking with a doctor is probably a good idea before picking up jumping jacks and running for fourty minutes. 

William Siderfin continues to surprise

 A baptism can not be located for William Siderfin circa 1660 but he did live at Minehead. His father (James Sanders has John (Robert 4, Robert 3, William 2, John 1) and at the moment on my tree he is the son of Robert (Robert 4, Robert 3, William 2, John 1) simply because this Robert was traditionally at Minehead and there remains that possibility that William is of the Robert line and even more interesting that Thomasine does not mention William actually. It does make me think that William is of the Thomas line. He would have been the son of Thomasine's brother in law although James Sanders does have a Robert marrying Thomasine and not a John. I just feel it has to be a John by the naming pattern, by the location and by the property that she did not have to pass on to a son. If she was married to Robert of Minehead then there would have been some property (namely the property declared on the Somerset Lay Subsidy of 1642). The Wills at Taunton are on Find My past just as a list and William dying in 1723 has a stated age of 45 gent, dying at Mynehead 1723 which would have him born circa 1678 and he would be married then at the age of  14 which is highly unlikely. The Mary Siderfin listed by James Sanders as his wife dying in 1747 is listed as 50 years so definitely not the wife of this William. That puts me back pretty much at square 1. There aren't any baptisms for a William in 1778 or close to that. I do not have any children for Robert 5 (Robert 4, Robert 3, William 2, John 1) at Minehead on the Protestation Return 1641 or on the Somerset Lay Subsidy of 1642. Thomasine (mother of Robert, likely nephew to Robert 5) does not name a brother in law but that could simply mean that he had died and no close relatives - children of Robert 5 - just her son Robert. Interesting he was named Robert but no property for him at the time of Thomasine's death; Her will:

Thomasin Siderfin, Selworthy, widow. Will dated 2nd July, 1709. Mentions son, Robert Siderfin. Cousin Robert Siderfin, of Linch. Grandsons, John, Robert, Augustine, Thomas, various small legacies, and grand daughters, Jane, Susanna.
Witness: Thomas Trill, John Harrison, Joane Trill

Her son Robert was said to be born in 1658 so she is fairly elderly and Robert could already have his property but he is living in Selworthy but still my thought is that this Robert son of Thomasine Siderfin (widow) is the son of John younger brother to Robert 5 (Robert 4, Robert 3, William 2, John 1) and I do this purely on the Somerset Lay Subsidy of 1642 and the Protestation Returns of 1641 where John at Selworthy is listed on the latter along with his brother Robert at Minehead but on the former only Robert is listed as paying tax on property. 

This William Siderfin buried in 1723 at the age of 45, gent, is certainly a mystery but I shall remove him completely from the Robert line as he does not appear to fit in to this line. Not mentioned in Thomasine's will and he certainly would have been if he was a brother to the husband of Thomasine (she mentions Cousin Robert at East Lynch). Although transcripts tended to be pretty brief they likely included anyone who was named as a gent! So on to the Thomas line and that will be my point of starting today. I will start with Mary Siderfin (widow) who left her will in 1747. It is James Sanders who mentions that Mary Siderfin, widow of William leaving her will in 1747 at the age of 50 so born circa 1697 so not married in 1692 and it is her will that says sealed (3 cups). Interesting actually as the descendants of Thomas 4 (Robert 3, William 2, John 1) have a mysterious hue about them - they lived well and were well respected but both of his sons died deeply in debt so deep that an Act of Parliament settled their debts. The eldest Thomas was married twice and the youngest Robert was married four times. They each appear to leave a daughter although James Sanders gives two sons to Robert from his first marriage. I have nothing on these sons but I will dig a little deeper as this William belongs to someone. 

The Fifth Generation has proven to be as big a challenge as the Fourth Generation which I did rather expect. It will be comfortable to finally put this chapter to rest and enter into the Sixth Generation where my own line clearly dominates this family with Robert Siderfin (baptized 23 Aug 1658 at Selworthy and born there 3 Aug 1558). It is this baptism that I want to find in the original registers as I find only that a child has been baptized on this date in the transcriptions and attributed to Robert by other researchers. Robert, son of Thomasine Siderfin (widow) though is definitely married to Elizabeth (Question) Siderfin because the children and grandchildren in Thomasine Siderfin's will transcript and the actual will of Augustine Question (father of Elizabeth (Question) Siderfin) match. I am in a rush to get into the Sixth Generation to see what I can find but a little longer on the Fifth Generation so that I have a clean chapter to "put to bed" as printers used to say anyway when I worked for them. Then I can move on into that Sixth Generation confident with the preceding information. James Sanders had an enormous advantage as he lived during the 1800s and probably did know some of the relatives of his mother Elizabeth but he did have some errors in that Sixth Generation probably because time had passed before he set pen to paper so to speak in the early 1900s when his mother had died in 1882 at South Molton a long way from Watchet, Somerset and her place of childhood. Elizabeth was the eldest child in the marriage of Robert Siderfin and Sarah Parsons baptized in 1817 at St Decumans Watchet and married in 1842 at St Decumans Watchet so that her memories were also long ago imparting them to her son born in 1845 although likely reinforced many times before her death in 1882 but he was, in the early 1900s in his late 50s early 60s and I notice I have not yet found his date of death or burial so lots to do and the year is moving onward. I would like to complete this book before my cataract surgery. 

Then a month off or more will play that by ear (and with the advice of the surgeon) and I will spend it walking and hopefully skiing if Mother Nature is kind enough to send us lots of snow in December and January. 

The queue has reached my daughter; life has been kind and all is resolved with the CRA and much thanks to them for their assistance. I do realize how difficult the COVID years were for everyone in their job but we are now past-COVID and the new reign of peace in our time is the most desired by the many peoples of the world. 

The Time of Imperialism is dead and those who seek Imperialism will taste death but sad to say along the way they are destroying the lives of millions of people in Ukraine especially the children - the children are a very painful part of war. Countries now with declining birth rate especially must feel for those children lost in Ukraine as they desire more children to ensure a beneficial future for their country. Glory to Ukraine; Glory to the Russian Freedom Fighters who just want the country that Peter the Great desired for them - a prosperous Russia making friendly ties with their neighbours and the world. Asking for death to the invading psychopathic Nazis led by Putin and his enablers does seem un-Christian so I will just pray that they lay down their arms and go home to Russia and out of Ukraine defined by the United Nations at the end of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union destroyed itself by their imperialistic march into Afghanistan. NATO is a beacon of hope for Europe that peace can be found for the entire world - it is a non-aggressive pact and they prove it every day because they do not bomb Russia back to the Stone Age which is where the psychopathic Nazis Putin and his enablers belong.

Breakfast awaits and I am late today. I get very busy on my computer plus charging up my Fitbit for another wonderful day of exercise in God's world. Preservation of the body and the mind is right there in the Bible along with all of the other great words that have been with us for millennia. Sometimes the words seem harsh but they are in context for the times. We found peace in 1945 but now we must find the real peace where imperialistic aggression is no more and all the peoples of the earth get to enjoy their lives.

I also must get to work on the OGS material that collected up over the last two years that Edward wanted us to donate to the Library. We need to make a list and then can deliver the last items that arrived after his death. He is thrilled, I am sure, to know that so many people can benefit from his acquisitions. And all of us can testify to the extent of his collection; it certainly filled our house. Remembering those days he spent talking and discussing with Gordon Riddle the families in Burford, their mutual growing up area, Edward really enjoyed those times. They set him on a path he would never have taken - going to the Ontario Genealogical Society Ottawa Branch meeting way back in the early 1980s with Gordon Riddle, at his invitation, was a life changing moment for him. Edward and I enjoyed Astronomy together, camping, hiking, wild flower searching, bird watching - I am a mostly outdoors person when I am not a hermit. Always interested in his family research we had done that with visits to the oldest people in his area who had known his father and the Kipp family and many of them were related to him through his Kipp family (I love to hear the reflections of older people especially the historical ones and so became a shared interest - I certainly spent hours listening to my grandparents stories of their childhood in England). All gone now and Edward with them once again which is a comfort, his gleanings of information done in that purely scientific way that he excelled in. He was after all a PhD in a methodical science namely Inorganic Chemistry, and he put all of that talent to use in his endeavours in genealogy. I can not honestly say I could ever see his amazing interest in collecting people. I am still not that kind of person. Digging back into history and the times that were present is more of my interest for sure. 

I am lucky with my surnames as they, not necessarily my ancestors, are the surnames that I research which were deep into the past of the British Isles playing a huge historical role in the evolution of the British Isles and my studies with the Guild of one-name studies have been a truly exciting time in my retirement (thank you George DeKay, also now deceased, for your persistence in getting me to do the Pincombe Profile (and he also organized my cousins to meet with my siblings and myself to collect the material and thoughts for that profile)). Those studies encourage me to be even more of the hermit I really am and yet I am producing material of value judging by the many emails in my inbox from around the world (so perhaps not a verbal/word hermit; just a physical hermit! But a people collector, not my style, my younger sister enjoys watching our family tree grow larger and larger but me I am in there for that direct line back as far as written history can take me and then the yDNA, mtDNA and atDNA takes me back much much further into times that we can only imagine but I have been very lucky with our DNA results (five siblings have tested giving me a huge variety of matches) letting me see deep into the past back to a British Isles attached by Doggerland to the European plain as the ice retreated back north and my ancient ancestors followed the herds to the oceans as the ice rapidly withdrew from the landmasses leaving huge areas available. As the oceans rose the British Isles was formed - the ancient home of most of my ancestors (I do apparently have a few Huguenots who came in the late 1400s to Somerset). Then there are a very few here and there from the continent that I can place but for the most part my lines are ancient to the British Isles and five distinct areas therein. Amazingly they scarcely moved from those ancient areas except for my Buller line and eventually my quest will take me there but first the easier ones. Buller will be much more difficult. Interesting though that my Grandfather Blake always maintained that his family had lived in the Andover area for ever and likely he was absolutely right - forever beginning with the end of the Ice Age! Mother Nature will determine our path; not us.

Life is suddenly busy

When one reaches nearly 78, time stretches as I do long hours working away on my various projects. Change is much more difficult I find at this age and the sudden phone call two days ago informing me of appointments for my eventual cataract surgery quite took me by surprise. I questioned the one appointment as it seemed to be something one would do just prior to surgery but I am not a physician so I called the office and waited for a reply. The secretary said she would look into the query and I received a call back - having worked in the hospital for years this is not a particularly unusual call or response as I, many times, did the same. The call back was the next day and I queried if the two eye tests could be done the same day - I need to take a taxi and then get my daughter to pick me up as I do not drive on the highway and it would make my life easier. I also wondered about the date of the surgery - we had discussed December which suits me very well. Unless there is some reason to rush I prefer December. Did not hear back yesterday so will call today about the appointments as I would really like them together and I am really busy on my book writing. If it cannot be done then it cannot but it does seem rather early to do them - six months ahead. Perhaps I am not understanding; I am 77. So the obvious thing is to phone back the original caller and I have rebooked the appointments on the same day. Great news! Now I have an answer to my query from myself - I am sure in the present situation that there are loads of people wanting the appointments anyway, probably a waiting list; I am not in a rush. I was just there a month ago - visiting once is interesting and a lovely walk back into history but I do not need or want to do that more than once every ten years! Hospitals are an absolutely necessary part of life but I prefer to be outside of them not in although I did work in them for twelve years which was quite interesting actually but very much in the past. 

My eyes are interesting at the moment; I have always been farsighted but that is gradually changing and I am becoming less farsighted (that does concern me and is why I only drive on the streets right around me that I know very well and only to the grocery store when I am unaccompanied). Because the trick I use to overcome my lack of depth of vision caused by my one eye being weak, depends upon that far sight I am very cautious. I also notice that I can actually read the small print now with my distance (normal) glasses and that the reading glasses are quite strong. My older sister mentioned that and she didn't have her surgery until she could barely see she said. I can still see quite well just not in the far distance like I used to but it does appear that having it done sooner rather than when you can barely see is a good idea since the cataract is smaller I gather which is why I decided to move forward on that this year instead of next year. I can see the birds very well up close but not half way down the yard (and we have a very long yard nearly 200 feet (61 metres) they are not as distinguishable as they were a few years ago.

Actually heard back from CRA on the letter which I sent to the Ministry of Finance. I still think it is a great idea for CRA to do the Income Tax for people - most of the paperwork comes to them already and we could just upload our other documents to them - charity receipts etc on our account (they get all of these receipts already from the various charities). So writing your member of parliament, copying to the Prime Minister and the relevant department does appear to work very well. I have always said that actually; I have never joined a public protest preferring writing instead. The government does need money to run and we can not manage without government but I do want it to be fiscally sound and I want the military properly supported. Taking the GST back up to 7% or even 10% would be a daring move by any government for sure but it should never have been reduced; it has been a problem ever since it was reduced. Although the Conservative government that did reduce it claimed that it was always meant to be reduced and that was a fabrication because I lived during the 1980s and there was never a suggestion that it would be reduced from 7% to 5% in the future. The plan was for it to fund the government period full stop.

Perhaps some work on the Siderfin book today. I have done a little more on William Siderfin married to Mary Terrell and living at Minehead. James Sanders has them as no issue but they did baptize two children at Minehead - Robartt and Mary (Mary died as an infant). William is named as a son of John Siderfin, younger son of Robert 4 (Robert 3, William 2, John 1) on James Sanders Pedigree Chart. His baptism can not be located. The widow Mary uses the Siderfin crest (but she is not the wife of William as I discovered searching) though which is found thus far only in the Thomas-Line. More work on that today. Does he need to be solved? It would give a more well rounded picture at this level although his line does appear to end. His son Robert does not appear in the records again after baptism as far as I can tell. Most of the individuals in the 1700s with the surname Siderfin can be placed readily as they pretty much descend from Robert Siderfin and Elizabeth (Question) Siderfin. 

Looking forward to uncomplicated days and hopefully soon. The last item I needed to do was a furnace inspection and now two years before that gets done again. Perhaps the furnace will breath its last breath before then as I would prefer to buy a new one along with a new air conditioner in the next while. Enbridge did a great job of organizing that for us the last time that the furnace failed in 2016. It was fourteen years old though so it could be this one will last for a while yet - that was nearly seven years ago. 

It is early today but I must do my phone calling when the office opens and I did get those appointments arranged (same day in the afternoon). I do still wonder why the rush since the surgery isn't until December. It would be better to do them in August as it turns out as June is very busy and I am sure there are people waiting desperately for these appointments (the waiting room was packed when I was there); I am not in that category. After all the doctor who referred me wasn't going to refer me until next year; I just got motivated because he said he would have referred me two and a half years ago but referred my husband as his need was greater. I am sorry sometimes that I did not continue going to an ophthalmologist opting for an optometrist just because it was easy but I had gone to ophthalmologists for nearly fifty years at the time and there were no changes to my lenses particularly after I got bifocals at 34 so it just seemed easier plus specialists are very busy with patients needing immediate care. Time will tell. 

On to the day. I would like to see a more balanced Supreme Court - having people who subscribe to the liberal approach to life, centrists and those who prefer a more conservative approach to life is a good blend - people can always debate and compromise that is what Canadians are good at for sure (do not let politics define the court). It takes a strong party to know that in the long run Canada benefits from a blended court; besides too many wishy washy judgements or too severe and the party that appoints too many of one life philosophy to the court will be punished at the polls. Pick non political judges to appoint to the Supreme Court. 

I sometimes daydream about my lottery tickets

I have been buying lottery tickets (just one for Lotto 649 and one for Lotto Max each draw (and its earlier names)) for 27 years now. Gambling isn't actually part of my makeup. I started when I first began work at The now Ottawa Hospital (was the General when I first started to work there after working at home as a contract proofreader/copyeditor for many years). The surpluses from the lottery tickets went to the Hospital. Occasionally when the jackpot is large I will daydream about what I would do if I won 50 million or so. I would set up a Foundation in my parent's surnames and support education. I would have the largest scholarship in my husband's name for work in Cobalt which was his PhD research and smaller ones for science students just to be a help with their education. Then scholarships at Community Colleges for the trades (my father was a Master Electrician). His parents wanted him to be a banker and so he graduated from Westervelt College for them because that was what they wanted but he apprenticed to a Master Electrician and did go in his own direction eventually having his own company which branched into Refrigeration and Air Conditioning. He did a lot of household but I can say that household was difficult because people did not always pay their bills but once he did only businesses he did very well. I worked for him in the summers from the time I was twelve years of age doing office work (which included calling people to remind them to pay their bills) and so I took typing and bookkeeping along with my academic courses which you could do easily in those days in High School although in Grade 12 I had to go early as the class was before the regular school day for those of us who wanted to continue with our certificate course in Typing and Bookkeeping. Most of the people in that class went to work the next year as Grade 12 was considered full matriculation and anyone going on to Grade 13 was headed towards University which I did studying Chemistry. I am not really much of a daydreamer to be honest but it is fun thinking of setting up a Pincombe-Blake Foundation. 

On to the day; the furnace maintenance person is coming. In some ways I will be glad to have the furnace stop working as I want to replace it along with the air conditioner but I do do the maintenance as required. It is funny how equipment keeps working forever when you would really like to replace it. It works very well actually - good regular steady heat in the winter (I keep it at 20 degrees celsius) and air conditioning in the summer (I like to keep it at 26 but I do get asked to keep it at 24 so I do but the difference with the outside air is huge on hot days). We did have good rains finally yesterday and it looks like rain still. The garden is growing well and we will need to weed again. I think I can see all the planted items now and so the weeding will be easier and more complete. The onions and green beans were easy but the spinach, lettuces, herbs are more work. 

I do have to say that the alert for the forest fires were sort of amusing to me and a sign that this "woke" business does go a bit far. The warning was for pregnant persons and it is beyond me how one would actually write that - there are only pregnant women in my mind. Although I was always closer to my brothers I always loved being a girl and never desired to be a boy. Boys had a much harder time at everything in my viewpoint. They were expected to do and perform much better than I ever was. Interesting actually the memories of my grandfather that my older brother and I shared over dinner one day perhaps ten years ago now. His memories were of a task master having him help in the garden and mine of a fun grandfather lying in the grass looking up at the sky as the clouds rolled by and giving their shapes names. Really that is the role of grandparents to make their grandchildren feel good. At least I see it that way. Life is interesting for sure and the memories of that childhood are with me forever. Edward had the same love for nature that my grandparents had (and both my parents for that matter) and he organized Church camping weekends at Lac Bitobi for years for his United Church. My uncle (maternal) very much liked Edward for that as he was a staunch United Church member and very active in the Missions and Service. Although the Pincombes were Church of England in England (and they are buried in Trinity Anglican here Elizabeth (Rew) Pincombe (my 2x great grandmother) was a Methodist and her grandson (my grandfather) was also a Methodist. Split religion households were common in my mother's family. She was raised United Church but became Anglican as my father and all of his ancestors were Church of England - so far not one of them was other than Church of England or Anglican as it is called because the Church of England is part of the Anglican Communion. 

Another cleaning day and I am up early. Off to get my tea started and do my first set of jumping jacks.

Cleaning Day today but a good week of research

Eliminating William at Minehead b c 1660 from the William line was good and then looking once again at him in the Robert line was interesting but now I need to eliminate him or place him in the Thomas line because he used a crest and it was only used in the Thomas line as far as I can ascertain at this time. Interesting that James Sanders did not find the baptisms for Robartt and Mary children of William Siderfin and Mary (Terrell) Siderfin at Minehead. Robert 5 was traditionally at Minehead and there remains that possibility that William is of the Robert line and even more interesting that Thomasine does not mention William actually. It does make me think that William is of the Thomas line. He would have been the son of her brother in law although James Sanders does have a Robert marrying Thomasine and not a John. I just feel it has to be a John by the naming pattern, by the location and by the property that she did not have to pass on to a son. If she was married to Robert of Minehead then Periton would have been in that line at that time I think. Perhaps a bit of nipping into the research today but mostly a cleaning day and it does look like rain. We were supposed to get a good rain and the prediction is still there but I do not see any falling from the sky at the moment.  Alight rain all day though would also be nice; constant watering for the gardens is what is needed (and mostly to help put out the forest fires which is rather critical this year). 

I like it that Christ Church Cathedral has a music school and the choirs are quite excellent. I do tend to the rather strict interpretation of the Christian Church - heal the sick, clothe the needy, care for widows and orphans who need such help. Jesus Christ was pretty specific in his thoughts for the Church he was founding. It isn't a social club although social clubs motivated to help the people in their areas are a good thing. I am deeply troubled by the concept that the Church is there for social reasons other than as stated above. It takes away from the meaning of humanity; to  serve in a world that is in desperate need of such advice. Russia in particular has lost their way; their imperialistic march into Ukraine and all the slaughter that has taken place is unbelievable in this century (the latest blowing up the dam does speak of a very barbaric society). They are the Nazis of the world now and must be stopped; supplying Ukraine with what they need to kick the Russians out of their country is a must. We in the Western Hemisphere are a God-loving; God-fearing people and want peace. We believe in the commandments that Jesus brought to us from God - love God with all of our heart, soul and mind and love our neighbours as ourselves. God is the ultimate determinate of punishment we can only serve His commandments and make the world the best place that we can. We are more than willing to support what will bring us peace and that is supporting Ukraine. Glory to Ukraine. I do pray that the peace proposal from South Africa serves the greater good - Russia out of Ukraine as defined by the United Nations at the end of the Soviet Union.   

Breakfast awaits.

William - Line or the Thomas - Line and justifying it not being in the Robert - Line as proposed

 I had not really thought of William Siderfin as being prominent in all of this discussion but in reality he too has a role to play. He is said to have a brother John baptized in 1656 and James Sanders has suggested 1660 for the year of birth of this William. He lives at Minehead with his wife Mary Terrel (of Selworthy) and they were married 23 Feb 1692 at Selworthy. The marriage likely being at Selworthy because the bride may be from a more prominent family than the Siderfin family of Minehead or the bride just wanted it to be there. Both William 5 (William 4, Robert 3, William 2, John 1) and Robert 5 (Robert 4, Robert 3, William 2, John 1) can be found at Minehead in the records although William 5 is also found at Loughborough. William 5 was baptized at Loughborough 3 Jul 1615 and buried there 17 Sep 1668. He is known to have a son Thomas from land records/wills. Robert 5 was baptized at Minehead 27 May 1616. First cousins and a similar age although James Sanders does report this William 5 died as an infant but his mother records him in her will as living and the father of Thomas in 1644. I decided to do a somewhat collateral look at Thomas 5 who was the father of Christian Siderfin married to John Worth 9 May 1682 at Luxborough. Does any information exist on this marriage including the family crests that might have been displayed? This couple did have seven children, two sons and five daughters. The Worth family was well known and certainly at the gentleman level. The will of the mother of Christian - Mary (Radford) Siderfin was dated 19 Nov 1689 and proved 10 Oct 1693.

Mary Siderfin, of Luxborough, Somerset, widow. Will dated Nov 19, 1689, proved Oct 10, 1693 [Taunton Registry] My grandchild Susanna Worth, 100 pounds at age of 21. Her sister, a silver tankard and gold ring. My grandchild Christian Worth, 200 pounds at age of 21. My grandchildren, Mary Worth and Sarah Worth, 100 pounds each. Residue to my daughter Christian Worth.

Mary Radford married Thomas Siderfin 28 Jan 1652 at Oakford. In that his mother in her will mentions his children Thomas and Philip and a daughter Johane was also known to be in this family, he was married twice with his first wife dying prior to 1652. I do not find any mention of Thomas, Philip or Johane in later records but I have not done that thorough a search. This is perhaps the time to look at that mostly out of curiosity as Thomas and Philip were born prior to 1644 and could potentially be a father to the William said to be born circa 1660. Mary (Radford) Siderfin does not mention Thomas, Philip or Johane in her will. She is in 1689 a widow and Thomas was deceased by 4 Nov 1687 and the abstract of his will reads: Thomas Siderfin, of Luxborough, Somerset, deceased. Admon Nov 4, 1687 to his relict Mary Siderfin and his daughter Christian, wife of John Worth. He does not mention the children that his mother listed in her will. This is only an abstract first of all and second they may have already received their inheritance and not mentioned in this will of a then 71 year old man - although young to us that was a good age in those days. Probably the best place to look for information is in the Worth family since they are well documented in the records. I think the most important thing to remember about inheritance in well to do families in this time fame right up to the present was the wealth is always concentrated in one descendant line and usually primogeniture rules. 

Devonshire Wills: A collection of annotated Testamentary Abstracts together with the family history and genealogy of many of the most ancient gentle houses of the west of England

Charles Worthy, Esq., Formerly of H.M. 82nd Regiment and sometime Principal Assistant to the late Somerset Herald in Ordinary. Author of "Devonshire Parishes," Practical Heraldry," etc.

London, Bemrose and sons, Ltd 23, Old Bailey: and Derby, 1896.

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Worth (Worthe, Wourth) 21, 28, 45, 48, 52, 54, 102-119, 296, 431-33-34-35-36-37-38-39-40-41

Worth, Worthe 5, 44, 70, 261-97, 312-28-64, 69-91, 482

Page 52 (footnote): 

 From the " Domesday Survey " of 1087 , when Ralph of Worth held Worth under Wm . de Pollei, the elder line of Worth have been seated there in an unbroken succession down to the above Testator. Towards the end of the twelfth century , Sir Hugh Worthe of Worth, married Avis, daughter of his neighbour at Tiverton Castle, Richard de Redvers, third Earl of Devon. The eighth in descent from him
married Margerie , daughter and co-heir of Hugh Beauchamp, about 1385. By this marriage they acquired Beauchamp and other property in Washfield , together with the Manor, and the Advowson of
Washfield Church , which had belonged to the Abbots of Plympton, Alice Abbot having been grandmother of Margerie Beauchamp. The fourth in descent from Thomas Worth and Margerie Beauchamp was Anthony Worth of Worth , alive 1523. Amerced at Totnes Castle that year, Washfield Manor being held from the honour of Totnes . The above Testator, Mr. John Francis Worth of Worth, was ninth in direct descent from the said Anthony Worth . Mr. John F. Worth left two children, viz. , the Revd. Reginald Worth, heir-in tail of Washfield, who married, but died without issue 12th March, 1880.
His sister Henrica, mentioned in the Will, was the wife of the Revd . Wm . Lloyd Jones, Rector of Washfield , who assumed the name of Worth by Royal license , 1882 , and died January 8th , 1884. Worth House and Manor, with other property in Washfield , were advertised for sale in 1887 , when a portion was sold and realized £20,000. In the following year, 1888, another advertisement appeared in the local papers , and the residue of the estate, together with Worth House (a fine old mansion rebuilt about the reign of Queen Anne), was knocked down to a Mr. Thomas (who had made a fortune in South
Africa), November 13th , 1888 , for £35,000 . A portion of the old property was reserved by Mrs. Worth, who subsequently resided at "Beauchamp" and died there 1891.

As an aside I found Pincombe page 28 

(1680. The last Will of Henry Worth of Washfield, dated 19th Jany. , 1677. He desires to be buried " without superfluity of blackes " but decently, and six of the labourers on the estate to “ attend his hearse " and to have 6s. each and a " gowne. " “ Item - I give 10 towards the purchasinge some father estate as for buyings of Bibles or some other books of divinity to be yearly distributed amongst the poor people of Washfield for ever. " To my son, Thomas Worth , 4s. for a ring." " To my son, Alexander Worth, the lyvinge of Wood which I lately purchased in the parish of Uplowman , to him and his heirs for ever, and the sum of £ 300 to stock it." To daughter Dorothy, wife of Robert Collins of Autry
(Ottery St. Mary) Clearke, £ 100. " To my daughter, Elizabeth Oliver, a ring of 20s . value ." " To my daughter, Mary Worth, £700." " To the Servants at Worth at time of my death 40s. each. To my Son
John's wife " my best piece of plate." To brother Arthur Worth, Sons-in-law Robert Collins, Benjamin Oliver, Esq., Humphry Shobrooke Merchant , dau. - in - law Anne Worth, Nephew Wm . Pincombe, two brothers- in - law, Francis and Thomas Bampfylde a ring each of 20s. value. Residue to Son John Worth, who is Sole Exor. Witnesses, George Abraham , John Besly, and Emlin Clatworthy. Codicil , dated 12th Jany 1679-80: He leaves his brother Arthur Worth £ 10 , and to the children of his daughter- in-law Ann Worth £ 10 each. He leaves to his Son Alexander, the books, trunks, boxes, and other things. in the study over the porch of Worth House. Witnesses, Benjamin Oliver, Roger Dodge, Saml. Clemens. Seal of Family Arms. Arg., an Eagle dispd., wings elevated, with two necks Sa, Beaks and legs Gules , Helmet and Mantling. Crest "An Arm erect vested erms . gloved erm . holding an Eagle's leg couped or.") 

and page 257 

(will of Lewis Hacche of Satterley, minister of the Gospel 1673 to a John Pincombe of Warkleigh (a momento). 

It is always interesting to see these links between Worth, Pincombe and Siderfin. The marriage of John Pincombe and Elizabeth Rew (he of Bishops Nympton and she of Selworthy) always amazed me given the distance between their homes and it being the early 1830s. However did they meet and as one sees the names flowing by the possibility of linkage becomes less remote. 

The question at hand is how or does John Worth who married Christian Siderfin at Luxborough relate to the Henry Worth above who mentions a son John as his son and executor. This Henry Worth lives at Washfield (at Tiverton, Devon) and Wychanger (at Luccombe, Somerset) is the home of John Worth.  The Washfield manor is the oldest family manor and Wychanger is the second one of importance to the Worth family if one believes the online story. Henry Worth is not the father of John Worth married to Christian Siderfin. This John Worth married to Christian was born at Wychanger, Luccombe, Somerset in 1662 He married Christian Siderfin 9 May 1682 at Luxborough. His parentage is unknown to me and at this point I will move on. 

I will switch from this interesting look to William Siderfin born circa 1660 and living at Minehead having married his wife Mary Terrel at Selworthy 23 Feb 1692. They baptized two children Robartt 22 Feb 1693 at Minehead and Mary baptized 1 Sep 1698 at Minehead and buried 24 Sep 1698 also at Minehead (James Snders has said no issue but I did find the baptisms). Certainly naming his first son Robert does make one wonder if his father was a Robert Siderfin. It is unknown what happened to Robert Siderfin (Robert 4, Robert 3, William 2, John 1). I have not found a marriage for him but he is on the Protestation Returns in 1641 and the Somerset Lay Subsidy in 1642; his father Robert 4 was buried in 1636 at Luxborough and Robert 4 was baptized at Minehead in 1616. Whom did he marry? can I locate that; He could have had a son William in the 1660s as Robert 5 would only have been 44 years of age. Tomorrow more work on this line. I could not find a place in the William Line for William and tomorrow I will check out the Thomas Line as it is the more likely since they actually used the Siderfin crest.